| 1988 | Jose Vizcaino, born in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, infielder for the New York Mets |
| 1986 | Jessica McClure, baby trapped in Texas well in 1988 |
| 1985 | Keira Knightley, born in Teddington, England, actress, films include, 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Atonement', Pirates of the Caribbean' triology, made $32 million in 2007 |
| 1979 | Heidi Zeigler, actress, Sherry-Just the 10 of Us |
| 1976 | Amy Smart, born in Topanga, California, actress, appeared in films, 'Road Trip', 'Just Friends' |
| 1974 | Alfred Shipman, CFL slot back for the BC Lions |
| 1974 | Irina Spirlea, born in Bucharest, Romania, tennis star, 1996 Amelia Island |
| 1974 | Mike Peca, born in Toronto, NHL center, Buffalo Sabres |
| 1973 | Marshall Faulk, running back for the Indianapolis Colts |
| 1973 | Larry Page, born in East Lansing, Michigan, computer scientist, Google co-founder, named a Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum |
| 1972 | Naoko Kijimuta, born in Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan, tennis star, 1996 Jakarta |
| 1972 | Steve Anderson, CFL defensive linebacker for the Calgary Stampeders |
| 1971 | Dave DeGraaf, born in Lansing, Michigan, team handball circle 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Jesus Tavarez, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, outfielder for the Florida Marlins |
| 1971 | Rennae Stubbs, Sydney Australia, tennis star |
| 1971 | Tommy Fagan, CFL/NFL defensive end, Atlanta Falcons, Winn Blue Bombers |
| 1970 | Evan Richards, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Frankie-Mama Malone |
| 1970 | Paul Bosvelt, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles/FC Twente |
| 1969 | Beth Howell, born in Clinton, Mississippi, Miss Mississippi-America, 1991 |
| 1969 | Luke Richardson, born in Ottawa, NHL defenseman for the Edmonton Oilers |
| 1969 | Vikram Rathour, cricketer, Indian Test opening batsman 1996- |
| 1968 | Edward Kaminski, born in Kansas City, Kansas, javelin thrower |
| 1968 | Ian Hutchings, born in Zimbabwe, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Klondike Klassic |
| 1968 | Jose Vizcaino, born in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, infielder for the New York Mets |
| 1968 | Kari Gronroos, WLAF kicker for the Scotland Claymores |
| 1968 | Mike Trevathan, CFL slot back for the BC Lions |
| 1968 | Shane Reynolds, born in Bastrop, Louisiana, pitcher for the Houston Astros |
| 1968 | Kenny Chesney, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, country music artist, over 30 hits, 13 albums certified gold or higher by RIAA, albums include, 'When the Sun Goes Down' |
| 1966 | Lee Porter, born in Greensboro, North Carolina, Nike golfer, 1992 Texarkana Open-5th |
| 1966 | Mike Remlinger, born in Middletown, New York, pitcher, Cincinnati Reds |
| 1966 | Wesley Walls, NFL tight end for the New Orleans Saints |
| 1964 | Ab Plugboer, soccer player, FC Utrecht |
| 1964 | Ulf Samuelsson, born in Fagersta SWE, NHL defenseman, Team Sweden, New York Rangers |
| 1964 | Todd Barry, American Comedian |
| 1963 | Paul de Leeuw, Dutch TV host, Cry of the Lion |
| 1963 | Rebecca Twigg, born in Seattle, Washington 79K cyclist, Olympic silver 1984, 1992, 1996 |
| 1962 | John Stockton, born in Spokane, Washington, NBA guard, Utah Jazz, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1962 | Kevin Seitzer, born in Springfield, Illinois, infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers |
| 1962 | Maarten de Young, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen |
| 1962 | Richard Coles, rocker, Communards-Don't Leave Me This Way |
| 1962 | Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko, born in Russia, Lt-colonel/cosmonaut |
| 1961 | Leigh Bowery, born in Sunshine, Australia, designer, pop star, model, performance artist, influenced Boy George, Vivienne Westwood |
| 1961 | William Hague, Secretary of State for Wales |
| 1960 | Billy Warlock, born in Hawthorne, California, actor, Flip-Happy Days, Baywatch |
| 1960 | Marcus Allen, NFL running back, Los Angeles Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs, Heisman 1981 |
| 1960 | Michael Evans, born in Fontana, California, U.S. water polo player 1988 Olympics silver |
| 1960 | Jon Huntsman, Jr., American Politician |
| 1960 | Catherine Keener, American Actress |
| 1959 | David Delong, born in Portland, Oregon, Canadian Tour golfer, 1988 BC Open |
| 1957 | Leeza Gibbons, born in South Carolina, TV host, Entertainment Tonight, Leeza |
| 1957 | Walter Rohlfing, born in Dusseldorf, WLAF defensive line coach, Rhein Fire |
| 1956 | Charly McClain, born in Jackson, Tennessee, country singer, Radio Heart |
| 1956 | Tatyana Kochergina, born in U.S.S.R., team handball, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics |
| 1955 | Dean Dillon, born in Lake City, Tennessee, country singer, Chair |
| 1954 | Curtis Sliwa, founder, Guardian Angels, radio personality, WABC |
| 1954 | Piers Gardner, director, British Institute of International and Comparative Law |
| 1953 | Michael Bonagura, born in Newark, New Jersey, country singer, Baille and Boys-Oh Heart |
| 1953 | Tatyana Providokhina, Russian 1K runner, world record |
| 1953 | Lincoln Chafee, American Politician |
| 1952 | David Amess, born in London, England, British politician, Conservative, Member of Parliament for Southend West |
| 1951 | Richard B. Shull, U.S. actor, Hail to the Chief, Big Bus |
| 1950 | Ernest Thomas, born in Gary, Indiana, actor, Roger-What's Happening!! |
| 1950 | Graham Barlow, cricketer, England batsman in 3 Tests 1976-77 |
| 1950 | Martin Short, born in Hamilton, Ontario, comedian, SNL, SCTV, 3 Amigos |
| 1950 | Ronnie McDowell, born in Fountain Head, Tennessee, country singer, King is Gone |
| 1950 | Teddy Pendergrass, born in Philadelphia, singer, Turn Off the Lights |
| 1950 | Tony Papenfuss, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Daryl-Newhart |
| 1949 | Helene Hayman, born in England, Baroness Helene Hayman, Helene Valerie Hayman, Member of Parliament, Life Peer, Lord Speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| 1949 | Fran Sheehan, rock bassist, Boston-More than a Feeling |
| 1949 | Vicki Lawrence, born in Inglewood, California, actress, Carol Burnette, Mama's Family |
| 1948 | Kyung-Wha Chung, born in Seoul, Korea, violinist, Chung Sisters |
| 1948 | Richard Tandy, rock bassist, ELO |
| 1948 | Steven Tyler, born in New York City, rock vocalist, Aerosmith-Janie Got a Gun |
| 1948 | Steve Tyler, American Musician |
| 1947 | Carmen Krolis, Suriname/Netherlands singer |
| 1946 | Johnny Crawford, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Mark-The Rifleman |
| 1945 | Mikhail Voronin, born in U.S.S.R., horse vault gymnast, 1968 Olympics gold |
| 1944 | Diana Ross, born in Detroit, Supremes, Lady Sings Blues, Mahogany |
| 1943 | Bob Woodward, investigative reporter, Watergate, CIA crimes |
| 1942 | Erica Jong, born in New York City, author, Fear of Flying |
| 1941 | Barclay Plager, hockey player/twin brother of hockey's Bob Plager |
| 1941 | Bob Plager, hockey player/twin brother of hockey's Barclay Plager |
| 1941 | Richard Dawkins, English Scientist |
| 1940 | Bill, Indiana, Bishop-designate, Truro |
| 1940 | Braulio Baeza, jockey, National Horse Racing Hall of Famer |
| 1940 | Nancy Pelosi, born in Baltimore, Maryland, Representative-D-California 1987 - |
| 1940 | Rod Lauren, rocker, If I Had a Girl |
| 1940 | Servaes Huys, Dutch MP, PvdA |
| 1939 | Colin Webb, general manager, Press Association |
| 1939 | James Caan, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Brian's Song, Killer Elite, Godfather |
| 1939 | Phillip R. Allen, born in Pittsburgh, actor, Harry-Hardy Boys Mystery, Mitch-Alice |
| 1939 | Stuart Sutherland, Professor Emeritus, Sussex U |
| 1937 | Barbara Pearl Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, 4X100m relayer, Gold Medals 1952, 1960 Olympics |
| 1937 | Philip Chetwode, born in England, born 2nd Baron Chetwode, Baron Chetwode, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, heir apparent is Hon. Roger Chetwode |
| 1937 | Wayne Embry, holder of 7 basketball records, Miami of Ohio |
| 1936 | Fred Paris, rocker, Five Satins |
| 1935 | Arthur Hay, born in Scotland, Arthur William Patrick Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnouli, family seat is Dupplin Castle, located outside of Perth, Scotland |
| 1935 | Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Statesman |
| 1934 | Alan Arkin, born in New York City, actor, Catch 22, In-Laws, Simon, Wait Until Dark |
| 1934 | Gino Cappelletti, ORFU, AFL running back, AFL Player of Year 1964 |
| 1933 | Vine Deloria, Jr., Sioux Author |
| 1932 | Dick Nolan, football coach |
| 1931 | Leonard Nimoy, born in Boston, actor, Spock-Star Trek, Mission Impossible |
| 1930 | Cristobal Halffter, composer |
| 1930 | Gregory Corso, beat poet, Happy Birthday of Death, Long Live Man |
| 1930 | Sandra Day O'Connor, born in Texas, 1st woman Supreme Court Justice, 1981- |
| 1929 | Amedee Turner, born in England, Amedee Edward Turner, politician, barrister, Conservative Party, Member of the European Parliament, patent lawyer |
| 1929 | Maurice Simon, jazz musician |
| 1929 | Tom Foley, American Politician |
| 1928 | Carole Carr, singer and actress, Down Among the Z Men |
| 1927 | Jonathan Tod, Vice-Admiral, England |
| 1926 | Ann Curtis, U.S., 400m freestyle swimmer, Gold Medal 1948 Olympics |
| 1925 | Claudio Spies, composer |
| 1925 | Lord Graham of Edmonton, House of Lords, chief opposition whip |
| 1925 | Lord Hooson QC, crown court recorder |
| 1925 | Maqsood Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in 16 Tests 1952-56 |
| 1925 | Pierre Boulez, born in Montbrison, France, composer and conductor, Visage Nuptial |
| 1923 | Bob Elliot, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Bob and Ray, Get a Life |
| 1923 | Clifton Williams, born in Traskwood, Arkansas, band master, Sinfonians |
| 1923 | Elizabeth Jane Howard, British novelist, After Julius |
| 1922 | William Milliken, actor, Drive-in |
| 1921 | George Jefferson, CEO, British Telecom |
| 1921 | Joe Loco, musician |
| 1921 | Peter Horsley, CEO, Osprey Aviation |
| 1920 | George Brown, Jr., born in Holtville, California, Representative-D-California 1963 - 1971 and 1973 - 1999 |
| 1919 | Strother Martin, born in Kokomo, Indiana, actor, Cool Hand Luke, Slapshot |
| 1917 | Jean Graham Hall, circuit court judge, England |
| 1917 | Rufus Thomas, born in Mississippi, singer, Walking the Dog |
| 1916 | Bill Edrich, cricketer, Middlesex and England bat, Compton's mate |
| 1916 | Christian B. Anfinsen, U.S. chemist, cell physiology, Nobel 1972 |
| 1916 | Harry Rabinowitz, British composer and conductor |
| 1916 | Mort Abrahams, producer, Dr. Doolittle, Planet Of Apes |
| 1916 | Sterling Hayden, born in New Jersey, actor, Dr. Strangelove, Asphalt Jungle, Cobra |
| 1916 | Vic Schoen, Brooklyn New York, orchestra leader, Patti Page Olds Show |
| 1914 | Ian McGeoch, Vice-Admiral |
| 1914 | William Westmoreland, born in Saxon, South Carolina, army general, Vietnam era |
| 1913 | Paul Erdos, mathematician |
| 1911 | Bernard Katz, biophysicist |
| 1911 | Tennessee Williams, born in Columbus, Mississippi, playwright, 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' |
| 1909 | Chips Rafferty, Broken Hill Australia, actor, Desert Rats |
| 1909 | Chris Reumer, Dutch opera singer |
| 1908 | Betty MacDonald, Anne E Campbell Bard, U.S. writer, Egg and I |
| 1908 | Hank Sylvern, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Jane Froman's USA Canteen |
| 1908 | Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling, born in Essen, Germany, tennis star, French 1935 |
| 1908 | Kenneth Mellanby, entomologist |
| 1908 | Robert William Paine, architect |
| 1907 | Leigh Harline, composer |
| 1907 | Louis Saguer, composer |
| 1905 | Pablo Garrido, composer |
| 1905 | Viktor Emil Frankl, pyschiatrist, Man's Search for Meaning |
| 1905 | Viktor E. Frankl, Austrian Psychologist |
| 1904 | Emilio Fernandez, born in El Seco, Mexico, director, La Choca, Flor Silvestre |
| 1904 | Hermann Schroeder, composer |
| 1904 | Joseph Campbell, mythologist, Mythic Image |
| 1902 | Leslie Melville, economist |
| 1900 | Isadore Freed, composer |
| 1899 | James B. Connant, chemist/college president, Yale |
| 1899 | William Baines, composer |
| 1898 | Renzo Massarani, composer |
| 1897 | Jean Epstein, French director, Sa tate/Eau vive |
| 1896 | Richard Flury, composer |
| 1894 | Will Wright, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Living Christ Story |
| 1893 | Palmiro Togliatti, founder, Communist Party of Italy |
| 1893 | James Bryant Conant, American Scientist |
| 1890 | Jozef Arras, Flemish writer |
| 1889 | Vaclav Kapral, composer |
| 1888 | Sigurd Erixon, Swedish etnologist, Atlas over Svensk Folk culture |
| 1885 | Julius Harrison, composer |
| 1885 | Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer |
| 1884 | Wilhelm Backhaus, born in Leipzig, Germany, pianist, Rubinstein 1905 |
| 1880 | Duncan Hines, U.S., restaurant guide writer, Out of Kentucky Kitchens |
| 1874 | Gerald du Maurier, born in London, England, actor, Power, Escape, Masks and Faces |
| 1874 | Oskar Nedbal, composer |
| 1874 | Robert Frost, born in San Francisco, poet, Mending Wall, Road Not Taken |
| 1873 | [Louise] Sophie de Vries, actress, On Hope of Blessing |
| 1871 | Serafin Alvarez Quintero, Spanish dramatist/playwright, El Flechazo |
| 1868 | Fuad I, king of Egypt, 1922-36 |
| 1863 | Henry Royce, founder, Rolls-Royce Limited in 1884 |
| 1862 | George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer |
| 1859 | A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet, Shropshire Lad |
| 1859 | Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer |
| 1859 | A. E. Housman, English Poet |
| 1856 | David Alfred Thomas, born in Glamorganshire, England, 1st Viscount Rhondda |
| 1854 | Braulio Dueno Colon, composer |
| 1850 | Edward Bellamy, author, Looking Backward |
| 1848 | John Churton Collins, English Critic |
| 1840 | Carli Zoeller, composer |
| 1840 | George Smith, born in London, England, assyriologist, cuneiform, script |
| 1833 | Betsy Perk, Dutch journalist, writer and feminist |
| 1830 | Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar, poet and writer |
| 1830 | John Rogers Thomas, composer |
| 1827 | Emanuel Kania, composer |
| 1821 | Earnest Angel, German statistician, Law of Angel |
| 1821 | Ernst Engel, German Economist |
| 1819 | Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer |
| 1819 | Louise Otto, Germany, author and feminist |
| 1817 | Herman Haupt, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1813 | Thomas West Sherman, Major General Union Army |
| 1806 | Josef Slavik, composer |
| 1783 | Johann Baptist Weigl, composer |
| 1773 | Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician, astronomer and author, Marine Sextant |
| 1758 | Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer |
| 1753 | Benjamin Thompson, physicist, Royal Institute of Great Britain |
| 1717 | Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer |
| 1684 | Johann Graf, composer |
| 1671 | Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer |
| 1659 | William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher |
| 1577 | Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I and Charlotte of Bourbon |
| 1516 | Konrad von Gesner, born in Zurich, Switzerland, naturalist, Bibliotheca Universalis |
| 1479 | Vasili III, great prince of Moscow 1505-33 amd son of Ivan III |
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