| 1976 | Fred Savage, born in Illinois, actor, Kevin-Wonder Years, Vice Versa |
| 1973 | Katasha Artis, WNBA forward, Charlotte Sting |
| 1973 | Kelly Holcomb, NFL/WLAF quarterback, Buccaneers, Barcelona Dragons |
| 1972 | Derek Mills, Washington D.C., 400m runner |
| 1972 | Pete Kendall, NFL guard for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1971 | Anthony Fieldings, WLAF linebacker for the Rhein Fire |
| 1971 | Bobby Leslie, TV rocker, Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You |
| 1971 | Chadrick Brown, NFL defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals |
| 1971 | Danalee Bragado, born in Honolulu, WPVA volleyballer, Best of Beach-9th-1995 |
| 1971 | Ger Senden, born in Heerlen, Netherlands, professional soccer player, played for Roda JC, 1989 - 2008, retired May 2008 after playing over 400 matches in the club |
| 1971 | Jill Simon, Miss Iowa USA 1996 |
| 1971 | Scott Grimes, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, actor, Together We Stand |
| 1970 | Steve Dubinsky, born in Montreal, NHL center, Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1970 | Trent Green, NFL quarterback for the Washington Redskins |
| 1969 | Jerry Drake, NFL defensive linesman for the Arizona Cardinals |
| 1969 | Robert Gordon, CFL receiver for the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1969 | Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer, Indian slow left-armer |
| 1968 | Shawn Harper, NFL tackle, Indianapolis Colts, Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1964 | Courtney Love, SF, vocalist, Hole, actress, People vs Larry Flynt |
| 1964 | Ronnie Grandison, NBA forward for the New York Knicks |
| 1964 | Scott Rachal Verplank, born in Dallas, Texas, PGA golfer, 1985 Western Open |
| 1963 | Frank Bello, U.S. heavy metal bassist, Anthrax-Soldiers of Metal |
| 1963 | Pamela Annette Sanders, born in Miami, Florida, playmate, November, 1985 |
| 1961 | Mohammad Aslam, UAE cricketer batsman, 1996 World Cup |
| 1960 | Christopher J "Gus" Loria, Newton, Massachusetts, Major USMC/astronaut |
| 1959 | Jim Kerr, born in Glasgow, Scotland, rock vocalist, Simple Minds |
| 1959 | Scott Garrett, American Politician |
| 1958 | Bob Crudgington, Australian softball head coach 1996 Olympics bronze |
| 1957 | Kelly McGillis, born in Newport Beach, California, actress, Top Gun, Accused, Witness |
| 1957 | Paul Merton, born in Parsons Green, London, writer, actor, comedian, known for deadpan, dark comedic style, appeared in BBC's, 'Have I Got News for You' |
| 1957 | Marc Almond, British Musician |
| 1956 | Tom Hanks, born in Concord, California, actor, Bossom Buddies, Forrest Gump, Philadelphia |
| 1956 | [Peter] Marc Almond, Merseyside England, vocalist, Soft Cell |
| 1955 | Fred Norris, comedy writer/singer, Howard Stern Show |
| 1955 | Jimmy Smits, born in Brooklyn, actor, Victor-LA Law, Running Scared, New YorkPD Blue |
| 1955 | Lisa Banes, born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, actress, Cocktail, Look Back in Anger |
| 1955 | Sergei Vladimirovich Krichevsky, born in Russia, Lt-colonel/cosmonaut |
| 1955 | Lindsey Graham, American Politician |
| 1954 | Debbie Sledge, Philadelphia, vocalist, Sister Sledge-We are Family |
| 1953 | Dave Camp, born in Midland, Michigan, Representative-R-Michigan 1991 - |
| 1953 | Irina D Latysheva, Russian cosmonaut |
| 1952 | John Tesh, born in Garden City, New York, New age pianist/TV host, ET |
| 1952 | Rod Boll, born in Fillmore, Saskatchwan, trap shooter 1996 Olympics |
| 1951 | Chris Cooper, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Thousand Pieces of Gold, Matewan |
| 1950 | Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian Statesman |
| 1947 | Jerney Kaagman, Dutch singer, Earth and Fire |
| 1947 | O. J. Simpson, American Athlete |
| 1946 | Mitch Mitchell, drummer, Jimi Hendrix Experience |
| 1945 | Dean Koontz, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Quest, Beastchild |
| 1945 | Lewis F. Payne, Jr., born in Amherst, Virginia, Representative-D-Virginia 1988 - 1997 |
| 1944 | Glen [Charles] Cook, U.S., sci-fi author, Shadowline, Star's End |
| 1943 | Bon Scott, Ronald Belford, Kirriemuir Scotland, rocker, AC/DC |
| 1943 | John H Casper, Greenville, South Carolina, USAF/astronaut, STS-36, 54, 62, 77 |
| 1942 | Edy Williams, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actress, Dr. Minx |
| 1942 | Hermann Burger, born in Burg, Switzerland, writer, essayist, novelist, poet, wrote 'Tractatus logico-suicidalis' 1988, advocating suicide |
| 1942 | Paul B. Henry, born in Chicago, Illinois, Representative-R-Michigan 1985 - 1993 |
| 1941 | James Scott, director, Strike it Rich |
| 1941 | Karin von Aroldingen, born in Germany, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet Co |
| 1941 | Scotty Baesler, born in Lexington, Kentucky, Representative-D-Kentucky 1993 - 1999 |
| 1941 | Takehide Nakatani, born in Japan, lightweight 1964 Olympic gold |
| 1940 | John Salvito, rocker, Duprees |
| 1938 | Brian Dennehy, born in Connecticut, actor, Check is in the Mail, F/X, Cocoon, Ants |
| 1938 | Paul Seiko Chihara, born in Seattle Washington, US and Japanese composer |
| 1937 | Clemon Daniels, AFL player of year 1963, halfback, Oak, Dallas SF |
| 1937 | David Hockney, born in Bradford, England, artist, Pop Art |
| 1937 | Richard Roundtree, born in New Rochelle, New York, actor, Getting Even, Shaft |
| 1936 | David Joel Zinman, born in New York City, composer and conductor, Baltimore Symphony 1983 |
| 1936 | James Hampton, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, actor, Bugler Dobbs-F Troop, Teen Wolf |
| 1936 | June Jordan, U.S. playwright and poet, His Own Where |
| 1936 | Floyd Abrams, born in America, attorney, constitutional law expert, argued for famous cases, including the New York Times in the Judith Miller in CIA leak grand jury investigation |
| 1935 | Mercedes Sosa, Argentina, singer |
| 1935 | Ronnie Burns, born in Evanston, Illinois, adopted son of George Burns |
| 1935 | Willem Duisenberg, minister of Finance, PvdA, President, Nethche Bank |
| 1933 | Nodar Kalistratovich Gabuniya, composer |
| 1933 | Oliver Sacks, American Scientist |
| 1932 | Donald Rumsfeld, politician |
| 1932 | J. P. Getty, US/British oil magnate/billionaire, Getty Oil |
| 1932 | Roberto Goizueta, Cuban Businessman |
| 1930 | Buddy Bregman, Chicago, orchestra leader, Eddie Fisher Show |
| 1930 | Roy McLean, cricketer, prolific South African batsman played 40 Tests |
| 1929 | Lee Hazelwood, born in Oklahoma, country singer and songwriter, Summer Wine, Jackson |
| 1929 | Mawlai al-Hassan II, King of Morocco, 1961- |
| 1929 | King Hassan II, Moroccan Royalty |
| 1929 | Lee Hazlewood, born in Oklahoma, singer, baritone, songwriter, record producer |
| 1928 | Vince Edwards, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Ben Casey, Matt Lincoln, Firehouse |
| 1927 | Ed Ames, born in Malden, Massachusetts, actor, Mingo-Daniel Boone |
| 1927 | Leonard Patrick "Red" Kelly, NHL hall of famer, Norris trophy |
| 1925 | Alan Dale, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, Alan Dale Show |
| 1925 | Peter Ludwig, businessman/art collector |
| 1925 | Tom Luken, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Representative-D-Ohio 1977-1983 and 1983 - 1991 |
| 1924 | Leonard Pennario, Buffalo, New York, pianist, LA Philharmonic |
| 1924 | Pierre Cochereau, composer |
| 1922 | Rey Hassan, Morroco, King of Morocco, 1961- |
| 1921 | Jacob J Hage, Dutch farmer/WW II resistance fighter |
| 1919 | Peggy Braithwaite, lighthouse-keeper |
| 1918 | Herbert Brun, composer |
| 1918 | Rowley I Arenstein, South African attorney/communist/ANC'er |
| 1917 | Ted Steele, born in Hartford, Connecticut, orchestra leader, Cavalcade of Stars |
| 1916 | Edward Heath, British Prime Minister, 1970-74 |
| 1916 | Joe Liggins, U.S. composer, Pink Champagne |
| 1915 | David Leo Diamond, born in Rochester, New York, composer, Paderewski Prize-1943 |
| 1914 | Bill Tallon, cricketer, brother of Don, Queensland leggie |
| 1914 | Willi Stoph, president East Germany |
| 1911 | Clan Fraser of Lovat, soldier/landowner |
| 1911 | Lord Lovat, Shimi, Scottish cattle breeder/leader of clan Fraser |
| 1911 | Mervyn Peake, British Writer |
| 1911 | John Archibald Wheeler, born in Florida, American theoretical physicist, coined terms black hole, wormhole |
| 1910 | Harold C Fox, fashion designer/musician |
| 1908 | Minor White, American Photographer |
| 1906 | Beene Dubbelboer, Dutch writer, Secret Resistance |
| 1906 | Walter Sande, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Navy vs Night Monsters |
| 1905 | Clarence Campbell, born in Saskatchewan, 3rd NHL President, 1946-77 |
| 1902 | Gerhard Pohl, German writer, Crazy Ferdinand |
| 1901 | Barbara Cartland, romance author, Camfield #69 |
| 1901 | Jester Hairston, born in North Carolina, actor, Thats My Mama, Rolly-Amen |
| 1900 | Robert Oboussier, composer |
| 1898 | Gerard Walschap, Flemish writer/journalist, Mary, Revolt in Congo |
| 1898 | Marcel Delannoy, composer |
| 1895 | Cullen Landis, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Soul of the Beast |
| 1893 | George Geary, cricketer, sturdy pace bowler for England 1924-34 |
| 1887 | Samuel Eliot Morison, historian, Admiral of the Ocean Sea |
| 1887 | Samuel E. Morison, American Historian |
| 1882 | Richard Hageman, Dutch/US pianist/ composer and conductor, Caponsacchi |
| 1879 | Friedrich Adler, Austria social-democrat/murderer of premier Sturgkh |
| 1879 | Ottorino Respighi, born in Bologna, Italy, composer, Pines of Rome |
| 1878 | H V Kaltenborn, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, newscaster, Who Said That? |
| 1864 | Franz Miller, becomes first Train Murderer |
| 1858 | Franz Boas, anthropologist/linguist, Mind of Primitive Man |
| 1857 | Frederik II W, grandduke of Baden, 1907-18 |
| 1856 | Daniel Guggenheim, U.S., Guggenheim Museum |
| 1856 | Nikola Tesla, born in Croatia, electrical engineer/inventor, Tesla Coil |
| 1855 | Johann P Zilcher, German composer |
| 1845 | George Howard Darwin, British Scientist |
| 1841 | Carl Christian Lumbye, composer |
| 1839 | Carl Baermann, composer |
| 1834 | Jan Neruda, Czechoslovakian writer/poet, Povidky Malostranske |
| 1831 | Johan P van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter/lithographer/writer |
| 1830 | Henry Peach Robinson, British Photographer |
| 1825 | Jules Oppert, German Assyriologist, decodes characters |
| 1819 | Elias Howe, Spencer Massachusetts, invented sewing machine |
| 1809 | Frederick Henle, Germany, pathologist |
| 1805 | Henry John Gauntlett, composer |
| 1802 | Thomas Davenport, invented 1st coml electric motor |
| 1791 | Nicolas Ledesma, composer |
| 1777 | Henry Hallam, British lawyer/historian |
| 1766 | J Schopenhauer, writer |
| 1764 | Ann Ward Radcliffe, English Gothic novelist, Italian |
| 1764 | Ann Radcliffe, English Author |
| 1589 | Johannes a Sancto Thoma, Poinset, Portuguese theologist |
| 1578 | Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor, 1619-37 |
| 1535 | Emanuel van Meteren, Southern Netherlands, merchant/historian |
| 1513 | John van Hembyze, Flemish calvinist |
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