| 1977 | Kerri Strug, Tucson Ariz, gymnast, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1977 | Lady Davina EAB Windsor, daughter of English prince Richard |
| 1976 | Petr Sykora, born in Pizen, Czech Republic, NHL forward, Team Czech Republic, New Jersey Devils |
| 1975 | Ju-Yeon Choi, Pusan Korea, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Seoul-KOR II |
| 1974 | Orlando Fuentes, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, half-lightweight judoka 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Daniel Meech, Hastings New Zealand, equestrian showjumper 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Jamir Miller, NFL outside linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals |
| 1973 | Savion Glover, dancer and choreographer, Bring in 'da Noise |
| 1972 | David Palmer, NFL wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings |
| 1972 | Sandrine Holt, born in London, England, actress, model, appeared in '24' as Evelyn Martin and 'The L Word' television series |
| 1971 | Adrian Griffith, cricketer, West Indian Test opening batsman 1997 |
| 1971 | Andy Sheets, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, infielder for the Seattle Mariners |
| 1971 | Dimitri Yushkevich, Yaroslavl Rus, NHL defenseman, Toronto Maple Leaf |
| 1971 | Michelle Andrews, born in Newcastle, Australia, field hockey striker 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Rickey Brady, WLAF TE for the Scotland Claymores |
| 1970 | Berthil de Avest, soccer player, Roda JC/FC Twente |
| 1970 | Bhupinder Singh, Jr., cricketer, Punjab and Indian ODI batsman |
| 1970 | Jenni Meno, Pompton Plains, New Jersey, pairs skaters 1994 Olympics |
| 1970 | Larry Tharpe, NFL tackle, Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions |
| 1970 | Rickey Brady, NFL tight end for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1969 | Rod Mapstone, Australian long jumper 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Sarka Lukesova, 1st playmate in Czechoslovakian Playboy, May, 1991 |
| 1968 | Gord Fraser, Ottawa Ontario, road race cyclist 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Matt Darby, NFL safety, Buffalo Bills, Arizona Cardinals |
| 1968 | Steven Penn, Brevard, North Carolina, team handball center back 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Gary Disarcina, Maiden, Massachusetts, infielder for the California Angels |
| 1966 | Brian Wilsterman, soccer player, Dordreecht '90 |
| 1966 | Gail Devers, born in Seattle, Washington 60m/100m hurdler, Olympics-2 gold-92, 96 |
| 1965 | Erik Wilhelm, NFL quarterback for the New York Jets |
| 1964 | Jeni Lidgett, Australian 470 class yachter 1996 Olympics |
| 1963 | Justine Greiner, born in Boston, Massachusetts, playmate, February, 1984 |
| 1963 | Terry Farrell, Cedar Rapids, actress, Paper Dolls, Jadzia Dax-STDS9 |
| 1962 | Jodie Foster, Bronx New York City, actress, Taxi Driver, Accused |
| 1962 | Salim Jaffer, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 14 Tests 1986-91 |
| 1961 | Grant Ledyard, Winnipeg, NHL defenseman for the Dallas Stars |
| 1961 | Meg Ryan, Bethel, Connecticut, actress, When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns |
| 1960 | "Lovely" Elizabeth, Frankfurt, Kentucky, WWF's 1st lady of wrestling |
| 1959 | Jean-Francois Clervoy, Longeville France, astronaut, STS-66, 84 |
| 1959 | Allison Janney, born in Dayton, Ohio, actress, films include, 'American Beauty', 'Nurse Betty', known for television show 'The West Wing' |
| 1959 | Jo Bonner, American Politician |
| 1957 | George Leary, Newmarket Ontario, trap shooter, Olympics-16-92, 96 |
| 1957 | Kathy Sanborn, WBL guard, New York Stars |
| 1957 | Otis J Anderson, NFL running back, New York Giants, 1990 Superbowl MVP |
| 1957 | Robert Beltran, actor, Star Trek Voyager |
| 1957 | Sharon Farrah, WBL guard, New York Stars |
| 1956 | Eileen Marie Collins, born in Elmira, New York, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-63, 84 |
| 1956 | Glynnis O'Connor, New York City, actress, California Dreaming, Ode to Billy Joe |
| 1956 | Scott Jacoby, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Bad Ronald, Return to Horror High |
| 1956 | Jim Hodges, American Politician |
| 1955 | Bill Buttner, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Nike golfer, 1989 Centel Classic-4th |
| 1955 | Gloria Guida, Merano Italy, Miss Teenage Italy, 1974 |
| 1954 | Annette Guest, U.S. singer, First Choice |
| 1954 | Gail Stanton Memphis, Tennessee, playmate, Jun, 1978 |
| 1954 | Kathleen Quinlan, California, actress, Never Promised You a Rose Garden |
| 1954 | Tom Scheckel, born in Chicago, Illinois, rock drummer, Buckinghams |
| 1951 | Tim Penny, born in Albert Lea, Minnesota, Representative-D-Minnesota 1983 - 1985 |
| 1949 | Ahmad Rashad, Bobby Moore, NFL receiver for the Minnesota Vikings/sportscaster |
| 1949 | Dennis Taylor, British snooker champion |
| 1949 | Mickey Lee Davis, Jr., Tennessee, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List |
| 1947 | Bob Boone, San Diego, catcher, Phillies, Angels |
| 1947 | Julian Graham Theodore Hough, actor, Deathwatch, Jabberwocky |
| 1947 | Lamar Smith, born in San Antonio, Texas, Representative-R-Texas 1987 - |
| 1947 | Lamar S. Smith, American Politician |
| 1946 | Joe Correro, Greenwood Ms, rock drummer, Paul Revers and The Raiders |
| 1944 | Charlie Coe, rock bassist, Paul Revers and The Raiders |
| 1943 | Fred Lipsius, New York City, rock pianist/sax, Blood, Sweat and Tears |
| 1943 | Sharon Wilder, LPGA golfer |
| 1942 | Calvin Klein, born in Bronx, New York, fashion designer, Calvin Klein Jeans, CK |
| 1942 | Gary Ackerman, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-D-New York 1983 - |
| 1942 | Lawrence Allen Gilbert, Fort Knox, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1994 Dallas Reunion |
| 1942 | Gary Ackerman, American Politician |
| 1941 | Dan Haggerty, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Grizzly Adams |
| 1941 | Ivanka Khristova, Bulgaria, shot putter 1976 Olympics gold |
| 1940 | Alberto Villalpando, composer |
| 1939 | Garrick Utley, born in Chicago, Illinois, newscaster, 1st Tuesday, NBC Weekend |
| 1939 | Pete Moore, born in Detroit, Michigan, rocker, Miracles |
| 1939 | Thomas Harkin, born in Cumming, Iowa, Senator-D-Iowa 1985 - |
| 1939 | Warren "Pete" Moore, U.S. singer, Miracles-Tears of a Clown |
| 1939 | Tom Harkin, American Politician |
| 1938 | Frank Misson, cricketer, Australian pace bowler 1960-61 |
| 1938 | Hank Medress, born in Brooklyn, New York, rocker, Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight |
| 1938 | Richard Dumbrill, cricketer, South African all-rounder in 5 Tests 1965-67 |
| 1938 | Ted Turner, broadcasting mogul/owns, Atlanta Braves, won America's Cup |
| 1937 | Ray Collins, rocker, Mothers of Invention |
| 1936 | Dick Cavett, Kearney, Nebraska, talk show host, Dick Cavett Show |
| 1936 | Emin Aristakesian, composer |
| 1936 | Michel Decoust, born in Paris, France, composer, conductor, studied with Pierre Boulez, teacher, founder, Pantin Conservatoire Municipal de Musique |
| 1936 | Yuan T. Lee, Chinese Scientist |
| 1935 | Jack Welch, American Businessman |
| 1934 | David Lloyd-Jones, conductor |
| 1933 | Larry King, New York City, radio/TV host "143 Arivadechi", Larry King Show, CNN |
| 1931 | Brook Benton, soul vocalist, Rainy Night in Georgia |
| 1930 | Bob Mathias, Tulare California, decathelete, Olympics gold 48 |
| 1926 | Jeane J Kirkpatrick, Duncan Oklahoma, U.S. ambassador to United Nations, R |
| 1926 | Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Diplomat |
| 1926 | Jeane Kirkpatrick, American Public Servant |
| 1922 | Stanley K Runcorn, British geophysicist, Doctor of Utrecht |
| 1921 | Roy Campanella, Brooklyn Dodger catcher, NL MVP 1951/53/55 |
| 1920 | Ursula Heathcote Nicholls, campaigner |
| 1919 | Alan Young, England, actor, Time Machine, Wilbur Post-Mr Ed |
| 1919 | George Fenneman, born in in Peking, China, TV announcer, 'You Bet Your Life' |
| 1918 | Catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant |
| 1917 | Indira Gandhi, born in Allahabad, India, Indian PM, 1966 - 1977, 1980 - 1984 |
| 1912 | Alois Blommaert, Flemish literary, Difficult Beginning |
| 1912 | George E Palade, Romanian/U.S. cell biologist, ribosomen, Nobel 1974 |
| 1909 | Rose Isabel Williams, sister of Tennessee Williams |
| 1909 | Peter Drucker, American Businessman |
| 1908 | Alan Baxter, East born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Big Town Girl, Rags to Riches |
| 1908 | Mikhail Ivanovich Chulaki, composer |
| 1907 | Christian J H English, Luc Tournier, Netherlands/Curacaos painter/composer |
| 1906 | Henri Temianka, composer |
| 1906 | Jacques Leguerney, composer |
| 1905 | Tommy Dorsey, Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Stage Show, Mahogany |
| 1904 | Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter |
| 1904 | Nancy Carroll, Ann V LaHiff, New York City, actress, Alice-Aldrich Family |
| 1903 | Fritz Schmidt, German street photographer |
| 1902 | Trevor Bardette, Nashville AR, actor, Refugee, None Shall Escape |
| 1900 | Anna Seghers, Netty Radvanyi-Reiling, German author, 7th Cross |
| 1900 | Anton Walbrook, Adolf Wohlbrook, Vienna Austria, actor, Laura |
| 1899 | Allen Tate, U.S., poet, Mr Pope and Other Poems |
| 1888 | Jose Raul Capablanca, Cuba, world chess champion, 1921-27 |
| 1886 | Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright, Le Cocu Magnificent |
| 1885 | Erskine Sanford, Trinidad CO, actor, Angel on My Shoulder |
| 1879 | Karel van den Oever, Flemish author and poet, Geuzenstad |
| 1875 | Michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state |
| 1874 | Karl Adrian Wohlfart, composer |
| 1870 | Vicente Lleo, composer |
| 1864 | George Barbier, Philadelphia, actor, Tarzan's Revenge, Wife vs Secretary |
| 1862 | Billy Sunday, American Athlete |
| 1859 | Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician, Armenian Rhapsody |
| 1855 | Billy Bates, cricketer, England all-rounder 1882-87, hat-trick 1883 |
| 1846 | Emile C Wauters, Belgium, painter, Van der Goes in the Red Monastery |
| 1835 | Fitzhugh Lee, Major General Confederate Army |
| 1834 | Georg H Quincke, German physicist, test of Quincke |
| 1833 | Wilhelm Dilthey, German philosopher, Das Leben Schleiermans |
| 1831 | James A. Garfield, American President |
| 1827 | Isaac Munroe St. John, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1811 | John Ancrum Winslow, Commander Union Navy |
| 1810 | August Willich, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1805 | Ferdinand de Lesseps, France, diplomat, built Suez Canal |
| 1799 | Rene-Auguste Caillie, French explorer |
| 1797 | Charles Anthon, American Writer |
| 1796 | Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer |
| 1770 | Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, Copenhagen Denmark, sculptor, Dying Lion |
| 1770 | Bertel Thowwaldsen, Danish sculptor |
| 1761 | Joseph Supries, composer |
| 1753 | Stanislas Champein, composer |
| 1752 | George Rogers Clark, frontier military leader in Revolutionary War |
| 1711 | Michail V Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet |
| 1709 | Pierre Leclair, composer |
| 1696 | Louis Tocque, French painter |
| 1616 | Eustache Le Sueur, French painter |
| 1607 | Erasmus Quellinus II, Quellien, Flemish painter/etcher |
| 1600 | Charles I, king of England, 1625-49, ; executed by Parliament |
| 1600 | Lieuwe van Aitzema, Dutch historian, Matters of State and War |
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