| 1979 | Kimi Raikkonen, Finnish Celebrity |
| 1973 | Keith McKenzie, NFL defensive end, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 |
| 1973 | Lorie Bennett West, Miss Kentucky USA 1996 |
| 1972 | Vicki Goetze, Michicot WI, LPGA golfer, 1995 British Open-12th |
| 1972 | Eminem, born in Detroit, Michigan, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, rapper, actor, record producer, best-selling solo album, 'The Marshall Mathers LP' |
| 1972 | Wyclef Jean, American Musician |
| 1971 | Byron Chamberlain, NFL/WLAF tight end Denver Broncos, Rhein Fire |
| 1971 | Ernest Dixon, NFL linebacker for the New Orleans Saints |
| 1971 | Henry McMillian, NFL defensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1971 | Chris Kirkpatrick, American Musician |
| 1970 | Anil Kumble, cricketer, great Indian leg-spinner since 1990 |
| 1970 | Jean-Paul de Young, soccer player for the FC Utrecht |
| 1970 | John Mabry, Wilmington, Delaware, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1970 | Marciano Vink, soccer player, Genoa/PSV |
| 1970 | Shauna O'Brien, Pasco Wash, actress, Showgirls |
| 1970 | Tasha Tsang, Saskatoon Saskatchwan, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Alfred Pupunu, NFL tight end for the San Diego Chargers |
| 1969 | Joe Courtney, NBA forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 1969 | Theodore Ernest Els, Johannesburg South Africa, PGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Open |
| 1969 | Rick Mercer, born in St. John's, Canada, comedian, satirist, television personality, created television show, 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes', trademark routine titled, 'Talking to Americans' |
| 1968 | Heather McDermid, Calgary Alberta, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Ziggy Marley, born in Trenchtown, Jamaica, reggae performer, oldest son of Rita and Bob Marley, leader of band, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers |
| 1967 | Adrianne Werdel Witmeyer, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1990 Futures-Chiba |
| 1967 | Allen West, U.S. metal guitarist, Obituary, Cause of Death |
| 1967 | Marianne Werdel Witmeyer, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star |
| 1967 | Mark Johnson, Worcester, Massachusetts, infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 1967 | Nathalie Tauziat, Bangui Cent Afr Rep, tennis star, 1993 Quebec City |
| 1967 | Reggie Clark, NFL linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 1966 | Danny Ferry, NBA forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 1965 | Connie Ann Hearn, Anchorage Alaska, actress, New Kind of Family |
| 1965 | Pinnaduwage Aravinda De Silva, cricket, Sri Lanka's greatest batsman |
| 1963 | Vijay Mehra, cricketer, United Arab Emirates batsman 1996 World Cup |
| 1963 | Norm MacDonald, Canadian Actor |
| 1962 | John Dorge, Australian basketball center 1996 Olympics |
| 1962 | Mike Judge, American Producer |
| 1960 | Angela Kramers, Dutch singer, Dolly Dots |
| 1960 | James Patrick Delsing, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1993 New England-2nd |
| 1960 | Mandy Yachad, cricketer, South African ODI opening batsman 1991 |
| 1958 | Alan Jackson, born in Newnan, Georgia, country singer, Here in the Real World |
| 1958 | Blaine McCallister, Ft. Stockton, Texas, PGA golfer, 1989 Honda Classic |
| 1958 | France St. Louis, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics |
| 1958 | Gig Gangel Harlingen, Texas, playmate, Jan, 1980 |
| 1957 | Vincent Van Patten, Belrose, New York, actor, Apple's Way, 3 for the Road |
| 1956 | Mae C Jemison, Decatur Alabama, MD/astronaut, STS-47 |
| 1956 | Robin LO Linschoten, Dutch assistant secretary of Social Affairs, VVD |
| 1955 | Sam Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Prime Risk, Savages |
| 1950 | Howard E Rollins, Jr., born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Bannister-Wildside,Another World |
| 1950 | Michael Synar, born in Vinita, Oklahoma, Representative-D-Oklahoma 1979 - 1995 |
| 1950 | Sandra Reemer, Dutch singer, As Love Goes |
| 1950 | Wally Lamb, born in America, author, novelist, featured in Oprah's Book Club, books include 'The Hour I First Believed' 'I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison', 'She's Come Undone', 'I Know This Much is True' |
| 1949 | Bill Hudson, Portland, Oregon, comedian, Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show |
| 1949 | Maurice Willis Wright, composer |
| 1949 | Owen Arthur, born in Barbados, statesman, politician, Barbados Labor Party, Prime Minister of Barbados 1994 - 2008 |
| 1948 | George Wendt, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Norm-Cheers |
| 1948 | Margot Kidder, Yellowknife, actress, Lois Lane, Amityville Horror |
| 1947 | Charles A Ingene, macromarketing researcher |
| 1947 | Gene Green, born in Houston, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1993 - |
| 1947 | Lesley Sunderland, decorative artist |
| 1947 | Michael McKean, New York City, actor, Laverne and Shirley, SNL, Spinal Tap |
| 1946 | Bob Seagren, Pomona California, actor, Soap, pole vaulter, Olympics gold 68 |
| 1946 | James Ray Tucker, born in Los Angeles, California, rock guitarist, Turtles-Eleanor |
| 1946 | Vicki Hodge, born in London, England, actress, Confessions of a Sex Maniac |
| 1946 | Adam Michnik, Polish Editor |
| 1945 | Dave Cutler, CFL place kicker for the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1944 | Carol Cole, West Medford Massachusetts, actress, Ellie-Grady |
| 1943 | Susan Davenny Wyner, New Haven, Connecticut, soprano, Walter Naumberg Prize |
| 1942 | Gary Puckett, vocalist, & Union Gap-Woman Woman, Young Girl |
| 1941 | Alan Howard, rock bassist, Brian Poole and The Tremeloes |
| 1941 | Earl Thomas Conley, Portsmouth, Ohio, country singer, Too Many Times |
| 1941 | James Seals, Sidney, Texas, singer, Seals and Crofts-Summer Breeze |
| 1938 | Robert "Evel" Knievel, motorcycle daredevil, Snake River Canyon |
| 1938 | Evel Knievel, American Entertainer |
| 1936 | Dave Hobson, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Representative-R-Ohio 1991 - 2009 |
| 1935 | Alan Brown, cricketer, England opening attack Brown and White vs Pak 1961 |
| 1934 | Barend P Tammeling, Dutch journalist, Trouw, Groninger Gezinsbode |
| 1933 | William A Anders, Hong Kong, Major Gen, USAF/astronaut, Apollo 8 |
| 1932 | Gundaris Pone, born in Riga, Latvia, composer, professor, State University College at New Paltz, New York |
| 1932 | Paul Anderson, U.S., light super heavyweight lifter 1956 Olympics gold |
| 1932 | William J. Hughes, born in Salem, New Jersey, Representative-D-New Jersey 1975 - 1995 |
| 1930 | Angelo Paccignini, composer |
| 1930 | Jimmy Breslin, born in New York City, columnist, New York Post, News, Newsday |
| 1928 | Ivan Marinov, composer |
| 1928 | James "Junior" Gilliam, Dodgers, NL rookie of year 1953 |
| 1928 | Zacharias J de Beer, South African physician/MP, DP |
| 1926 | Beverly Garland, Santa Cruz California, actress, My 3 Sons |
| 1926 | Julie Adams, Waterloo Iowa, actress, Yancy Derringer, Code Red |
| 1926 | Karl Gordon Henize, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, astronaut, STS-51-F |
| 1922 | Louis Benjamin, showman |
| 1921 | George Mackey Brown, poet |
| 1921 | Maria Gorokhovskaya, U.S.S.R., gymnast 1952 Olympics gold |
| 1921 | Pricilla Lanford Buckly, editor/columnist, National Review |
| 1921 | Tom Poston, Columbus Ohio, actor, Steve Allen Show, Newhart |
| 1920 | Montgomery Clift, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actor, From Here to Eternity |
| 1920 | Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czechoslovakian actor, Short Cut, Golden Eels |
| 1919 | John Moroney, cricketer, Australian opener 1949-51 |
| 1919 | Rita Hayworth, born in New York, Marguerita C Casino, actress, Gilda, Pal Joey |
| 1919 | Zhao Ziyang, Chinese Statesman |
| 1917 | Marsha Hunt, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw |
| 1917 | Martin Donnelly, cricketer, brilliant lefty bat for New Zealand post-war |
| 1916 | Robert Lowery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Murder Over New York |
| 1916 | Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz, composer |
| 1915 | Arthur Miller, New York City, playwright, Death of a Salesman, Crucible |
| 1914 | Albert Markos, composer |
| 1914 | Jerry Siegel, comic book writer, Superman |
| 1914 | John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur |
| 1912 | John Paul I, Albino Luciano, 263rd Roman Catholic pope, 1978 |
| 1912 | Pope John Paul I, Pope |
| 1909 | Crozy Cole, U.S. jazz drummer |
| 1905 | Franco Albini, Italian architect |
| 1905 | Jean Arthur, New York City, actress, Shane, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| 1903 | Irene Ryan, El Paso Texas, actress, Granny-Beverly Hillbillies |
| 1903 | Jerry Colona, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Jerry Colona Show |
| 1903 | Nathanael West, American novelist, Day of the Locusts |
| 1898 | Mildred Knopf, cookbook writer |
| 1898 | Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher |
| 1898 | Simon Vestdijk, Dutch writer/poet, 5th Seal |
| 1895 | Doris Humphrey, born in Oak Park, Illinois, dancer, Dances of Women |
| 1893 | Jean Binet, composer |
| 1892 | Herbert Norman Howells, composer |
| 1892 | Otakar Jeremias, composer |
| 1886 | Spring Byington, Colorado Springs, actress, Lily Ruskin-December Bride |
| 1885 | Aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress, Jantjes, wife of Herman Bouber |
| 1883 | A S Neill, British headmaster, Summerhill |
| 1878 | Andrei N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai |
| 1878 | Henri Mulet, composer |
| 1875 | Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer, Yes and No! |
| 1864 | Elinor Glyn, British novelist, 3 Weeks |
| 1860 | Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer |
| 1859 | William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher, New York Giants, for the Cincinnati Reds |
| 1848 | William "Candy" Cummings, created curve ball |
| 1845 | Franz Ehrle, German prefect of Vatican library |
| 1844 | Miguel Nieto, composer |
| 1839 | Helene Mercier, Dutch author/social reformer |
| 1835 | Alexandrine-Pieternella-Franeoise Tinne, explored White Nile |
| 1833 | Paul Bert, French Scientist |
| 1817 | Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder, Pakistan |
| 1815 | Emanuel Geibel, writer |
| 1813 | Georg Buchner, German playwright, Dantons Tod/Woyzeck |
| 1811 | Albertus C. van Raalte, Dutch / U.S. vicar, owned land in Michigan |
| 1806 | Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist |
| 1780 | Richard Mentor Johnson, American Politician |
| 1734 | Grigori G Orlov, Russian guard officer/favorite of Catharina II |
| 1730 | Ernestus Weinrauch, composer |
| 1729 | Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer |
| 1725 | John Wilkes, English journalist/MP, N Briton |
| 1720 | Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer |
| 1711 | Jupiter Hammon, 1st American black to publish poetry, Complete Works |
| 1704 | Willem Bentinck, orangist |
| 1696 | August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen |
| 1688 | Domenico Zipoli, composer |
| 1626 | Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian, Roman-Holland regt |
| 1577 | Cristofano Allori, Italian painter, Judith |
| 1563 | Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer |
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