| 1981 | Katie Teft, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, gymnast 1996 Olympics |
| 1980 | Ashley Witmer, Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 1997 |
| 1974 | Jason Lawson, NBA center, Orlando Magic |
| 1974 | Karina Wieland, Australian rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Matthew Dunn, Leeton NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | James Willis, NFL linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1972 | Katarina Studenikova, Bratislava Slovak Rep, tennis star |
| 1971 | Rich Aurilia, born in Brooklyn, New York, infielder for the San Francisco Giants |
| 1971 | Shauna Sand, born in San Diego, California, actress, Renegade |
| 1971 | Tommy Maddox, NFL quarterback for the New York Giants |
| 1969 | Mark Brettschneider, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Jason-One Life to Live |
| 1969 | Russell Freeman, NFL tackle for the Oakland Raiders |
| 1969 | Shani Waugh, born in Bunbury, Australia, LPGA golfer, Australia sub-jr champ-1986, 87 |
| 1968 | Ricardo de Jongh, soccer player, Dordrecht '90 |
| 1966 | Salma Hayek, born in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, actress, Mexican national, most prominent Mexican figure in Hollywood, fights discrimination against immigrants |
| 1965 | Doug Linton, born in Santa Ana California, pitcher for the Kansas City Royals |
| 1965 | Lennox Lewis, born in West Ham, England, professional boxer, won World heavyweight championship three times, 1988 Olympic Games gold medalist |
| 1964 | Keanu Reeves, Beirut, actor, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed |
| 1963 | Sam Mitchell, NBA forward, Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 1961 | Jeff Russell, Cincinnatti, Ohio, pitcher for the Texas Rangers |
| 1960 | Eric Dickerson, Texas, NFL halfback, Los Angeles Rams, Colts/2,105 yds in 1984 |
| 1960 | Rex Hudler, born in Tempe, Arizona, outfielder, New York Yankees, California Angels |
| 1959 | Esther Oosterbeek, Dutch singer, Dolly Dots |
| 1958 | Marlene Janssen, born in Rock Island, Illinois, playmate, Nov, 1982 |
| 1957 | Steve Porcaro, rock keyboards/vocalist, Toto-Roseanna, Africa |
| 1955 | Linda Purl, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, actress, Gloria-Happy Days, Matlock |
| 1953 | Gerhard P J Thiele, Brenz, Germany, astronaut |
| 1953 | John Zorn, American Composer |
| 1952 | Earl Pomeroy, born in Valley City, North Dakota, Representative-D-North Dakota 1993 - |
| 1952 | Jimmy Connors, U.S. Open-78, 82, 83 Wimbledon-74, 82 |
| 1951 | Mark Harmon, born in Burbank, California, actor, Dr. Caldwell-St. Elsewhere |
| 1951 | Michael Gray, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Ronnie-Brian Keith Show |
| 1951 | Jim DeMint, born in Greenville, South Carolina, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from South Carolina, representative, 4th congressional district 1999 - 2005 |
| 1949 | Albert West, Dutch singer, Dumb Willie |
| 1948 | Nate Archibald, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, NBA guard |
| 1948 | Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe, teacher/astronaut, STS-25 |
| 1948 | Terry Bradshaw, NFL quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers/announcer, CBS, FOX |
| 1948 | Christa McAuliffe, American Astronaut |
| 1946 | Luis Avalos, Havana Cuba, actor, Condo, E/R, I Had 3 Wives |
| 1946 | Marty Grebb, Chicago, rocker, Buckinghams |
| 1944 | Claude Nicollier, born in Vevey, Switzerland, astronaut, STS-61-K, 46, 61, 75 |
| 1943 | Glenn Sather, NHL coach, Edmonton Oiler |
| 1943 | Joe Simon, U.S. singer, Power of Love |
| 1943 | Rosalind Ashford, Detroit, rock vocalist, Martha Reeve and Vandellas |
| 1941 | Tommy Aycock, Edinburg, Texas, PGA golfer, 1994 Las Vegas Senior-5th |
| 1940 | Beverly Sanders, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Lotsa Luck, CPO Sharkey |
| 1940 | Jimmy Clanton, Baton Rogue, Louisiana, rock vocalist, Just a Dream |
| 1939 | Robert Lee Dickey, U.S. singer, I'm your puppet |
| 1939 | Sam Gooden, Chattanooga Tennessee, rock vocalist, Impressions-Gypsy Woman |
| 1938 | Glyn Worsnip, broadcaster |
| 1937 | Peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics, 1984, baseball commissioner |
| 1936 | David Leonard Blake, composer |
| 1936 | Joan Kennedy, 1st wife of Mass Senator, Ted |
| 1936 | Andy Grove, Hungarian Businessman |
| 1935 | Jim Moody, born in Richlands, Virginia, Representative-D-Wisconsin 1983 - 1993 |
| 1933 | Mathieu Kerekou, Statesman |
| 1931 | Alan K. Simpson, born in Denver, Colorado, Senator-R-Wyoming 1979 - 1997, minority whip |
| 1931 | Pierre Huyskens, Dutch radio host |
| 1930 | Andrey Pavlovich Petrov, composer |
| 1928 | Miloslav Istvan, composer |
| 1928 | Peter Mansfield, writer |
| 1927 | Francis Matthews, British actor, On the Bowery, Paul Temple |
| 1927 | Leonard Katzman, TV producer |
| 1927 | Trudi Jochum-Beiser, Austria, downhill skier 1952 Olympics gold |
| 1927 | Tzvi Avni, born in Saarbrucken, Germany, composer, Israeli emigrated to Palestine, student of Paul Ben-Haim, founded electronic studio at the Jerusalem Academy of Music |
| 1925 | Ronnie Stevens, born in London, England, actor, Rodney-Dick and Duchess |
| 1919 | Gideon William Waldrop, composer |
| 1919 | Marge Champion, born in Los Angeles, California, dancer, Marge and Gower Champion Show |
| 1918 | Allen Drury, author, Advise and Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize |
| 1918 | Laurindo Almeida, composer/guitarist |
| 1918 | Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell |
| 1917 | Cleveland Amory, Nahant Massachusetts, conservationist/TV reviewer, TV Guide |
| 1917 | Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist, developed bossa nova |
| 1916 | Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 U.S. tennis titles |
| 1916 | Penny Santon, Greenwich Village, New York, actress, Roll Out, Matt Houston |
| 1915 | Dai-Keong Lee, composer |
| 1915 | Hans Joachim Koellreutter, composer |
| 1914 | Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist |
| 1914 | Tom Glazer, American Musician |
| 1913 | Bill Shankly, Scottish Athlete |
| 1912 | Johan Daisne, Herman Thiery, Belgian writer, magic realism |
| 1911 | Eileen Way, actress, Les Miserables, Rainbow, Vikings, Assassin |
| 1911 | Rene Amengual, composer |
| 1910 | Bruce Boyce, singer/teacher |
| 1908 | Barbara Jo Allen, New York City, actress, Ice Capades Revue, Rosie the Riveter |
| 1905 | Bernard C J Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposophist?, founder Free College |
| 1904 | Set Svanholm, Vasteras Sweden, tenor, London Convent Garden 1948-57 |
| 1904 | Vera Vague, Barbara Jo Allen, New York City, actress, Follow the Leader |
| 1894 | Joseph Roth, Austria, journalist and writer, Hotel Savoy |
| 1892 | Felix Wolfes, composer |
| 1887 | Willem De Merode, protestant poet |
| 1884 | Frank Laubach, born in Benton, Pennsylvania, educator, taught reading through phonetics |
| 1878 | Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr |
| 1877 | Frederick Soddy, English Scientist |
| 1870 | Marie Ault, Wigan England |
| 1869 | Delfien Vanhaute, Eckart, Flem pastor/poet, Parsifal, Ark of Noe |
| 1866 | Hiram Johnson, Gov-Progressive-Cal |
| 1856 | Yang Hsiu-ch'ing, commander in chief of Taiping Rebellion |
| 1853 | Wilhelm Ostwald, Germany, physical chemist, Nobel 1909 |
| 1850 | Albert Spaulding, baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company |
| 1850 | Eugene Field, author/journalist, Little Boy Blue |
| 1847 | George Robert Sims, English Journalist |
| 1839 | Henry George, land reformer/writer, Progress and Poverty |
| 1838 | Liliuokalani, last queen of Hawaii, 1891 - 1893 |
| 1837 | James Harrison Wilson, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1814 | Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian |
| 1798 | Thomas Holliday Hicks, Union Gov |
| 1778 | Leopold FJJJ van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician |
| 1778 | Louis Bonaparte, French Royalty |
| 1763 | Caroline von Schelling, Michaelis, German author |
| 1750 | Pehr Frigel, composer |
| 1731 | Johann F von Cronegk, German playwright, Olint und Sophronia |
| 1716 | Johann Trier, composer |
| 1705 | Abraham Tucker, British Philosopher |
| 1675 | William Somerville, English Poet |
| 1661 | Georg Bohm, German organist/composer |
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