| 1992 | Marina CAK Windsor, granddaughter of English prince Edward |
| 1982 | Lacey Chabert, actress, Party of Five |
| 1981 | Dominique Moceanu, born in California, gymnast, World-silver-95, Olympics gold 96 |
| 1980 | Stacey Storey, Eagle River Alaska, Miss America-Alaska 1996 |
| 1980 | Martina Hingis, born in Kosice, Slovakia, tennis star, 1997 Australia/US/Wimb |
| 1977 | Maia Brewton, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Margaret-Lime Street |
| 1976 | Adita Linares, born in Miami, Florida, spanish actress, Clueless, Cookie |
| 1972 | Cedric Saunders, NFL tight end, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Scotland Claymores |
| 1972 | Jamal Anderson, NFL running back for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1972 | Troy Dumas, NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1971 | Brentson Buckner, NFL defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1971 | Jenna Elfman, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Townies, Dharma and Greg |
| 1971 | Ron Collins, WLAF tackle for the Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1970 | Eric Piatkowski, NBA guard and forward for the Los Angeles Clippers |
| 1967 | Nadine Handford, born in Adelaide, Australia, golfer, 1993 T77 Alpine Australia Ladies |
| 1967 | Yorkis Perez, Bajos de Haina, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Florida Marlins |
| 1964 | Michael McKay, Australian rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1964 | Stephen N Frick, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut |
| 1964 | Trey Anastasio, born in Fort Worth, Texas, singer, multi-instrumentalist, member of Phish rock band, ranked 73rd on 'Rolling Stone' 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time |
| 1963 | Cristina Marsillach, born in Madrid, Spain, actress, Barocco |
| 1963 | Ed Drakich, Windsor Ontario, volleyball player 1996 Olympics |
| 1962 | Dave Magadan, born in Tampa, Florida, 1st baseman, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs |
| 1962 | Frank Rijkaard, Surinam/Dutch soccer star, Ajax, AC Milan |
| 1962 | George Jamison, NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1961 | Chandrakant Pandit, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, late 80's |
| 1961 | Crystal Bernard, Garland, Texas, actress, Amy-It's a Living, Helen-Wings |
| 1961 | Eric Stoltz, actor, Anaconda, Pulp Fiction, Mask |
| 1960 | Susan Keith, actress, Shana Vochek-Loving |
| 1960 | Blanche Lincoln, American Politician |
| 1959 | Basia Trzetrzelevska, Poland, jazz singer, Time and Life |
| 1959 | Hans Werdekker, Dutch soccer player, Ajax, RKC/Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1959 | Kim Bauer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, LPGA golfer, 1993 Minnesota LPGA Classic-30th |
| 1958 | Christopher Cass, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, actor, Jack Forbes-Loving |
| 1958 | Marty Stuart, Philadelphia, country singer, Hillbilly Rock |
| 1958 | Nona Garson, equestrian show jumper 1996 Olympics |
| 1958 | Rodwell Biggie Tembo Marasha, musician |
| 1957 | Fran Drescher, Queens, New York, actress, Cadillac Man, Nanny |
| 1957 | Gladys Portugues, New York City, Mrs. Jean-Claude Van Damme/actress, It's Alive 3 |
| 1957 | William Christian, Washington D.C., actor, Derek Frye-All My Children |
| 1956 | Maria Esmeralda, Belgian princess/daughter of Leopold III/Lilian Baels |
| 1955 | Frankie Kennedy, born in Belfast, Ireland, Irish flute player, tin whistle player, co-founder of the band Altan |
| 1954 | Barry Williams, born in Santa Monica, California, actor, Greg-Brady Bunch |
| 1954 | Calvin Levels, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Knightwatch |
| 1954 | Patrice Rushen, born in Los Angeles, California, rock vocalist |
| 1954 | Silvia Chivas, Cuba, 100m/4x100m runner 1972 Olympics bronze |
| 1953 | Deborah Allen, born in Memphis, Tennessee, country singer, Jim Stafford Show |
| 1952 | Darrell Hair, cricketer, Australian Test umpire since 1993-94 |
| 1952 | Frank Zincavage, rocker, Romeo Void |
| 1952 | Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines |
| 1951 | Catie Ball, U.S., 100 m breast stroke swimmer, Olympic-4X4 gold-1968 |
| 1951 | Nicholas Yermakov, U.S., sci-fi author, Epiphany, Jehad, Clique |
| 1950 | Victoria Tennant, born in London, England, All of Me, Chiefs, Winds of War |
| 1949 | Michel Tognini, Vincennes France, astronaut, Soyuz TM-15, sk: STS-93 |
| 1948 | Shakti Gawain, author, personal development expert, environmentalist, wrote series of successful books, including 'Creative Visualization' and 'Creating True Prosperity', books have sold over 10 million copies, co-founder, New World Library Publishing Company |
| 1947 | Marc Bolan, born in London, England, rock vocalist, T-Rex-Bang a Gong |
| 1947 | Rula Lenska, St. Neots England, actress, Friends from Europe are here |
| 1946 | Paul Sheahan, cricketer, dashing Australian Test batsman 1967-74 |
| 1946 | Sylvia Peterson, U.S. vocalist, Chiffons-He's So Fine |
| 1946 | Claude Vorilhon, French Celebrity |
| 1943 | Jody Powell, press mouthpiece, Jimmy Carter |
| 1943 | Marilyn McCoo, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, host/singer, Solid Gold, 5th Dimension |
| 1942 | Dewey Martin, born in Canada, rock vocalist and drummer, Buffalo Springfield |
| 1942 | Frankie Lymon, New York City, rocker, & Teenagers-Why do Fools Fall in Love |
| 1942 | Gus Dudgeon, British pop producer, Joan Armatrading, David Bowie |
| 1942 | Sture Pettersson, Sweden, cyclist, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1941 | Paul Bremer, American Statesman |
| 1940 | Harry Winston Jerome, Sask Canada, 100m runner 1964 Olympics bronze |
| 1939 | Len Cariou, Winnipeg Manitoba, actor, Four Seasons-Sherry |
| 1939 | Piet M Blauw, Dutch MP, VVD |
| 1938 | Salvatore Michael Caruana, Massachusetts, criminal, FBI Most Wanted List |
| 1937 | Jurek Becker, born in Lodz, Poland, writer, film author, German Democratic Republic dissident, survived ghetto in Lodz, wrote 'Jacob the Liar' |
| 1937 | Valentin Vasil'yevich Sil'vestrov, composer |
| 1936 | Butler Derrick, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Representative-D-South Carolina 1975 - 1995 |
| 1936 | Jim Sasser, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Senator-D-Tennessee, 1977 - 1995 |
| 1936 | Jim Sasser, American Politician |
| 1935 | Jill Corey, Avonmore, Pennsylvania, singer, Your Hit Parade |
| 1935 | Johnny Mathis, SF, voclaist, Chances Are, 12th of Never |
| 1934 | Freddie King, Gilmer, Texas, blues singer, Hideaway |
| 1933 | Mars Zakirovich Rafikov, Russian cosmonaut |
| 1932 | Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese Politician |
| 1931 | Angie Dickinson, Kulm ND, actress, Police Woman |
| 1931 | Ray Willsey, Regina Sask, WLAF def coordinator, Frankfurt, Scotland |
| 1930 | Ben Cooper, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Rose Tattoo, Outcast, Arizona Raiders |
| 1929 | Dorothee Solle-Nipperdey, German theologist, Politicial Nightprayer |
| 1929 | Dorothee Solle, German Theologian |
| 1928 | Elie Wiesel, Romania, author, Souls on Fire, Nazi hunter, Nobel 1986 |
| 1927 | W. S. Merwin, American Poet |
| 1926 | Peder Holm, composer |
| 1926 | Robin Roberts, pitcher, Phillies, Won 28 in 1952 |
| 1925 | Gwyn A Williams, historian/socialist |
| 1924 | Charles Quinlivan, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, 7 Guns to Mesa |
| 1924 | Truman Capote, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, author, In Cold Blood |
| 1922 | Allan Rae, cricketer, prolific WI opening batsman 1948-53 |
| 1921 | Deborah Kerr, born in Helensburg, Scotland, television, stage, film actress, in 'The King and I', 'From Here to Eternity' |
| 1921 | Eileen Zhang Ailing Chang, writer |
| 1920 | Donald Keech, entrepreneur |
| 1920 | Ghazar Saryan, composer |
| 1919 | Patricia Neway, born in Brooklyn, New York, soprano, Consul, Maria Golovia |
| 1919 | Richard Selwyn Francis Schiling, professor of occupational health |
| 1917 | Chung Hee Park, general/president of S Korea, 1961-79, assassinated |
| 1917 | Yuri "Petrovich" Lyubimov, U.S.S.R., director, Taganka |
| 1915 | Lester Garfield Maddox, Gov-D-Ga, restaurant owner |
| 1914 | Robert J. Morris, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, lawyer, served New York State Assembly committee investigating Communist activities, credited for efforts attributed to Senator Joseph McCarthy |
| 1912 | Kenny Baker, radio singer and actor, Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back |
| 1912 | Oliver Charles Anderson, novelist |
| 1908 | David Oistrakh, born in Odessa, Russia, violinist and professor, Moscow Conservatory |
| 1908 | Edzard H Schaper, German/Swiss sailor/UP-correspondent/antifascist |
| 1907 | Arnold Elston, composer |
| 1906 | Eamonn O Gallagher, composer |
| 1906 | John I M Stewart, British detective writer, Comedy of Terrors |
| 1906 | Michael John Innes Mackintosh Stewart Innes, writer |
| 1905 | Michael Powell, English director/screen writer/producer, Red Shoes |
| 1905 | Nevill Francis Mott, physicist |
| 1905 | Ralph Forbes, born in London, England, actor, Romeo and Juliet, Daniel Boone |
| 1905 | Savitri Devi, French Writer |
| 1904 | Frank Lawton, born in London, England, actor, Devil Doll, Invisible Ray |
| 1902 | Piet[er J] "Piet" Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance, 1945-52 |
| 1900 | Otto Roesch, paleontologist |
| 1899 | Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet/writer/critic |
| 1898 | Johannes Rontgen, composer |
| 1898 | Renee Adoree, French/U.S. singer and actress, Tfolies-Bergere, Mr. Wu |
| 1897 | Lil Dagover, Marta-Maria Lillits, Pati Java, actress, Spiders |
| 1895 | Lewis Milestone, Russian Director |
| 1894 | Dirk J Bush, Dutch/US mathematician, Concise History of Mathematics |
| 1883 | Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist, St. John's Gospel |
| 1882 | George Bancroft, born in Philadelphia, actor, Underworld, wife of Octavia Brooke |
| 1880 | Henri G Casadesus, French altviolist/composer, Viola d'amour |
| 1879 | Ernst Isler, composer |
| 1879 | Henry Casadesus, composer |
| 1876 | Katherine Griffith, born in San Francisco, California, actress, Pollyanna, Fast Company |
| 1871 | John Fabricius, Netherlands/English stageauthor, Ring of Prophet |
| 1871 | Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer |
| 1870 | Jean Perrin, France, physicist, studied Brownian motion, Nobel 1926 |
| 1869 | Ernest Jones, cricket pace bowler, marvellous Australia at turn of century |
| 1863 | Reinhard Scheer, German Admiral, WW I |
| 1862 | Georgy Eduardovich Konyus, composer |
| 1857 | Hermann Sudermann, German writer, Honor, That Ehre, Frau Sorge |
| 1856 | Andrejs Jurjans, composer |
| 1852 | Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish organist/composer |
| 1847 | Wilhelmina E. Drucker, Dutch feminist |
| 1840 | Johan Severin Svendsen, composer |
| 1833 | Ferdinand von Saar, writer |
| 1832 | Frederick Sleigh "Bobs" Roberts, British Governor of Natal, Ireland-Boer war |
| 1827 | Carlo A Alfieri, Italian MP, Liberal |
| 1827 | Kenner Garrard, Major General Union Army |
| 1824 | Peter Milne, composer |
| 1808 | Lambertus GC Ledeboer, Dutch vicar, Folies-old Calvinist communities |
| 1805 | Samuel Peter Heintzelman, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1752 | Justin Heinrich Knecht, composer |
| 1743 | Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer |
| 1715 | Etienne B de Condillac, French philosopher, sensualism/Cours d'etudes |
| 1685 | Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer |
| 1622 | Johann Sebastiani, composer |
| 1207 | Rumi, born in Balkh, Khorasan, now Afghanistan, Mawlana, Mawlawi, poet, theologian, wrote, the six books of the Masnavi, influenced Persian literature |
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