| 1976 | Maurice Taylor, NBA forward for the Los Angeles Clippers |
| 1975 | Joanne Malar, Hamilton Ontario, swimmer, Olympics-11-92, 96 |
| 1975 | Stephanie Camp, Rapid City, South Dakota, Miss America-SD 1997 |
| 1973 | Ellis Johnson, NFL defensive back for the Indianapolis Colts |
| 1973 | Melissa Deanne Holiday, Greenwood, South Carolina, playmate, Jan, 1995 |
| 1972 | Georgina Douglas, Australian rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Patrice Denis, CFL linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1972 | Trevor Wilmot, NFL linebacker, Indianapolis Colts, Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1971 | Edward "Ted" Murphy, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rower, Olympics-5th-1996 |
| 1970 | Dino Philyaw, NFL running back for the New England Patriots |
| 1970 | James Pedro, Danvers Massachusetts, lightweight judoka, Olympics-bronze-92, 96 |
| 1970 | Kevin Johnson, NFL defensive tackle, Philadelphia Eagles, Oakland Raiders |
| 1970 | Nia Long, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Guiding Light, Made in America, Soul Food |
| 1970 | Patrice Tardif, Thetford Mines, NHL center for the Los Angeles Kings |
| 1970 | Stefan Gamlin, WLAF offensive linebacker for the Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1970 | Suvat Karadag, soccer player for the FC Utrecht |
| 1970 | Wim Bubberman, soccer player, Sparta |
| 1969 | Brittany Gae Thompson, born in Portland, Oregon, Miss Oregon-America 1991 |
| 1969 | Mayumi Hirase, Kumamoto Japan, LPGA golfer, Japan Jr-1985, 86, 87 |
| 1967 | Brenda Catherine Lawson, Wanganui New Zealand, double scull rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Pat Elynuik, Foam Lake, NHL right wing, Ottawa Senators |
| 1967 | Ty Detmer, quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1965 | Charnele Brown, East Hampton, New York, actress, Kim-A Different World |
| 1965 | Kevin Edwards, NBA guard, New Jersey Nets |
| 1965 | Gavin Rossdale, British Musician |
| 1964 | Sandra H Magnus, Belleville, Illinois, PhD/astronaut |
| 1963 | Jerry de Borg, English pop guitarist, Jesus Jones-Real, Real, Real |
| 1963 | Kristina Malandro Wagner, actress, Felicia Jones-General Hospital |
| 1963 | Mike Veletta, cricketer, West Aussie opening bat, 8 Tests for Australia |
| 1963 | Todd Sand, born in Burbank, California, pairs skaters 1994 Olympics |
| 1962 | Courtney Walsh, cricketer, WI pace bowler, hat-trick vs. Australia 1988 |
| 1962 | Danny Tartabull, born in Miami, Florida, outfielder, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox |
| 1962 | Mark Portugal, born in Los Angeles, California, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds |
| 1961 | Hans Segers, soccer goaltender, PSV, Nottingham Forest, Wimbledon |
| 1960 | David Valle, Bayside, New York, catcher for the Texas Rangers |
| 1960 | Diego A Maradona, Argentina/Italy soccer player, World Cup |
| 1960 | Kim Thompson, Bath England, actress, Stealing Heaven |
| 1960 | Monica Bellucci, Citta di Castello Italy, actress, Dracula |
| 1960 | Diego Maradona, Argentinian Athlete |
| 1958 | Kevin Pollak, SF, comedian, Usual Suspects, Grumpy Old Men |
| 1957 | Aleksandr Ivanovich Lazutkin, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-25 |
| 1956 | Juliet Stevenson, Essex England, actress, Secret Rapture, Life Story |
| 1956 | Leslie Webb, equestrian dressage 1996 Olympics |
| 1956 | Timothy J. Roemer, born in South Bend, Indiana, Representative-D-Indiana 1991 - 2003 |
| 1955 | Shanna Reed, Kansas City Kansas, actress, Major Dad, Mirrors |
| 1954 | JoAnne Russell, born in Miami, Florida, tennis player, Wibeldon Double 1977 |
| 1954 | T Graham Brown, Arabi, Georgia, country singer, Come as you Were |
| 1953 | Alexander Fedorovich Poleshchuk, Moscow, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-16 |
| 1953 | Charles Martin Smith, Van Nuys California, actor, American Graffiti |
| 1953 | Kathleen Cody, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Charley and the Angel |
| 1953 | Peter Hoekstra, born in Groningen, Netherlands, Representative-R-Michigan 1993 - |
| 1951 | Frank Pallone, born in Long Branch, New Jersey, Representative-D-New Jersey 1988 - 1993 and 1993 - |
| 1951 | Harry Hamlin, born in Pasadena, California, actor, Michael Kuzak - L.A. Law |
| 1950 | John Doolittle, born in Glendale, California, Representative-R-California 1991 - 2009 |
| 1950 | Louise Duart, Quincy, Massachusetts, comedienne, Paramount Comedy Theater # 5 |
| 1950 | Phil Chenier, NBA guard, Washington Bullets |
| 1950 | John Doolittle, American Politician |
| 1949 | David Green, Melbourne Australia, rock bassist, Air Supply |
| 1949 | Otis Williams, Otis Miles, Texas, rock vocalist, Temptations |
| 1947 | Timothy B Schmidt, born in Oakland California, rocker, Eagles |
| 1946 | Andrea Mitchell, New York City, newscaster, NBC-TV, Summer Sunday USA |
| 1946 | Chris Slade, rocker, AC/DC |
| 1946 | Ian McGeechan, Scottish rugby player |
| 1946 | Lynne Marta, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actress, Love American Style |
| 1946 | Robert L "Hoot" Gibson, Cooperstown, New York, USN/ast, STS-41B,61C,27,47,71 |
| 1945 | Glenn Poshard, born in Herald, Illinois, Representative-D-Illinois 1989 - 1999 |
| 1945 | Henry Winkler, New York City, actor, Fonz-Happy Days, Night Shift |
| 1944 | Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi Statesman |
| 1943 | Joanna Shimkus, Halifax NS, actress, Marriage of a Young Stockbroker |
| 1942 | Sven-David Sandstrom, composer |
| 1941 | Otis Williams, rocker, Temptations |
| 1940 | Ed Lauter, Long Beach, New York, actor, Sheriff Cain-BJ and the Bear |
| 1940 | Miguel Calderon-Gomez, Havana, basketball player 1972 Olympics bronze |
| 1939 | Eddie Holland, U.S. singer and songwriter, Jamie, Leaving Here |
| 1939 | Grace Slick, Chicago, rock vocalist, Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit |
| 1939 | Norman West, U.S. singer, Soul Children, Hearsay, Give 'em Love |
| 1937 | Claude Lelouch, movie director, A Man and A Woman, Cat and Mouse, Bolero |
| 1937 | John Patrick Williams, born in Helena, Montana, Representative-D-Montana 1979 - 1997 |
| 1936 | Jim Perry, pitcher, Cy Young Award 1970 |
| 1936 | Roy Emerson, tennis player, won 12 Majors in singles from 1961-67 |
| 1935 | Michael Winner, producer/director, Big Sleep, Death Wish |
| 1935 | Robert Caro, American Writer |
| 1934 | Hamilton Camp, London, actor, Andrew-He and She, Meatballs 2 |
| 1933 | Michael S Dukakis, Gov-D-Mass, presidential candidate, D-1988 |
| 1932 | Louis Malle, France, director, Atlantic City, Black Moon, Viva Maria |
| 1931 | David Wilson, director of British Museum, 1977-92 |
| 1931 | Dick Gautier, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Hymie-Get Smart, Mr. Terrific |
| 1931 | John Macchia, California, actor, Beach Blanket Bingo, Beach Party |
| 1930 | Clifford Brown, Brownie, U.S. jazz trumpeter/composer |
| 1930 | Marilyn Alex, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Molly-Young and Restless |
| 1929 | Joan Ganz Cooney, founder, Children's Television Workshop |
| 1928 | Ernest Flatt, choreographer, Carol Burnett Show |
| 1928 | Michael Andrews, painter |
| 1928 | William Campbell, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Jerry-Cannonball, Luke-Dynasty |
| 1928 | Daniel Nathans, American Scientist |
| 1927 | Joseph Wilbur Adcock, manager/player, Braves |
| 1927 | Joe Adcock, born in Coushatta, Louisiana, first baseman, outfielder, played for Cincinnati Reds, homered four times in a single game against Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field |
| 1925 | Gus Savage, born in Detroit, Michigan, Representative-D-Illinois 1981 - 1993 |
| 1925 | Teo Macero, composer |
| 1924 | Hannelore Weygrand, born in West Germany, equestrian dressage, Silver Medal 1956 Olympics |
| 1924 | Serge Golovine, French ballet choreographer, Death of Narcissus |
| 1923 | Herschel Bernardi, actor, Arnie, Voice of Charlie the Tuna, Front |
| 1921 | Charles Bronson, actor, Magnificent Seven, Dirty Dozen, Deathwish |
| 1919 | Jane Randolph, singer, backup for Tony Orlando, Dawn |
| 1918 | Ted Williams, hitter, Red Sox, AL MVP '46, '49; Trip Crown '42, '47 |
| 1917 | Ruth Hussey, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actress, Another Thin Man, Philadelphia Story |
| 1915 | Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer, Capitaine Bruno |
| 1914 | Marion Ladewig, Michigan, bowler, 9 time woman bowler of year 1950-63 |
| 1914 | Marius Hendrikus Flothuis, Dutch composer/author, Mozart biography |
| 1914 | James Laughlin, American Poet |
| 1913 | Joris Noe, Flemish literary |
| 1912 | Preston Lockwood, actor, House of Windsor, Black Candle |
| 1910 | Miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spain, poet, Viento del Pueblo |
| 1908 | Franco Margola, composer |
| 1908 | Stuart Hamblen, Texas, singer/composer, This Old House |
| 1908 | Patsy Montana, Ruby Rose Blevins, singer 'I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart' |
| 1907 | Albert Rice Leventhal, publisher, Little Golden Books |
| 1907 | Gyorgy Ranki, Budapest Hungary, composer, Hoemberek |
| 1907 | Renzo Cesana, Rome, Italy, TV host, First Date, Continental |
| 1905 | Christian Darnton, composer |
| 1904 | Alfred Gradstein, composer |
| 1904 | Paul D Stoop, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II-Coral Sea |
| 1903 | Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer |
| 1902 | Armin Kaufmann, composer |
| 1900 | Augustin Lara, composer |
| 1899 | Ernst H Ridder van Rappard, Dutch SS officer/founder, NSNAP |
| 1896 | Anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov, composer |
| 1896 | Ruth Gordon, Massachusetts, actress, Rosemary's Baby, Harold and Maude |
| 1894 | Peter Warlock, composer |
| 1893 | Charles Atlas, Angelo Siciliano, U.S., bodybuilder |
| 1893 | Jan M Romein, Dutch historian, Low Countries at Sea |
| 1893 | Willi Apel, German/U.S. musicologist, Harvard dictionary of music |
| 1887 | Eduardo Ciannelli, Italy, actor, Waldo-Johnny Staccato |
| 1887 | Georg Heym, born in Hirschberg, Germany, poet, writer, wrote, 'Der ewige Tag', poetry considered early Expressionist style |
| 1885 | Ezra Pound, American Poet |
| 1884 | Rudolf Forster, Grobming Austria, actor, Threepenny Opera |
| 1882 | William "Bull" F Halsey, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II Pacific |
| 1882 | William Halsey, American Soldier |
| 1880 | Abram F Joffe, Russian physicist, crystal |
| 1879 | Eily Malyon, London, actress, Jane Eyre, I Married a Witch, Devotion |
| 1873 | Francisco Madero, Mexico, revolutionary, president, 1911-13 |
| 1869 | Lawrence Grant, Bournemouth England, actor, Bulldog Drummond |
| 1864 | Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer |
| 1861 | Antoine Bourdelle, French Sculptor |
| 1857 | John H Aberson, 1st chancellor, Dutch Agricultural University |
| 1849 | Johan Willem, son of Dutch princess Marianne and coachman |
| 1848 | Zinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian Vice-Admiral |
| 1845 | Gustav Weber, composer |
| 1843 | A G Henri Regnault, French water colors painter |
| 1840 | Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano |
| 1840 | William G Sumner, U.S. sociologist/political analyst |
| 1839 | Alfred Sisley, French impressionist painter |
| 1830 | Francois Crepin, Belgian botany |
| 1830 | John Stevens Bowen, Major General Confederate Army |
| 1829 | Roscoe Conkling, MC, Union |
| 1825 | Adelaide Anne Procter, English Poet |
| 1821 | Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques, composer |
| 1821 | Fjodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Russian novelist |
| 1817 | Hermann Kopp, German chemist, Jahresbericht of Chemistry |
| 1807 | James Samuel Wadsworth, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1790 | Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer |
| 1790 | Rinse Posthumus, Frisian writer |
| 1751 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish Playwright |
| 1751 | Richard Sheridan, Irish Playwright |
| 1741 | Angelica Kauffmann, Swiss painter |
| 1735 | Edward Miller, composer |
| 1735 | John Adams, Braintree, Massachusetts, 2nd president of the United States, 1797 - 1801 |
| 1712 | Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German painter |
| 1683 | George II [August], King of Great Britain, 1727-60 |
| 1620 | Michael de Ronghe, composer |
| 1612 | Paul Wirtz, Wurtz, German/Netherlands army commander |
| 1576 | Enrico C Davila, Padua Italy, writer, Storia delguerre civili Francia |
| 1391 | Eduard, Dom Duarte, King of Portugal, 1433 - 1438, author |
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