| 1991 | Saffron LeBon, London, daughter of Simon and Yasmon |
| 1987 | Hilary Duff, born in Houston, Texas, actress, appeared in 'A Cinderella Story', singer, sold over 13 million albums, which include, 'Metamorphosis', 'Hilary Duff', 'Dignity' |
| 1981 | Vincent Kartheiser, actor, Hairy Bird, Alaska, Untamed Heart |
| 1979 | Anndi Lynn McAfee, actress, Ice Cream Man, Conagher |
| 1979 | Bam Margera, born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, professional skateboarder, appeared in 'Viva La Bam' MTV television show and 'Jackass' movies |
| 1978 | Marzena Godecki, actress, Ocean Girl |
| 1978 | Nestaea Sealy, Miss Bahamas Universe 1997 |
| 1975 | Karan Ashley Jackson, Odessa, Texas, actress, Aisha-Mighty Power Rangers |
| 1975 | Mandy Barnett, country singer, Maybe, Rainy Days |
| 1972 | Cathy Caverzasio, born in Switzerland, tennis star |
| 1972 | Dena Querubin, Waterford, New Jersey, Miss America-New Jersey 1996 |
| 1972 | Greg Ivy, NFL punter for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1971 | Chad May, NFL/WLAF quarterback, Minnesota Vikings, Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1971 | David Weightman, Australian rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Janet Evans, born in Placentia, California, competitive swimmer, 1988 Olympics gold-medal winner, freestyle, seven World records, five Olympic medals |
| 1971 | Marcus Spears, NFL/WLAF guard and tackle, Chicago Bears, Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1971 | Matthew Elliott, cricketer, Australian Test opening batsman vs. WI 1996 |
| 1970 | Kimiko Date, Kyoto Japan, tennis star, 1996 Japan Open |
| 1970 | Mira Sorvino, born in Tenafly, New Jersey, actress, Quiz Show, Norma Jean and Marilyn |
| 1969 | Jack O'Keffe, Waterbury CT, Australasia golfer |
| 1969 | L Janusz Hooker, Australian rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Bess Singh, Lennart Bes, Dutch pop drummer, Burma Shop-Hippies |
| 1968 | Carre Otis, born in San Francisco, California, actress, Wild Orchid |
| 1968 | Jerry Evans, NFL tight end for the Denver Broncos |
| 1968 | Jock Climie, CFL slot back, Montreal Alouettes |
| 1968 | Vanessa Vadim, Paris, daughter of Jane Fonda/actress, Last Party |
| 1968 | Mika Hakkinen, born in Vantaa, Finland, racing driver, Formula One World Champion, seven times world champion |
| 1968 | Naomi Watts, born in Shoreham, England, British-Australian actress, films include 'Mulholland Drive', 'King Kong' |
| 1967 | Darion Conner, NFL linebacker for the Carolina Panthers |
| 1967 | Jake Reed, NFL wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings |
| 1967 | Jason Dungjen, born in Detroit, Michigan, pairs skaters 1994 Olympics |
| 1967 | Moon Unit Zappa, rocker, Valley Girl, Frank's daughter |
| 1967 | Oswald Drawdy, Hampton, South Carolina, Canadian Tour golfer, 1987 South Carolina Amateur |
| 1966 | Erno Das, lighting tech/gaffer, Spiegels, Lovely Liza |
| 1966 | Kevin Baker, Montreal, Canadian Tour golfer, Manitoba Amateur-1988 |
| 1966 | Scott Adams, NFL offensive linesman for the Chicago Bears |
| 1965 | Brigitte Rouan, Toulon France, director/actress, Outremer |
| 1964 | Janeane Garofalo, born in New Jersey, comedienne, SNL, Truth about Cats and Dogs |
| 1964 | Susan Walters, Georgia, actress, Lorna-Loving, Mary Beth-Dear John |
| 1963 | Johnny Earl Dawkins, Jr., NBA guard, Spurs, Charlotte Hornets |
| 1963 | Philip Greenspun, American Scientist |
| 1962 | Anne-Marie Fox, born in Los Angeles, California, playmate, Feb, 1982 |
| 1962 | Irving Fryar, NFL wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1962 | Laurie Rinker-Graham, Stuart, Florida, LPGA golfer, 1986 LPGA Corning |
| 1962 | Luis Enrique, spanish singer, Luces del Alma |
| 1962 | S C Grant, British Lieutenant-General |
| 1962 | Thomas Mork, Denmark, actor, Krystalbarnet, Bryggeren |
| 1961 | Anne White, Charleston, West Virginia, tennis, Wore spandex in '85 Wimbledon |
| 1961 | Ed Vosberg, born in Tucson, Arizona, pitcher for the Texas Rangers |
| 1961 | Michael-James Wixted, born in Santa Monica, California, actor, Smith Family |
| 1961 | Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria, 100 m hurdler, world record |
| 1960 | Derek James, Durban South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Infiniti |
| 1960 | Gus Logie, cricketer, WI batsman 1983-91, great fielder |
| 1960 | Jennifer Rush, singer and songwriter, Destiny, Ring of Ice |
| 1960 | Tom Byrum, Onida, South Dakota, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Panama City Beach-4th |
| 1959 | Angela Groothuizen, Dutch singer, Dolly Dots |
| 1959 | Billy Montana, Country/Western performer, No Yesterday, Angelia |
| 1959 | Todd Worrell, Arcadia California, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 1958 | Angella Issajenko, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer 1984 Olympics silver |
| 1958 | Lory Del Santo, Verona Italy, Miss Italy, 1980 |
| 1958 | Med Lucart, rock musician, Wall of Voodoo |
| 1957 | Alannah Currie, Auckland New Zealand, rock xylophone/vocalist, Thompson Twins |
| 1957 | Marc Duret, actor, Dobermann, Hatred, Big Blue |
| 1954 | George Lynch, rock guitarist, Lynch Mob-Wicked Sensations |
| 1954 | Steve Largent, NFL wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1953 | Jim Diamond, Scotish singer and songwriter, I Should Have Known Better |
| 1952 | Sylvia Kristel, Netherlands, actress, Emmanuelle, Priv School for Girls |
| 1951 | Christian Marlowe, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Bram-Highcliffe Manor |
| 1951 | Dave Rajsich, pitcher, New York Yankees |
| 1951 | Silvia Dionisio, Rome, Italy, actress, Riavanti Marsh!, Amici Miei |
| 1950 | John Sayles, born in Schenetady, New York, actor, Brother from Another Planet |
| 1950 | Paul Burgess, British drummer, 10cc-Not Alone |
| 1947 | Gillian Rose, philosopher and writer |
| 1947 | Harold Dow, Hackensack, New Jersey, news correspondent, CBS, 48 Hours |
| 1947 | Jeffrey Jones, born in Buffalo, New York, actor, Beetlejuice, Ferris Bueller |
| 1947 | Peter Hope-Evans, British singer/harmonicaist, Family |
| 1947 | Lyndon Harrison, born in Britain, Baron Harrison, life peer, House of Lords, Member of the European Parliament 1989 - 1999 |
| 1946 | Fiona Lewis, Westcliff England, actress, Stunts, Lisztomania |
| 1946 | Helen Shapiro, Bethnal Green London, rock vocalist, Culture Club |
| 1946 | Herbert Jefferson, Jr., born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Battlestar Galactica |
| 1946 | Larry Breeding, Winchester, Illinois, actor, Who's Watching the Kids? |
| 1946 | Majid Khan, cricketer, great Pakistani batsman 1964-82 |
| 1946 | Peter Egan, actor, Bean, Chariots of Fire |
| 1945 | Conny Van Dyke, Nassawadox, Virginia, actress, Framed, Hell's Angels '69 |
| 1945 | Marielle Goitschel, Ste Maxime France, alpine skier, Olympics gold 64 |
| 1944 | Matthew Cowles, soap actor, Eban Japes-Loving, Billy in 'All My Children' |
| 1943 | Gertrud "Traudl" Hecher, Austria, downhill skier 1960 Olympics bronze |
| 1943 | J T Walsh, actor, Col Frank Bach-Dark Skies |
| 1943 | Joel Higgins, Bloomington, Illinois, actor, Salvage 1, Silver Spoons |
| 1943 | Lou Piniella, outfielder/manager, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners |
| 1943 | Mike Kreidler, Representative-D-Washington 1993 - 1995 |
| 1943 | Nick St. Nicholas, Hamburg Germany, rock bassist, Steppenwolf |
| 1943 | Susanne Jagd, Denmark, actress, Between the Sheets, Tinderbox |
| 1942 | Grant "Mudcat" Jackson, pitcher, 1972 New York Yankees, Phillies |
| 1941 | Charley Taylor, NFL wide receiver/running back, Washington Redskin |
| 1940 | Alekander Sergeyevich Ivanchenkov, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 29/31, T-6 |
| 1940 | Aleksandr Y. Kalery, Russian cosmonaut |
| 1940 | George Greenstein, author, Secret of a Jewish Baker |
| 1938 | Ben E[arl] King, Nelson, North Carolina, singer, Stand by Me |
| 1937 | Colin Berry, professor, morbid anatomist |
| 1937 | Edward Applebaum, composer |
| 1936 | Robert Hogan, New York City, actor, Peyton Place, Operation Petticoat |
| 1936 | Robert Wolders, Rotterdam Holland, actor, Erik Hunter-Laredo |
| 1936 | Sherwood Boehlert, born in Utica, New York, Representative-R-New York 1983 - 2007 |
| 1935 | Bruce Crampton, Sydney Australia, PGA golfer, 1961 Milwaukee Open |
| 1935 | Heather Sears, born in London, England, actress, Room at the Top |
| 1935 | Koko Taylor, Cora Walton, U.S. vocalist, Queen of the Blues |
| 1934 | Brigitte Bardot, born in Paris, France, sex kitten, And God Created Women |
| 1933 | Madeleine M Kunin, born in Switzerland, Gov-D-Vt, 1st Jewish Governor of Vermont |
| 1932 | Michael G[reatrex] Coney, Canada, sci-fi author, Cat Karina |
| 1931 | John E. Gilmore, tenor Saxophonist |
| 1930 | Robin Buchanan, CEO, NHS Supplies Auth, Wessex Regional Health Auth |
| 1930 | Tommy Collins, Leonard Sipes, country singer, Don't Growl |
| 1930 | Ugo Gregoretti, Rome, Italy, actor, Rogopag, Common Sense of Modesty |
| 1929 | Marilyn Clark, Spokane, Washington, actress, House of Party Beach |
| 1929 | Nigel Althaus, British government broker |
| 1929 | Nikolay Ryzhkov, Premier of U.S.S.R., 1985-1991 |
| 1929 | Lata Mangeshkar, Indian Musician |
| 1928 | Naphtali Kupferberg, singer, Fugs |
| 1927 | Thomas J J Altizer, Massachusetts, U.S. Radical theologian, God is Dead |
| 1926 | Jerry Clower, Amite County Mississippi, country comedian, Nashville on Road |
| 1925 | Arnold Stang, Massachusetts, comedian/actor, Broadside, Milton Berle, Top Cat |
| 1925 | Frank Latimore, Kline, Darien, Connecticut, actor, Patton, Breakin Up |
| 1925 | Seymour Cray, inventor, Cray I computer |
| 1924 | Antonio Jacinto, Portuguese West Africa, Angolan poet |
| 1924 | Marcello Mastroianni, Rome, Italy, actor, 8, La Dolce Vita |
| 1923 | Duke of Buccleuch, British large landowner/art collector |
| 1923 | Fred Robbins, born in Baltimore, Maryland, DJ, Coke Time with Eddie Fisher, Robbins Nest |
| 1923 | William Windom, New York City, actor, Farmer's Daughter, Murder She Wrote |
| 1922 | Frederik JW "Fried" Lowensteyn, Stephan Styrmarck, lawyer |
| 1922 | Joe Silver, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Mr I Magination, Fay |
| 1922 | Phyllis Friend, chief nursing officer, DHSS |
| 1921 | Ilhan Usmanbas, composer |
| 1919 | Lenn Hjortzberg, Karlskrona Sweden, director, Persona, Devil's Eye |
| 1919 | Tom Harmon, Rensselaer Indiana, sportscaster/NFL tailback, Heisman |
| 1917 | Michael [George] Somes, England, dancer, Royal Ballet |
| 1917 | Vaclav Kaslik, Czechoslovakia, opera composer and conductor |
| 1916 | Francis Cockfield, born in Horsham, England, born Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield of Dover in the County of Kent, politician, Conservative Party, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
| 1916 | Peter Finch, London, actor, Network, Windom's Way, Raid on Entebbe |
| 1915 | Julius Rosenberg, New York City, 1st U.S. civilian executed for espionage |
| 1914 | Harold Taylor, Canada, educator, Art and the Future |
| 1914 | Jim Boyd, country/western performer |
| 1914 | James Scarlett, born in England, born James Richard Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger, Lord Abinger, politician, Royal Artillery Lieutenant-Colonel, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex |
| 1913 | Alice Marble, Beckworth California, tennis player, U.S. Open 1936, 1938-40 |
| 1913 | Edith Mary Ellis Peters Pargeter, author |
| 1913 | Vivian Fine, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, Women in the Garden |
| 1913 | Ellis Peters, British Author |
| 1911 | Henry Ellsworth Vines, Jr., tennis, U.S. Open 1931, 32, golfer |
| 1910 | Diosdado Macapagal, Philippines president, 1961-65 |
| 1910 | Fran Lee, New York City, actress, Ms Wong-Major Dell Conway |
| 1909 | Al Capp, Alfred Gerald Caplin, New Haven, Connecticut, cartoonist, Li'l Abner |
| 1909 | Wiesje Bouwmeester, Dutch actress, Doodzonde |
| 1909 | Stephen Spender, English Poet |
| 1908 | Marin Goleminov, composer |
| 1907 | Glen "Turk" Edwards, NFL tackle, Boston/Washington Redskins |
| 1907 | Heikki Savolainen, Finland, pommel horse gymnast 1948 Olympics gold |
| 1907 | Ida Turay, Budapest, actress, Deryne, Ida Regenye |
| 1907 | John Prickett, teacher/ecumenist |
| 1905 | Max Schmeling, Germany, world heavyweight boxing champ, 1930-32 |
| 1905 | William Northam, Austria, yachtsman 1964 Olympic gold |
| 1904 | Hendrik J Hofstra, Dutch minister of Finance, PvdA |
| 1902 | Ed Sullivan, TV variety show host/gossip columnist, Ed Sullivan Show |
| 1901 | Friedrichs, mathematician |
| 1901 | Lily Bouwmeester, Dutch actress/comedienne, Pygmalion |
| 1901 | William Samuel Paley, born in Chicago, Illinois, president and CEO of CBS, 1928-90 |
| 1901 | William S. Paley, American Businessman |
| 1897 | Muchtar Auesow, writer |
| 1895 | Charles Petrie, Liverpool, historian |
| 1895 | Dave Franklin, New York City, composer, Hop-a-long Cassidy |
| 1895 | Lawton Whitey Witt, outfielder, New York Yankees, 1922-25 |
| 1895 | Wallace K Harrison, Worcester Massachusetts, U.S. architect, UN, Lincoln Center |
| 1893 | Marie V Felix, prince of Luxemburg/Bourbon-Parma |
| 1892 | Edmond Thieffry, Belgian WW I pilot/air pioneer |
| 1892 | Elmer Rice, New York City, playwright/director/novelist, Pulitzer-Street Scene |
| 1892 | Ruth Stonehouse, born in Denver, Colorado, film director, silent era film actress, directed films 'The Winning Pair', 'Tacky Sue's Romance' |
| 1889 | Carlos I FLMVMRGGXF of Assisi JS, king of Portugal |
| 1889 | D P "Dad" Carter, baritone, Chuck Wagon Gang |
| 1889 | Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, Dutch violinist and actor, Hippie |
| 1888 | Herman McNeile, Cornwall England, soldier/novelist, Bull-Dog Drummond |
| 1887 | Avery Brundage, born in Detroit, Michigan, CEO, International Olympic Committee, 1952-72 |
| 1885 | Wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher, New York Yankees, 1905 |
| 1882 | Eugenio d' Ors y Rovira, Barcelona Spain, essayist/philosopher |
| 1882 | Jack Fournier, 2nd baseman, 1917-18 New York Yankees |
| 1881 | Henry Geehl, composer |
| 1881 | Pedro De Cordoba, New York City, actor, Mexican Hayride, Before I Hang |
| 1880 | Ralph Edward Flanders, Barnet VT, Sen-VT |
| 1879 | Benjamin Christensen, Viborg Denmark, actor, Barnet, Mockery |
| 1877 | Stanner E V Taylor, born in St. Louis, Missouri, director and writer, Lucky Jim, Ramona |
| 1873 | Julian Lowell Coolidge, Massachusetts, mathematician, Study-Segre school |
| 1873 | Waclaw Rawicz, Berent, Warsaw Poland, biologist/writer |
| 1872 | Lena Ashwell, England, actress/theatrical manager, Kingsway |
| 1872 | Tom Terriss, born in London, England, director, His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru |
| 1871 | Pietro Badoglio, Italy, general/Libya Governor, 1928 - 1933, Prime Minister of Italy, 1943 - 1944 |
| 1870 | Florent Schmitt, Blamont France, composer, Fredegonde, Salome |
| 1864 | Barry E Odell Pain, English writer, Punch |
| 1863 | Charles, Lisbon Portugal, king, 1889-1908 |
| 1861 | Pedro De Cordoba, New York City, actor, Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur |
| 1856 | Edward Herbert Thompson, Massachusetts, archaeologist, Mayan civilization |
| 1856 | Kate Douglas Wiggins, author, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm |
| 1855 | Thomas F Tout, London, historian, Manchester school of historiography |
| 1854 | Adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist, Peripatus |
| 1852 | John [Denton Pinkstone] French, Earl of Ypres/British field marshall |
| 1852 | [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, Paris, France, chemist, Nobel 1906 |
| 1851 | Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright, Judah |
| 1849 | Dudley Allen Sargent, U.S., physician/educator, Harvard U gymnasium |
| 1844 | Michael Hertz, composer |
| 1844 | Robert Stout, Shetland Islands Scotland, New Zealand prime minister, 1884-87 |
| 1841 | Georges Clemenceau, France, PM, 1906-09, 17-20, defended Dreyfuss |
| 1840 | Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-colonel Confederate Army |
| 1840 | Rudolf Baumbach, Thuringia [Germany], writer of student drinking songs |
| 1839 | Frances E C Willard, New York, founder, Woman's Christian Temperance Union |
| 1839 | Frances E. Willard, American Activist |
| 1833 | James Deering Fessenden, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1828 | Friedrich A Lange, Prussia, philosopher/socialist, Neo-Kantianism |
| 1825 | Rafael Nunez, Colombia, 3 times president, 188?..94 |
| 1824 | Alfred Gilpin Jones, Weymouth NS, lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia, 1900 - 1906 |
| 1824 | Francis Turner Palgrave, Eng, poet, Golden Treasury, Professor, Oxford |
| 1820 | Freidrich Engels, German social philosopher |
| 1819 | Jacob G de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch vicar/theologist |
| 1813 | Anton Wallerstein, composer |
| 1811 | Friedrich Hecker, Baden, German revolutionary republican politician |
| 1807 | Arnold Henry Guyot, born in Switzerland, U.S. geologist, geographer, and meteorologist |
| 1803 | Prosper Merimee, Paris, France, playwright, Carmen |
| 1793 | Denis A Affre, archbishop of Paris, 1840-48 |
| 1793 | Denis-Auguste Affre, Franc, archbishop/opponent of King Louis-Philippe |
| 1789 | Richard Bright, England, physician, Bright's Disease/nephritis |
| 1785 | David Walker, Wilmington, North Carolina, abolitionist, Appeal to Colored Citizens |
| 1780 | Elie Decazes, France, Bourbon Restoration political figure |
| 1761 | Budan de Boislaurent, mathematician |
| 1748 | Johann Michael Demmler, composer |
| 1746 | William Jones, born in London, England, British Orientalist/jurist |
| 1735 | August Henry Fitzroy, 3rd duke of Grafton/English premier |
| 1705 | Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, England, corrupt politician, Chiswick |
| 1705 | Johann Peter Kellner, composer |
| 1698 | Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, born in France, mathematician and astronomer |
| 1681 | Johann Mattheson, Hamburg Germany, composer |
| 1679 | Mihael Omerza, composer |
| 1612 | Michel Anguier, French sculptor |
| 1605 | Boulliau, mathematician |
| 1596 | Vredius, Olivier de Wree, Flemish historian/poet/mayor |
| 1573 | Caravaggio, Italy, painter |
| 1493 | Agnolo Firenzuola, Giovannini, Italian monk, Golden Donkey |
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