| 1977 | Hadeel Abol-Naga, Miss Universe-Egypt, 1996 |
| 1977 | Iveta Jankularova, Miss Universe-Slovak Republic, 1996 |
| 1976 | Stephen Gately, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone |
| 1976 | Brittany Daniel, American Actress |
| 1974 | Eric Lane, running back for the New York Giants |
| 1974 | John Hall, kicker for the New York Jets |
| 1973 | Amelia Weatherly, actress, Stephanie Brewster-Loving/The City |
| 1973 | Jerome Woods, safety for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1973 | Caroline Corr, born in Dundalk, Ireland, drummer, member of 'The Corrs' folk-rock band, pop, rock, Celtic genres |
| 1972 | Mia Hamm, born in Selma, Alabama, soccer forward 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian Musician |
| 1971 | Katrina Colleton, WNBA guard and forward for the Los Angeles Sparks |
| 1971 | Tommy Thigpen, WLAF linebacker, Barcelona Dragons |
| 1970 | Shannan Mitchem, born in Decatur, Georgia, female infielder, Colorado Silver Bullets |
| 1969 | Andrew McMarlin, born in San Francisco, California, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Domenic "Filane" Figliomeni, Terrace Bay Ontario, boxer 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Gilbert Schaller, Bruck Austria, tennis star |
| 1968 | Judy Mosley McAfee, WNBA forward, Sacramento Monarchs |
| 1968 | Tyrone Hill, NBA forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 1967 | Chris Luongo, born in Detroit, NHL defenseman for the New York Islanders |
| 1967 | Kim Cathrein, born in Salinas, California, LPGA golfer, 1994 Rochester International-24th |
| 1967 | Melissa Allen, born in Portland, Oregon, WPVA volleyballer, Reebok National-13th-1994 |
| 1967 | Van Conner, rocker, Screaming Trees |
| 1967 | Billy Corgan, born in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, member of The Smashing Pumpkins band |
| 1966 | Andrew Hudson, cricketer, South Africa, 163 on debut vs WI 1992 |
| 1965 | Andrew Hudson, South African cricket player |
| 1965 | Caitlin Bilodeaux, born in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. fencer 1992 Olympics |
| 1965 | John Smiley, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, pitcher, for the Cincinnati Reds |
| 1964 | Alex Shoumidoub, NHL goaltender, Belarus, 1998 Olympics |
| 1964 | Don Griffin, NFL cornerback for the Cleveland Browns |
| 1964 | Rob Lowe, born in Charlottesville, Virginia, actor, St. Elmo's Fire, Class |
| 1964 | Ron Warren, Jr., jockey, Bay Meadows |
| 1963 | Rebeca Arthur, actress, Mary Anne-Perf Strangers, Opposites Attract |
| 1963 | Roger Harper, cricketer, Guyana and WI off-spinner Extraordinary field |
| 1962 | Clare Grogan, rocker, Altered Images-Happy Birthday |
| 1962 | Janet Patricia Gardner, born in Juneau, Alaska, rocker, Vixen-Rev It Up |
| 1962 | Patrick Thomas Burke, born in Hollywood, Florida, PGA golfer, 1992 BellSouth-6th |
| 1962 | Roxy Petrucci, born in Rochester, Minnesota, rock drummer, Vixen-Rev It Up |
| 1961 | Casey Siemaszko, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Biloxi Blues, 3 O'Clock High |
| 1960 | Lee Ann Michelle, born in Surrey, England, playmate, Feb, 1979 |
| 1960 | Vicki Lewis, Cincinnati, actress, Beth-Newsradio |
| 1959 | Brian Douglas Jones, born in Auckland New Zealand, tornado class yachter 1996 Olympics |
| 1959 | Danny Ainge, NBA coach for the Phoenix Suns |
| 1959 | Mike Lindup, British rock keyboardist/singer, Level 42-Hot Water |
| 1957 | Robin Cousins, England, figure skater, 1980 Olympics gold |
| 1956 | Will Rigby, rock percussionist, Amy Rigby Diary of a Mad Housewife |
| 1955 | Bill Beyers, actor, Wally McCandless-Capitol |
| 1955 | Cynthia McKinney, born in Atlanta, Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia 1993 - 1997, 1997 - 2003, 2005 - 2007 |
| 1955 | Gary Sinise, actor, Apollo 13, Forrest Gump |
| 1955 | Paul Overstreet, born in Van Cleave, Mississippi, country singer, Daddy's Come Around |
| 1954 | Lesley-Anne Down, born in London, actress, A Little Night Music, Moonraker |
| 1954 | Wally Stocker, born in London, rock vocalist and guitarist, Babys-Missing You |
| 1951 | Kurt Russell, born in Springfeild, Massachusetts, actor, Thing, Overboard, Mean Seasons |
| 1951 | Scott Gorham, Irish hard rock guitarist, Thin Lizzy-21 Guns |
| 1949 | Patrick Duffy, born in Townsend, Montana, actor, Bobby-Dallas, Man from Atlantis |
| 1948 | Robert Braunwart, who added thousands of dates to this database |
| 1948 | William Gibson, born in Canada, sci-fi author, Neuromancer, Count Zero |
| 1947 | Ian Gomm, born in Chiswick, West London, songwriter, singer, guitarist, considered 'Best Rhythm Guitarist' by New Musical Express Magagine, 1971 |
| 1946 | Harold Brown, born in Long Beach, California, rock drummer, War-Summer, Galaxy |
| 1946 | Michael Peter Finnissey, composer |
| 1945 | Michael V. Hayden, American Soldier |
| 1944 | Cito Gaston, MLB manager for the Toronto Blue Jays |
| 1944 | Danny DeVito, born in Neptune, New Jersey, actor, Louie-Taxi, Twins |
| 1944 | John Sebastian, born in New York City, singer, Loving Spoonful, Welcome Back Kotter |
| 1944 | Pat McCauley, N Ireland, rock drummer, Them |
| 1944 | Patti Boyd, born in Somerset, England, Mrs. George Harrison and Mrs. Eric Clapton |
| 1943 | Don Mitchell, born in Houston, Texas, actor, Mark-Ironside |
| 1942 | John Wayne Gacy, born in Chicago, Illinois, serial killer, 32 boys |
| 1942 | Sidney K. Barthelmy, U.S. politician |
| 1941 | Clarence Collins, U.S. singer, Imperials-Tears on my pillow |
| 1939 | Shahid Mahmoud, cricketer, opener scored 16 and 9 in only Pak Test |
| 1938 | Rudolf Nureyev, Russia, ballet dancer and choreographer, Kirov |
| 1937 | Adam Wade, actor, Kiss Me Goodbye, Crazy Joe |
| 1937 | Galina Samsova, ballerina |
| 1936 | Ladislaw Kupkovic, composer |
| 1936 | Thomas K. Mattingly II, Chic, Captain USN/astronaut, Apollo 16, STS-4, 51C |
| 1935 | Adam Wade, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, singer, Tony Orlando and Dawn |
| 1935 | Hans Wollschlager, born in Minden, Germany, writer, editor, translated completed works of Edgar Allen Poe, James Joyce's Ulysses |
| 1934 | Erhard Grosskopf, composer |
| 1934 | Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar |
| 1933 | Myrlie Evers-Williams, politician and commissioner LA Board of Public works |
| 1932 | Dick Curless, singer and songwriter |
| 1931 | Eunice Gayson, born in London, England, actress, Dr. No, From Russia With Love |
| 1930 | James Benson Irwin, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15 |
| 1930 | James Irwin, American Astronaut |
| 1928 | Edino Krieger, composer |
| 1927 | Kenneth S. Goldstein, folklorist/enthomusicologist |
| 1927 | Maurice Ingvar Karkoff, composer |
| 1927 | Patrick Allen, Malawi, actor, Roman Holiday, Dial "M" for Murder |
| 1927 | Sulkhan Ivanovich Nasidze, composer |
| 1926 | Siegfried Lenz, German writer, Ein Kriegsende |
| 1925 | G M Hughes, British zoologist |
| 1925 | Jerome Lejeune, physiologist |
| 1924 | Stephen Dodgson, composer |
| 1923 | Margaret Bondfield, 1st woman chairman, Trades Union Congress |
| 1922 | Megan Bull, British head mistress, Holloway Jail |
| 1921 | Mick Harvey, cricketer, in Newcastle Brother of Neil Test umpire |
| 1920 | John La Montaine, born in Oak Park, Illinois, composer, Pulitzer 1959 |
| 1919 | Hank Sauer, baseball player, NL MVP 1952 |
| 1919 | Nat King Cole, born in Montgomery Alaabama, singer, Unforgettable, Mona Lisa |
| 1918 | D Arendo, Arend Honhoff, Dutch pianist/composer, Eleonora |
| 1918 | Mercedes McCambridge, Joliet, Illinois, actress, All the King's Men |
| 1918 | Wilhelmus M J Russell, Dutch attorney/Member of 1st chamber, KVP/CDA |
| 1917 | Arthur Basil Cotle, medievalist |
| 1917 | Brian Boydell, composer |
| 1915 | Hans Namuth, German/U.S. photographer, Todos Santos, Guatemala |
| 1915 | William Roycroft, born in Austria, equestrian 3 day, Olympic-bronze-1976 |
| 1914 | Sammy Baugh, born in Texas, American football player, coach, inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| 1911 | Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer |
| 1910 | Bayard Rustin, civil rights leader |
| 1909 | Patrick Reilly, British diplomat |
| 1908 | Boris N Poveloi, Kampov, Russian journalist/writer |
| 1908 | Radie Britain, composer |
| 1907 | Tamara Geva, born in Russia, dancer, actress, choreographer, married to George Balanchine |
| 1907 | Jan M J van Houtte, premier Belgium, 1952-54 |
| 1906 | Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], Berlin, actress, Gloria, Gold |
| 1906 | Michael O'Shea, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Denny-It's a Great Life |
| 1902 | Bobby Jones, Jr., born in Atlanta Georgia, PGA golfer, Grand Slam 1930 |
| 1902 | Bobby Jones, American Athlete |
| 1901 | Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan, Nobel 1974 |
| 1900 | Alfred Newman, born in New Haven, composer, Love is a Many Splendored Thing |
| 1899 | Gloria Swanson, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Sadie Thompson, Killer Bees |
| 1894 | Paul Green, U.S., novelist/playwright, In Abraham's Bosom |
| 1892 | Sayed Darwish, composer |
| 1890 | Harold Morris, composer |
| 1888 | Frank Buck, actor, Africa Screams, Tiger Queen, Tiger Fangs |
| 1887 | Ben Sajet, Dutch physician/politician |
| 1881 | Kristian Elster, Norwegian author, Less bror Harris |
| 1881 | Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist |
| 1880 | Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer |
| 1877 | Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist, People/Nutcracker |
| 1876 | Frederic Ayers, composer |
| 1874 | Kincsem, horse that never lost a race |
| 1874 | Stephen Samuel Wise, U.S., President of Zionist Org of America |
| 1873 | Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister, 1929-31 |
| 1873 | Margaret Bondfield, British Labour leader/1st woman cabinet member |
| 1872 | Billy Quaife, cricketer, England batsman 1899-1902 |
| 1848 | Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer |
| 1846 | Kate Greenaway, born in England, artist/book illustrator, Under the Window |
| 1839 | Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer, Munich Conser |
| 1834 | Gottlieb Daimler, born in Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle |
| 1832 | Moncure Daniel Conway, U.S., abolitionist, Life of Thomas Paine |
| 1832 | Walter Quintin Gresham, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1828 | Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General Confederate Army |
| 1826 | Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography, Volkerkunder |
| 1825 | Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer, Le Bon Samaritain |
| 1820 | Patrick Edward Connor, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1820 | Jean Ingelow, English Poet |
| 1804 | James Bridger, scout, fur trader and mountain man par excellance |
| 1789 | Edmund Kean, born in London, England, tragic actor, Shylock |
| 1787 | George Simon Ohm, physicist, discovered Ohm's Law |
| 1781 | Dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Netherlands Indies |
| 1780 | Thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator, Free Church of Scotland 1843-47 |
| 1777 | Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert, Maryland, 5th Chief Justice, Dred Scott dec |
| 1746 | Jan David Holland, composer |
| 1685 | Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter |
| 1675 | Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer |
| 1664 | Georg Osterreich, composer |
| 1628 | Daniel van Papenbroeck, Papebrochius, Flemish historian |
| 1578 | Francesco Albana, Italian painter, Mary's Ascension |
| 1473 | James IV, king of Scotland, 1488-1513 |
| 599 | Ali ibn Abi Talib, born in Mecca, the holiest meeting site of Islam, son-in-law, of prophet Muhammad, Muslim Sunni - Shi'a split occurred because Sunni's consider him 4th, last Rashidun, Shi'a's consider him first Imam, rightful successor to Muhammad |
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