| 1980 | Jade Davidson, Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics |
| 1976 | Julie Howard, Brantford ON, 100m/200m backstroker, Olympics-27-92, 96 |
| 1976 | Ryan Reynolds, Canadian Actor |
| 1975 | Keith Van Horn, NBA forward, New Jersey Nets |
| 1974 | Beatrice Roini Liua Faumuina, New Zealand, discus thrower 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Dani Tyler, born in Denver, Colorado, softball infielder, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1974 | Kaleena Kiff, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Patti-Love Sidney |
| 1974 | Sander Westerveld, soccer player, FC Twente |
| 1973 | Blaine McElmurry, NFL defensive back, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 |
| 1973 | Mac Cozier, soccer forward, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1973 | Shawn Wooden, free safety for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1973 | Sjoerd Sanders, soccer player, PSV/MVV |
| 1972 | Daryl Price, defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers |
| 1972 | Patrise Alexander, linebacker for the Washington Redskins |
| 1972 | Tiffeny Milbrett, born in Portland, Oregon, soccer forward 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Alai Kalaniuvalu, NFL guard for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1969 | Brooke Theiss, California, actress, Wendy-Just the 10 of Us, Good and Evil |
| 1969 | Kristine Bailey, Livonia, Michigan, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-13th-1995 |
| 1968 | Bettina Fulco Villella, Mar Del Plata Arg, tennis star, 1993 Futures |
| 1968 | Kendall Gammon, NFL center for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1968 | Kevin Henry, NFL defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1967 | Jaime Yzaga, born in Lima, Peru, professional tennis player, ranked 18th in the World for singles and 54th in the World in doubles |
| 1967 | Michael Philbrick, CFL defensive tackle for the Hamilton Tiger Cats |
| 1965 | Al Leiter, Toms River, New Jersey, pitcher, Florida Marlins, New York Mets |
| 1963 | David Bedard, Montreal QUE, 3m springboard diver, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1963 | Katherine Hushaw, Anaheim California, playmate, Oct, 1986 |
| 1962 | Beatie Edney, born in London, England, actress, Diary of a Mad Old Man |
| 1962 | Christo van Rensburg, South Africa, tennis star |
| 1962 | Daria Scagliola, Italian/Dutch photographer, vuurtorenpostzegels |
| 1962 | Doug Flutie, CFL/NFL quarterback, Argonauts, Generals, Bears, Pats |
| 1962 | Mike Tomczak, NFL quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1959 | Sam Raimi, actor, Indian Summer, Thou Shalt Not Kill Except |
| 1959 | Al Yankovic, born in Downey, California, singer, songwriter, satirist, won three Grammy Awards, four gold records, six platinum records, sold over 12 million albums |
| 1957 | Louann Fernald San Antonio, Texas, playmate, Jun, 1979 |
| 1957 | Paul Kagame, born in Ruhango, Rwanda, politician, President of the Republic of Rwanda, formerly led the Rwandan Patriotic Front ending the Rwandan genocide |
| 1956 | Betsy Nagelsen, St. Petersburg, Florida, tennis star |
| 1956 | Darrell Pace, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, archer, Gold and Silver Medals, 1976, 1984, 1988 Olympics |
| 1956 | Dwight Yoakam, born in Pikeville, Kentucky, country singer, Honky Tonk Man |
| 1954 | Ang Lee, director, Ice Storm, Wedding Banquet, Sense and Sensibility |
| 1951 | Michael Rupert, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Pasadena Playhouse |
| 1950 | Harry Sacksioni, Dutch guitarist, Around the Corner |
| 1946 | Gerda Lenten-Havertong, Surinam, Dutch singer and actress, Sesame St |
| 1946 | Miklos Nemeth, Hungary, javelin thrower 1976 Olympics gold |
| 1946 | Mel Martinez, American Politician |
| 1944 | Warren Burton, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Jason Dunlap in 'Another World' |
| 1942 | Anita Roddick, English cosmetic manufacturer, Body Shop |
| 1942 | Michael Crichton, born in Chicago, Illinois novelist, Andromeda Strain, Congo, Looker |
| 1942 | Greg Ridley, born in Cumberland, England, rock, bass guitarist, played for Humble Pie and Spooky Tooth, popular double album Performance Rockin' the Fillmore |
| 1942 | Douglas Dunn, Scottish Poet |
| 1941 | Colin Milburn, cricketer, England bat whose career was cut short |
| 1940 | Edison Pele, Brazil, soccer player extraordinaire, New York Cosmos |
| 1940 | Freddie Marsden, Liverpool, rock drummer, Gerry and The Pacemakers |
| 1939 | Charlie Foxx, U.S. songwriter/soul singer, Mockingbird |
| 1939 | Ellie Greenwich, born in Brooklyn, New York, record producer, singer, songwriter, rock and roll, pop music genres, co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron' |
| 1938 | John Heinz III, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Senator-R-Pennsylvania 1977 - 1991 |
| 1938 | Jordan Christopher, Youngstown Ohio, actor, Secrets of Midland Heights |
| 1936 | Barry Sinclair, cricketer, 21 Tests for New Zealand in the 60's, 3 centuries |
| 1936 | Philip Kaufman, director, Right Stuff, Henry and June |
| 1935 | Chi Chi Rodriguez, Rio Piedras PR, PGA golfer, 1972 Byron Nelson |
| 1935 | Zbigniew Rudzinski, composer |
| 1933 | Tom Dewdney, cricket pace bowler, WI of 50's |
| 1932 | Dimitra Arliss, actress, Rich Man Poor Man II |
| 1931 | Diana Dors, Fluck, Swindon England, actress, Berserk!, Steaming |
| 1931 | Jim Bunning, born in Southgate, Kentucky, Representative-R-Kentucky 1987 - 1999, Senator-R-Kentucky 1999 -, Phillies pitcher, perfect Game vs. Mets 1965 |
| 1930 | Gerard Blain, Paris, France, actor, Hatari |
| 1928 | Alexander Tanev, composer |
| 1928 | Bella Darvi, Bayla Wegier, Sosnowiec Poland, actress, Racers |
| 1928 | Patrick Peter Sacco, composer |
| 1927 | Dezso Gyarmati, Hungary, water polo player, Gold Medals 1956. 1960, 1964 Olympics |
| 1927 | Edward Kienholz, U.S. sculptor, Roxy |
| 1927 | Leszek Kolakowski, Polish philosopher, Conversations with the Devil |
| 1925 | Johnny Carson, born in Corning, Iowa, comedian, Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust |
| 1925 | Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer and conductor, Never on Sunday |
| 1925 | Nanni Loy, film director |
| 1925 | Fred Shero, Canadian Athlete |
| 1923 | Frank Sutton, Clarksville Tennessee, actor, Sergeant Carter-Gomer Pyle USMC |
| 1923 | Ned Rorem, Richmond Indiana, composer/author, Sky Music |
| 1923 | Robin Day, British Journalist |
| 1922 | Coleen Gray, Staplehurst Nebraska, actress, Apache Drums |
| 1922 | Stuart Sloan, war hero/test pilot |
| 1921 | Tom Manders, Dutch cabaret artist, Dorus |
| 1918 | James Daly, Wisconsin, actor, Medical Center |
| 1918 | Peggy Moran, actress, Double Date, Horror Island |
| 1917 | Robert Bray, Kalispell Mont, actor, Corey-Lassie, Stagecoach West |
| 1914 | Frank, Bruiser, Kinard, NFL, AAFC tackle, Bkln, New York Yankees |
| 1912 | Ilse Dorffeldt, Germany, sprint relay, Olympic-1936 |
| 1910 | Hayden Rorke, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dr. Bellows-I Dream of Jeannie |
| 1910 | Sally O'Neil, Bayonne, New Jersey, actress, Beggar's Holiday, Moth |
| 1906 | Gertrude Ederle, New York City, swimmer 1924 Olympics gold |
| 1906 | Miriam Gideon, composer |
| 1905 | Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer |
| 1905 | Felix Bloch, Swiss/U.S. nuclear physicist, Nobel 1952 |
| 1903 | Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer |
| 1902 | Otmar Nussio, composer |
| 1902 | Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist |
| 1900 | Douglas Jardine, cricketer, England's Bodyline captain |
| 1899 | Lilyan Tashman, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Bulldog Drummond |
| 1893 | Earnest Julius pik, Estonian astronomer, Physics of meteor flight |
| 1893 | Jean Absil, Belgian composer, Peau d'Ane |
| 1880 | Una O'Connor, Belfast Ireland, actress, David Copperfield |
| 1875 | Gilbert Newton Lewis, American Scientist |
| 1869 | Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch singer |
| 1868 | Rama V, Chulalongkorn, leader of Thailand, -1910 |
| 1852 | Jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer |
| 1851 | Guillaume Couture, composer |
| 1846 | Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer |
| 1844 | Louis Riel, Manitoba, leader of insurrection of Metis |
| 1844 | Robert S Bridges, England, poet laureate, Eros and Psyche |
| 1844 | Robert Bridges, English Poet |
| 1835 | Adlai Stevenson, D, 23rd Vice President, 1893-97 |
| 1828 | Turner Ashby, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1824 | Thomas Gamble Pitcher, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1820 | James Monroe Goggin, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1819 | Isac Baker Woodbury, composer |
| 1810 | [Sarah] Margaret Fuller Ossoli, U.S. feminist/revolutionary, New York Tribune |
| 1805 | Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author, Nachsommer |
| 1801 | Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer |
| 1797 | John J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, 1845-51 |
| 1794 | Joseph Panny, composer |
| 1788 | Sarah Hale, founder, Seaman's Aid Society of Boston |
| 1773 | Pietro Generali, composer |
| 1767 | H Benjamin Constant, de Rebeque, French politician/writer |
| 1752 | Nicolas Appert, inventor, food canning, bouillon tablet |
| 1715 | Peter II Aleksejevitsj, Emperor of Russia, 1727-30 |
| 1713 | Peter Burmannus Secundus, Pieter Burman, Dutch classicist |
| 1698 | Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect, Palace de la Concorde |
| 1654 | Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer |
| 1543 | Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist |
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