| 1979 | Jayna Cronin Geneva, New York, dance skater, & Dreger-1997 National-13th |
| 1978 | Cindy Parlow, born in Memphis, Tennessee, soccer forward 1996 Olympics |
| 1978 | Sandra Kleinova, Prague, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Turku-FIN |
| 1978 | Josie Maran, born in Menlo Park, California, model, actress, appeared in 'Van Helsing', 'The Aviator', appeared in 'Sports Illustrated Swimsuit' issues fro 2000 - 2002 |
| 1976 | Oleg Tverdovsky, Donetsk Ukr, NHL defenseman, Winnipeg Jets |
| 1975 | Enrique Iglesias, Spanish Musician |
| 1974 | Calvin Branch, cornerback for the Oakland Raiders |
| 1974 | Colin Daynes, Windsor, Ontario, 68 kg Greco Roman wrestler 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Korey Stringer, NFL tackle for the Minnesota Vikings |
| 1973 | Wolf Wigo, Abington Penn, water polo driver 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Chris Sanders, NFL wide receiver, Tennessee/Houston Oilers |
| 1972 | Keelin Curnuck, Miss New York USA 1996 /Ms Venus Swimwear, 1994 |
| 1971 | Carlos Brooks, NFL cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals |
| 1971 | Chris Wolf, actor/musician, Guys Next Door |
| 1971 | Stephen Ingram, NFL tackle and guard for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1970 | Christine Stark, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyballer 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Marco Heering, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles |
| 1970 | Michael Bevan, cricketer, dashing NSW and Australian lefty bat |
| 1969 | Brad Culpepper, NFL defensive tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1969 | Duane Forde, CFL fullback for the Calgary Stampeders |
| 1969 | Swift Burch, CFL defensive end, Montreal Alouettes |
| 1968 | Franklin Langham, Augusta, Georgia, Nike golfer, 1993 Permian Basin Open |
| 1968 | John Johnson, NFL linebacker for the New Orleans Saints |
| 1968 | Omar Camporese, born in Bologna, Italy, professional tennis player, won two top-level singles and five tour doubles titles, ranked 18th in the World in singles, 27th for doubles, 1992 |
| 1966 | Eddie Brown, CFL slot back for the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1964 | Cheryl Richardson, Palo Alto, California, actress, Jennie-General Hospital |
| 1964 | Eric Brittingham, rocker, Cinderella-Heartbreak Station |
| 1964 | Melissa Gilbert Brinkman, Louisiana, actress, Little House on the Prairie |
| 1964 | Melissa Gilbert, American Actress |
| 1963 | Clemens Lothaller, Austria, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-13 backup |
| 1962 | Terry Baker, CFL kicker, Montreal Alouettes |
| 1961 | Riaz Poonawalla, cricketer, Indian 12th man/UAE bat 1994 ICC Trophy |
| 1959 | Ronnie Lott, Albuquerque, New Mexico, NFL defensive back, SF 49er |
| 1957 | Deana Deardruff, U.S., 4 x 100m swimmer, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics |
| 1957 | Jeff Wincott, born in Toronto, Canada, actor, Night Heat |
| 1956 | Jeff Madrigali, Walnut Creek California, soling yachter, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics |
| 1955 | Alex Van Halen, Nijmegen, born in Netherlands, rock drummer, Van Halen-1984, Jump |
| 1955 | Stephen Furst, born in Norfolk, Virginia, actor, Animal House, Elliot-St. Elsewhere |
| 1954 | David Keith, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, actor, Back Roads, Firestarter |
| 1954 | Gary Wilmot, born in Lambeth, London, actor, impressionist, singer, comedian, created role of Elliot Garfield in 'The Goodbye Girl' by Neil Simon |
| 1952 | Beth Henley, Jackson, Mississippi, actress/playwright, Miss Firecracker |
| 1952 | Charles J. Camarda, New York City, PhD/astronaut |
| 1951 | Chris Frantz, Kentucky, rock drummer, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club |
| 1951 | Deborah Harmon, actress, Ted Knight Show, M*A*S*H, Just the 10 of Us |
| 1951 | Philip Bailey, rocker, Earth Wind and Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover |
| 1948 | Maurizio Nichetti, actor, Icicle Thief, Volcano |
| 1947 | Felicity Lott, English soprano, We come to the river |
| 1947 | Phil Sawyer, rocker, Spencer Davis Group |
| 1947 | Rick Zehringer, Ohio, rocker, McCoys |
| 1947 | John Reid, born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, politician, Member of Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts, public service includes Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland |
| 1945 | Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, jurist, Holland's secret service |
| 1945 | Keith Jarrett, jazz musician/film composer, Nachtfahrer |
| 1944 | Gary Glitter, Paul Gadd, England, rocker, Rock and Roll Part II |
| 1943 | Paul Samwell-Smith, rocker, Yardbirds-For Your Love |
| 1943 | Rick Samwell-Smith, rocker, Yardbirds-For Your Love |
| 1943 | Toni Tennille, Montgomery, Alabama, female Beachboy, Captain and Tennille |
| 1942 | Euclid "Motorhead" Sherwood, rocker, Mothers Of Invention |
| 1942 | Norman Lamont, MP/Chancellor of Exchequer |
| 1942 | Robin Hobbs, cricketer, England leg-spinner 1967-71 |
| 1942 | Angel Cordero, Jr., Athlete |
| 1941 | James Traficant, Jr., born in Youngstown, Ohio, Representative-D-Ohio 1985 - 2002 |
| 1941 | Jim Mitchum, Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, Blackout, Invincible 6 |
| 1941 | John Fred, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, born John Fred Gourrier, musician, co-wrote chart-topping parody of The Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' |
| 1940 | James Blyth, born in Britain, businessman, head of defense sales for Ministry of Defense, chairman, London Business School, CEO, The Boots Company |
| 1940 | Peter Benchley, New York City, novelist, Jaws, The Deep |
| 1940 | Ricky Nelson, New Jersey, rock star, Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party |
| 1939 | Otis Paul Drayton, Glen Cove, New York, 4x100m runner 1964 Olympic gold |
| 1938 | Javed Burki, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1960-69 |
| 1938 | Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran |
| 1937 | Daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer, Labia Majora |
| 1937 | Dennis DeConcini, born in Tucson, Arizona, Senator-D-Arizona 1977 - 1995 |
| 1937 | Michael Simmons, Air Marshal, British Ministry of Defense |
| 1937 | Thomas Pynchon, novelist, V |
| 1936 | James Darren, actor, Time Tunnel |
| 1936 | Neville Purvis, British vice Admiral, Chief of Fleet Support |
| 1935 | Jack Charlton, soccer manager, Rep of Ireland |
| 1935 | Salome Jens, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, actress, From Here to Eternity |
| 1935 | Viscount Falkland, British peer, Lib-Dem |
| 1934 | Leonard Hoffmann, high court judge |
| 1934 | Roger Kendrick, governor, Dartmoor Prison |
| 1934 | Sonny Liston, U.S. heavyweight boxing chmap, 1962-64 |
| 1933 | Alistair Service, writer/publisher |
| 1931 | Charles M Wilson, composer |
| 1930 | Doug Atkins, Humbolt, Tennessee, NFL hall of famer, Browns, Bears, Saints |
| 1930 | Gary Snyder, Japhy Ryder, beat poet, Rip Rap and Cold Mountain Poems |
| 1930 | Heather Harper, born in Belfast, Ireland, soprano, known for role of Elsa in Lohengrin, by Wagner, Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes, by Britten |
| 1929 | Tristan Jones, born in Liverpool, England, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, wrote about sailing in books and articles |
| 1929 | V N M Korte-van Hemel, Dutch Secretary of Justice, CDA |
| 1928 | Theodore Sorenson, presidential advisor, John F. Kennedy, author, 1000 Days |
| 1928 | William Jay Sydeman, composer |
| 1928 | Theodore C. Sorensen, American Lawyer |
| 1927 | Ian Denholm, CEO, Murray Investment Trust |
| 1927 | Philip Wilkinson, deputy chairman, National Westminster Bank |
| 1926 | David Attenborough, producer/TV host/scientist |
| 1926 | David Attenborough, naturalist |
| 1926 | Don Rickles, Queens, New York, comedian, Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey |
| 1926 | Erico Menczer, Fiume, Italy, cinematographer, Chosen, Miranda |
| 1926 | Richard F. Attenborough, environmentalist/zoologist, BBC |
| 1926 | Ronald Waterhouse, high court judge |
| 1925 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi, president of Tanzania, 1985- |
| 1925 | Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, lord of appeal in ordinary |
| 1922 | Brian Kellett, CEO, Port of London Authority |
| 1922 | Friedrich Doppe, writer |
| 1921 | Graham Leonard, bishop of London |
| 1920 | Maurice Cranston, political scientist |
| 1920 | Sloan Wilson, Norwalk, Conn, novelist, Man in the Gray Flannal |
| 1920 | Saul Bass, born in New York City, New York, graphic designer, filmmaker, created title sequences for 40 years, famous for The Man with the Golden Arm, kinetic typography in North by Northwest, Vertigo |
| 1919 | Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov, composer |
| 1916 | Gordon Scarrott, engineer |
| 1915 | John Archer, Osceola Nebraska, actor, Destination: Moon |
| 1914 | Lord Murton, of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman, Comm House of Lords |
| 1914 | Romain Gary, Russian Novelist |
| 1913 | Sidney James, Cohen, Johannesburg, actor, Carry On |
| 1912 | George Woodcock, author |
| 1912 | Gertrud Fussenegger, Dorn, Austrian writer, Mohrenlegende |
| 1911 | Robert Johnson, blues singer, King of Delta Blues Singer |
| 1911 | Wilhelm F de Gaay Fortman, Dutch lawyer/foreign minister |
| 1910 | Mary Lou Williams, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, Zodiac Suite |
| 1910 | Ronald Russell, actor/manager, We are Angels, Little Dorrit |
| 1909 | Guy Kawasaki, American Businessman |
| 1909 | Rick Warren, American Writer |
| 1909 | Tom Cora, American Musician |
| 1908 | Arturo De Cordova, Rodriguez, Merida Mexico, actor, Medal for Benny |
| 1906 | David Van Vactor, Plymouth Indiana, composer, Chaconne |
| 1906 | Roberto Rossellini, Rome, Italy, director, Open City |
| 1905 | Inglis Gundry, composer |
| 1904 | John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, bBC news announcer/commentator |
| 1904 | John Snagge, commentator, BBC |
| 1903 | Fernandel, Fernand JD Contandin, French actor, Paris Holiday |
| 1903 | Joseph Desire Fernandel, Marseilles France, comedian, Grand Chef |
| 1902 | Andre Michel Lwoff, physiologist |
| 1902 | Milford "Curly" Page, cricketer, New Zealand bat early 1930's, All Black half |
| 1899 | Jan F van Hall, Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter |
| 1899 | [Friedrich] August von Hayek, Australia/British economist, Road to Serfdom |
| 1899 | Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian Economist |
| 1895 | Edmund Wilson, American critic/writer, Patriotic Gore |
| 1895 | Fulton J Sheen, El Paso, Illinois, bishop, Life is Worth Living |
| 1895 | Jose Gomez, Joselito el Gallo, bullfighter |
| 1895 | Fulton J. Sheen, American Clergyman |
| 1893 | Francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's U.S. Open, 1913 |
| 1892 | Ezio Pinza, Rome, Italy, bass singer, South Pacific, RCA Victor Show |
| 1891 | Chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher, New York Yankees 1911-15, lived to 103+ |
| 1886 | Jef van Hoof, composer |
| 1884 | Harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd U.S. President, D, 1945-1953 |
| 1884 | Harry S. Truman, American President |
| 1882 | Philips C. Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat |
| 1873 | Henry Leveson-Gower, cricketer, England captain 1909-10 later official |
| 1871 | [Emile M] Louis Madelin, French historian, French revolutionary |
| 1858 | John Meade Falkner, novelist, Moonfleet |
| 1857 | Frits [Frederik H] Tartaud, Dutch actor/husband of Alida Klein |
| 1853 | Charles Lee Williams, composer |
| 1846 | Oscar Hammerstein, Germany, opera/playwright, Kohinoor |
| 1844 | Hermann Gradener, composer |
| 1842 | Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist |
| 1839 | Francis W. Warre-Cornish, English vice-provost of Eton/writer |
| 1836 | Bryan Morel Thomas, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1833 | Frank Wheaton, Major General Union Army |
| 1829 | Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized U.S. pianist |
| 1828 | Jean Henri Dunant, born in Switzerland, writer and founder, Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 1901 |
| 1824 | William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua, 1856-57 |
| 1814 | Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist |
| 1810 | James Cooper, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1806 | Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer |
| 1803 | Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer |
| 1786 | Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry |
| 1778 | Johann Gansbacher, composer |
| 1763 | John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman |
| 1753 | Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of Mexican independence |
| 1750 | Elias Mann, composer |
| 1745 | Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer |
| 1742 | Johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer |
| 1737 | Edward Gibbon, England, historian, Decline and Fall of Roman Empire |
| 1731 | Beilby Porteus, British Clergyman |
| 1703 | Gottlob Harrer, composer |
| 1673 | Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer |
| 1668 | Alain R Lesage, French author, Turcaret ou le Financier |
| 1641 | Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor, Amsterdam |
| 1629 | Niels Juel, Danish Admiral, Oland, Moen, Kjogebocht |
| 1592 | Francis Quarles, English poet, Argalus and Parthenia, Emblems |
| 1527 | Johann Walter, composer |
| 1521 | Peter Canisius, Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs, jesuit/saint |
| 1492 | Andreas Alciatus, Giovanni Andrea-Alciato, Italian lawyer |
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