| 1978 | Nicole Dubuc, actress, Robin-Major Dad |
| 1976 | Laurie Baker, ice hockey forward, USA, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics |
| 1975 | Mike Maurer, CFL fullback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 1973 | Taje Allen, kicker for the St. Louis Rams |
| 1972 | Anthony Brown, NFL tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1972 | Vicki Movessian, ice hockey defenseman, USA, 1998 Olympics |
| 1972 | Rebecca Romijn, born in Berkeley, California, model, actress, appeared in 'Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue' and played role of Mystique in film, 'X-Men' |
| 1972 | Thandie Newton, born in London, England, actress, appeared in films, 'The Pursuit of Happyness', 'Mission Impossible II', 'The Chronicles of Riddick' |
| 1971 | Derrick Alexander, NFL wide receiver, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens |
| 1970 | Eric Mueller, born in Kansas City, Missouri, rower, Olympics-silver-1996 |
| 1970 | Ethan Hawke, born in Austin, Texas, actor, Dad, Dead Poets Society, Explorers |
| 1970 | Maa Tanuvasa, NFL defensive tackle, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32 |
| 1970 | Patrick Burke, CFL cornerback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 1970 | Rich Braham, tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1969 | Bryan Abrams, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, singer, Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up |
| 1969 | Don Wengert, Sioux City, Iowa, pitcher for the Oakland A's |
| 1968 | Alfred Williams, NFL defensive end, San Francisco 49ers, Broncos Superbowl 32 |
| 1968 | Chad Curtis, Marion, Indiana, outfielder, New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers |
| 1968 | Edward Linskens, soccer player, PSV |
| 1968 | Kelly Rutherford, Elizabethtown Kentucky, actress, Generations |
| 1968 | Vlast Plavucha, hockey forward, Team Slovakia 1998 |
| 1967 | Dennis Brown, NFL defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers |
| 1967 | Jackie Auzias de Turenne, Seattle, WPVA volleyballer, National-17th-1995 |
| 1967 | Jana McCoy, Portales, New Mexico, Miss NM-America 1991 |
| 1967 | Rebecca Schaeffer, Eugene Oregon, actress, Patti-My Sister Sam |
| 1967 | Shuzo Matsuoka, Tokyo, Japan, tennis star, 1995 USTA/Binghampton |
| 1966 | Lisa Fuller, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Dawn-General Hospital |
| 1966 | Peter DeLuise, born in Hollywood, California, actor, 21 Jump Street, seaQuest DSV |
| 1965 | Brian Givens, Lompoc California, pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers |
| 1965 | Robert Oberrrauch, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998 |
| 1964 | Erik Kramer, NFL quarterback for the Chicago Bears |
| 1963 | Jean-Marc Chouinard, born in Montreal, Quebec, epee 1996 Olympics |
| 1962 | Lori Singer, Corpus Christi Texas, actress, Fame, V, Footloose |
| 1960 | Lance Kerwin, born in Newport Beach, California, James at 15, The Loneliest Runner |
| 1959 | Teri Peterson, Santa Monica Cal, playmate, July, 1980 |
| 1956 | Graeme Wood, cricketer, Australian lefty opening batsman 1978-88 |
| 1955 | Maria Shriver, newscaster, Sunday Today |
| 1954 | Catherine Crier, born in Dallas, Texas, former district court judge, television personality, writer, anchor Court TV program |
| 1952 | Michael Cunningham, American Writer |
| 1950 | Ernest Thompson, Bellows Fall Vt, actor, Sierra, Westside Medical |
| 1949 | Brad Davis, Tallahassee, Florida, actor, Roots, Chiefs, Midnight Express |
| 1949 | Nigel Havers, English actor, Dr. Latimer-Don't Wait Up |
| 1949 | Joseph C. Wilson, American Public Servant |
| 1948 | Glenn Frey, born in Detroit, Michigan, rock vocalist, Eagles-Take it Easy |
| 1947 | Doug Young, rocker, Flash In The Pan |
| 1947 | Edward Yang, director, Tewrrorizers |
| 1947 | George Lawrence James, New Jersey, 4X400m relayer, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1947 | George Young, born in Glasgow, Scotland, rock guitarist, Easybeats |
| 1947 | Jack Arnold, character on Wonder Years |
| 1947 | John Wilson, rock drummer, Them |
| 1946 | Sally Field, born in Pasadena, California, we really like her, Gidget, Flying Nun |
| 1945 | Robert J. Mrazek, born in Newport, Rhode Island, Representative-D-New York 1983 - 1993 |
| 1944 | Bill Henderson, Vancouver BC, rock vocalist and guitarist, Chilliwack |
| 1943 | Michael Schwerner, civil rights worker, murdered in 1964 |
| 1941 | Doug Sahm, born in San Antonio, Texas, country singer, Texas Tornadoes-Dinero |
| 1941 | Guy Clark, Rockport, Texas, country singer, Heartbroke |
| 1941 | James Bowman, English contratenor |
| 1940 | Johnny Giles, Irish Soldier |
| 1938 | P J Proby, James Marcus Smith, born in Houston, Texas, rocker |
| 1937 | Bas de Gaay Fortman, Dutch MP, PPR |
| 1937 | Edwin Roxburgh, born in England, composer, principal oboist, Sadler's Wells Opera, wrote, Manuhin Music Guide |
| 1936 | David Ward-Steinman, composer |
| 1936 | K Schippers, Gerard Stigter, Dutch author |
| 1936 | Mikhail Vladimirovich Sologub, Russian cosmonaut |
| 1933 | Joseph Pope, U.S. singer, Hey Girl Don't Bother Me |
| 1933 | Knut Johannesen, Norway, 5K/10K speed skater 1964 Olympic gold |
| 1932 | Don King, fight promoter, Mike Tyson |
| 1932 | Stonewall Jackson, rocker |
| 1931 | Mike Nichols, Peschowsky, director, Catch 22, Biloxi Blues |
| 1931 | Tsvetan Tsvetanov, composer |
| 1930 | Raymond Baervoets, Belgian composer, Metamorphoses |
| 1930 | Mark McCormack, American Businessman |
| 1928 | Peter Matz, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Hullabaloo, Carol Burnette Show |
| 1926 | Brian Abel-Smith, professor of Social Adminstration |
| 1926 | Zig Ziglar, American Author |
| 1926 | Frank Carson, Irish Comedian |
| 1923 | Aleksandra Chudina, U.S.S.R., track jumper, Olympic-2 silver-1952 |
| 1923 | Clay Jones, born in England, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener |
| 1923 | Renato Capecchi, Italian violinist and baritone |
| 1921 | Geoff Rabone, cricketer, gifted all-rounder for New Zealand in 1950's |
| 1921 | James Jones, Robinson, Illinois, novelist, From Here to Eternity |
| 1920 | John Smith, CEO, Liverpool FC |
| 1919 | Alan Lisette, cricketer, New Zealand slow left-armer vs West Indies 1956 |
| 1918 | Ronnie Brody, England, actor, Superman 3, What's Up Nurse, Ritz |
| 1916 | Ray Conniff, Attleboro, Massachusetts, chorus director, Ray Conniff Singers |
| 1914 | Jonathan Harris, actor, Dr. Zachary Smith-Lost in Space |
| 1909 | Heinz Rottger, composer |
| 1909 | Henk Bijvanck, composer |
| 1908 | Fanny Leys, Flemish author, Ontwijding |
| 1906 | Francis Lederer, Prague Czechoslovakia, actor, Diary of a Chambermaid |
| 1904 | Selena Royale, New York City, actress, Date With Judy, Misleading Lady |
| 1903 | Carl Rakosi, German Poet |
| 1901 | Juanita Hall, Keyport, New Jersey, actress, Captain Billy |
| 1896 | Jim Jordan, Peoria, Illinois, radio comedian, Fibber McGee |
| 1893 | August Defresne, Dutch playwright/director, Uninhabited Island |
| 1892 | John Alcock, English pilot, 1st non-stop flight across Atlantic Ocean |
| 1892 | John Sigvard "Ole" Olsen, Wabash, Indiana, comedian, Olsen and Johnson |
| 1892 | Harold Ross, American Editor |
| 1887 | Walter Johnson, Kansas, Washington Senator pitcher, 1907-27, 414-218 |
| 1885 | Emiel Poetou, Flemish sculptor |
| 1884 | Ludomir Rozycki, Polish composer and conductor, Meduza, Eros i Psyche |
| 1883 | Hubert Bath, composer |
| 1880 | Robert [Edler von] Musil, Austrian author, Young Torless |
| 1879 | Eugen Varga, Hungarian/Russian economist/politician |
| 1878 | Ernest Irving, composer |
| 1875 | Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron/diplomat/senator |
| 1867 | Marie Bregendahl, Danish author, Holger Hauge og hans Hustru |
| 1861 | James A Naismith, inventor, basketball |
| 1860 | Ignace Jan Paderewski, Kurylowka Poland, composer/pianist/patriot |
| 1856 | Nicholas Nikolajevitsj, ruler of Russia |
| 1855 | Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer |
| 1854 | John Philip Sousa, Washington D.C., march king, Stars and Stripes Forever |
| 1851 | Charles H Dow, co-founded Dow Jones/1st editor of Wall St. Journal |
| 1841 | Nelson W. Aldrich, American Politician |
| 1838 | John Grant Mitchell, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1836 | Francis Ellingwood Abbot, Boston, theologian, Scientific Theism |
| 1833 | Jonas LI Lie, Norwegian writer, Kommandorens dottre, Gaa paa |
| 1832 | Joseph Smith, son of founder of Mormonism |
| 1822 | Gordon Granger, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1818 | Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, V Lesach |
| 1814 | Adolphe Sax, Belgium, musician/inventor, saxophone |
| 1800 | Eduard Grell, composer |
| 1796 | George Back, English sea officer/explorer, North Canada |
| 1779 | Michal Bogdanowicz, composer |
| 1771 | Alois Senefelder, inventor, lithography |
| 1757 | Louis-Abet Deffroy de Reigny, composer |
| 1754 | Frederik I W K, 1st king of Wurttemberg, 1806-16 |
| 1753 | Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer |
| 1746 | Absalom Jones, Delaware, born into slavery |
| 1671 | Colley Cibber, England, dramatist/poet laureate, Love's Last Shift |
| 1661 | Charles II, last Habsburg king of Spain, 1665-1700 |
| 1659 | Theodor Schwartzkopff, composer |
| 1613 | Luis de Garay, composer |
| 1607 | Sigmund Theophil Staden, composer |
| 1566 | Julien Perrichon, composer |
| 1558 | Thomas Kyd, English dramatist, Spanish Tragedy |
| 1494 | Sulayman I, the Great, sultan of Turkey, 1520-66 |
| 1479 | Johanna, the Insane, Queen of Castilie, 1504-20 |
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