| 1980 | Luke Edwards, born in Nevada City, California, actor, Newsie |
| 1979 | Petra Nemcova, Czechoslovakian Model |
| 1977 | Olivia Burnette, born in San Clemente, California, actress, Torkelsons |
| 1976 | Danielle Garrett, born in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, soccer forward 1996 Olympics |
| 1976 | Peyton Manning, American Athlete |
| 1975 | Debbie Keller, born in Winfield, Illinois, soccer forward 1996 Olympics |
| 1975 | Julia Bikbova, born in Kiev, Ukraine, dance skater |
| 1974 | Terry Killens, linebacker, Tennessee Oilers |
| 1974 | Alyson Hannigan, born in Washington, D.C., actress, known for television series, 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer', appeared in 'American Pie' films |
| 1973 | Atle Larsen, WLAF kicker, Rhein Fire |
| 1973 | Chip McCaw, born in Chicago, Illinois, volleyball setter 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | David Moravec, hockey forward, Team Czechoslovakia, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics |
| 1973 | Josh Lakatos, born in Pasadena, California, trap shooter, 1996 Olympics silver |
| 1973 | Philippe Boucher, born in St. Apollinaire, California, NHL defense, Los Angeles Kings, Olympic Gold 1998 |
| 1970 | Lara Flynn Boyle, born in Davenport, Iowa, actress, Donna Hayward-Twin Peaks |
| 1970 | Marques Bragg, NBA forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 1970 | Mike Vanderjagt, CFL kicker for the Toronto Argonauts |
| 1970 | Shannon Lemora, born in Baton Rouge Louisiana, 1.5k runner |
| 1969 | Yoko Zetterlund, born in San Francisco, California, volleyball setter, Olympics bronze 1992, 1996 |
| 1967 | Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel, born in Florida, tennis player, Virginia Slims of Ark 1987 |
| 1967 | Richard Gillam, born in Atlanta, Georgia, pairs skater |
| 1966 | Penny Toler, WNBA guard for the Los Angeles Sparks |
| 1966 | Tatjana Patitz, born in Hamburg, West Germany, model/actress, Rising Sun |
| 1965 | Angela Zuckerman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, speed skater 1994 Olympics |
| 1965 | Ben Torriero, WLAF running back, Scottish Claymores |
| 1965 | Jeff Reese, Brantford, NHL goalie, Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 1965 | Marian Vajda, Czechoslovakia, tennis star |
| 1964 | Hans Schwaier, West Germany, tennis star |
| 1964 | Annabella Sciorra, American Actress |
| 1963 | Raimond van der Gouw, Dutch soccer goalie, Vitesse, Manchester |
| 1963 | Sammy Giammatva, born in Houston, Texas, tennis star |
| 1962 | Penny Hammel, born in Decatur, Illinois, LPGA golfer, Jamie Farr Toledo-1985, 89 |
| 1962 | Star Jones, attorney/TV hostess, NBC, Inside Edition |
| 1961 | Dean Jones, cricketer, dashing Australian batsman and fielder 1984-92 |
| 1961 | James T. Gallagher, Jr., born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, PGA golfer, 1990 Greater Milw |
| 1960 | Kelly LeBrock, born in New York City, actress, Weird Science, Woman in Red |
| 1957 | Scott J. Horowitz, born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, PhD/Captain USAF/astronaut, STS-75, 82 |
| 1956 | Ijaz Faqih, cricketer, Pakistan off-spin all-rounder in 5 Tests 80-88 |
| 1954 | Donna Pescow, born in Brooklyn, actress, Angie, Out of this World, Rainbow |
| 1954 | Irina Ratushinskaya, born in Odessa, Ukraine, disident poet, Beyond the Limit |
| 1954 | Robert Carradine, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Slim-The Cowboys, Wavelength |
| 1953 | Steve Lubbers, cricketer, captain of Dutch World Cup team 1996 |
| 1952 | Nicholas Campbell, born in Toronto, Canada, actor, Nick-Insiders |
| 1951 | Dougie Thompson, rocker, Supertramp-Bloody Well Right |
| 1951 | Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr., Patuxent R, Maryland, Commander USN/astro, STS-48, 60 |
| 1951 | Pat Bradley, born in Westford, Massachusetts, LPGA golfer, 1981 U.S. Women's Open |
| 1949 | Steve Lang, born in Montreal, Canada, rock bassist, April Wine |
| 1947 | Alan Sugar, English multi-millionaire/computer manufacturer, Amstrad |
| 1947 | Mike Kellie, rock drummer, Spooky Tooth-It's All About |
| 1947 | Paul McCandless, rocker, Torches on the Lake |
| 1947 | Pieter W. Coetzer, South African journalist/MP, NP |
| 1947 | Christine Gregoire, American Politician |
| 1946 | Lee Oskar, born in Denmark, rock harmonicist, War-Why Can't We Be Friends |
| 1944 | Denny McLain, baseball pitcher, Detroit Tigers, 31 wins in 1968 |
| 1944 | Patti Labelle, singer, Phoenix, Tasty, Chameleon |
| 1944 | R. Lee Ermey, American Soldier |
| 1943 | Martin Lancaster, born in North Carolina, Representative-D-North Carolina 1987 - 1995 |
| 1943 | Jesus Alou, baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants |
| 1943 | Marika Kilius, born in West Germany, ice skating pair, Olympics silver 1960, 64 |
| 1940 | Bob Mackie, born in Monterey Parks, California, designer, Streisand, Cher |
| 1938 | Larry Wilson, NFL back, Cardinals |
| 1938 | David Irving, British Author |
| 1937 | Benjamin Luxon, born in Redruth, England, baritone, Owen Wingrave |
| 1937 | Bill Tillman, basebal player |
| 1937 | Billy Stewart, U.S. R&B singer, I Do Love You |
| 1937 | Erskine Sandiford, premier, Barbados, 1987-94 |
| 1936 | Fredrick Kaufmamn, composer |
| 1936 | David Suzuki, Canadian Scientist |
| 1935 | Peter Bichsel, born in Lucerne, Switzerland, writer, journalist, wrote 'And Really Frau Blum Would Very Much Like to Meet the Milkman', member of the Gruppe Olten, a club of Swiss writers |
| 1933 | David Harries, composer |
| 1932 | William Smith, born in Columbia, Missouri, actor, Rich Man Poor Man, Hawaii 5-0 |
| 1932 | Yuri Anatoyevich Ponomaryov, born in Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 18 backup |
| 1931 | Thelma Kalama, U.S., 4 x 100m relay swimmer, 1948 Olympics gold |
| 1930 | Kenneth Nelson, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, actor, Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family |
| 1930 | Steve McQueen, born in Slater, Missouri, actor, Wanted, Dead or Alive, Blob, Bullitt |
| 1929 | Cuan McCarthy, cricketer, 36 Test wkts for South Africa, 1 career no-ball |
| 1928 | Byron "Yankees" Janis, born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, pianist, NBC Symphony Orchestra |
| 1928 | Vanessa Brown, born in Vienna, Austria, actress, My Favorite Husband |
| 1927 | Janos Decsenyi, composer |
| 1927 | Martin Walser, born in Wasserburg am Bodensee, Germany, writer, 1998 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade winner, known for 'Runaway Horse', famous for describing conflicts his anti-heroes have in stories and novels |
| 1926 | Dario Fo, born in Leggiuno Sangiano, Virginia, playwright, Nobel-1997 |
| 1925 | Duncan Wood, TV director/producer |
| 1925 | Mai Zetterling, born in Vaeras, Sweden, actress, Hidden Agenda, Ringer |
| 1924 | Lois Andrews, actress, Ganster, Rustlers, Desert Hawk |
| 1924 | Lorraine Gourley, LA CA |
| 1924 | Norman Fell, Philadelphia, actor, Mr Roper-3's Company, The End, Graduate |
| 1923 | Edna Jo Hunter, expert on military families and prisoners of war |
| 1923 | Murray Hamilton, born in Washington, North Carolina, actor, Rich Man Poor Man |
| 1922 | Dave Appell, singer/musician/songwriter, In the Midnight Hour |
| 1921 | Wilson Harris, Guayanese author |
| 1920 | Gene Nelson, Berg, born in Seattle, Washington actor, Tea For 2, Oklahoma |
| 1919 | John Duncan, Sr., born in Tennessee, Representative-R-Tennessee 1965 - 1988 |
| 1919 | Lawrence Ferlinghetti, author, Coney Island of the Mind |
| 1918 | Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter |
| 1914 | Lilli Palmer, born in Posen, Germany, actress, Boys From Brazil, Sebastian |
| 1912 | Dorothy Height, American Activist |
| 1911 | Enrique Jorda, born in San Sebastian, Spain, conductor, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 1970 |
| 1911 | Herman W. "Fritz" Liebert, U.S. OSSer/librarian, Yale curator |
| 1911 | Jane Beverly Drew, architect |
| 1911 | Joseph Barbera, animator, Hanna-Barbera |
| 1910 | Jacques Chailley, composer |
| 1910 | Richard Conte, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, 4 Just Men, Tony Rome, Hotel |
| 1909 | Clyde Barrow, bank robber, of Bonnie and Clyde fame |
| 1909 | Thomas E "Tommy" Trinder, English radio comic/actor, Phoenix |
| 1907 | Janet Harmon Bragg, U.S. pilot/columnist, Chicago Defender |
| 1907 | Lauris Norstad, U.S. gen, NATO commander and CEO, Owens-Corning Fiberglass |
| 1907 | Lucia Chase, U.S. ballerina/co-founder, American Ballet Theater |
| 1907 | Lydia Korneevna Chukovskaya, writer |
| 1907 | Martin Kosleck, born in Germany, actor, Pursuit to Algiers |
| 1906 | John Cameron Swayze, news correspondent/spokesman, Timex |
| 1905 | Andre Christiaens, Flemish writer, Unfindable Country |
| 1903 | Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist, Nobel 1939 |
| 1903 | John Patrick Sutton Ludlow, actor, Agatha |
| 1903 | Malcolm Muggeridge, English writer, Observer of Life |
| 1900 | June Clark, musician trumpet |
| 1898 | Dorothy Stratton, organizer, SPARS-women's branch of U.S. Coast Guard |
| 1898 | George Alpert, railroad executive |
| 1897 | Charles Eyck, Dutch painter/sculptor |
| 1897 | Wilhelm Reich, Austrian/U.S. psycho analysist, character analysis |
| 1896 | Gianna Manzini, writer |
| 1895 | Arthur Murray, dancer, Arthur Murray's Dance Party |
| 1895 | Sid Saylor, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Wally-Waterfront |
| 1892 | Marston Morse, American Mathematician |
| 1891 | Annie "Charley" Toorop, Dutch painter, 3 Generations |
| 1891 | John Knittel, writer |
| 1890 | Miguel Suriel, Netherlands Antillian writer, Muhe culpabel |
| 1888 | Jameson Thomas, born in London, England, actor, Farmer's Wife |
| 1887 | Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, born in San Jose, California, actor, Keystone comedies |
| 1887 | Fatty Arbuckle, American Comedian |
| 1886 | Edward Weston, American Photographer |
| 1885 | Charlie Daniels, U.S. swimmer, Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08 |
| 1884 | Gino Marinuzzi, composer |
| 1884 | Peter Debye, Holland, physical chemist, Nobel 1936 |
| 1883 | James I Wedgwood, British theosophist/old-catholic bishop |
| 1878 | Top Naeff, Anthonetta van Rhijn-N-Naeff, Dutch writer |
| 1874 | Harry Houdini, Budapest, magician/escape artist |
| 1874 | Luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president of Italy, 1948-55 |
| 1871 | Ernest Rutherford, nuclear scientist |
| 1869 | Emile Fabre, France, playwright, administrator of Comedie Franeaise |
| 1866 | Jack McAuliffe, U.S. lightweight boxing champ, hall of famer |
| 1855 | Andrew W. Mellon, founder, Mellon Bank, U.S. Secretary of Treasury |
| 1855 | Olive Schreiner, South African writer, Portrait of a South African Woman |
| 1855 | Andrew Mellon, American Businessman |
| 1837 | Philips, Count of Flanders Belgium |
| 1835 | Josef Stefan, Austria, physicist, Stefan-Boltzmann law |
| 1834 | John Wesley Powell, U.S., geologist/explorer/ethnologist |
| 1834 | William Morris, England, designer, craftsman, poet and socialist |
| 1828 | Horace Gray, American Judge |
| 1821 | Elisa Felix, tragedienne |
| 1821 | [George] Hector Tyndale, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1820 | Fanny Crosby, American Musician |
| 1817 | Aime Maillart, composer |
| 1814 | Galen Clark, U.S., naturalist and discovered Mariposa Grove |
| 1809 | Joseph Liouville, France, discover of transcendental numbers |
| 1802 | Jacob van Lennep, attorney/Dutch MP |
| 1797 | Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder, Institute of Charity |
| 1762 | Marcos Antonio da Fonseca, born in Portugal, opera composer, Portogallo |
| 1755 | Rufus King, framer of U.S. constitution |
| 1749 | Bernard Jumentier, composer |
| 1740 | John Antes, composer |
| 1732 | Gian Francesco de Majo, composer |
| 1714 | Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer |
| 1703 | Jose F de Isla, Francisco de Salazar, Spanish Jesuit/writer |
| 1630 | Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal |
| 1607 | Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear Admiral, St. Vincent, Dune |
| 1494 | Georgius Agricola, born in Germany, mineralogist, De Re Metallica |
| 1441 | Ernst I, elector of Saxon, 1464-86 |
| 1188 | Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I |
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