| 1983 | Joseph Mazzello, actor, Internal Affairs |
| 1981 | Nicole Richie, actress, socialite, known for television series, 'The Simple Life' with Paris Hilton, author of 'The Truth About Diamonds' |
| 1980 | Raegan Tomaster, East Patgchogue, New York, gymnast alternate for 1996 Olympics |
| 1976 | Adrian Olivo, Arlington, Virginia, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics |
| 1976 | Jana Kandarr, born in Halle, East Germany, professional tennis player, performed in Australian Open in 2000, WTA tournaments in 1996 and 2001 |
| 1973 | Virginia Ruano-Pascual, born in Madrid, Spain, tennis star |
| 1972 | Alicia Rickter, born in Long Beach, California, playmate, Oct, 1995 |
| 1972 | Brooke Bushnell, born in Los Angeles, California, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96 |
| 1972 | Jon Kitna, NFL quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1972 | Liam Gallagher, British Musician |
| 1971 | Alfonso Ribeiro, New York City, actor/pianist, Alfonso-Silver Spoons |
| 1971 | Luke Wilson, born in Dallas, Texas, actor, films include, 'Blades of Glory', 'You Kill Me', 'Blonde Ambition', 'Henry Poole is Here', 'Death at a Funeral' |
| 1970 | Michael O'shea, CFL linebacker for the Toronto Argonauts |
| 1969 | Jason Christiansen, born in Omaha, Nebraska, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 1969 | Randal Hill, NFL wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1968 | Ricki Lake, born in New York City, New York actress, 'Hairspray', talk show host, Ricki |
| 1968 | David Jude Jolicoeur, born in Brooklyn, New York, rapper, producer, member of De La Soul hip hop trio, known by stage name Trugoy the Dove |
| 1967 | Andrea Thies, born in Irvington, New York, rower, 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Romeo van Aerde, soccer player, RKC |
| 1967 | Faith Hill, born in Ridgeland, Mississippi, singer, country music, sold 40 million records, hits include, 'This Kiss', appeared in 'The Stepford Wives', married to Tim McGraw |
| 1966 | Ronna Reeves, born in Big Spring, Texas, female country music singer, albums titled, 'Only the Heart', 'The More I Learn', 'What Comes Naturally' |
| 1965 | Richard Brown, NFL linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings |
| 1965 | David Wenham, born in Marrickville, Australia, appeared in films, 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Van Helsing', '300' |
| 1964 | Danny Villa, NFL guard for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1963 | Cecil Fielder, born in Los Angeles, California, infielder, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees |
| 1962 | Grant Fuhr, born in Edmonton, Alberta, NHL goalie, Oilers |
| 1962 | Rob Morrow, New Rochelle, New York, actor, Dr. Fleishman-Northern Exposure |
| 1961 | Michel R Vassallucci, French/Netherlands publisher, Arena |
| 1961 | Nancy Travis, New York City, actress, Kim-Almost Perfect, Chaplin, 8 Men Out |
| 1960 | David James Elliott, Toronto, actor, Seinfeld, Lt Harmon Rabb-Jag |
| 1959 | Corrinne Drewery, rocker, Swing Out Sister-Swing Out |
| 1959 | David Coulier, Detroit, actor, Joey Gladstone-Full House |
| 1958 | Rick Mahorn, NBA forward, Detroit Pistons |
| 1957 | Ethan Coen, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, producer, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink |
| 1957 | Lynette Love, U.S. tai kwan do champ 1987, Olympics 1988 |
| 1955 | Rebecca Balding, Little Rock, Arkansas, actress, Carla-Lou Grant, Soap |
| 1955 | Richard J. Hieb, Jamestown ND, astronaut, STS-39, 49, 65 |
| 1954 | Philthy Animal, Philip Taylor, rock drummer, Motorhead |
| 1953 | John Mengatti, New York City, actor, Nick-White Shadow, For Love and Honor |
| 1951 | Bob Franks, born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Representative-R-New Jersey 1993 - 2001 |
| 1951 | Bruce Arena, born in Brooklyn, New York, soccer coach, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1951 | Henk Hofstede, Dutch singer/guitarist/keyboardist, Nits |
| 1951 | Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen Politician |
| 1950 | Bill Murray, born in Evanston, Illinois, comedian, SNL, What About Bob, Stripes |
| 1948 | Artis Gilmore, ABA all star, Kentucky Colonels |
| 1948 | Michael Finneran, diver, 1st perfect 10 on 10m platform |
| 1947 | Don Gelder, Gainesville, Florida, rocker, Eagles |
| 1947 | Stephen King, U.S., sci-fi author, Carrie, Shining, Kujo |
| 1945 | Bjarni V Tryggvason, Reykjavik Iceland, astronaut, STS-85 |
| 1945 | Ombrettqa Colli, Italian entertainer |
| 1945 | Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer |
| 1944 | Fannie Flagg, Birmingham, Alabama, actress/comediene, Candid Camera |
| 1944 | Hamilton Jordan, political advisor, 'Crisis - Last Days of the Carter Presidency' |
| 1944 | Susan Maureen Fleetwood, Scotland, actress, Krays, Sacrifice |
| 1943 | Dickey Lee, rocker |
| 1942 | Ann Elder, born in Cleveland, Ohio, comedienne, Smothers Brothers Show, Laugh-In |
| 1940 | Bill Kurtis, Pensacola, Florida, newscaster, American Parade |
| 1938 | Atli Heimir Sveinsson, composer |
| 1938 | Yuji Takahashi, born in Japan, composer, author, pianist, performer, grant recipient, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists |
| 1936 | Sunny Murray, American Musician |
| 1935 | Henry Gibson, Germantown, Pennsylvania, comedian, Nashville, Laugh-In's poet |
| 1934 | Leonard Cohen, Montreal, singer and songwriter, Death of Ladies Man |
| 1932 | Don Preston, rocker, Mothers Of Invention |
| 1931 | Larry Hagman, born in Fort Worth, Texas, actor, I Dream of Jeannie, JR-Dallas |
| 1930 | Dawn Addams, Felixstown England, actress, Alan Young Show, Star Maidens |
| 1926 | Donald A Glaser, physicist, Nobel-1960 |
| 1924 | Gail Russell, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Uninvited, Moonrise, Unseen |
| 1923 | Harry JN Vane 11th Lord Barnard, English large landowner |
| 1922 | Lode Backx, Flemish pianist |
| 1920 | Jay Ward, cartoonist, Rocky and his Friends, Bullwinkle |
| 1919 | Aya Zikken, author, Atlasvlinder, Rameh |
| 1918 | Rand Brooks, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Cpl Boone-Rin Tin Tin |
| 1916 | Jagernath Lachmon, premier Suriname |
| 1914 | John Kluge, Chemnitz Germany, media CEO, Metromedia, billionaire |
| 1913 | Ulrich Ernst Simon, theologian |
| 1912 | Chuck Jones, animator, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck |
| 1912 | Gyorgy Sandor, Budapest Hungary, pianist, L'Apprenti Sorcier |
| 1909 | Kwame Nkrumah, Politician |
| 1907 | Helen Foster Snow, writer |
| 1907 | Lloyd Gough, actor, Mike Axford-Green Hornet |
| 1906 | Derrick De Marney, born in London, England, actor, Inheritance |
| 1904 | Hans Hartung, German/French painter |
| 1902 | Allen Lane, English publisher/founder, Penguin Books |
| 1902 | Learie [Nicholas] Constantine, Trinidad cricket player |
| 1902 | Limari Salminen, Finland, 10K run 1936 Olympics gold |
| 1902 | Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet, El arbol, Un Rio, Un Amor |
| 1899 | Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic, Flandre |
| 1898 | Tushar Kanti Ghosh, world's oldest/longest serving newspaper Editor |
| 1895 | Sergei Yesenin, Russian Poet |
| 1894 | Tullio Carminati, Zara Dalmatia Italy, actor, Roman Holiday |
| 1893 | Moses Pergament, composer |
| 1889 | Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist |
| 1887 | Lodewijk de Vocht, composer |
| 1886 | Teiichi Igarashi, Japan, climed Mount Fuji at age 99 |
| 1885 | Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer |
| 1884 | Hugh "Shorty" Ray, supervisor of NFL officials, HOF member |
| 1884 | Ethel Percy Andrus, born in San Francisco, California, educator and founder of AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons |
| 1882 | Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer |
| 1880 | Henry Louis Mencken, U.S. essayist/critic, American Mercury |
| 1874 | Gustav Theodore Holst, Cheltenham, England, composer, Planets |
| 1871 | Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier |
| 1869 | Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer |
| 1867 | Henry Lewis Stimson, U.S. minister of War, 1911-13 |
| 1867 | Henry L. Stimson, American Statesman |
| 1866 | Charles Jean Henri Nicolle France, bacteriologist, Nobel-1928 |
| 1866 | H. G. Wells, born in Bromley, England, author, Time Machine |
| 1863 | John Bunny, American Actor |
| 1859 | Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer, Sursum Corda, Ace Knave |
| 1853 | Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist, liquid helium, Nobel 1913 |
| 1849 | Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic, Father and Son |
| 1840 | Murad V, sultan of Turkey, 1876 |
| 1833 | Josef Richard Rozkosny, composer |
| 1832 | Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer |
| 1832 | Samuel Sprigg Carroll, Major General Union Army |
| 1827 | Michael Corcoran, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1824 | Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1820 | Williams Carter Wickham, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1817 | Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Major General Confederate Army |
| 1817 | Charles Balmer, composer |
| 1791 | Theodore Gericault, French painter, Easy-going of Medusa |
| 1788 | Margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady, 1849-50 |
| 1760 | Gaetano Valeri, composer |
| 1756 | John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface, asphalt |
| 1752 | Louise MC, countess of Albany |
| 1728 | Louis Emmanuel Eadin, composer |
| 1706 | Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer |
| 1527 | Matthaus Ludecus, composer |
| 1452 | Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence, 1494-98 |
| 1415 | Frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor, 1440-1493 |
| 1372 | Frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg, 1417-40 |
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