| 1979 | Lance Bass, American Musician |
| 1976 | Heather Kozar, born in Akron, Ohio, playmate, Jan, 1998 |
| 1975 | Pablo Ruiz, Buenos Aires Arg, spanish singer |
| 1973 | Edward Hervey, NFL wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys |
| 1973 | Matthew Barnaby, Ottawa, NHL left wing for the Buffalo Sabres |
| 1973 | Michelle Martinez, Dallas Texas, Miss America, Texas-Top 10-1997 |
| 1972 | Ethan Watts, Philadelphia, volleyball middle blocker 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Gretchen Ulion, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics |
| 1972 | Marc Lamb, WLAF T for the London Monarchs |
| 1971 | Derrick Clark, NFL/WLAF fullback, Broncos, Rhein Fire |
| 1971 | Steve Glenn, CFL linebacker for the BC Lions |
| 1970 | Dawn Staley, Philadelphia, basketball guard, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1968 | Andre Collins, NFL linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1968 | Eddie Perez, born in Cuidad Ojeda, Venezuela, catcher, Atlanta Braves |
| 1968 | Kevin Todd, Winnipeg, NHL center for the Los Angeles Kings |
| 1967 | Derek MacCready, CFL defensive tackle for the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1967 | John Child, East York Ontario, beach volleyballer 1996 Olympics bronze |
| 1967 | Matthew Crane, Kimberton, Pennsylvania, actor, Matt Cory-Another World |
| 1967 | Ana Gasteyer, born in Washington, D.C., actress, comedienne, appeared in 'Saturday Night Live' television show, appeared in 'Mean Girls' film and 'Wicked' musical |
| 1966 | Monica Tranel [Michini], Billings Mont, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1965 | Adri Bogers, Dutch soccer player, Willem II |
| 1964 | Goran Prpic, Yugoslavia, tennis star |
| 1962 | Tracy Vaccaro, Glendale, California, playmate, October, 1983 |
| 1961 | Eugene Daniel, NFL center, Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens |
| 1961 | Jay Aston, London, England, singer, youngest member of British pop group, Bucks Fizz, founded Jay Aston Theatre Arts School |
| 1961 | Mary Elizabeth McDonough, born in Van Nuys, California, actress, Erin-Waltons |
| 1960 | Martyn Moxon, cricketer, England batsman in ten Tests 1986-89 |
| 1960 | Andrew Denton, Australian Comedian |
| 1959 | Randy Travis, Marshville, North Carolina, country singer, Diggin' Up Bones |
| 1959 | Robert Raymond Tway, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, PGA golfer, 1986 Shearson |
| 1959 | Rohn Stark, NFL punter for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1958 | Keith Haring, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, graffiti artist, Vanity Fair, Paris Review |
| 1957 | Peter Sleep, cricketer, Australian leg-spin all-rounder 1979-90 |
| 1957 | Richard E. Grant, born in Swaziland, actor, Posse, Bram Stoker's Dracula |
| 1956 | Michael L Gernhardt, Mansfield, Ohio, astronaut, STS-69, 83, 94, sk 100 |
| 1956 | Ulrike Meyfarth, Frankfurt, West Germany, high jumper, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics |
| 1956 | David Guterson, American Author |
| 1954 | Julie Budd, Brooklyn, singer, Child of Plenty |
| 1951 | James C. Greenwood, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Pennsylvania 1993 - 2005 |
| 1951 | Jackie Jackson, Sigmund, born in Gary, Indiana, rocker, Jackson 5-ABC |
| 1950 | Darryl Hunt, English pop bassist, Pogues-Pair of Brown Eyes |
| 1950 | Hilly Hicks, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Roll Out, Roots |
| 1950 | Rene CM van Asten, Dutch actor, Herenstraat 10 |
| 1949 | Gerrit J P van Otterloo, Dutch MP, PvdA |
| 1949 | Sybil Danning, Danninger, Weis Austria, actress, Chained Heat |
| 1949 | Zal Cleminson, rocker, Alex Harvey Band |
| 1949 | Graham Swift, British Author |
| 1948 | Billy O'Donnell, harness racer driver of year, 1984 |
| 1946 | Renee Powell, LPGA golfer |
| 1946 | Gary Bauer, American Public Servant |
| 1945 | George Wadenius, rocker, Blood, Sweat and Tears |
| 1945 | Monika van Paemel, Belgian writer, Accursed Fathers |
| 1944 | Dave, Otto Levenbach, Dutch singer, Du cote the Chez Swann |
| 1944 | Paul Gleason, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Breakfast CLub, Die Hard |
| 1944 | Peggy Santiglia McGannon, New Jersey, rocker, Angels |
| 1943 | Nickolas Ashford, South Carolina, singer, Ashford and Simpson-Solid as a Rock |
| 1943 | Stella Parton, sister of Dolly Parton/singer, A Woman's Touch |
| 1942 | Ronnie Bond, drummer, Troggs-Wild Thing |
| 1941 | George Will, born in Champaign, Illinois, journalist, author, wrote, editor, National Review magazine 1972 - 1978, awarded Pulitzer Prize for Commentary |
| 1940 | Dick Curl, Chester, Pennsylvania, offensive coordinator coach, Barcelona Dragons |
| 1939 | Amos Oz, Jerusalem Israel, author, My Michael |
| 1938 | Tyrone Davis, U.S. R&B singer, Are you serious |
| 1938 | William J Bennett, U.S. Secretary of Education, 1985 - 1988 |
| 1937 | Hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer |
| 1936 | El Cordobes, Manuel Benitez, Spanish toreador |
| 1934 | Pete Barbutti, Scranton, Pennsylvania, comedian, Garry Moore Show |
| 1931 | Ed Cassidy, drummer, Spirit-I Got A Line on You |
| 1931 | Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, U.S.S.R. State Radio |
| 1930 | Roberta Peters, New York City, operatic soprano, New York Met |
| 1929 | Audrey Hepburn, Brussels Belg, Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady |
| 1928 | Betsy Rawls, Spartanburg, South Carolina, golfer, US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60 |
| 1928 | Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian president, 1981- |
| 1928 | Maynard Ferguson, Verdun Quebec, jazz trumpeter, Roulette |
| 1926 | Milton "Milt" Thompson, U.S. NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer, X-15 |
| 1925 | Peter Blum, German/South African/English poet, Capricorn |
| 1924 | Peter Aldersley, actor/disc jockey |
| 1924 | Tat'yana Petrovna Nikolayeva, composer |
| 1922 | John Paul Hammerschmidt, born in Harrison, Arkansas, Representative-R-Arkansas 1967 - 1993 |
| 1921 | John van Kesteren, Dutch tenor, Komische Oper, West-Berlin |
| 1921 | Patsy Garrett, Atlantic City, New Jersey, actress, Nanny and the Professor |
| 1919 | Dimiter Petkov, composer |
| 1919 | Mary Ann McCall, singer |
| 1918 | Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese PM, 1972-74, convicted of bribe-taking |
| 1917 | Edward Toner Cone, composer |
| 1916 | Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer |
| 1915 | Curt Conway, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Raw Deal |
| 1915 | Pedro Saenz, born in Spain, composer, composed music for classical guitar |
| 1914 | Abdel Karim Kassem, general/premier/dictator of Iraq, 1958-63 |
| 1914 | Emmanuel Robles, Algerian-French journalist/playwright, Lesson Hauteurs |
| 1914 | Maria Felix, Mexican Actress |
| 1912 | Lou Brown, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Jerry Lewis Show |
| 1910 | Mady Alfredo, Maria M the Brieder, actress, Alicia |
| 1909 | Howard Da Silva, Silverblatt, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Ben Franklin-1776 |
| 1909 | Jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright |
| 1909 | Andrew Heyward, American Businessman |
| 1909 | Mitch Kapor, American Businessman |
| 1906 | Esmond Knight, East Sheen, England, actor, Hamlet, Sleeping Murder |
| 1905 | Matyas Seiber, Budapest, Hungary, composer, Scherzando |
| 1903 | Luther Adler, New York City, actor, Dr. Bernard Altman-Psychiatrist |
| 1902 | Cola [Nicolas] Debrot, Bonaire governor, Netherlands Antilles, author |
| 1902 | Cvjetko Rihtman, composer |
| 1902 | Rodney Meredith Thomas, architect/painter |
| 1902 | W. Clement Stone, American Businessman |
| 1893 | Edgar Dearing, bron in Ceres, California, actor, Abraham Lincoln, Free and Easy |
| 1893 | Royal Butler, Edwin Richey, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor |
| 1891 | Frederick Jacobi, composer |
| 1891 | Johan W F Werumeus Buning, Dutch poet, Daily Bread |
| 1889 | Francis J. Spellman, U.S. Cardinal |
| 1889 | Francis Cardinal Spellman, American Clergyman |
| 1882 | Wilhelm Lehmann, writer |
| 1881 | Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier, 1917-Prelude to Bolshevism |
| 1877 | Arthur Lang, U.S., boxer/businessman, Died Aug 8, 1992 at 115 |
| 1875 | Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney, Spanish writer, Don Quixote and Celestine |
| 1875 | Reggie Schwartz, cricketer, 1st of great South African googlists |
| 1867 | Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer |
| 1860 | Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer, Donna Diana |
| 1846 | Emile Galle, French glass/marble/ceramic artist, Galle Glaze |
| 1845 | William Kingdon Clifford, English Mathematician |
| 1835 | Edmund Hart Turpin, composer |
| 1826 | Frederick Church, U.S. romantic landscape painter, Hudson River Sch |
| 1825 | Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist |
| 1825 | Thomas Huxley, English Scientist |
| 1820 | Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack |
| 1820 | Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of President John Tyler, 1841-45 |
| 1796 | Horace Mann, U.S., educator/author/editor, pioneered public schools |
| 1796 | Joseph Pannell Taylor, Brigadier General Union Army |
| 1796 | William Pennington, American Lawyer |
| 1777 | Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer |
| 1776 | Johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist |
| 1769 | Charles Hague, composer |
| 1763 | Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer |
| 1749 | Charlotte Smith, English Poet |
| 1744 | Marianne von Martinez, composer |
| 1738 | Josef Kohaut, composer |
| 1655 | Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder |
| 1635 | Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general, Dutch East Indies |
| 1631 | Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England |
| 1622 | Juan de Valdes Leal, Spanish painter/sculptor |
| 1611 | Carlo Rainaldi, composer |
| 1006 | Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet, Monadjat |
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