| 1974 | Kiwane Garris, NBA guard for the Denver Nuggets |
| 1974 | Matt McKeon, Florissant, Missouri, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1973 | Rodrick Rhodes, NBA forward for the Houston Rockets |
| 1972 | Jeff Hill, NFL wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1971 | Shane Conrad, actress, Cody-High Mountain Rangers |
| 1970 | Jeanette Kollasch, Evanston, Illinois, WPVA volleyballer, Pismo-17th-1995 |
| 1970 | Kristin Talbot, Schuylerville, New York, speed skater 1994 Olympics |
| 1970 | Mario Cristobal, WLAF guard for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1970 | Paul Spoljaric, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays |
| 1970 | Winfred Tubbs, NFL linebacker for the New Orleans Saints |
| 1969 | Andrew Greene, NFL guard, Miami Dolphins, Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 1969 | Gene Hunt, R&B musician, Acid Man |
| 1969 | John Morton, WLAF WR for the Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1969 | Lisa Matthews, Peoria, Illinois, playmate, Apr, 1990 |
| 1969 | Megan Ward, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Kimberly Sayers-Dark Skies |
| 1967 | Frank Cornish, NFL center/guard, Jacksonville Jaguars, Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1967 | Roland Jansen, soccer player, Willem II |
| 1966 | Atul Bedade, cricketer, Indian ODI batsman 1994- |
| 1966 | Bernard Gilkey, born in St. Louis, Missouri, outfielder for the New York Mets |
| 1966 | Kevin Koslofski, Decatur, Illinois, outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers |
| 1966 | Paul Michael Valley, actor, Ryan Harrison-Another World |
| 1964 | Gene Watkins, Waco, Texas, actor, James Walsh-As the World Turns |
| 1964 | Rafael Palmeiro, born in Havana, Cuba, 1st baseman for the Baltimore Orioles |
| 1962 | Arden Knoll, Saskatoon Sask, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Klondike-2nd |
| 1962 | Nia Vardalos, born in Winnipeg, Canada, actress, screenwriter, producer, appeared in film 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' television show |
| 1962 | Jack Dee, British Comedian |
| 1961 | Dillard Pruitt, Greenville, South Carolina, PGA golfer, 1991 Chattanooga Classic |
| 1958 | Kevin Sorbo, actor, Hercules Legendary Journeys, Kull The Conquerer |
| 1956 | Ilona Briesenick-Slupianek, born in East Germany, shot-putter, 1980 Olympics gold |
| 1952 | Joseph P. Kennedy II, born in Brighton, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1987 - 1999 |
| 1951 | Terry Metcalf, Seattle, NFL, CFL running back, St. Louis, Toronto |
| 1950 | Mohinder Amarnath, cricketer, son of Lala Indian batsman of 70's/80's |
| 1950 | Alan Colmes, born in New York City, New York, radio and television host, liberal political commentator, host of 'The Alan Colmes Show', runs 'Liberaland' blog |
| 1948 | Bernadette Hingley, British priest |
| 1948 | Gordon Clapp, North Conway, New Hampshire, actor, Greg Medavoy-NYPD Blue |
| 1948 | Phil Hartman, Brantford Ontario, actor, SNL, Peewee's Playhouse |
| 1947 | Richard Northcott, producer, 9 Weeks |
| 1946 | "Mean" Joe Greene, NFL tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Coke spokesman |
| 1946 | Carson Van Osten, born in America, musician, performed with Todd Rundgren and rock group 'Nazz', comics creator, artist of Disney comics |
| 1946 | Jacqueline Courtney, New Jersey, actress, Another World, One Life to Live |
| 1946 | Jerry Donahue, rocker, Fairport Convention |
| 1946 | Marc Edward Neikrug, composer |
| 1946 | Pat Pocock, cricketer, intermittent England off-spinner 1968-85 |
| 1946 | Richard Spring, British MP |
| 1946 | Robert Jackson, MP/minister of British Civil Service |
| 1945 | Catherine Burns, New York City, actress, Last Summer, One Life to Live, Catcher |
| 1945 | David A[llen] Drake, U.S., sci-fi author, Cross the Stars, Rolling Hot |
| 1943 | Lee Aaker, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Rusty-Rin Tin Tin |
| 1942 | Gerry Marsden, rock vocalist, Gerry and Pacemakers-Ferry crossed Mersey |
| 1942 | Phyllis "Jiggs" Allbut Meister, Orange, New Jersey, rocker, Angels |
| 1941 | John Mackey, NFL tight end, Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers |
| 1941 | Linda Eastman McCartney, born in New York City, New York, Mrs. Paul McCartney, rocker, Wings-Ram |
| 1940 | Barbara Allbut, Orange, New Jersey, rock vocalist, Angels |
| 1937 | Alan Grose, British Vice-Admiral |
| 1936 | Jim Henson, born in Greenville, Mississippi, muppeteer, Sesame Street, Muppet Show |
| 1935 | Barbara Brilliant, TV host/producer |
| 1935 | Lawrence Urquhart, CEO, Burmah Castrol |
| 1934 | Bernard Nevill, textile designer |
| 1934 | John Brunner, Kilian Houston, UK, sci-fi author, 100th Millennium |
| 1934 | Manfred Worner, German General/Secretary-General, NATO, 1988-94 |
| 1934 | Robert Lang, actor, Night Watch, director |
| 1933 | Catherine Pestell, principal, Somerville College Oxford |
| 1932 | Svetlana Beriozova, ballerina |
| 1931 | Anthony Newley, England, actor, Dr. Doolitte, Garbage Pail Kids, composer |
| 1931 | Brian Glanville, author/journalist |
| 1931 | Cardiss Collins, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Representative-D-Illinois 1973 - 1997 |
| 1930 | John Watts Young, born in San Francisco, California, astronaut, Gem 3 10, Apollo 10 16, STS-1 9 |
| 1929 | George McNicol, principal, Aberdeen University |
| 1927 | Richard Swift, composer |
| 1924 | Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge |
| 1924 | Sheila MacRae, born in London, England, actress, Jackie Gleason Show |
| 1924 | Simpson Guillen, cricketer, wicket-keeper for West Indies and New Zealand |
| 1924 | Walter Fufido, born in Bronx, New York, Iwo Jima casualty, WW II |
| 1923 | Ladislav Fuks, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, writer, novelist, psychological novels, involving despair, suffering, experience of Fascist rule, received doctorate at Charles University in Prague |
| 1922 | Cornell MacNeil, U.S., singer and actor, La Traviata |
| 1922 | David Lane, CEO, Commission for Racial Equality |
| 1922 | Theresa Merritt, Newport News, Virginia, actress, Mama-That's My Mama |
| 1921 | Jim McKay, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, sportscaster, ABC's Wide World of Sports |
| 1921 | Leonard Overton, British glider pilot, Arnhem 1944 |
| 1921 | Leonardo Lopez Salzedo, composer |
| 1919 | Dayton Allen, New York City, comedian, Steve Allen Show |
| 1919 | Vaclav Nelhybel, Polanka Czechoslovakia, composer, Everyman |
| 1918 | Audra Lindley, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Helen Roper-3's Company, Ropers |
| 1918 | Richard Hoggart, author/warden, Goldsmith's College London |
| 1917 | Colin Cowe, senior bursar, Magdalen College Oxford |
| 1917 | William Putnam Bundy, London, editor, Lvaggerier and Vagaries |
| 1917 | William P. Bundy, American Historian |
| 1916 | John Lapsley, British air marshal |
| 1915 | Larry Gates, St. Paul, Minnesota, actor, Guiding Light, Body Snatchers |
| 1915 | Margarita J Aliger, Russian poet, Zoja, |
| 1915 | Seymour Egerton, CEO, Coutis Bank |
| 1914 | Andrzej Panufnik, Warsaw Poland, composer, Tragic Overture |
| 1914 | Hein J M Jordans, Dutch conductor |
| 1914 | Herb Jeffries, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Where's Huddles |
| 1912 | Don Porter, Miami Oklahoma, actor, Russ Lawrence-Gidget, Ann Sothern Show |
| 1912 | Ian Serraillier, children author |
| 1911 | Konstantin Chernenko, U.S.S.R. leader |
| 1910 | Cao Yu, born in China, born Wan Jiabao, playwright, dramatist, celebrated for Thunderstorm, Sunrise, and Peking Man, responsible for spoken theater in 20th century Chinese literature |
| 1910 | Frank Pelleg, composer |
| 1910 | Jean Servais, Angers Belgium, actor, Every Man is My Enemy |
| 1910 | Leonarda da Vinci MacLaren, founder, LSE |
| 1907 | Pierre Moulaert, composer |
| 1906 | Victor Wong, LA Cal, actor, Mission to Moscow, Son of Kong, King Kong |
| 1904 | Cemal Resit Rey, composer |
| 1904 | Owen Saunders, mechanical engineer |
| 1902 | Cheryl Crawford, producer, Touch of Venus, Brigadoon |
| 1899 | Eduardo Hernandez Moncada, composer |
| 1898 | Charlotte D baroness of Pallandt, Dutch sculptress |
| 1898 | Howard W. Florey, Australia, pathologist; purified penicillin, Nobel '45 |
| 1896 | F. Scott Fitzgerald, St. Paul, Minnesota, author, Great Gatsby |
| 1895 | Andre Cournand, physician |
| 1894 | E. Franklin Frazier, American Sociologist |
| 1893 | Julia Faye, Richmond, Virginia, actress, 10 Commandments, Samson and Delilah |
| 1892 | Sam de Vries, actor, Wandering Jew |
| 1890 | Alan Herbert, England, journalist and writer, Punch, Helen |
| 1890 | A. P. Herbert, born in Ashted, Surrey, novelist, humorist, playwright and activist |
| 1890 | Allen J. Ellender, American Politician |
| 1886 | James Burke, New York City, actor, Mystery Theater, Great Guy |
| 1886 | Edward Bach, English Scientist |
| 1885 | Herman Bouber, Dutch actor and playwright, Sailor's Wives |
| 1884 | Ismet Inonu, Moestafa Ismet, Turkish gen/premier/president |
| 1871 | Florence Scovel Shinn, born in New Jersey, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore |
| 1870 | Georges Claude, inventor, neon light |
| 1860 | Samuel Rutherford Crockett, novelist |
| 1859 | Julius Klengel, cellist/composer |
| 1848 | Pieter Louis Tak, literary, The Chronicle |
| 1837 | Marcus A. Hanna, American Politician |
| 1833 | Henry Alanson Barnum, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1829 | James St. Clair Morton, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1827 | Henry Warner Slocum, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1825 | Frances E. W. Harper, famous African |
| 1824 | Truman Seymour, Major General Union Army |
| 1821 | Cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter, poet and playwright, Wanda |
| 1817 | Ramon de Campoamor Campoosorio, Spanish poet, Doloras |
| 1806 | George Alexander Osborne, composer |
| 1780 | Henry F. C. Tollens, merchant/poet, Vienna Nearlands Blood |
| 1773 | Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer |
| 1762 | William Lisle Bowles, English poet, 14 Sonnets |
| 1755 | John Marshall, Virginia, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1801-35 |
| 1748 | Philipp Meissner, composer |
| 1739 | Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II |
| 1717 | Horace Walpole, England, British horror writer, Cattle of Ontario |
| 1667 | Jean-Louis Lully, composer |
| 1625 | Johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland |
| 1583 | Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general |
| 1564 | William Adams, English Explorer |
| 1501 | Girolamo Cardano, born in Italy, mathematician and astrologer, Ars Magna-1545 |
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