| 1992 | Louis Ducrut, prince/son of Princess Stephanie and Daniel Ducrut |
| 1980 | Jessica Bowman, Walnut Creek California, actress, Colleen Cooper-Dr. Quinn |
| 1978 | Sarah Cahill, Miss Minnesota Teen USA 1996 |
| 1974 | David Barnard, WLAF defensive tackle for the Scotland Claymores |
| 1974 | Richard Ikeda, Kamloops BC, gymnast 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | John Zimmerman, Birmingham, Alabama, pairs skater, & Steigler |
| 1972 | Nicole Beach, born in Phoenix, Arizona, model, Wonderbra |
| 1971 | Emma Robinson, born in Montreal, Quebec, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Vince Danielsen, CFL slot back for the Calgary Stampeders |
| 1970 | Greg Graham, NBA guard, New Jersey Nets |
| 1970 | John Amaechi, NBA center and forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 1970 | Lorissa McComas, Columbus Ohio, actress, Lap Dancing, Vamp |
| 1970 | Mark Dixon, CFL offensive linebacker, Montreal Alouettes |
| 1969 | Sam Militello, born in Tampa, Florida, pitcher, professional baseball player, played for the New York Yankees |
| 1969 | Shawn Kemp, NBA forward, Cleveland Cavaliers, Seattle Supersonics |
| 1968 | Steve Lofton, NFL cornerback, Carolina Panthers, New England Patriots |
| 1967 | Karol Rusznyak, hockey forward, Team Slovakia 1998 |
| 1967 | Ridley Jacobs, cricket wicket-keeper, West Indian ODI 1996 |
| 1966 | Jay Berger, Fort Dix, New Jersey, tennis star |
| 1966 | Sue Wicks, WNBA forward, New York Liberty |
| 1964 | Al Smith, NFL linebacker for the Houston Oilers |
| 1964 | Jeff Jaeger, NFL kicker, Oakland Raiders, Chicago Bears |
| 1964 | Vreni Schneider, Swiss alpine skier, Olympics-Gold-1988 |
| 1963 | Allyson Rice-Taylor, Huntington, West Virginia, actress, As the World Turns |
| 1963 | Mario Elie, NBA forward and guard for the Houston Rockets |
| 1962 | Chuck Finley, born in Monroe, Louisiana, pitcher, Major League Baseball, played for California Angels, won more than 15 games six times between 1986 and 1999 |
| 1962 | John Samuel Inman, Greensboro, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1993 Buick South Open |
| 1962 | Mike Johnson, NFL inside linebacker, Detroit Lions |
| 1961 | Dave Hannan, Sudbury, NHL center, Buffalo Sabres, Colorado Avalanche |
| 1961 | Marcy Walker, Paducah, Kentucky, actress, Liza-All My Child, Santa Barbara |
| 1960 | Harold Reynolds, born in Eugene, Oregon, professional baseball player, second baseman, played for the Baltimore Orioles, California Angels |
| 1959 | Jamie Rose, New York City, actress, Susan Birch-St. Elsewhere, Falcon Crest |
| 1959 | Mike Moore, born in Eakly, Oklahoma, pitcher, professional baseball player, played for Seattle Mariners, World Series champion, 1989 |
| 1958 | Steve Buyer, born in Rensselaer, Indiana, Representative-R-Indiana 1993 - |
| 1956 | Bob Walk, born in Van Nuys, California, professional baseball player, nickname, 'The Whirly Bird', pitcher, played for the Philadelphia Phillies |
| 1956 | Nico Slothouwer, Dutch poet, Man and his Bag |
| 1955 | Jay Howell, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees, Oakland A's |
| 1955 | Tracy [Raye] Hickman, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragons of Spring Dawning |
| 1952 | Wendy Turnbell, Australia, tennis player, 1979,82 U.S. Opens Double |
| 1951 | La Cicciolina, Ilona Staller, Budapest Hungary, Italian MP |
| 1950 | Jorge Orta, born in Mazatlan, Mexico, professional baseball player, played second baseman, third baseman, outfield, played for the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays |
| 1949 | Maggie Donnelly, bag lady |
| 1948 | Galina Prozumenschikova, U.S.S.R., 200m backstroke 1964 Olympic gold |
| 1947 | Larry Gura, baseball player |
| 1947 | Richie Hebner, baseball player |
| 1946 | Angus Suttie, English potter |
| 1946 | Bert Bouquet, bassist, Earth and Fire, Focus |
| 1946 | Burt Reiter, rocker, Focus |
| 1945 | Daniel Davis, Gurdun, Arkansas, actor, Niles-Nanny |
| 1945 | John McVie, British rock bassist, Fleetwood Mac-Rumours, Tusk |
| 1945 | Mikhail Woronin, U.S.S.R., gymnast, Olympic-2 gold/4 silver/bronze-1968 |
| 1945 | Tandy Cronyn, actress, Twisted, Guardian, Age Old Friends |
| 1944 | Alan Henderson, Belfast, rock bassist, Them |
| 1944 | Jean Terrell, Texas, rocker, Supremes |
| 1943 | Jerry Kleczka, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Representative-D-Wisconsin 1984 - 2005 |
| 1943 | Jan Stenerud, Norway, NFL place kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1943 | Paul Burnett, English disc-jockey |
| 1943 | Bruce Paltrow, American Producer |
| 1943 | Jerry Kleczka, American Politician |
| 1942 | Olivia Cole, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Roots, Szysznyk |
| 1941 | Jeff Torborg, baseball player |
| 1938 | Elizabeth E Bailey, university dean, Carnegie Mellon |
| 1938 | Jeremy Boorda, born in South Bend, Indiana, admiral, U.S. Navy, 25th Chief of Naval Operations |
| 1938 | Porter Goss, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Representative-R-Florida 1989 - 2004, Director of CIA 2004 - 2006 |
| 1938 | Rich Little, Ottawa Canada, impressionist/actor, Love on a Rooftop |
| 1938 | Tina Turner, Brownsville, Texas, singer, Proud Mary |
| 1938 | Porter Goss, American Public Servant |
| 1937 | Boris Borisovich Yegorov, U.S.S.R., doctor/cosmonaut, Voskhod I |
| 1937 | Leo Lacroix, France, skier 1964 Olympic silver |
| 1936 | Margaret Boden, philosopher |
| 1935 | Marian Mercer, born in Akron, Ohio, actress and singer, Dean Martin Show |
| 1934 | Ludmila Shevtsova, U.S.S.R., 800m runner 1960 Olympics gold |
| 1933 | Garrett "Garnet" Mimms, U.S. singer, Enchanters-Cry Baby |
| 1933 | Robert Goulet, born in Massachusetts, singer, actor, television, film, Canadian-American Grammy, Tony-Award winner |
| 1932 | Marten Beinema, Dutch MP, CDA |
| 1931 | Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Buenos Argentina, 1980 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 1931 | Adrianus J "Cardinal" Simonis, archbishop of Utrecht |
| 1931 | Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo, Italy, downhill skier 1952 Olympics bronze |
| 1929 | Betta St. John, Hawthorne California, actress, Corridors of Blood |
| 1929 | Lorraine Macleod, dancer, Girls Just Want to Have Fun |
| 1927 | John Carter, Center Ridge, Arkansas, actor, Max-Falcon Crest |
| 1926 | Joyce McCartan, peace campaigner |
| 1926 | Mauro Bortolotti, composer |
| 1925 | Eugene Istomin, New York City, pianist, Leventritt Award-1943 |
| 1924 | George Segal, New York, sculptor lifelike mixed-media figures, Bus Driver |
| 1924 | Jasu Patel, cricketer, Indian off-spinner, 9-69 vs. Australia 1959 |
| 1923 | Patricia Phoenix, County Galway Ireland, actress, L Shaped Room |
| 1922 | Adele Jergens, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Dark Past, Fuller Brush Man |
| 1922 | Charles M Schulz, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, cartoonist, Peanuts |
| 1922 | Charles Schulz, Cartoonist |
| 1921 | Francoise Gilot, painter, designer, author living legacy award, 1984 |
| 1920 | Istvan Sarkozy, composer |
| 1920 | Paul T B Rodenko, poet and author, Stolen Lover |
| 1920 | Daniel Petrie, Canadian Director |
| 1919 | Frederik Pohl, U.S., sci-fi author, 3 Hugo, Gateway, Bipohl |
| 1918 | Patricio Aylwin, president of Chile, 1990-94 |
| 1916 | Bob Elliot, baseball player |
| 1916 | Mareo Ishiketa, composer |
| 1915 | Earl Wild, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, composer/pianist, Caesar's Hour, NBC Symph 1942 |
| 1915 | Herbert Joeks, Herbert J van Hugten, Dutch actor, Snip and Snap, Pipo |
| 1915 | Thos Mauve, Dutch painter/wood engraver |
| 1913 | Foy Draper, U.S., relay runner 1936 Olympics gold |
| 1913 | Joshua William Steward, polymath |
| 1912 | Eric Sevareid, Velva ND, newscaster, CBS Weekend News |
| 1912 | Gunnar Johannes Sonstevold, composer |
| 1911 | Raymond Scheyven, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs |
| 1911 | Ronald Diggens, English fabric manufacturer/multi-millionaire |
| 1911 | Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster/prodigy |
| 1910 | Cyril Cusack, Durban Natal South Africa, actor, Day of the Jackal |
| 1909 | Eugene Ionesco, playwright |
| 1908 | Charles Forte, Italian/British hotel magnate, Savoy |
| 1908 | Lefty Gomez, baseball pitcher |
| 1908 | Philipp Mohler, composer |
| 1907 | Frances Dee, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Of Human Bondage |
| 1905 | George Emlyn Williams, Wales, actor and playwright, David Copperfield |
| 1905 | Emlyn Williams, Welsh Dramatist |
| 1902 | Alberto Morin, PR, actor, Armando-Dallas |
| 1902 | Gerrit Jan van der Veen, Wolffensperger, Dutch resistance fighter |
| 1901 | Philippus J Idenburg, Dutch statistician |
| 1895 | Bertil Lindblad, Swedish astronomer, Milky Way system |
| 1895 | William Griffith Wilson, American Celebrity |
| 1894 | Norbert Wiener, U.S., mathematician/discovered cybernetics |
| 1892 | Joe Guyon, NFL halfback, Canton, Cleveland, Oorang, Rock I, etc |
| 1883 | Milhaly Babits, Hungarian literary, Laodameia |
| 1876 | Bart A van der Leck, Dutch painter, Style |
| 1876 | Willis Haviland Carrier, developed air-conditioning equipment |
| 1876 | Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud, Saudi Arabian Statesman |
| 1874 | Edmond Flegenheimer, Swiss/French author, Ecoute Israel |
| 1865 | Earl Ross Drake, composer |
| 1864 | Herman Gorter, Dutch socialist/poet, May, Tiny Hero's Poem |
| 1862 | Mark A Stein, archaeologist |
| 1857 | Ferdinand de Saussure, born in Switzerland, linguist, Cours de Laguistique Generale |
| 1850 | Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht, 1895-1929 |
| 1832 | Mary Edwards Walker, U.S., doctor/women's rights leader |
| 1827 | Alfred Moore Scales, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1827 | Ellen G. White, American Writer |
| 1827 | Ellen White, American Writer |
| 1823 | Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer |
| 1818 | Louis Lacombe, composer |
| 1816 | William Henry Talkbot Walker, Major General Confederate Army |
| 1810 | William G Armstrong, of Cragside, Baron/British const, hydr crane |
| 1809 | Mariano Obiols, composer |
| 1795 | Carl P Fohr, German painter |
| 1795 | Cornelis P J Elout, Dutch military/resident of West Sumatra |
| 1792 | Sarah Moore Grimke, American abolitionist/women's rights advocate |
| 1754 | Georg Forster, writer |
| 1744 | Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer |
| 1736 | Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, French publisher, Mercure de France |
| 1731 | William Cowper, England, pre-romantic poet, His Task, |
| 1663 | Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet, Obras Dramaticas |
| 1653 | Andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer |
| 1640 | Carl Rosier, composer |
| 1607 | John Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard University |
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