| 1987 | Madeline Zima, born in New Haven, Connecticut, actress, Grace Sheffield-Nanny |
| 1981 | Alexis Bledel, born in Houston, Texas, actress, fashion model, appeared on television show, 'Gilmore Girls', films include, 'The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants' |
| 1976 | Andres Javier Blazquez, PR, singer, Menudo-Cannonball |
| 1975 | Kip Harkrider, born in Carthage, Texas, baseball infielder 1996 Olympics bronze |
| 1974 | Justin Whalin, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Jimmy Olsen-Lois and Clark |
| 1973 | Clint Peay, Columbia, Maryland, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1972 | Don Sasa, NFL defensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers |
| 1972 | Mark Bruener, NFL tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1972 | Ramon van Haaren, soccer player, RKC |
| 1972 | Shalane McCall, actor, Charlie Wade-Dallas |
| 1972 | Steve Russ, NFL linebacker, Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32 |
| 1971 | Charlie Fields, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Shannon |
| 1971 | Derrell Mitchell, NFL/CFL wide receiver, Atlanta Falcons, Argonauts |
| 1971 | Shawntel Smith, Oklahoma, Miss America 1996 |
| 1971 | Amy Poehler, born in Newton, Massachusetts, actress, comedienne, appeared in 'Saturday Night Live' 2001 - 2008, appeared in films, 'Bay Mama', 'Mean Girls' |
| 1970 | Anthony Marshall, NFL safety for the Chicago Bears |
| 1970 | Paul Shuey, born in Lima, Ohio, pitcher, Cleveland Indians |
| 1969 | Andrew Borodow, Montreal, 130 kg freestyle wrestler, 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Chester McGlockton, NFL defensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders |
| 1969 | Kathi Wolfgram, Minneapolis, rocker, Jets-You Got it All |
| 1969 | Marthijn Pothoven, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles |
| 1969 | Marc Anthony, American Musician |
| 1968 | Charles McRae, NFL guard and tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1968 | Tara Cross-Battle, born in Houston, Texas, volleyball hitter, Bronze Medal 1992 Olympics |
| 1967 | Bernie Parmalee, NFL running back for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1967 | Dana Dormann, born in Oxnard, California, LPGA golfer, 1993 McCall's LPGA Classic |
| 1967 | Michael Smith, born in Kenora, Ontario, decathlete 1996 Olympics |
| 1966 | Kevin Curtis Young, born in Los Angeles, California, 400m hurdler |
| 1965 | Katy Kurtzman, born in Washington D.C., actress, Lindsay-Dynasty |
| 1964 | David Michael Sabo, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, rocker, Skid Row-Psycho Love |
| 1964 | Molly Shannon, American Actress |
| 1963 | Garth Jax, NFL middle linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals |
| 1963 | Richard Marx, born in Chicago, Illinois, rocker, Hold on to the Night |
| 1962 | Julie Larsen Piers, born in Westchester, New York, LPGA golfer, 1995 Edina Realty |
| 1962 | Kimberly McArthur, born in Fort Worth Texas, playmate, January, 1982 |
| 1961 | Alessandro Cecchi Paone, Italian entertainer |
| 1961 | Mark Parent, Ashland OR, catcher for the Detroit Tigers |
| 1961 | Bill Hicks, born in Valdosta, Georgia, comedian, social critic, dark comedic style, challenged mainstream beliefs, performed on HBO special, 'One Night Stand' |
| 1960 | Mickey Tettleton, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, catcher for the Texas Rangers |
| 1958 | Jennifer Tilly, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Let it Ride, Off Beat, Psycho II |
| 1958 | Orel Hershiser, born in Buffalo, New York, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians |
| 1958 | Terry McBride, born in Austin, Texas, singer, McBride and Ride-Can I Count on You |
| 1957 | Keith Connor, Anguilla, British triple jumper 1984 Olympics bronze |
| 1956 | Anatoly Beloglazov, U.S.S.R., 52 kg freestyle wrestler, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics |
| 1956 | Charles Fearing, rock guitarist, Raydio |
| 1956 | David Copperfield, born in Metuchen, New Jersey, illusionist, history's most successful commercial magician, sold over 40 million tickets, grossed over $1 billion |
| 1956 | Kevin R Kregel, born in New York City, New York, Pilot/astronaut, STS-70, 78, 87 |
| 1956 | Mark Daniel Gearan, born in Gardner, Massachusetts, campaign manager, Al Gore |
| 1956 | Mickey Rourke, born in Schenectady, New York, actor, 9 Weeks, Wild Orchid, Homeboy |
| 1956 | Nick Banton, founder, Body Positive |
| 1956 | Peter Zaremba, born in America, singer, rocker, member of The Fleshtones, host of 'I.R.S. Records Presents The Cutting Edge', MTV program |
| 1956 | Sergei Beloglazov, U.S.S.R., 57 kg freestyle wrestler, 1980 Olympics gold |
| 1955 | Robin Yount, baseballer, Mil Brewers, MVP 1982, 1989, 3,142 hits |
| 1953 | Earl Klugh, born in Detroit, Michigan, jazz musician, guitarist, composer, won Grammy award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, 1981 |
| 1953 | Jerry Pate, born in Macon, Georgia, PGA golfer, U.S. Open 1976, Canadian Open 1976 |
| 1953 | Lenny Clarke, born in Boston, actor, Officer Hampton-John Larroquette Show |
| 1952 | Nile Rodgers, born in Bronx, New York, rock guitarist, Honeydrippers |
| 1952 | Ron Blair, born in Macon, Georgia, rock bassist, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers |
| 1952 | Fatos Nano, Albanian Statesman |
| 1950 | David Bellamy, born in Darby, Florida, singer, Bellamy Bros-Let Your Love Flow, |
| 1950 | Jo Ann Emerson, American Politician |
| 1950 | Henry Louis Gates, American Critic |
| 1949 | Ed Begley, Jr., LA Cal, actor, Eating Raoul, St. Elsewhere, Parenthood |
| 1949 | Susan Ruttan, born in Oregon City Ore, actress, Roxanne Melman-LA Law |
| 1948 | Kenny Jones, London, rock drummer/vocalist, Small Faces |
| 1947 | Aleksandr V Rutskoi, Ukrainian Hero of U.S.S.R./Vice President, 1991- |
| 1947 | Andy Irvine, rugby player |
| 1947 | Ilona Gusenbauer, Austria, high jumper 1972 Olympics bronze |
| 1947 | Lucius Allen, NBA star for the Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1947 | Michael R. McNulty, born in Troy, New York, Representative-D-New York 1989 - 2009 |
| 1947 | Russ Abbott, British TV comedian, September Song |
| 1946 | Lord Walton of Detchant, physician, Warden of Green College Oxford |
| 1944 | Ard Schenk, Holland 1500m, 5K, 10K speed skater, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics |
| 1944 | Betty Kelly, Detroit, rocker, Martha Reeves and Vandellas |
| 1943 | David Wilshire, British MP, C |
| 1943 | Dennis W. Conner, yachting pro, 4-time America's Cup-winning skipper |
| 1942 | Amos Tom Wargo, born in Marlette, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1993 PGA Seniors Champion |
| 1942 | Bernie Calvert, rock bassist, Hollies |
| 1942 | Linda G Miller, born in New York City, actress, Night of the Juggler, Mississippi |
| 1941 | Jim McBride, born in New York City, director/actor, Hot Times, Breathless, Big Easy |
| 1941 | Joe Butler, rocker, drummer, vocalist, founding member of The Lovin' Spoonful, performed in musical production of Hair |
| 1941 | Richard Perle, American Public Servant |
| 1937 | Aleksandr Medved, born in U.S.S.R., super heavyweight, Gold Medals 1964, 1968, 1972 Olympics |
| 1937 | Andrew J[efferson V] Offutt, U.S., sci-fi author, Undying Wizard |
| 1937 | Vincent J Naimoli, Paterson, New Jersey, owner for the San Francisco Giants |
| 1936 | Frits Niessen, Dutch MP, PvdA |
| 1935 | Carl Andre, U.S. sculptor, minimal/conceptual art |
| 1934 | Elgin Baylor, NBA star, 1958-59 Rookie of Year-Lakers |
| 1934 | Eva M. Clayton, born in Savannah, Georgia, Representative-D-North Carolina 1993 - 2003 |
| 1933 | George Chakiris, born in Norwood, Ohio, actor, West Side Story |
| 1932 | Anne Francis, Ossining, New York, actress, Honey West, Pancho Villa |
| 1932 | Mickey Stewart, manager, England Cricket Team |
| 1931 | Jan Johansson, born in Soderhamn, Sweden, composer, pianist, infused traditional European folks tunes with jazz, avant garde style |
| 1930 | Ken Coates, born in Britain, politician, Labor Party, Member, European Parliament 1989 - 1999, chair, Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation |
| 1929 | Dale E. Kildee, born in Flint, Michigan, Representative-D-Michigan 1977 - |
| 1928 | Lamine Diakhate, Senegal, poet, Primordiale du Sixieme Jour |
| 1927 | Jack Kelly, Astoria Queens, actor, Bart-Maverick, Get Christie Love |
| 1927 | Peter Falk, born in Ossining, New York, actor, Colombo, Scared Straight |
| 1926 | John Knowles, U.S. writer, Morning in Antibes |
| 1926 | Lee Kuan Yew, PM, Singapore |
| 1926 | Robert Schuller, televangelist, Glass Cathedral, Hour of Power |
| 1926 | Tommy "Butch" Bond, actor, Butch-Our Gang |
| 1926 | Robert H. Schuller, American Clergyman |
| 1926 | Tommy Bond, American Actor |
| 1925 | B[lues] B[oy] King, Itta Bena Mississippi, blues singer, Thrill is Gone |
| 1925 | Charles Haughey, Irish president, 1979-81, 82, 87-92 |
| 1925 | Charlie Byrd, guitarist, Desfinado |
| 1925 | B. B. King, American Musician |
| 1924 | Lauren Bacall, born in New York City, actress, Dark Passage, Key Largo |
| 1924 | Paddy Stone, Winnipeg Manitoba, choreographer, Piccadilly Palace |
| 1922 | Janis Paige, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Lanigan's Rabbi, Trapper John MD |
| 1922 | Marcel Mouloudji, singer |
| 1922 | Guy Hamilton, British Director |
| 1921 | Dusty Hughers, playwright |
| 1921 | Fritz Geissler, composer |
| 1921 | John Hendricks, lyricist singer, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross |
| 1921 | William Johnston, Chaplain to Queen of Scotland |
| 1920 | Franco Pandolfini, Italy, water polo 1948 Olympics gold |
| 1920 | Hannie Schaft, "Girl with red hair" |
| 1920 | Sheila Quinn, adviser, British Red Cross |
| 1919 | Andy Russell, born in Los Angeles, California, singer, Andy and Della Russell Show |
| 1919 | Milan Harasta, composer |
| 1919 | Sven-Erik Beck, Swedish violinist, composer and conductor |
| 1918 | Mervyn Pike, born in England, Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike, Baroness Pike, Conservative, Life Peerk, knighted, Member of Parliament for Melton, in the county of Leicestershire |
| 1916 | Lord Ryder of Eaton hastings, CEO, International Publishing House |
| 1916 | Willem Noordhoek, photographer |
| 1915 | Cy Walter, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, pianist, 3's Company |
| 1914 | Allen Funt, born in Brooklyn, New York, TV host and creator, Candid Camera |
| 1912 | Jerry Wald, New York City, producer, Mildred Pierce, Johnny Belinda |
| 1911 | Wilfred Burchett, Australia, communist/writer, Catapult to Freedom |
| 1910 | Joan Alice Chetwode Ramsey nee Hamilton, lady Ramsey of Canterbury |
| 1909 | John Megaw, British Lord Justice of Appeal |
| 1909 | Fernand Lodewick, literature historian |
| 1908 | Jacobus "Ko" van de Bosch, actor/cabaret performer/director, Nemo |
| 1908 | James "Jimmy" Johnson, English Labor MP, 1950-59, 64-83 |
| 1906 | Annie Hermes, Dutch singer |
| 1906 | Jack Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, commando |
| 1903 | Richard Hall, composer |
| 1901 | Andree Joly Bunet, born in France, figure skater pair, Gold Medal 1928, 1932 Olympics |
| 1901 | CFH "Freddie" Gough, British major scout, WW II, Arnhem |
| 1899 | Hans Swarowsky, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Graz Opera 1947-50 |
| 1897 | Georges Bataille, French Writer |
| 1896 | Andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist |
| 1895 | Charles W. Bidwill, Sr., Chicago, NFL hall of famer, Chicago Cardinals |
| 1895 | Karol Rathaus, composer |
| 1894 | Clarence R Hennecke, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actor, Keystone Kops |
| 1893 | Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Hungary, biochemist, Vitamin C, Nobel 1937 |
| 1893 | Alexander Korda, British movie producer, 3rd man |
| 1893 | Albert Szent-Gyorgi, Hungarian Scientist |
| 1891 | Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer |
| 1891 | Isabel Jeans, born in London, England, actress, Easy Virtue, Heavens Above |
| 1891 | Karl Donitz, German great admiral/Fuhrer, 1945 |
| 1890 | Ernst Deutsch, Dorian, Prague Czechoslovakia, actor, Moon is Down, 3rd Man |
| 1889 | Ludwig Tugel, German author/novelist/writer, Horse Music |
| 1888 | Almira Sessions, Washington D.C., actress, Oklahoma Annie |
| 1888 | Frans Sillanpaa, Finland, writer, Meek Heritage-Nobel 1939 |
| 1887 | Nadia Boulanger, Paris, composer/music teacher, Lasirene Ideology |
| 1886 | Jean Arp, born in Strasbourg, Germany, artist, sculptor, painter, poet, mediums include torn, pasted paper, founder, Dada movement in Zurich |
| 1885 | Karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst |
| 1881 | Clive Bell, English Critic |
| 1880 | Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist, Loom of Years, Highwayman |
| 1878 | Karl Albiker, German sculptor, German Art, female nudes |
| 1877 | James J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist, Mysterious Universe |
| 1877 | Willem H Rassers, Dutch cultural anthropologist, Panji |
| 1875 | James Cash Penney, department store founder, J C Penney |
| 1874 | Lewis Hine, American Photographer |
| 1874 | Ricardo Flores Magon, Mexican Journalist |
| 1872 | Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress, Rose Kate |
| 1858 | Andrew Bonar Law, British Prime Minister, C, 1922-23 |
| 1847 | Albert Ross Parsons, composer |
| 1838 | James J Hill, Canada, RR entrepreneur, Great Northern Railroad |
| 1838 | James J. Hill, American Businessman |
| 1837 | Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal, 1853-61 |
| 1832 | George Washington Custis Lee, Major General Confederate Army |
| 1823 | Francis Parkman, American historian/author, Oregon Trail |
| 1823 | Michael Obrenovic, ruler of Serbia |
| 1822 | Charles S Crocker, President of Central and South Pacific Railroad |
| 1818 | Francis Seymour Haden, English surgeon/graphic artist |
| 1813 | Robert Fortune, Scottish Scientist |
| 1800 | Jozef Nowakowski, composer |
| 1797 | Anthony Panizzi, Librarian at British Museum |
| 1762 | Charles G G, earl of Merode/mayor of Brussels/French senator |
| 1736 | Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician |
| 1685 | John Gay, English poet, Beggar's Opera |
| 1651 | Engelbrecht Kampfer, German/Netherlands VOC surgeon |
| 1638 | Louis XIV, Sun King, king of France, 1643 - 1715 |
| 1584 | Matthias Gallas, Austria earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna/general-major |
| 1574 | Samuel Coster, Dutch physician/playwright, Polyxena |
| 1557 | Jacques Mauduit, composer |
| 1547 | Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch East Indies poet |
| 1387 | Henry V, king of England, 1413-22 |
| 1386 | Traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist//sciencist/general |
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