| 1977 | Tami Tyler, born in Santa Clara, California, dance skater, & Jonathan Nichols |
| 1975 | Ava Lovell, Miss Universe-Belize 1996 |
| 1975 | Christobal Huet, hockey goalie, Team France 1998 |
| 1974 | Rebecca Bailey, Christchurch New Zealand, cyclist 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Sergei Yerkovich, hockey defenseman, Team Belarus 1998 |
| 1973 | Brian Thure, NFL tackle for the Washington Redskins |
| 1973 | Chen Hsiao-Fen, Miss Universe-Taiwan ROC 1996 |
| 1973 | Damon Stoudamire, NBA guard for the Toronto Raptors |
| 1973 | Joanette Kruger, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, tennis star |
| 1972 | Antonius Bonner, CFL defensive back for the Toronto Argonauts |
| 1972 | Martin Straka, Pizen, Czech Republic, NHL forward, Team Czech Republic, Florida |
| 1972 | Roland Ramoser, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 |
| 1971 | Chabeli Iglesias, born in Madrid, Spain, daughter of Julio Iglesias |
| 1971 | Glen Housman, born in Rockhampton, Australia, swimmer, Olympics-silv-92, 96 |
| 1971 | Tonja Marie Christensen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, playmate, Nov, 1991 |
| 1970 | George Lynch, NBA forward for the Vancouver Grizzlies |
| 1970 | Uzooma Okeke, CFL guard, Montreal Alouettes |
| 1969 | Keith Traylor, NFL defensive tackle, Kansas City Chiefs, Broncos-Super Bowl 32 |
| 1968 | David Pichler, born in Butler, Pennsylvania, diver, Olympics-6th-96 |
| 1968 | Dawn Allinger, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, team handball back court, 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Matt Hamon, born in San Francisco, California, cyclist 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Robert Bailey, NFL cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys |
| 1968 | Dominic West, British Actor |
| 1967 | Chris Gatling, NBA forward, New Jersey Nets |
| 1967 | Luis Gonzalez, born in Tampa, Florida, outfielder for the Chicago Cubs |
| 1966 | Bennie Blades, NFL safety, Detroit Lions |
| 1966 | Pat Eilers, NFL safety for the Chicago Bears |
| 1966 | Shawn Daniels, CFL fullback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 1965 | Charlie Sheen, New York City, actor, Wall St, Platoon |
| 1965 | Maurizio Mansi, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 |
| 1965 | Vaden Todd Lewis, born in Fort Worth, Texas, guitarist, vocalist, hard rock, post-grunge genre, co-founded Burden Brother band, toured with Toadies band |
| 1964 | Ernest Givins, NFL wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 1964 | Glenn Joyner, Ferntree Gully VIC, Australasia golfer |
| 1964 | Toshiyuki Sakai, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 |
| 1964 | Adam Curry, born in Arlington, Virginia, broadcast personality, video jockey, a pioneer of podcasting, nicknamed the 'Podfather' |
| 1964 | William Eardley, IV, American Public Servant |
| 1963 | Eric Plunk, born in Wilmington, California, pitcher, Oakland A's, New York Yankees, Indians |
| 1963 | Malcolm Gladwell, American Journalist |
| 1962 | Dave Clark, Tupelo MS, outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 1961 | Brian Thomas Kamm, born in Rochester, New York, PGA golfer, 1994 Bell Canadian-6th |
| 1961 | Greg Petersen, born in Iowa City, Iowa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Klondike-6th |
| 1961 | Rene Gonzales, born in Austin, Texas, infielder for the Texas Rangers |
| 1956 | Hans-Georg Beyer, born in East Germany, team handball player, 1980 Olympics gold |
| 1956 | Patrick McGeown, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, politician, Belfast City Council councilor, volunteer, Provisional Irish Republican Army, participant, Irish hunger strike, 1981 |
| 1955 | Steve Jones, London, rock guitarist, Sex Pistols |
| 1953 | Khabib Munir, Syria, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-3 backup |
| 1948 | Don Brewer, born in Flint, Michigan, musician, drummer, performed with Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band, Silver Bullet Band and rock band Grand Funk Railroad |
| 1948 | Donald Brewer, born in Flint, Michigan, rock drummer, Grand Funk Railroad |
| 1948 | Minouche Janmaat-Abee, Dutch MP, CDA |
| 1948 | Ronald W. Harris, born in Canton, Ohio, lightweight boxer, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1948 | Tara Oedayraj Singh Varma, 1st black woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber |
| 1947 | Eric Bell, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, rock guitarist, Thin Lizzy |
| 1947 | Michael Huffington, born in Dallas, Texas, U.S. oil millionaire, Representative-R-California, 1992 - 1994 |
| 1947 | Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian Statesman |
| 1946 | Peter Morris, historian of France |
| 1945 | George Biondo, rocker, Steppenwolf |
| 1945 | Mike Harrison, keyboardist, Spooky Tooth-It's All About |
| 1944 | Sherwood C "Woody" Spring, Hartford, Connecticut, Col USA/astronaut, STS-61B |
| 1943 | Dave Eichelberger, Waco, Texas, PGA golfer, 1971 Greater Milwaukee Open |
| 1943 | Michael D. Barnes, born in Washington, D.C., Representative-D-Maryland 1979 - 1987 |
| 1943 | Mick Farren, UK, sci-fi author, Synaptic Manhunt, Citizen Phaid |
| 1943 | Valerie Perrine, born in Galveston, Texas, actress, Steam Bath, Superman, Lenny |
| 1943 | Michael D. Barnes, American Politician |
| 1942 | Al Jardine, born in Lima, Ohio, guitarist/singer, Beach Boys-Surfin, In My Room |
| 1940 | Pauline Collins, born in London, England, actress, Shirley Valentine |
| 1940 | Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan Journalist |
| 1936 | John Olver, born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1991 |
| 1936 | Zine al-Abidine Ben Ami, general/president of Tunisia, 1987- |
| 1935 | Eileen Brennan, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Laugh-In, Pvt Benjamin |
| 1935 | Otto Ketting, trumpeter/composer, Passacaglia |
| 1933 | Tompall Glaser, Spalding, Nebraska, singer, Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again |
| 1932 | Richard Tyler, New York City, actor, Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family |
| 1931 | Dick Motta, NBA coach, 856 wins, Its not over 'til the fat lady sings |
| 1931 | Rudolf Kelterborn, composer |
| 1930 | Cherry Barbara Grimm, Lockett, New Zealand, sci-fi author, Nearest Fire |
| 1930 | Haty Tegelaar-Boonacker, Dutch 2nd chamber member, CDA |
| 1926 | Alison Lurie, U.S., novelist, War Between the Tates |
| 1926 | Anne Jackson, Penn, actress, Dirty Dingus Magee, Angel Levine |
| 1926 | Bill Flemming, sportscaster, ABC's Wide World of Sports |
| 1926 | Irene Papas, actress, Zorba the Greek, Attila The Hun |
| 1926 | Joeseph P. Kolter, born in McDonald, Ohio, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1983 - 1993 |
| 1926 | John R[obert] Jones, U.S., sci-fi author, White Regiment, Lizard War |
| 1923 | Mort Walker, cartoonist, Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois |
| 1923 | Terry Wilson, California, actor, Bill-Wagon Train |
| 1922 | Rosendo Ejercito Santos, composer |
| 1918 | Helen Wagner, Lubbock, Texas, actress, Nancy-As The World Turns |
| 1917 | Eddie "Brat" Stanky, Phil Rizzuto's nemisis/2nd baseman, Dodgers |
| 1917 | Peter Winter, naval commander |
| 1916 | Memphis Slim, rocker |
| 1915 | Abel Ehrlich, born in Cranz, East Prussia, composer, won the Israel Prize for Music and the Prime Minister's Prize for Israeli Composers |
| 1915 | Knut Nystedt, composer |
| 1914 | Dixie Lee Ray, American Politician |
| 1913 | Alan Ladd, Hot Springs AR, actor, Shane, Carpetbaggers |
| 1910 | Dorothy Maynor, born in Norfolk, Virginia, soprano/founder, Harlem School of Arts |
| 1910 | Kitty Carlisle, born in Louisiana, American singer, spokeswoman for the arts, actress, 'To Tell The Truth' panelist |
| 1907 | Andrew Brewin, Canada, lawyer/cofound New Democratic Party |
| 1907 | Loren Eiseley, professor of Anthropology, Animal Secrets |
| 1905 | Carl David Anderson, New York City, physicist, 1936 Nobel Prize for physics |
| 1905 | Robert Ruthenfranz, composer |
| 1905 | Carl D. Anderson, American Scientist |
| 1903 | Willem Kooiman, Dutch theologist/church historian |
| 1902 | Mantan Moreland, Monroe, Louisiana, comedian, Charlie Chan, Spirit of Youth |
| 1901 | Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor |
| 1900 | Urho K Kekkonen, premier/president Finland, 1956-81 |
| 1897 | Cecil Parker, Hastings England, actor, Indiscreet, Tale of 2 Cities |
| 1897 | Francisco Paolo Mignone, composer |
| 1893 | Florrie Rodrigo, Dutch dancer/choreography/teacher, Schepelingen |
| 1891 | Bessie Annie Elizabeth Delany, dentist writer |
| 1890 | J Patrick O'Malley, Forest City, Pennsylvania, actress, Courage of Black Beauty |
| 1889 | Cecil Weston, South Africa, actor, Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn |
| 1875 | Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor, Porsche, Volkswagen |
| 1866 | Alain Locke, famous African |
| 1865 | Wilhelm Bousset, German theologist/historian |
| 1864 | Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer |
| 1863 | Hans Aanrud, Norse author, Solve Solfeng |
| 1861 | Ursmer Berliere, Belgian historian, Monastican Belgium |
| 1860 | Edward Albert Filene, merchant, established U.S. credit union movement |
| 1859 | AAJ Jean Jaures, French socialist, L'Humanite, Les Preuves |
| 1856 | Louis Henri Sullivan, born in Boston, Massachusetts, father of modern U.S. architecture |
| 1856 | Louis Sullivan, American Architect |
| 1849 | Sarah Orne Jewett, born in Maine, author, Country of the Pointed Firs |
| 1840 | Jacob Fabricius, composer |
| 1835 | William Gaston Lewis, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1831 | ? Gist, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1825 | Armistead Lindsay Long, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1825 | William Wallace Burns, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1814 | James Joseph Sylvester, English Mathematician |
| 1811 | John Humphrey Noyes, Vt, found Oneida Community, Perfectionists |
| 1803 | Alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer |
| 1803 | Prudence Crandall, founder, School for "young ladies of colour" |
| 1789 | Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer |
| 1778 | Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer |
| 1757 | Charles X, Versailles France, Duke of Prussia |
| 1719 | Ferdinand Zellbell, composer |
| 1703 | Johan-Theodoor van Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal |
| 1695 | Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist and composer |
| 1608 | Pieter Stockmans, Flemish chairman of military |
| 1600 | Dirck Graswinckel, Dutch States-General court clerk |
| 1596 | Nicolo Amati, Italy, violin maker, Stradivari and Guarneri |
| 1568 | Adriano Banchieri, composer |
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