| 1991 | James Cleveland McFadden-Talbot, son of Gates McFaden, Star Trek NG |
| 1982 | Tara Lipinski, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, figure skater, 1997 World Champ |
| 1982 | Leelee Sobieski, born in New York City, New York, actress, films include, 'Deep Impact', Emmy-Award nominee for television movie, 'Joan of Arc' |
| 1978 | Shane West, American Actor |
| 1976 | Lisa Jean Costantino, Miss USA-Vermont 1997 |
| 1973 | Brandon Sanders, safety for the New York Giants |
| 1973 | Carl Kidd, NFL defensive back for the Oakland Raiders |
| 1973 | David Friedman, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Jason-Little House on the Prairie |
| 1973 | Wade Miller, CFL linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1973 | Faith Evans, American Musician |
| 1972 | C J Richardson, NFL safety, Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks |
| 1972 | David Dunn, NFL wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1972 | Edward Reevey, St. John NB, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 South Carolina Intercol |
| 1972 | Pat Johnson, NFL safety for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1971 | DeWayne Dotson, NFL linebacker for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1971 | Jeff Rodgers, WLAF defensive end for the Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1971 | Leanza Cornet, TV host, Entertainment Tonight |
| 1971 | Bobby Jindal, American Politician |
| 1970 | David Wilson, WLAF safety for the Scottish Claymores |
| 1970 | Laurel Korholz, born in La Jolla, California, rower, Olympics-4th-96 |
| 1969 | Fred Foggie, WLAF cornerback for the Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1969 | Tony McCoy, NFL defensive tackle for the Indianapolis Colts |
| 1968 | Kevin Donnalley, NFL guard and tackle, Houston/Tennessee Oilers |
| 1968 | Susan Haskell, actress, Marty-One Life to Live, Strictly Business |
| 1967 | Human Beatbox, Darren Robinson, rocker, Fat Boys-Jail House Rock |
| 1967 | Emma Anderson, British Musician |
| 1967 | John Yoo, American Educator |
| 1966 | Doug McKeon, born in New Jersey, actor, Big Shamus Little Shamus, Centennial |
| 1965 | Claudio Mezzadri, born in Switzerland, tennis star |
| 1965 | Elizabeth Hurley, born in Basingstroke, England, actress, Christabel |
| 1965 | Linda Evangelista, born in Canada, super model/actress, Catwalk, Unzipped |
| 1965 | Vincent Perez, actor, The Crow-City of Angels |
| 1965 | Joey Santiago, Filipino Musician |
| 1964 | Pete Jordan, born in Elmhurst, Illinois, Nike golfer, 1992 Fresno Open-2nd |
| 1963 | Elisabeth Shue, actress, Cocktail, Adv in Babysitting |
| 1963 | Brad Henry, born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, politician, Democratic party, 26th Governor of Oklahoma |
| 1962 | Brent Sutter, Viking, NHL center, Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1962 | Duane Sutter, NHL player, New York Islander |
| 1962 | Floris Jansen, cricketer, Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup |
| 1962 | Gina Gershon, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, film roles include, 'Cocktail', 'Bound', 'Showgirls', author of children's book, 'Camp Creepy Time' |
| 1961 | Maxi Priest, Max Elliott, Jamaican/English singer, Wild World |
| 1961 | Kim Deal, American Musician |
| 1959 | Timothy Van Patten, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, White Shadow, Master |
| 1959 | Eliot Spitzer, American Lawyer |
| 1955 | Andrew Stevens, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Seduction, Boys in Company C, Fury |
| 1953 | John Edwards, born in Seneca, South Carolina, politician, 2004 Democratic candidate for Vice President, Presidential candidate, 2008, U.S. Senator from North Carolina |
| 1951 | Burglinde Pollak, born in East Germany, pentathlete, Olympics-bronze-1972 |
| 1951 | Dan Fouts, NFL quarterback for the San Diego Chargers |
| 1951 | Vicky Latta, Auckland New Zealand, equestrian 3 day event 1996 Olympics |
| 1949 | Kevin Corcoran, actor, Swiss Family Robinson, Babes in Toyland |
| 1947 | Ken Singleton, born in Mount Vernon, New York, baseball player, Orioles |
| 1946 | Matthew Fisher, born in England, keyboardist, Procol Harum-Conquistador |
| 1946 | Mensje F van Keulen-van der Steen, Dutch writer, Bleeker's Summer |
| 1945 | Martin Wesley-Smith, composer |
| 1945 | Ron Glass, born in Evansville, Indiana, actor, Ron-Barney Miller, New Odd Couple |
| 1944 | Rick Price, born in Birmingham, England, bassist, rock music, bass player, played with Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, The Move |
| 1943 | Jeff Greenfield, born in New York City, media commentator, Firing Line, Nightline |
| 1943 | Simon Jenkins, editor, Times |
| 1942 | Janet Vogel, rocker, Skyliners |
| 1942 | Preston Manning, Canadian Politician |
| 1941 | Harry Muskee, Dutch rock vocalist, Cuby and Blizzards |
| 1941 | Jurgen Prochnow, actor, Das Boot |
| 1941 | Shirley Owens Alston, Passaic, New Jersey, singer, Shirelles-Soldier Boy |
| 1941 | Soraya Khashoogi, born in Leicester, England, wife, Adrian Khashoogi |
| 1940 | John William Stevens, jazz drummer |
| 1939 | Alexandra Stewart, born in Montreal, actress, In Praise of Older Women |
| 1937 | Richard Foreman, New York City, theatrical director, Daily Life |
| 1936 | Graham Carleton Greene, literary agent |
| 1935 | Tom Pendry, born in England, Baron Pendry, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde 1970 - 2001 |
| 1934 | Nicolas Roussakis, composer |
| 1934 | Paul Gibson, British high court judge |
| 1933 | F Lee Bailey, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, attorney, Sam Shepard case, OJ case |
| 1933 | F. Lee Bailey, American Lawyer |
| 1932 | Gardner McKay, born in New York City, actor, Pleasure Seekers, Boots and Saddles |
| 1932 | George Burns, British TV host |
| 1932 | Bennett Johnston, Jr., born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Senator-D-Louisiana 1972 - 1997 |
| 1931 | Jim [Purvis] Ferree, Jr., Pine Bluff, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1958 Vancouver |
| 1929 | Harald Juhnke, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, Guitars of Love |
| 1929 | James McDivitt, born in Chicago, Brigadier General USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4, Apollo 9 |
| 1929 | Vasile Herman, composer |
| 1929 | Edward O. Wilson, American Scientist |
| 1929 | E. O. Wilson, American Scientist |
| 1928 | Asher Wallfish, journalist |
| 1928 | Maurice Sendak, New York City, author/illustrator, Where The Wild Things Are |
| 1927 | Michael Walsh, major-general/director, Overseas Relations |
| 1926 | June Haver, Rock Island, actress, Dolly Sisters, Girl Next Door |
| 1926 | Lionel Jeffries, actor, Fanny, Prisoner of Zenda |
| 1926 | Willem Oltmans, Dutch journalist, Outlawed, Free as a Bird |
| 1925 | Nat Hentoff, columnist/novelist, Village Voice, The Cold Society |
| 1923 | Earl Hamner, Jr., Schuyler, Virginia, TV narrator, Waltons |
| 1923 | Robert Maxwell, Jan Hoch, Czechoslovakia, billionaire/CEO, New York Daily News |
| 1922 | Judy Garland, born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, actress and singer, Wizard of Oz |
| 1922 | Rose Moffard, acting Gov-AZ |
| 1921 | Philip Mountbatten, born in Greece, Duke of Edinburgh/Prince, Mr. Elizabeth II |
| 1921 | Prince Philip, British Royalty |
| 1920 | Zbynek Vostrak, composer |
| 1920 | Ruth Graham, born in China, wife of evangelist Billy Graham, author, poet, writer, philanthropist |
| 1918 | Barry Morse, actor, Fugitive-Lt Philip Gerard, Winds of War |
| 1917 | William Barr, rector, Exeter College, Oxford |
| 1916 | Bill Waddington, British actor/comedian, Percy-Coronation Street |
| 1915 | Saul Bellow, born in Lachine, Quebec, author, Mr Sammler's Planet, Nobel 1976 |
| 1915 | Oscar Comras, Bronx, drummer, namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park |
| 1914 | Polly Hill, Dr/anthropologist |
| 1913 | John Edmunds, composer |
| 1913 | Thor Johnson, Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin, conductor, Cincinnati Symphony 1958 |
| 1913 | Tikhon Nikoleyevich Khrennikov, composer |
| 1913 | Van Carlyle Wilton-Davies, archdeacon Emeritus, Oxford |
| 1913 | Wilbur J. Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System |
| 1912 | Leslie Brown, Bishop, St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich |
| 1912 | William Gordon Harris, civil engineer |
| 1911 | C P "Chilla" Christ, cricketer, Qld spinner late 30's |
| 1911 | Ralph Kirkpatrick, Leominster, Massachusetts, harpsichordist, Domenico Scarlatti |
| 1911 | Terence Rattigan, playwright, Winslow Boy, Browning Version |
| 1910 | Howlin' Wolf, Chester Arthur Burnett, harmonica, Big City Blues |
| 1910 | Robert Still, composer |
| 1909 | Erwin Dressel, composer |
| 1908 | Brinsley Ford, CEO, National Art Collections Fund |
| 1908 | Ernst B Chain, German chemist/bacteriologist, penicillin, Nobel 1945 |
| 1904 | Frederick Loewe, composer, Learner and Loewe |
| 1903 | Clyde Beatty, U.S. animal trainer/actor, Big Cage |
| 1902 | Gaston Brenta, composer |
| 1902 | J Wouterus van Dieren, Dutch biologist, Terschelling |
| 1900 | Henri Bruning, Dutch literary |
| 1899 | Raoul Salan, Fr/Indochina/Algeria, leader OAS |
| 1898 | Hattie McDaniel, born in Wichita, 1st Black to win Oscar, 'Gone With The Wind' |
| 1898 | Virginia Valli, McSweeney, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Pleasure Garden |
| 1895 | Immanuel Velikovsky, writer, Worlds in Collision |
| 1894 | Pavel Borkovec, Czechoslovakian composer, Stmivani, Twilight] |
| 1893 | Franz Andre, Belgian conductor |
| 1891 | Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter, Tiptoe Thru the Tulips |
| 1890 | Paul J M Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author |
| 1890 | Powell Weaver, composer |
| 1890 | Sessue Hayakawa, born in Japan, actor, Bridge on River Kwai, Hell to Eternity |
| 1889 | Cliff Clark, actor, Kid Glove Killer, Golden Hoofs, Vigilante Hideout |
| 1888 | Leo Weismantel, German writer, Der Reiter der Apocalypse |
| 1886 | Baron Josse Emile van Dievoet, Flemish lawyer |
| 1882 | Neville Henderson, British diplomat |
| 1880 | Margit Kaffka, writer |
| 1879 | Benjamin Lambord, composer |
| 1879 | Dezso Szabo, Hungarian writer, Weggevagde Village |
| 1869 | Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary/headed La Gazette |
| 1865 | Frederick A. Cook, U.S., explorer, claimed falsely to be at North Pole |
| 1865 | Frederick Albert Cook, American Explorer |
| 1863 | Louis M. A. Couperus, Dutch poet and writer, Eline Vere |
| 1861 | Josephus T J Cuypers, Dutch architect, St. Bavo, Haarlem |
| 1861 | Pierre M M Duhem, French naturalist/philosopher/historian |
| 1859 | Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet, Iris, Wood Song |
| 1847 | Paul Alexis, French writer, Soirees de Medan |
| 1844 | J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter, Haagse school |
| 1844 | Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer, Von Tieren und Menschen |
| 1843 | Heinrich von Herzogenberg, composer |
| 1840 | Thomas Fentress Toon, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1838 | Meyer E van Beem, actor, Black Venus |
| 1836 | Yamaoka Tesshu, Japanese swordsman/master of kendo |
| 1835 | Constant A. Serrure, Flemish historian |
| 1835 | Ferdinand IV SMJJBFLGRRJ, ruler of Toscane |
| 1834 | Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist, HP Foundation |
| 1832 | Edwin Arnold, English writer, Light of India |
| 1832 | Jules Valles, French journalist/communard/author, L'insurge |
| 1832 | Nikolaus A. Otto, German technician, gas motor, otto motor |
| 1831 | W. A. Remy, composer |
| 1819 | J D Gustave Courbet, French realist painter, Demoiselles the la Seine |
| 1819 | Gustave Courbet, French Artist |
| 1808 | Friedrich Kaiser, Dutch astronomer, Kaiser compass-card |
| 1791 | Vaclav Hanka, Czechoslovakian author/interpreter/forger |
| 1790 | Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer |
| 1782 | Amable-G-P B de Barante, French politician/historian |
| 1781 | Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer |
| 1735 | John Morgan, American physician-in-chief of Continental Army |
| 1706 | John Dollond, owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens |
| 1688 | James III Edward, Old Pretender, recognized as King of Britain by Pope |
| 1637 | Jacques Marquette, jesuit/missionary founder, Chicago |
| 1630 | Willem van Bemmel, Dutch painter/etcher |
| 1613 | Johan Georg II, elect of Saxon, 1656-80 |
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