| 1981 | Adriana Lima, born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, model, appeared on covers of 'ELLE', 'GQ', 'Vogue' magazines, ranked world's 4th highest paid supermodel in 2008 |
| 1979 | Wil Horneff, born in Englewood, New Jersey, actor, Ghost in the Machine, Sandlot |
| 1978 | Shiloh Strong, actor, Maybe This Time, House of Cards |
| 1977 | Andrea Schwartz, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 200m butterfly 1996 Olympics |
| 1976 | Kristin Alicia Beall Ludecke, Eustis, Florida, Miss America-Florida 1996 |
| 1975 | Ryan Tucker, NFL center for the St. Louis Rams |
| 1975 | Scott Ferrier, born in Australia, high jumper/decathlete 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Kerry Kittles, NBA guard, New Jersey Nets |
| 1974 | Vanessa Baker, born in Australia, diver 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Jason Mewes, American Actor |
| 1973 | Hanna Riikka Nieminen, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics |
| 1973 | Jason Caffey, NBA forward, Chicago Bulls |
| 1973 | Rick Plum, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC, MVV |
| 1972 | Inger Miller, born in Los Angeles, California, 100m runner |
| 1972 | Nathalie Baudone, born in Rocurt, Belgium, tennis star, 3rd round 1995 U.S. Open |
| 1972 | Patrick van Diemen, Dutch soccer player, FC Utrecht, NEC |
| 1972 | Scott Dawes, Australian baseball catcher 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Florencia Labat, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, tennis star, 1992 Austrian |
| 1971 | Iwan Tomasz, soccer player, Roda JC, Feyenoord |
| 1971 | Mark Henry, born in Silsbee, Texas, 238+lbs, 108+kg, weightlift |
| 1971 | Phillip Bobo, WLAF receiver for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1971 | Ryan Klesko, born in Westminster, California, outfielder, Atlanta Braves |
| 1971 | Stephanie Thater, born in Kirkwood, Missouri, volleyball middle blocker 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Thomas Bailey, WLAF wide receiver for the Rhein Fire |
| 1970 | Damon Buford, born in Baltimore, Maryland, outfielder for the Texas Rangers |
| 1970 | Lee Mayberry, NBA guard, Milwaukee Bucks, Vancouver Grizzlies |
| 1969 | Kevin Turner, NFL fullback for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1969 | Mathieu Schneider, born in New York City, NHL defenseman, New York Islanders, Toronto |
| 1968 | Patty Armstrong, born in Torrance, California, diver 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Scott Aldred, born in Flint, Michigan, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins |
| 1968 | Bobby Sheehan, American Musician |
| 1967 | Neil Maxwell, cricketer, all-rounder for Fiji 1990, Victoria and NSW |
| 1965 | Cathy Tyson, born in Liverpool, England, actress, Serpant and Rainbow |
| 1965 | Cindy Lee Berryhill, U.S. singer and songwriter, Baby |
| 1965 | Gwen Torrence, born in Lithonia, Georgia, 100m/200m/400m, Olympics-2 gold-92, 96 |
| 1964 | Paula Marshall, born in Rockville, Maryland, actress, Lindsay Sutton-Chicago Sons |
| 1964 | Peter Such, cricketer, England off-spinner 1993- |
| 1963 | Philippa June Baker, born in Wanganui New Zealand, double scull rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1962 | Ally Sheedy, born in New York City, actress, Wargames, Breakfast Club |
| 1962 | Michael Link, born in Provo, Utah, actor, Earl-Julia |
| 1961 | Rod Latham, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman |
| 1961 | Jim Goad, Australian Author |
| 1960 | Mark John Calcavecchia, Laurel NE, PGA golfer, 1987 Honda Classic |
| 1959 | Jalal-ud-din, cricketer, Pakistani paceman, ODI hat-trick vs. Australia 1982 |
| 1959 | Jenilee Harrison, born in Glendale, California, actress, Cindy-3's Company, Dallas |
| 1959 | Kenneth D. Herdigein, Suriname/Dutch actor, Say A |
| 1959 | Scott Thompson, comedian, Kids in the Hall, Larry Sanders Show |
| 1959 | Steve Bauer, born in St. Catharines, Ontario, cyclist, Olympics-silver-84, 96 |
| 1958 | Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro, Buenos Aires, Argentina, astronaut |
| 1958 | Meredith Brooks, American Musician |
| 1957 | Javed Miandad, cricketer, Pakistan batsman Got a kick out of Lillee |
| 1957 | Jim Morris, impressionist/comedian, Ronald Reagan, George Bush |
| 1957 | Timothy Busfield, born in East Lansing, Michigan, actor, Elliot-30 Something |
| 1956 | Terry Alderman, cricketer, prolific Australian medium-pacer 1981-91 |
| 1953 | Grace Jones, born in Kingston, Jamacia, she claims but actually 5/19/48 |
| 1953 | Rebecca Holden, born in Austin, Texas, actress, April-Knight Rider |
| 1953 | Rocky Burnette, born in Memphis, rock vocalist, Towing the Line |
| 1952 | Dale Krantz, singer, Crossings-Collis Band |
| 1952 | Oliver Knussen, born in Glasgow, Scotland, composer, Chicara |
| 1952 | Seigfried Brietzke, born in East Germany, coxless rower, Gold Medals 1972, 1976, 1980 Olympics |
| 1952 | Spencer Abraham, American Politician |
| 1951 | Alan Dysert, born in Danville, Illinois, actor, Sean Cudahy-All My Children |
| 1951 | Ben E. Carlos, rock drummer, Cheap Trick-Dream Police |
| 1951 | Brad Delp, born in Massachusetts, musician, rock, hard rock, lead vocalist for rock band 'Boston' |
| 1951 | Dean Unruh, born in Riverton, Wyoming, WLAF offensive line coach for the Rhein Fire |
| 1951 | Bun E. Carlos, born in Rockford, Illinois, born Brad Carlson, rocker, drummer, played with American rock band Cheap Trick |
| 1950 | Marvin Olasky, American Educator |
| 1949 | John Wetton, born in Willington, Derbyshire, musician, keyboardist, singer, bassist, guitarist, principal songwriter for ASIA, a pop rock band |
| 1949 | Yuri Michaylovich Baturin, Russian cosmonaut, SK:Soyuz TM-28 |
| 1948 | Barry Bailey, born in Doraville, Georgia, rocker, Atlanta Rhythm Section |
| 1948 | Norbert Phillip, cricketer, WI pace bowler late 70s |
| 1947 | Ronald J Freeman II, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 4x400m runner, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1945 | Alfred Antony Francis Gell, social anthropologist |
| 1945 | James Naughton, U.S., actor, Trauma Center, 7/6/46]- |
| 1945 | Terry Anderson, born in Sydney, Australia, U.S. rapid fire pistol, Olympic-80, 96 |
| 1944 | Linda Foster, Lancaster England, actress, Doris-Hank |
| 1944 | Maurice Jackson, U.S. singer, Independents-Leaving You |
| 1943 | Marv Albert, New York City, "Yes!" sportscaster, NBC-TV, back biter |
| 1943 | Reg[inald] Presley, Ball, rock vocalist, Troggs-Wild Thing |
| 1942 | Len Barry, rocker, 1-2-3-Dovells |
| 1941 | Chick Corea, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, jazz pianist, Delhpi I, Toy Dance |
| 1941 | Lucille Roybal-Allard, born in Boyle Heights, California, Representative-D-California 1993 - |
| 1941 | Roy Harper, Manchester, rocker, Folkjokeopus |
| 1939 | Frank McCloskey, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Indiana 1983 - 1995 |
| 1939 | GAI Schuijt, Dutch jurist, information law |
| 1939 | Geoff Griffin, cricketer, South Africa quick, hat-trick and chuck vs. England 1960 |
| 1936 | Bill Zeliff, born in East Orange, New Jersey, Representative-R-New Hampshire 1991 - 1997 |
| 1935 | Christoph Meckel, born in Berlin, Germany, graphic artist, writer, author, works include 'Georg Heym: Gedichte' |
| 1935 | Ian Craig, cricketer, prodigious Australian bat of 50's |
| 1932 | Jim Nabors, Sylacauga Al, actor/singer, Gomer Pyle |
| 1932 | Mamo Wolde, born in Ethiopia, marathoner, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1932 | Rona Jaffe, novelist, Mazes and Monsters |
| 1930 | Barbara Harris, 1st U.S. Episcopal female bishop |
| 1930 | Hans Koetsier, Dutch sculptor, KLM-Schiphol |
| 1930 | Jim Burke, cricketer, Australian opener of 50s |
| 1929 | Brigid Brophy, novelist/campaigner |
| 1928 | Michael Wishart, artist |
| 1928 | Richard Sherman, composer/lyricist, Mary Poppins |
| 1928 | Vic Damone, Vito Farinola, Brooklyn, singer, Street Where You Live |
| 1927 | Henry Slesar, born in Brooklyn, New York, headwriter, Edge of Night |
| 1924 | George H. W. Bush, Massachusetts, 43rd Vice President 1981 - 1989, 41st President 1989 - 1993 |
| 1923 | Marta Pan, Hungarian/French sculptor, Great spiral |
| 1922 | Leif Thybo, composer |
| 1921 | H. C. Artmann, born in Vienna, Australia, born Hans Carl Artmann, also known as Ib Hansen, writer, poet, celebrated for his early Viennese poems |
| 1921 | Hendrik J Witteveen, economist/minister of finance/director, IMF |
| 1921 | James Houston, born in Toronto, author/filmmaker, Tikta'Liktak |
| 1920 | Peter Jones, born in England, actor, From a Bird's Eye View |
| 1919 | Uta Hagen, born in Germany, actress, Boys From Brazil, teaches acting |
| 1919 | Vera Hruba Ralston, born in Czechoslovakia, actress, Dakota, Accused of Murder |
| 1917 | Priscilla Lane, U.S., actress, Arsenic and Old Lace |
| 1916 | Irwin Allen, born in New York City, director, Land of the Giants, Poseidon Adventure |
| 1916 | Ivan Tors, TV producer, Sea Hunt, Flipper |
| 1915 | David Rockefeller, CEO, Chase Manhattan Bank |
| 1914 | Maurice Ohana, British?/French? pianist/composer, La Celestine |
| 1914 | Peter Lancelot Williams, dance journalist |
| 1914 | William Lundigan, born in Syracuse, New York, actor, Climax |
| 1912 | Eddie Williams, blues/Jazz Bassist |
| 1912 | Mary Lavin MacDonald Scott, author |
| 1912 | Russell "Lucky" Hayden, born in Chico, California, actor, Judge Roy Bean |
| 1911 | Milovan Djilas, Yugoslavia, writer/politician, New Class |
| 1909 | Archie Bleyer, born in Corona, New York, orchestra leader, Arthur Godfrey |
| 1909 | Mansel Treharne Thomas, composer |
| 1908 | Max Tailleur, adjudant to Prince Bernhard/Jewish humorist |
| 1908 | Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS Fuhrer, Mussolini/Horthy |
| 1908 | Ronald Selby Wright, minister |
| 1907 | Giorgio Nataletti, composer |
| 1904 | Eino Roiha, composer |
| 1902 | Hendrik J Elias, Flemish historian, mayor-Ghent |
| 1900 | Amadeo Roldan, composer |
| 1900 | Betsy van Es, Flemish actress, Sonna |
| 1899 | Weegee, American Photographer |
| 1899 | Arthur Fellig, American Photographer |
| 1897 | Alexandre Tansman, Lodz Poland, composer, Dyptique |
| 1897 | Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon, C, British Prime Minister, 1955-57 |
| 1893 | Kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor/radio play director, Paul Vlaanderen |
| 1892 | John Donald Robb, composer |
| 1892 | Djuna Barnes, American Novelist |
| 1890 | Egon Schiele, Austrian painter/graphic artist |
| 1885 | Werner Erich Josten, born in Elberfeld, Germany, composer, Jungle |
| 1881 | Juan de Hernandez, composer |
| 1879 | Charles Richards, Canadian Politician |
| 1878 | James O Curwood, U.S., journalist and writer, Kazan the wolfdog |
| 1877 | Thomas C Hart, U.S. Admiral, Asiatic fleet |
| 1876 | Narciso Garay, composer |
| 1874 | Willem Louis Frederic Landre, composer |
| 1858 | Harry Johnston, British Explorer |
| 1857 | Achille Simonetti, composer |
| 1851 | Oliver Joseph Lodge, born in England, early radio pioneer |
| 1843 | David Gill, Scottish Scientist |
| 1842 | Rikard Nordraak, composer |
| 1840 | Jakub Arbes, Czechoslovakian author, Moderni Upiri |
| 1829 | Johanna Spyri, born in Switzerland, writer, Heidi |
| 1827 | Johanna Spyri, Swiss Novelist |
| 1825 | John Cook, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1821 | Henry Moses Judah, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1819 | Charles Kingsley, Parson Lot, English vicar/historian, Westward Ho! |
| 1798 | Samuel Cooper, Sect of War/General Confederate Army |
| 1795 | John Marston, Jr., Commander Union Navy |
| 1771 | Patrick Gass, Falling Springs, Pennsylvania, Sergeant of Lewis and Clark Expedition |
| 1599 | Jan W van Brederode, governor, Hertogenbosch, Field Marshal |
| 1526 | Marc-Antoine de Muret, composer |
| 1519 | Cosmos de Medici, art patron, Accademia del Disegno |
| 1468 | Juan del Encina, composer |
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