| 1992 | Miley Ray Cyrus, pop-rock singer, actress, 100 Most Influential People in the World list, Time magazine, 2008, star of Disney's 'Hannah Montana', debut album, 'Meet Miley Cyrus' had first top ten single, 'See You Again' |
| 1979 | Kelly Brook, born in Rochester, England, model, actress, appeared in 'Strictly Come Dancing' celebrity dance competition, appeared in film, 'Sorted' |
| 1978 | Aliane Baquerot, New York City, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96 |
| 1976 | Adriana Cano Garcia, Miss Uruguay Universe 1997 |
| 1975 | Arno Schreuders, Dutch soccer player, RKC |
| 1974 | Jamie Sharper, linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens |
| 1974 | Malik Rose, NBA forward for the San Antonio Spurs |
| 1974 | Regina Fisher, Miss West Virginia USA 1996 |
| 1974 | Saku Koivu, Turku Fin, NHL left wing, Montreal Canadiens, Bronze Medal 1998 Olympics |
| 1974 | Tora Suber, WNBA guard, Charlotte Sting |
| 1974 | Tyrus McCloud, linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens |
| 1973 | Reggie Green, NFL guard for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1972 | Kurupt, born in Long Beach, California, born Ricardo Emmanuel Brown, rapper, also known as 'Kurupt That Kingpin', member of rap group, Tha Dogg Pound |
| 1972 | Paul Penny, Victoria BC, golfer, Edmonton City Amat-1993, 94 |
| 1971 | Ashraf Amaya, NBA forward for the Vancouver Grizzlies |
| 1971 | Jim Pyne, NFL guard/corner for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1971 | Vin Baker, NBA forward, Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1970 | Glenn Murray, Manning, South Carolina, outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies |
| 1970 | Oded Fehr, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, actor, television, appeared in NBC series, UC: Undercover, films include, 'The Mummy', 'The Mummy Returns' |
| 1968 | John O'Neill, Detroit, U.S. field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Brian Glynn, Iserlohn Ger, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers |
| 1967 | Diane O'Grady, North Bay Ontario, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Gary Kirsten, cricketer, South African lefty opening batsman 1993- |
| 1967 | Patrick Mameli, Dutch rock vocalist and guitarist, Pestilence |
| 1967 | Salli Richardson, born in Chicago, Illinois, television, film, actress, 'Posse', 'A Low Down Dirty Shame', and 'Antwone Fisher', appeared in 2007 film, 'I Am Legend' |
| 1966 | Jerry Kelly, Madison WI, Nike golfer, 1993 NIKE Cleveland Open-2nd |
| 1966 | Jerry Patrick Kelly, Madison WI, PGA golfer, 1995 Greater Milw-34th |
| 1965 | Michael Brainard, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Ted-Santa Barbara |
| 1965 | Rodion Gataullin, Uzbekistan, pole vaulter, Olympics-silver-88 |
| 1964 | Boyd Kestner, born in Virginia, actor, appeared in 'The Outsiders' television series, known for role as Alex Barth in 'Knots Landing' television series |
| 1964 | John Williams, NFL linebacker/FB for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1964 | Jose Gonzales, born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, professional baseball player, played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 1964 | Kapila Wijegunewardene, cricketer, Sri Lankan fast-medium bowler |
| 1963 | Dale Sveum, born in Richmond, California, hitting coach for the Milwaukee Brewers, formerly, manager for the Milwaukee Brewers |
| 1962 | Andrea Blackwell, Calgary Alberta, basketball forward 1996 Olympics |
| 1962 | Gary Rusnak, Orangeburg, South Carolina, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Permian Basin-2nd |
| 1962 | Mike Nocito, born in Germany, rocker, leader of English pop band, Johnny Hates Jazz |
| 1961 | Merv Hughes, cricketer, Australian pace bowler 1985-94 Extrovert |
| 1960 | Jayananda Warnaweera, cricketer, Sri Lankan fastish off-spin bowler |
| 1959 | Brook Jacoby, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, professional baseball player, third baseman, Cincinnati Reds hitting coach |
| 1959 | Maxwell Caulfield, Derbyshire England, actor, Miles-The Colbys |
| 1958 | David Wallace, Miami, actor, General Hospital, Babysitter, Humongus |
| 1958 | Martin Snedden, cricketer, New Zealand medium-pacer of 80's |
| 1957 | John "Jellybean" Benitez, music producer |
| 1956 | Bruce Edgar, cricketer, New Zealand opener through the 80' |
| 1956 | Michael S Brainard, Louisiana, actor, Joey-All My Children, Santa Barbara |
| 1956 | Shane Gould, Brisbane Queensland, swimmer, Olympic-3 gold-1972 |
| 1955 | Steven Brust, Karl Zoltan, U.S., sci-fi author, Yendi, Jhereg |
| 1955 | Mary Landrieu, born in Arlington, Virginia, politician, Democrat, U.S. Senator from the State of Louisiana, considered among most conservative Democrats in the Senate |
| 1954 | Bruce Hornsby, Williamsburg, Virginia, rock vocalist |
| 1954 | Ferry Hoogendijk, Dutch editor in chief, Elsevier Magazine |
| 1954 | Ken Schrom, born in Grangeville, Idaho, professional baseball player, pitcher, played for the California Angels, the Toronto Blue Jays |
| 1953 | Martin Kent, cricketer, Queensland batsman played for Australia 1981 |
| 1952 | Francie Larrieu Smith, U.S., 1.5/3/10K track runner, AAU 1 mile-1979 |
| 1951 | Bernd Landvoigt, born in East Germany, coxless pairs, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics |
| 1951 | David Rappaport, born in London, England, 3'11" actor, Wizard, Time Bandits |
| 1951 | Jorg Landvoigt, born in East Germany, coxless pairs, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics |
| 1950 | Chuck Schumer, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-D-New York 1981 - 1999, Senator-D-New York 1999 - |
| 1950 | Charles Schumer, American Politician |
| 1949 | Gayl Jones, U.S. author and poet, Corregidora, Song for Anninho |
| 1948 | Bruce Vilanch, born in New York City, New York, comedy writer, appeared regularly with Whoopi Goldberg on Hollywood Squares, appeared in Bosom Buddies, Law & Order, wrote for show Billy Crystal, Academy Awards host |
| 1947 | Geoffery Michael Roberts, vintner |
| 1946 | Bobby Rush, born in Albany, Georgia, Representative-D-Illinois 1993 - |
| 1946 | Diana Quick, born in London, England, actress, Brideshead, Big Sleep, Odd Job |
| 1946 | Hans Hoekman, Dutch radio play actor |
| 1946 | Bobby Rush, American Politician |
| 1945 | Assaf Dayan, Israel, actor, Operation Thunderbolt |
| 1945 | Steve Landesberg, born in Bronx, New York, comedian/actor, Barney Miller |
| 1944 | Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter, Basic Instinct, Showgirls |
| 1944 | Jose Torikens, Dutch journalist, Parool, NRC |
| 1943 | Andrew Goodman, civil rights worker, murdered in 1964 |
| 1941 | Alan Mullery, English soccer player |
| 1941 | Franco Nero, Italian Actor |
| 1940 | Gosta Pettersson, Sweden, cyclist, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1940 | Luis Tiant, Cuba, baseball pitcher, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees |
| 1939 | Betty Everett, U.S. singer, Getting Mighty Crowded |
| 1939 | Susan Anspach, New York City, actress, Grace-Yellow Rose, Blume in Love |
| 1938 | Herbert Achternbusch, Munich Germany, actor, Hedes, Mix Wix, Wohin |
| 1938 | Oscar Robertson, NBA guard, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Gold Medal 1960 Olympics |
| 1935 | Dean A. Gallo, born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Representative-R-New Jersey 1985 - 1994 |
| 1935 | Ken Eastwood, cricketer, opened for Australia vs. England SCG 1971 |
| 1935 | Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov, born in Moscow, Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 7, 11 |
| 1934 | Lewis Alan "Lew" Hoad, Australia, tennis star, Wimbledon 1953, 56 |
| 1934 | Michael Wayne, producer, McQ, Chisum, Green Berets, McLintock |
| 1934 | Rita Rossi Colwell, oceanographer |
| 1934 | Robert Towne, producer/screenwriter, Chinatown |
| 1933 | Hayes Jenkins, U.S., figure skater 1956 Olympics gold |
| 1933 | Krzysztof Penderecki, Debica Poland, composer, Hiroshima Threnody |
| 1932 | Michael Knight, air chief marshall/British leader, NATO |
| 1931 | Yevgeni Grischin, born in U.S.S.R., 500m/1500m speed skater, Gold Medals 1956, 1960 Olympics |
| 1930 | Jack McKeon, baseball player |
| 1930 | Robert Easton, Milwaukee, actor, Someone Up There Likes Me |
| 1930 | William E. Brock, Sen-D, U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1985 - 1987 |
| 1928 | Guy Molinari, born in New York City, New York, Representative-R-New York 1981 - 1989 |
| 1928 | Jerry Bock, New Haven CT, Broadway composer, Fiddler on the Roof |
| 1926 | Christopher Logue, British poet/stage writer, Trials |
| 1926 | Don Gordon, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Prentiss-Lucan |
| 1924 | Colin Turnbull, anthropologist |
| 1924 | Paul Richards, California, actor, Kiss Daddy Goodnight |
| 1923 | Angelo John Novarese, record company founder |
| 1923 | Nadia Gray, actress, Naked Runner, Maniac, Candide |
| 1921 | Hein J Roethof, lawyer/Dutch MP, PvdA |
| 1920 | Chalmers Wylie, born in Norwich, Ohio, Representative-R-Ohio 1967 - 1993 |
| 1920 | Herman Nieland, Dutch organist/pianist/composer, Te Deum Laudamus |
| 1920 | Paul Celan, Antschell, German/Romanian poet, Collected Prose |
| 1919 | Claudio Santoro, composer |
| 1919 | Peter Strawson, English philosopher |
| 1917 | George O'Hanlon, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Calvin-Life of Riley, George Jetson |
| 1917 | Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer |
| 1917 | Michael Gough, Malaya, actor, Search for the Nile |
| 1915 | Ellen Drew, Terry Ray, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Isle of Dead |
| 1915 | John Dehner, Forkum, Staten Is, New York, actor, Big Hawaii, Bare Essence |
| 1915 | Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, politician |
| 1914 | [Arthur] Wilson "Bob" Tucker, U.S., sci-fi author, Time Masters |
| 1912 | Det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist |
| 1911 | Peter Saunders, English theater producer, Legend of the Werewolf |
| 1910 | Hal Schumacher, baseball player |
| 1909 | Nigel Tranter, author/historian, River Realm, Robert the Bruce |
| 1908 | Leendert P J Braat, Dutch sculptor/screenwriter |
| 1906 | Mervyn Roberts, composer |
| 1899 | Norman Hunter, writer |
| 1896 | Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher |
| 1896 | Klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, 1946-53 |
| 1896 | Ruth Etting, U.S. dancer/singer/actress, Roman scandals |
| 1894 | Ture Persson, Sweden, sprinter, Silver Medal 1912 Olympics |
| 1893 | Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler, took 60 wickets for South Africa |
| 1890 | El Lissitzky, Russian Artist |
| 1888 | Harpo Marx, Adolph, New York City, actor/comedian, Marx brothers |
| 1888 | Nana Bryant, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actress, Ladies of the Chorus |
| 1887 | Boris Karloff, William H Pratt, Dulwich England, actor, Frankenstein |
| 1887 | Paul Malengreau, composer |
| 1883 | Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer, Along the water front |
| 1883 | Jose Clemente Orozco, Mexico, painter, Epic of Culture in New World |
| 1882 | Johan C T Kikkert, Dutch painter/etcher/critic |
| 1879 | Andre Caplet, French composer and conductor, Conte Fantastic |
| 1878 | Andre Caplet, composer |
| 1878 | Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, WW II |
| 1878 | Holcombe Ward, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1904 |
| 1876 | Manuel de Falla, Cadiz Spain, composer, El Amor Brujo |
| 1862 | Alberto Williams, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer, Etrerno Reposo |
| 1862 | Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter, pointillism |
| 1862 | Gilbert Parker, British Politician |
| 1860 | Karl Branting, Sweden, statesman/diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize 1921 |
| 1860 | Hjalmar Branting, Swedish Statesman |
| 1859 | Billy the Kid, William H Bonney, New York City, criminal |
| 1858 | Frank Hearne, cricketer, bro of George and Alec, England and South Africa |
| 1843 | Josef Sucher, composer |
| 1842 | James Lillywhite, Jr., cricketer, 1st England Test captain |
| 1837 | John van der Waals, Hol, physicist, Nobel 1910, Liquid and Gas States |
| 1830 | Kaspar CE Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austria sculptor |
| 1826 | Agustin Bethencourt, Venezuela publisher on Curaeao |
| 1821 | Charles Meryon, British/French etcher |
| 1820 | John Willis Ellis, Governor, Confederacy |
| 1819 | Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1815 | William Dennison, postmaster/general, Union |
| 1809 | Horatio Phillips Van Cleve, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1804 | Franklin Pierce, Hillsboro, New Hampshire, D, 14th President, 1853 - 1857 |
| 1800 | Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/author, Povesti |
| 1797 | Gabor Matray, composer |
| 1794 | Joan F Van Oordt, vicar, Groninger direction |
| 1785 | Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch general of the Jesuits, 1829-53 |
| 1765 | Thomas Attwood, composer |
| 1760 | Gracchus Babeuf, French utopian socialist, Tribun du Peuple |
| 1749 | Edward Rutledge, Gov-SC, attorney/signer Declaration of Independence |
| 1748 | Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer |
| 1695 | Francois the Cuvillies, Belgian court architect of Bayern |
| 1690 | Ernst J earl van Biron, Russian duke of Koerland/regent of Ivan VI |
| 1669 | Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher, Surdus Loquens |
| 1616 | John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer, product of Wallis |
| 1608 | Francisco M de Melo, Portuguese author, Epanaforas |
| 1553 | Prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician, De Medocoma Aegyptorum |
| 1221 | Alfonso X, the Wise, king of Castile and Leon, 1252-84 |
| 912 | Otto I, the Great, German king, Holy Roman emperor, 962-73 |
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