| 1979 | Shawn Ashmore, Canadian Actor |
| 1977 | Clayton Miller, born in Toronto, Ontario, trap shooter 1996 Olympics |
| 1975 | Billy Walsh, Summit, New Jersey, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1974 | Alexander Polinsky, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Adam-Charles in Charge |
| 1974 | Benjamin Oberman, born in Denver, Colorado, pairs skater, & Naomi Grabow |
| 1974 | Shannon MacMillan, Syosset, New York, soccer forward 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Gerald McBurrows, safety for the St. Louis Rams |
| 1973 | Priest Holmes, running back for the Baltimore Ravens |
| 1972 | John Hyden, Tustin California, volleyball outside hitter alternate for 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Rahsaan Giddings, CFL linebacker, Montreal Alouettes |
| 1971 | Dexter Dawson, CFL receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1971 | Johnnie Morton, NFL wide receiver, Detroit Lions |
| 1971 | Paul Hannam, Vancouver BC, 470 yachter 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Daniel Collins, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Dwayne Provo, cornerback for the New England Patriots |
| 1970 | Harold Ellis, NBA forward for the Denver Nuggets |
| 1970 | Le'Shai Maston, NFL running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 1970 | Vaughn Hebron, NFL running back, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32 |
| 1969 | Brent Dorman, Ocala Florida, Canadian Tour golfer |
| 1969 | Martin Haywood, cricketer, NSW opening batsman |
| 1968 | Erick Anderson, NFL linebacker for the Washington Redskins |
| 1968 | Randy Bartz, Roseville, Minnesota, short track skater 1994 Olympics |
| 1968 | Toni Braxton, singer, You Mean the World to Me |
| 1968 | Thom Yorke, English Musician |
| 1967 | Mariana Perez-Roldan, Argentina, tennis star |
| 1966 | Trent Brown, CFL defensive back for the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1966 | Sherman Alexie, born in Wellpinit, Washington, writer, filmmaker, Native American, known for book, 'The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven', and 'Smoke Signals' film |
| 1965 | Juul Ellerman, soccer player, PSV, FC Twente |
| 1964 | Ann Curless, singer, Expose-What You Don't Know |
| 1964 | Rich Delucia, Reading, Pennsylvania, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants |
| 1964 | Sam Brown, English singer and songwriter, Stop! |
| 1964 | Stuart Hendley, born in Houston, Texas, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 Manitoba Open |
| 1964 | Dan Savage, American Writer |
| 1961 | Judy Landers, Philadelphia, actress, Vega$, BJ and the Bear, Madame's Place |
| 1959 | Penny Graeber, Sydney Australia, golfer, 1990 6th Vic Open |
| 1959 | Simon Cowell, born in Brighton, England, entrepreneur, producer of television shows, 'Britain's Got Talent', 'American Idol', owner of publishing house, Syco |
| 1958 | Kim Morris, born in San Diego, California, playmate, Mar, 1986 |
| 1957 | Jayne Torvill, England, ice skater, Torvill and Dean, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1994 Olympics |
| 1957 | Judy Sams, born in Toronto, Ontario, golfer, 1994 du Maurier Ltd Classic-38th |
| 1957 | Michael W. Smith, American Musician |
| 1956 | James Van Patten, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Bo-Chisholms |
| 1955 | Yo-Yo, Massachusetts, Paris, France, world famous Chinese cellist |
| 1955 | Yo-Yo Ma, American Musician |
| 1954 | Victor Manuel Mar, wrestler, AAA/NJPW, Black Cat |
| 1953 | Christopher Norris, New York City, actress, Summer of '42, Eat My Dust |
| 1953 | Tico Torres, rock drummer, Bon Jovi-Always |
| 1952 | Graham Yallop, cricketer, Australian captain in 7 Tests, won 1 lost 6 |
| 1952 | Ludmila Tourischeva, U.S.S.R., gymnast, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics |
| 1952 | Vladimir Putin, born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, second President of the Russian Federation, Prime Minister of Russia |
| 1951 | Carmen R "Tata" Vega, U.S. soul singer, Color Purple soundtrack |
| 1951 | John Mellencamp, born in Seymour, Indiana, singer, songwriter, sold over 40 million albums worldwide, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, hits include, 'Jack & Diane' |
| 1950 | Maartje van Weegen, Dutch TV hostess |
| 1949 | Catherine Duggan, LPGA golfer |
| 1949 | Dave Hope, rock bassist, Kansas |
| 1949 | Kieran Kane, Queens, New York, singer, O'Kanes-Daddies Need to Grow Up Too |
| 1948 | Diane Ackerman, born in Waukegan, Illinois, American poet, author and naturalist, wrote 'Wife of Light' and 'A Natural History of Love' |
| 1946 | Catharine MacKinnon, American Activist |
| 1945 | Kevin Godley, Manchester England, rock vocalist, 10cc |
| 1944 | George Nethercutt, American Politician |
| 1943 | Oliver North, American Soldier |
| 1942 | Paul Weyrich, American Critic |
| 1941 | Martin Murray, born in London, England, rocker, Honeycombs |
| 1941 | Tony Sylvester, rocker, Main Ingredient |
| 1940 | Bruce Vento, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Representative-D-Minnesota 1977 - 2000 |
| 1940 | Dino Valenti, rock guitarist and vocalist, Quicksilver Messenger Service |
| 1940 | Richard H. Stallings, born in Odgen, Utah, Representative-D-Idaho 1985 - 1993 |
| 1939 | Colin Cooper, rocker, Climax Blues Band |
| 1938 | Ann Jones, English Athlete |
| 1937 | Col Guest, cricketer, Test Australia vs. England 1963, scored 11 took 0-59 |
| 1936 | Gennadi Mikhailovich Kolesnikov, Russia, cosmonaut |
| 1935 | Thomas M Keneally, Australian writer, Schindler's List |
| 1935 | Thomas Keneally, Australian Novelist |
| 1934 | Imamu Amiri Baraka, Everett Leroi Jones, U.S., poet/writer |
| 1934 | Ulrike Meinhof, German Red Army member |
| 1934 | Willie Naulls, NBA star for the New York Knicks |
| 1934 | [Everett] LeRoi Jones, Amiri Baraka, U.S. writer, Black Music |
| 1934 | Amiri Baraka, American Writer |
| 1933 | Paul B Price, Cataret, New Jersey, actor, Busting Loose |
| 1932 | Joannes M Gijsen, Bishop of Roermond |
| 1931 | Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize 1982 |
| 1931 | Cotton Fitzsimmons, American Coach |
| 1927 | Al Martino, Philadelphia, singer, Here in My Heart, actor, Godfather |
| 1927 | Ronald Laing, British psychiatrist, anti-psychiatrist |
| 1927 | R. D. Laing, Scottish Psychologist |
| 1926 | Diana Lynn, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go |
| 1926 | Ivan Jirko, composer |
| 1926 | Marcello Abbado, composer |
| 1922 | Reina Prinsen Geerligs, Leentje Vandendriesch, Dutch antifascist |
| 1921 | John Arthur Giles Gere, English art historian, Pre-Raphaelite painter |
| 1920 | Georg Leber, German politician, SPD |
| 1919 | Erik Elmsater, Sweden, 1st to compete in summer and winter Oly, 1948 |
| 1919 | Gabriel Dell, Barbados, actor, Steve Allen Show |
| 1919 | George Duby, historian |
| 1918 | Guido Aristarco, film critic |
| 1917 | Helmut Dantine, Vienna Austria, actor, Shadow of the Cloak |
| 1917 | June Allyson, Bronx, actress, Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas |
| 1916 | Walt W. Rostow, New York City, economist, Politics and Stages of Growth |
| 1915 | Margarita J Aliger, Russian poet, Zoja, |
| 1915 | Roman Padlewski, composer |
| 1915 | Charles Templeton, Canadian Cartoonist |
| 1914 | Alfred Drake, Capurro, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and actor, Kiss Me Kate |
| 1914 | Sarah Churchill, London, actress, All Over Town, Royal Wedding |
| 1913 | Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer |
| 1913 | Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist, Het Parool, Kinks |
| 1911 | Joe Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, drummer |
| 1911 | Vaughn Monroe, born in Akron, Ohio, singer/orchestral leader, Vaughn Monroe Show |
| 1909 | Shura Cherkassky, pianist |
| 1908 | Richard Caldicot, born in London, England, actor, Horse's Mouth |
| 1907 | Tutta Rolf, Norway, actress, Whalers |
| 1906 | James E Webb, head of NASA, 1961-68 |
| 1905 | Andy Devine, Jeremiah Schwartz, Flagstaff, Arizona, actor, Andy's Gang |
| 1904 | Chuck Klein, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Philadelphia Phillies, 43 home runs in 1929 |
| 1903 | Louis S B Leakey, archaeologist/anthropologist |
| 1902 | Willemina J H "Mascha" ter Weene, dancer/ballerina |
| 1901 | Frank X. Boucher, Ottawa, All-star NHL center, Ottawa, New York Rangers |
| 1901 | Ralph Rainger, composer |
| 1901 | Suvanna Phuma, premier of Laos |
| 1900 | Heinrich Himmler, head of Gestapo, war criminal |
| 1900 | Herbert Butterfield, British Historian |
| 1898 | Alfred Wallenstein, born in Chicago, Illinois, conductor, Chicago Symphony 1922 - 1929 |
| 1896 | Cyril Allcott, cricketer, New Zealand all-rounder in their early Tests |
| 1896 | Elijah Muhammad, U.S., leader of Nation of Islam |
| 1894 | Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher/lawyer |
| 1889 | Clarence Muse, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor |
| 1888 | Henry A Wallace, D/P, 33rd Vice President, 1941-45, founder Progressive Party |
| 1888 | Henry A. Wallace, American Vice President |
| 1887 | A C "Jack" Russell, cricketer, prolific England batsman post-WW I |
| 1887 | Jack Mulhall, Wappinger Falls, New York, actor, Ken Murray Show |
| 1886 | Johannes B Tielrooy, Dutch literary, Chateaubriand |
| 1885 | Niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics, Nobel 1922 |
| 1880 | Jaime Pahissa, composer |
| 1879 | Joe Hill, Jevla Sweden, organizer, IWW, songwriter, Union Scab, martyr |
| 1879 | Joseph Bovet, composer |
| 1870 | Uncle Dave Macon, entertainer |
| 1868 | Fred H Hovey, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1895 |
| 1866 | Heinrich Federer, born in Switzerland, writer, Das letzte Stundlein des Papstes |
| 1866 | Martha McChesney Berry, U.S., founded Berry School for Children |
| 1854 | Christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General, Nicholsonsnek |
| 1854 | Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, South African Politician |
| 1849 | James Whitcomb Riley, U.S., poet, Raggedy Man |
| 1841 | Nicolaas Petrovic Njegos, king of Montenegro, 1910 - 1918 |
| 1835 | Felix Draeseke, composer |
| 1826 | William Brimage Bate, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, Gov-D-Tenn, 1882 - 1886 |
| 1821 | Richard Heron Anderson, Lieutenant General Confederate Army |
| 1821 | William Sill, with The Underground Railroad |
| 1817 | Bushrod Rust Johnson, Major General Confederate Army |
| 1810 | Henry Alford, English Clergyman |
| 1802 | Bernhard Molique, composer |
| 1802 | Wilhelm Bernard Molique, composer |
| 1801 | Adolf Muller, composer |
| 1798 | Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker, octobas |
| 1774 | Ferdinando Orlandi, composer |
| 1758 | Paul Anton Wineberger, composer |
| 1748 | Charles XIII, King of Sweden, 1809-18, Norway, 1814-18 |
| 1746 | William Billings, born in Boston, Massachusetts, hymn composer, Rose of Sharon |
| 1745 | Henry Rutgers, American Soldier |
| 1734 | Ralph Abercromby, English army commander, Dutch Guyana |
| 1728 | Caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer, Declaration of Independence |
| 1698 | Henri Madin, composer |
| 1577 | Ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/archbishop |
| 1576 | John Marston, English Poet |
| 1573 | William Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45 |
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