| 1983 | Jon Johansen, Norwegian Celebrity |
| 1976 | Sandy Zubrin, Tamuning Guam, U.S. diver 1996 Olympics |
| 1976 | Matt Welsh, born in Melbourne, Australia, professional swimmer, backstroke and butterfly gold medalist at the World Championships in Shanghai, 2006 |
| 1974 | Autumn Smith, Miss USA-Alabama, 1997, top 10 |
| 1974 | Christian Schmidt, actor, Mullers Buro |
| 1974 | Chloe Sevigny, American Actress |
| 1973 | Steve Christopher Petree, Oklahoma, rocker, PC Quest-Can You See |
| 1972 | Jason Arnberger, cricketer, NSW opening batsman 1994-95 - |
| 1971 | Kylie Hanigan, Australian 200m/400m runner 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Allen Watson, born in Brooklyn, New York, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants |
| 1970 | Phil Buckman, born in Queens, New York, actor, Slash-Drexell's Class |
| 1970 | Toby Wright, safety for the St. Louis Rams |
| 1970 | Peta Wilson, born in Sydney, Australia, model, actress, appeared in films, 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' and 'Superman Returns' |
| 1970 | Mike Epps, American Comedian |
| 1969 | Cheryl Bachman, born in Jacksonville, Florida, playmate, October, 1991 |
| 1969 | Lee Anne Ketcham, Tallahassee, Florida, female pitcher, Silver Bullets |
| 1969 | Raghib Ismail, NFL wide receiver/kick returner for the Oakland Raiders |
| 1969 | Sam Cassell, NBA guard, New Jersey Nets, Houston Rockets |
| 1969 | Duncan Sheik, American Musician |
| 1968 | Gary Sheffield, born in Tampa, Florida, outfielder for the Florida Marlins |
| 1968 | Lubomir Sekeras, born in Liptovsky, Czechoslovakia, hockey defenseman, Team Slovakia |
| 1968 | Mel Stewart, North Carolina, 200m butterfly swimmer, Olympics gold 92 |
| 1968 | Milica Vukadinovic, WNBA guard, Charlotte Sting |
| 1968 | Owen Wilson, born in Dallas, Texas, actor, writer, comedian, appeared in film, 'You, Me and Dupree', 'Starsky & Hutch', 'I Spy', 'Night at the Museum', 'The Darjeeling Unlimited' |
| 1967 | Jocelyn Lemieux, Mont Laurier, NHL right wing for the Calgary Flames |
| 1967 | Tom Gordon, Sebring, Florida, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox |
| 1966 | Darren Flutie, CFL slot back for the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1966 | Gwendolyn Hajek, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, playmate, September, 1987 |
| 1966 | Ron Coomer, Crest Hill, Illinois, infielder for the Minnesota Twins |
| 1966 | Tommie Stowers, WLAF tight end for the Rhein Fire |
| 1965 | Mark Petkovsek, Beaumont, Texas, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1965 | Matt Kabayama, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 |
| 1964 | Mike Withycombe, CFL corner for the BC Lions |
| 1964 | Seth Joyner, NFL linebacker, Ariz, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 |
| 1964 | Shawn Sheldon, Norwich, Connecticut, 114 lbs greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics |
| 1963 | Dante Bichette, W Palm Beach FLA, outfielder for the Colorado Rockies |
| 1962 | Jamie Moyer, Sellersville, Pennsylvania, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox |
| 1962 | Jill Briles-Hinton, Elmhurst, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1995 Women's Open-16th |
| 1962 | Kirk Hammett, U.S. heavy-metal guitarist, Metallica-Master of Puppets |
| 1962 | Vladimir Vladimirovich Karashtin, Russian cosmonaut |
| 1961 | Janice Lynn Kuehnemund, St. Paul, Minnesota, rocker, Vixen-Rev It Up |
| 1960 | Elizabeth Perkins, Queens, New York, actress, About Last Night, Big |
| 1960 | Kim Wilde, Smith, England, rock vocalist, 'You Keep Me Hanging On' |
| 1957 | Jenny Burton, New York City, rocker, Nobody Loves Me Like You Do |
| 1957 | J. C. Watts, born in Eufaula, Oklahoma, politician, U.S. House of Representatives, Oklahoma's 4th district, formerly a football player playing for the Canadian Football League |
| 1956 | Katey Sagal, singer and actress, Peggy Bundy-Married With Children |
| 1956 | Sinbad, David Adkins, Benton Harbor, Michigan, actor, 1st Kid, Vibe |
| 1956 | Tony Franklin, NFL kicker, Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots |
| 1956 | Warren Moon, NFL quarterback, Houston Oilers, Seahawks, Vikings |
| 1955 | Carter Burwell, American Composer |
| 1954 | Guy Innes-Ker duke of Roxburghe, English large landowner |
| 1953 | John McFee, rock guitarist, Doobie Brothers, Clover |
| 1953 | Kevin Nealon, Bridgeport Conn, actor, SNL, Hot Shot, Coneheads |
| 1953 | Alan Moore, born in Northampton, England, author, wrote comic book series, 'Watchmen', 'From Hell' and 'V for Vendetta', wrote novel, 'Voice of Fire' |
| 1952 | Delroy Lindo, actor, Get Shorty, Ransom |
| 1951 | Mark N Brown, Valparaiso, Indiana, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-28, 48, 66 |
| 1950 | Graham Parker, musician, Live Sparks, Mercury Poisoning |
| 1949 | Bonnie St. Claire, Cornelia Swart, Dutch singer, Tame me Tiger |
| 1949 | Ted Sator, Utica, New York, NHL coach, New York Rangers, Buffalo Sabres |
| 1948 | Andrea Marcovicci, New York City, actress, Gloria-Berrengers, Fran-Trapper John |
| 1948 | Jack Tatum, Cherryville, North Carolina, NFL defensive back, Raiders |
| 1948 | Ural Nazibovich Sultanov, Russian cosmonaut |
| 1947 | Jameson Parker, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, American Justice, Simon and Simon |
| 1946 | Alan Dean Foster, U.S., sci-fi author, Midworld, Flinx in Flux |
| 1946 | Amanda Lear, French singer |
| 1945 | Glen Walken, Astoria Queens, actor, Leave it to Larry |
| 1945 | Wilma Mankiller, Cherokee Statesman |
| 1943 | Susan Sullivan, New York City, actress, Dharma and Greg, Falcon Crest |
| 1943 | John Mackin, born in Bellshill, Scotland, soccer player, footballer, manager, Corby Town |
| 1942 | Jeffrey Siegel, born in Chicago, Illinois, pianist, Chicago Symph |
| 1942 | Linda Evans, Hartford, actress, Dynasty, Big Valley, Beach Blanket Bingo |
| 1942 | Qabus bin Said, sultan of Oman, 1970- |
| 1941 | David Hemmings, Guilford England, actor, Blow-up, Barbarella |
| 1939 | Brenda Vaccaro, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Cactus Flower, Sara, Paper Dolls |
| 1939 | John Cheek, Falkland Islands advocate |
| 1939 | Margaret E Atwood, author and poet |
| 1939 | Tom Johnson, born in Greely, Colorado, composer, minimalist style, new music critic for the Village Voice, wrote music based on tiling, involving mathematical and logical processes |
| 1939 | Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist |
| 1938 | Karl Schranz, Austria, slalom, Olympic-1968 |
| 1937 | Rajinder Pal, cricketer, pace bowler in one Test India vs. Eng, 0-22 |
| 1936 | Don E Cherry, U.S. jazz trumpeter |
| 1936 | Hank Ballard, Detroit, rocker, The Twist, pre Chubby Checker |
| 1935 | Frank Joseph Kofsky, teacher/writer |
| 1933 | Jacques Charpentier, composer |
| 1930 | Sonja Ruthstrom, Swed, cross country relay skier 1960 Olympics gold |
| 1930 | J. G. Ballard, British Author |
| 1929 | William Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot, X-15 |
| 1928 | Mickey Mouse, cartoon strip |
| 1927 | Lawrence Kenneth Moss, composer |
| 1927 | John Britton, English Mathematician |
| 1926 | Dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer, Your Hit Parade |
| 1925 | Alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor, Hell Fight |
| 1925 | William Robert Mayer, composer |
| 1923 | Alan B. Shepard, Jr., East Derry, New Hampshire, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, Mercury 3, Apollo 14 |
| 1923 | Ted Stevens, American Politician |
| 1923 | Alan Shepard, American Astronaut |
| 1922 | Luis Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua, 1956-63 |
| 1922 | Marjorie Gestring, U.S., springboard diver 1936 Olympics gold |
| 1922 | Viktor Afanasiev, editor, Pravda |
| 1921 | Peter Pocklington, NHL team owner, Edmonton Oiler |
| 1920 | Alfred William Bedford, test pilot |
| 1920 | Louis Alfred Mennini, composer |
| 1919 | Jocelyn Brando, San Francisco, actress, Ugly American |
| 1916 | James L Lyons, jazz promoter |
| 1912 | Arthur Peterson, Mandan ND, actor, Major-Soap, Crisis |
| 1912 | Jaap Meijer, Saul van Messel, Dutch historian/rabbi in Paramaribo |
| 1910 | Friedrich Weinreb, Polish/Netherlands theologist/economist |
| 1909 | Johnny Mercer, Savannah, Georgia, lyricist, Moon River, Old Black Magic |
| 1908 | Imogene Coca, Philadelphia, comedienne, Your Show of Shows, Grindl |
| 1907 | Halldis Vesaas-Moren, Norwegian author and poet |
| 1906 | George Wald, U.S., physiologist/biologist, eye, Nobel 1967 |
| 1906 | Klaus Mann, German/US author, Mephisto, son of Thomas Mann |
| 1906 | Alec Issigonis, Turkish Businessman |
| 1904 | Guido Santorsola, composer |
| 1904 | Theodore DN Besterman, British bibliographer |
| 1903 | Lillian Fuchs, composer |
| 1902 | Barbara Giuranna, composer |
| 1902 | Jorgen Nielsen, Danish author, regional novels |
| 1901 | George Gallup, Jefferson Iowa, public opinion pollster, Gallup Poll |
| 1900 | Constantin Alajalov, Russia, artist, Ditters and Jitters |
| 1900 | Howard Thurman, theologian/author, Deep River, Deep in the Hunger |
| 1899 | Eugene Ormandy, Blau, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Philadelphia Orchestra |
| 1898 | Joris Ivens, Nijmegen Netherlands, director, Rain |
| 1898 | Oswald Erich Sehlbach, composer |
| 1897 | Jules Buffano, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pianist, Jimmy Durante Show |
| 1897 | Patrick M S Blackett, British physicist, nuclear reaction, Nobel 1948 |
| 1895 | Ernst Levy, composer |
| 1889 | Maria Realino, Frederikus Janssen, teacher, Botany of Curacao |
| 1888 | Frances Marion, born in San Francisco, California, screenwriter/actress, Pollyanna |
| 1887 | Dorothy Dix, Elizabeth Gilmer, journalist, advice to the lovelorn |
| 1883 | Carl Vinson, born in Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia 1914 - 1964 |
| 1882 | Amelita Galli-Curci, Italy, operatic soprano, Cave of the Winds |
| 1882 | Jacques Maritain, France, Catholic philosopher, exponent of St. Thomas |
| 1882 | Wyndham Lewis, English author/painter, Tarr, Apes of God |
| 1881 | Percy Lesueur, hockey player/inventor, large goalie glove |
| 1877 | Arthur C Pigou, English economist, Wealth and welfare |
| 1874 | Carrie White, oldest U.S. woman, dies Nov 1990 at 116 |
| 1874 | Clarence Shepard Day, New York City, author, Life with Father |
| 1874 | Riccardo Martin, composer |
| 1872 | Edward Marsh, British Editor |
| 1871 | Amadeo Vives, composer |
| 1869 | James E Sullivan, founder, Amateur Athletic Union |
| 1863 | Richard Dehmel, writer |
| 1860 | Ignacy Jan Paderewski, composer/1st premier of Poland, 1919-20 |
| 1846 | Aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician |
| 1845 | John F Mellaerts, Flemish social worker, 1st Belgian farm gilde |
| 1839 | August A Kundt, German physicist, sound vibration, test of Kundt |
| 1836 | Maximo Gomez, Bana, general, Cuba |
| 1836 | William Schwenck Gilbert, London, composer, Gilbert and Sullivan |
| 1836 | William Gilbert, British Composer |
| 1835 | Americus Vespucius Rice, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1835 | Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist/criminologist |
| 1832 | Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjold, Sweden, Arctic explorer |
| 1824 | Franz Sigel, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1824 | Isham Nicholas Hayne, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1810 | Asa Gray, Sauquoit, New York, botanist, Flora of North America |
| 1810 | Benjamin Stone Roberts, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1808 | Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, composer |
| 1803 | Cornelius Broere, Dutch priest/poet |
| 1787 | Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre, French painter, daguerreotype |
| 1787 | Sojourner Truth, abolitionist/feminist |
| 1787 | Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, French Artist |
| 1786 | Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer and conductor |
| 1786 | Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst "von" Weber, German composer, Freischutz |
| 1781 | Felice Blangini, composer |
| 1772 | Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer |
| 1742 | Felix Maximo Lopez, composer |
| 1736 | Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer |
| 1680 | Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer |
| 1527 | Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor |
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