| 1984 | Henry Charles Albert David, Prince of Wales, 3rd in British succession |
| 1979 | Sophie Dahl, British Model |
| 1978 | Amanda Rochelle Penix, Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 1997 |
| 1975 | Tom Dolan, U.S., 400m freestyle/200m/400m medley swimmer, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics |
| 1975 | Tsutsumi Otomo, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 |
| 1972 | Amanda Lynn Granrud, Great Falls Montana, Miss America-Montana 1996 |
| 1971 | Chad Bratzke, NFL defensive end for the New York Giants |
| 1971 | Crystal McLaurin-Coney, Miss USA-North Carolina 1997 |
| 1971 | Josh Charles, actor, Crossing the Bridge, Cooperstown |
| 1971 | Myron Bell, NFL safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1971 | Wayne Ferreira, Johannesburg South Africa, tennis star, Munich 1995 |
| 1971 | Will Shields, NFL guard for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1970 | Danny Ellis, Orlando, Florida, golfer, All-American-1990, 92, 93 |
| 1968 | Danny Nucci, actor, Gabriel Ortega-Falcon Crest |
| 1968 | Michael Puschacher, hockey goalie, Team Austria 1998 |
| 1968 | Rich Robertson, Nacogdoches, Texas, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins |
| 1967 | Dexter Carter, NFL running back for the San Francisco 49ers |
| 1967 | Jerry Dixon, heavy metal bassist, Warrant-Cherry Pie |
| 1966 | Sherman Douglas, NBA guard, New Jersey Nets |
| 1965 | Rob Whitlock, Newcastle NSW, Australasia golfer |
| 1964 | Andrew Landenberger, Australian, tornado yachter, Bronze Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1964 | Robert Farley, Ndola Zambia, Australasia golfer |
| 1962 | Aubrey Matthews, NFL wide receiver, Detroit Lions |
| 1962 | Earnest Byner, NFL running back for the Cleveland Browns |
| 1962 | Patricia "Patty" Shea, Belmont, New York, field hockey goalie 1996 Olympics |
| 1962 | Wendie Jo Sperber, born in Glendale California, actress, Amy-Bossom Buddies |
| 1962 | Rebecca Miller, American Director |
| 1961 | Dan Marino, NFL quarterback for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1960 | Scott Thompson Baker, born in Minneapolis, actor, General Hosp, All My Children |
| 1959 | Mark Kirk, American Politician |
| 1958 | Lesley Player, born in Redhill, England, Sarah Fergusson's father's lover |
| 1957 | Fulton Peter Allem, Kroonstad South Africa, PGA golfer, 1993 SW Bell |
| 1956 | Jaki Graham, born in Birmingham, England, singer, 1994 hit 'Ain't Nobody', number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart |
| 1956 | Ned Rothenberg, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, plays woodwind instruments, extended techniques include playing chords on saxophone |
| 1956 | Tawny Elaine Godin Schneider, Maine, Miss Amer, 76, Eye on Hollywood |
| 1955 | Mac Sweeney, born in Wharton, Texas, Representative-R-Texas 1985 - 1989 |
| 1954 | 7th marquess of Bristol, English large landowner/multi-millionaire |
| 1953 | Bruce Heuchan, Kingston Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Alberta-7th |
| 1953 | Jerry Page, golfer, largest PGA victory margin |
| 1952 | Kelly Keagy, rock vocalist, Night Ranger |
| 1949 | Joe Barton, born in Waco, Texas, Representative-R-Texas 1985 - |
| 1949 | Joe Barton, American Politician |
| 1946 | Fighting Mack, Edwin Alberto, Antillian welterweight boxer |
| 1946 | Oliver Stone, born in New York City, director, Wall St, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon |
| 1946 | Tommy Lee Jones, actor, Executioner's Song, Bloody Monday, Fugitive |
| 1945 | Jessye Norman, U.S., opera singer, Carmen |
| 1944 | Graham Taylor, English Coach |
| 1942 | Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, U.S., sci-fi author, Hotel Transylvania |
| 1942 | Phil Harris, English carpet manufacturer/multi-millionaire |
| 1941 | Miroslav Hermazewski, Poland, cosmonaut, Soyuz 30 |
| 1940 | Frank Linzy, baseball player |
| 1940 | Merlin Olsen, Utah, NFL tackle, Rams, sportscaster/actor, Father Murphy |
| 1940 | Norman [Richard] Spinrad, U.S., sci-fi author, Child of Fortune |
| 1940 | Norman Spinrad, American Author |
| 1939 | Breyten Breytenbach, South African poet/painter |
| 1938 | Gaylord Perry, baseball player, 1972 AL Cy Young winner |
| 1938 | Rafael H Osuna, tennis champ, U.S. Open - 1963 |
| 1937 | Cynthia Anzolut, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, LPGA golfer |
| 1936 | Ashley J Cooper, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1957 |
| 1935 | Jacques d'Ancona, journalist/TV host, Sound-Mix Show |
| 1933 | Henry Darrow, New York City, actor, Harry O, New Dick Van Dyke Show |
| 1933 | Rafael Frubeck de Burgos, Burgos, Spain, conductor, World of Song |
| 1929 | Murray Gell-Mann, physicist who predicted quarks |
| 1927 | Norm Crosby, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian/double talker, Liar's Club |
| 1925 | Forrest Compton, Reading, Pennsylvania, actor, Gomer Pyle USMC, Edge of Night |
| 1924 | Bobby Short, born in Danville, Illinois, singer/pianist, Carlisle Hotel |
| 1924 | Lucebert, Dutch poet/painter/cartoonist, Boozz, PC Hooft prize 1967 |
| 1923 | Anton Heiller, composer |
| 1921 | Jackie Cooper, born in Los Angeles, California, actor and director, Hennesey, People's Choice |
| 1921 | Jan Frank Fischer, composer |
| 1919 | Fausto Coppi, Italian bicylist, world record 45,798 km |
| 1917 | Richard Arnell, composer |
| 1916 | Margaret Lockwood, Karachi India, actress, Lady Vanishes |
| 1915 | Helmut Schoen, football coach |
| 1915 | John Conte, Plamer Massachusetts, actor, Mantovani |
| 1914 | Creighton Abrams, U.S., army general, Vietnam War |
| 1914 | Jens Otto Krag, premier of Denmark, 1962-68, 71-72 |
| 1913 | Hans Filbinger, German politician, CDU |
| 1913 | Henry Dreyfus Brant, Montreal Canada, composer, Great American Goot |
| 1913 | John Mitchell, Nixon's attorney general who went to jail |
| 1913 | Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz pianist/composer |
| 1913 | John N. Mitchell, American Politician |
| 1912 | Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo, composer |
| 1911 | Silas Hogan, blues singer/guitarist |
| 1910 | George D Kilpatrick, Canadian/British bible scholar |
| 1910 | Richard Baerlein, racing writer |
| 1909 | Carlos Estrada, composer |
| 1909 | Jean Batten, New Zealand air pioneer, 1st woman to fly solo England to Australia |
| 1909 | Phil Arnold, New Jersey, actor, Errand Boy, Stud Lonigan, Damn Yankees |
| 1908 | Gerd Gaiser, German writer, Ship in the Mountain |
| 1907 | Jack Bailey, Hampton Iowa, TV host, Queen for a Day |
| 1906 | Kathryn Murray, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, dancer, Arthur Murray Dance Party |
| 1906 | Penny Singleton, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, voice, Jane Jetsons, actress, Blondie |
| 1904 | Tom Conway, Russia, actor, Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show |
| 1904 | Umberto II, van Piemonte, king of Italy, 1946 |
| 1903 | Roy Acuff, born in Maynardville, Tennessee, country musician, 'Hee Haw' |
| 1902 | Magda [Helena] Lupescu, wife of King Carol II of Romania |
| 1900 | Larry Kent, California, director, High Stakes |
| 1899 | Milton S Eisenhower, Dwight's brother/president, Pennsylvania State |
| 1898 | John J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship's doctor/writer/poet, El Dorado |
| 1896 | Tadeusz Szeligowski, composer |
| 1894 | Jean Renoir, French director, Madame Bovary, Nana, Grand Illusion |
| 1890 | Agatha Christie, mystery writer, Murder on Orient Express |
| 1890 | Claude McKaye, Jamaica/US author, Songs of Jamaica, Banjo |
| 1890 | Frank Martin, born in Geneva, Switzerland, composer, In Terra Fax |
| 1889 | Robert Benchley, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, humorist, My 10 Years in a Quandary |
| 1889 | Claude McKay, Jamaican Writer |
| 1888 | Philibert Schmitz, Belgium, historian, Ordre the St-Benoat |
| 1884 | Floro Manuel Ugarte, composer |
| 1881 | Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, Milan, race car builder, Amaz Bugattis |
| 1876 | Bruno Walter, B. W. Schlesinger, Berlin Germany, conductor, New York Phil |
| 1876 | Frank E Gannett, Rochester, newspaper publisher, Gannett |
| 1868 | Dirk B Nanninga, Dutch painter |
| 1865 | Henri [Lucien] Capitant, French lawyer, Loi Falcidie |
| 1865 | Nicolaus Adriani, linguist, Middle-Celebes languages |
| 1863 | Horatio William Parker, composer |
| 1858 | Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer/hermit |
| 1858 | Jeno Hubay, composer |
| 1857 | William Howard Taft, Cin, R, 27th President, 1909-13, chief justice |
| 1852 | Jan E Matzeliger, Surinamese inventor, shoe lacing machine |
| 1851 | Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish countess/writer, Sirena Negra |
| 1851 | Josif Marinkovic, composer |
| 1843 | Willem F Mauritius HK, prince of Orange/son of king Willem III |
| 1837 | Leo van Gheluwe, composer |
| 1834 | Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian/parliament member |
| 1830 | Jose de la Cruz Porfirio Diaz, president of Mexico, 1877-1911 |
| 1816 | Edward Wolff, composer |
| 1811 | Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer |
| 1811 | Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author |
| 1808 | Louis Clapisson, composer |
| 1789 | James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major U.S. novelist, Last of Mohicans |
| 1789 | James F. Cooper, American Novelist |
| 1780 | Jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, Esprit, origin et progres |
| 1764 | Friedrich Heine, composer |
| 1764 | Paolo Francesco Parenti, composer |
| 1756 | Karl Philipp Moritz, German Author |
| 1744 | Georg Ritschel, composer |
| 1736 | Jean-Sylvain, French historian, History of France |
| 1733 | Samuel Horsley, English Clergyman |
| 1690 | Ignazio Prota, composer |
| 1685 | Gottfried Kirkhoff, composer |
| 1613 | Francoise duc de la Rochefoucald, Paris, France, writer, Memoires |
| 1586 | Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer |
| 1584 | Georg R Weckerlin, German poet, Oden und Gesange |
| 1572 | Erasmus Widmann, composer |
| 1505 | Maria, queen of Hungary/wife of Louis II/governess of Netherlands, 1531-55 |
| 53 | Mark U Trajanus, 13th Roman emperor, 98-117, conqueror of Ctesiphon |
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