| 1986 | Ashley Slaney, daughter of Olympians Mary Decker and Richard Slaney |
| 1983 | Jennifer Ellison, English Actress |
| 1980 | Steven Gerrard, English Athlete |
| 1978 | Krassmira Todorava, Miss Bulgaria Universe 1997 |
| 1976 | Omri Hairi Katz, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Marshall Teller-Eerie Indiana |
| 1974 | David Wilkie, Ellensburg, NHL defenseman, Montreal Canadiens |
| 1973 | Christine Pavone, Miss USA-Connecticut 1997 |
| 1973 | Je'Rod Cherry, safety for the New Orleans Saints |
| 1973 | Jennifer Darst, Dallas Texas, pairs skater, & Arthur Reid |
| 1973 | Steve Charbonneau, CFL defensive linebacker, Montreal Alouettes |
| 1972 | Allen Aldridge, NFL linebacker, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32 |
| 1972 | Anthony Cook, NFL defensive end/defensive tackle, Tenn Oilers |
| 1972 | Jeff Jones, NFL tackle, Detroit Lions |
| 1972 | Manny Ramirez, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, outfielder, Cleveland Indians |
| 1972 | Renita Farrell, born in Townsville, Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Terry Wilburn, WLAF running back, Barcelona Dragons |
| 1971 | Drahomir Kadlec, Pribham, Czech Republic, hockey defenseman, Team Czech Republic |
| 1971 | Jiri Slegr, born in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman, Edmonton Oilers, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1998 Olympics |
| 1971 | Kyle Vander Kuyp, Australian 110m hurdler 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Sam Rogers, NFL linebacker for the Buffalo Bills |
| 1968 | Amy Fuller, Westlake California, rower, Olympics-4th-92, 96 |
| 1968 | Jerry Springer, born in White Plains, New York, Canadian Tour golfer |
| 1967 | Benoat Gauthier, St. Jerome Quebec, canoeist 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Rechelle Hawkes, born in Albany, Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Tim Burgess, born in Salford, England, rocker, lead singer, songwriter for The Charlatans, member of The Chavs |
| 1966 | Gary Martin, cricket pace bowler, Zimbabwe ODI |
| 1965 | Tammy Parks, Rockville Centre, New York, actress, Attack of 60' Centerfold |
| 1965 | Tyronne Stowe, NFL linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1964 | Nhi Lan Le, Vietnam, U.S. fencer-foil 1996 Olympics |
| 1964 | Wynonna Judd, Ashland, Kentucky, American Musician, Judds-Why Not Me |
| 1963 | Helen Patricia Sharman, Great Britain, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-12 |
| 1963 | Lynda Wiesmeier, Washington D.C., playmate, Jul, 1982 |
| 1962 | Jan Gunnarsson, Sweden, tennis star |
| 1962 | John Alt, NFL tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1962 | Tonya Pinkins, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Livia Frye-All My Children |
| 1961 | Ella Arolovich, Leningrad U.S.S.R., model |
| 1961 | Ralph Carter, New York City, actor, Michael Evans-Good Times |
| 1961 | Trey Parker, rapper/actor, Newsies, Hull High |
| 1960 | Stephen "Tea Tower" Duffy, rocker, Lilac Time-Paradise Song |
| 1958 | Marie Fredriksson, Ostra-Lj Swed, singer, Roxette-Must Have Been Love |
| 1958 | Michael E Lopez-Alegria, born in Madrid, Spain, Lieutenant Commander/astronaut, STS-73, sk 92 |
| 1958 | Ted McGinley, born in Newport Beach, California, actor, Love Boat, MWC, Dynasty |
| 1957 | Allison Roe, Auckland New Zealand, marathoner, NYC-1981 |
| 1957 | Chris Van Jaarsveld, guitarist, Sleeze Beez |
| 1957 | Michael Clayton, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer |
| 1955 | Nicky "Topper" Headon, English drummer, Clash-Complete Control |
| 1955 | Jake Roberts, American Celebrity |
| 1953 | Colm Meaney, actor, Star Trek Deep Space 9 |
| 1952 | Zoltan Kocsis, born in Budapest, Hungary, composer, pianist, conductor, musical director, Hungarian National Philharmonic |
| 1951 | Stephen Tobolowsky, Texas, actor, Single White Female, Thelma and Louise |
| 1949 | Bob Willis, cricketer, superb England fast bowler 1971-84 |
| 1947 | Jocelyne Bourassa, LPGA golfer |
| 1946 | Candy Lightner, political activist/founder, MADD |
| 1945 | Meredith MacRae, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Petticoat Junction, My 3 Sons |
| 1944 | Larry Davidson, rocker, Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over |
| 1943 | Gale Sayers, NFL running back for the Chicago Bears |
| 1942 | Dan Miller, born in Highland Park, Michigan, Representative-R-Florida 1993 - 2005 |
| 1942 | Lenny Davidson, London, rock guitarist, Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over |
| 1940 | David Ackroyd, Orange, New Jersey, actor, I Come in Peace, Memories of Me |
| 1939 | Michael J Pollard, Passaic, New Jersey, actor, Bonny and Clyde, Roxanne |
| 1938 | Wilfried A de Pree, Dutch MP, PvdA, theologist |
| 1936 | Galina Shostakovich, daughter of Russian composer Dmitri |
| 1936 | Keir Dullea, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, 2001, 2010, David and Lisa |
| 1936 | Roy Harford, cricketer, brother of Noel New Zealand wicketkeeper vs. India 1968 |
| 1936 | Ruta Lee, actress, Operation Eichmann, Marjorie Morningstar |
| 1934 | Alexei A Leonov, Siberia U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Voskhod II, Soyuz 19 |
| 1932 | Pauline Oliveros, Houston Texas, composer, Sound Patterns |
| 1932 | Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi, composer |
| 1929 | Michael Mellinger, Bavaria, actor, Goldfinger |
| 1928 | Agnes Varda, French photograph/director, Cleo de 5 7, Le bonheur |
| 1928 | John Keith Wright, English economist and Assistant Secretary of State, 1971 - 1984 |
| 1927 | Clint Walker, Hartford, Illinois, actor, Kodiak, Cheyenne, Dirty Dozen |
| 1927 | Dick Noel, born in Brooklyn, New York, TV host, It's a Small Wonder |
| 1927 | Evelyn Wesler Zemel, U.S., author, American Glass Animals |
| 1926 | Christine Jorgensen, pioneer transsexual |
| 1926 | Edouard Van Remoortel, Brussels, conductor, 1958-62 St. Louis Symph |
| 1926 | James Whitman McLamore, businessman |
| 1925 | Eddy Bruma, Suriname politician |
| 1925 | Gerard John Toorenaar, political commissar in Amsterdam, 1975-79 |
| 1924 | Norbert Schemansky, USA, middle heavyweight 1952 Olympics gold |
| 1923 | Jimmy Lydon, Harrington Pk, New Jersey, actor, Richard-Love That Jill |
| 1922 | Harry Clement Stubbs, U.S., sci-fi author, Needle, Iceworld |
| 1922 | Hal Clement, American Writer |
| 1920 | John Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| 1916 | Joseph W. Kennedy, scientist, 1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium |
| 1915 | Jerome Bert Weisner, military scientist/disarmer |
| 1914 | Bobby Sherwood, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, orchestra leader, Milton Berle Show |
| 1913 | Cedric Thorpe Davie, composer |
| 1912 | Alexander Langsdorf, physicist |
| 1912 | Hugh Griffith, Wales, actor, Ben Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver! |
| 1912 | Joseph Stein, dramatist/playwright, Fiddler on the Roof |
| 1912 | Julian Gustave Symons, writer |
| 1911 | Douglas Fowley, New York City, actor, Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats |
| 1909 | Benny Goodman, Chicago, clarinetist/bandleader, King of Swing |
| 1909 | George Headley, cricketer, in Panama All-time great WI batsman |
| 1909 | Jayson Blair, American Journalist |
| 1908 | Hannes OG Alfven, Swedish physicist, Nobel 1970 |
| 1908 | Mel[vin J] Blanc, voice, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig |
| 1908 | Hannes Alfven, Swedish Scientist |
| 1904 | Ernesto de la Guardia, Jr., President of Panama, 1956-60 |
| 1903 | Countee Cullen, born in Baltimore, Maryland, poet, Black Christ and Other Poems |
| 1903 | Ray Howard-Jones, artist |
| 1902 | Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd, archaeologist |
| 1902 | Stepin Fetchit, Lincoln Perry, Florida, actor, Miracle in Harlem |
| 1901 | Cornelia Otis Skinner, Chic, writer, When Our Hearts Were Young and Gay |
| 1896 | Howard Hawks, Goshen, Indiana, director/producer, Rio Bravo, Scarface |
| 1895 | Maurice Tate, cricketer, great England pace bowler of 20's |
| 1894 | Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch minister of Colonies, 1942-45 |
| 1893 | Norman Cota, American Soldier |
| 1891 | Iman J van den Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter |
| 1888 | James A. Farley, Public Servant |
| 1887 | Alexander Archipenko, Ukraine sculptor/lithographer |
| 1887 | Gino Tagliapietra, composer |
| 1883 | Riccardo Zandonai, composer |
| 1881 | George KFW von Kuchler, German Field Marshal, Invasion Netherlands |
| 1879 | Colin Blythe, cricketer, outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I |
| 1869 | Giulio Douhet, Italian Soldier |
| 1867 | Arthur Vining Davis, Sharon Massachusetts, CEO, Alcoa-1910-57 |
| 1859 | Pierre Marie Felix Janet, France, psychologist/neurologist |
| 1853 | Andries Andre, Dutch actor/husband of Geertruida Meeuwissen |
| 1853 | Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer |
| 1847 | Alice Sophia Stopford Green, Ireland, proponent of Irish independence |
| 1846 | Peter Carl Faberge, Russia, goldsmith/jeweler/egg maker |
| 1845 | Amadeus I FM, duke of Aosta/king of Spain, 1870-73 |
| 1844 | Louis Varney, composer |
| 1835 | Alfred Austin, Leeds England, poet laureate of England, Garden |
| 1832 | George Doherty Johnston, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1830 | Edward Winslow Hinks, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1829 | Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert |
| 1814 | Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary |
| 1812 | John Alexander McClernand, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1808 | Joaquim Casimiro, Jr., composer |
| 1800 | Karl W. Feuerbach, German mathematician, Position of Feuerbach |
| 1797 | Johann Christian Lobe, composer |
| 1757 | Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth, C, British Prime Minister, 1801-04 |
| 1672 | Peter I, the Great, tsar of Russia, 1682-1725 |
| 1623 | Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized |
| 1578 | Valentin Dretzel, composer |
| 1524 | Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey, 1566-74 |
| 1220 | Alexander Nevski, Aleksandr, Russian great ruler, 1252-63 |
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