| 1987 | Evan Rachel Wood, American Actress |
| 1985 | Tatia Jayne Starkey, Ringo's 1st grandchild |
| 1978 | General Austin, born in Columbus, Georgia, rapper, Another Bad Creation |
| 1978 | Devon Sawa, Canadian Actor |
| 1976 | Marja de Graaf, Miss Universe-Netherlands 1996 |
| 1976 | Shannon Elizabeth, American Actress |
| 1976 | Oliver Hudson, American Actor |
| 1974 | Antonio McDyess, NBA forward for the Phoenix Suns |
| 1973 | Sam Couch, born in Newport Beach, California, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Andreas Pusnik, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998 |
| 1972 | Cedric Davis, NFL cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals |
| 1972 | Jason Isringhausen, born in Alton, Illinois, pitcher for the New York Mets |
| 1972 | Willy Tate, NFL tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1971 | Briana Scurry, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, soccer goalkeeper 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | John Burke, NFL tight end for the New England Patriots |
| 1971 | Tonny Jensen, Australian basketball guard 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Wesley Leasy, NFL linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals |
| 1969 | Angie Everhart, born in Akron, Ohio, model/actress, Jade, Last Action Hero |
| 1969 | Darren Bragg, Waterbury CT, outfielder for the Seattle Mariners |
| 1969 | Rudy Galindo, born in San Jose, California, 1996 U.S. Mens' Champion |
| 1968 | Erik Williams, NFL tackle for the Dallas Cowboys |
| 1968 | Kyle Stevens, born in New Jersey, rock guitarist, Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals |
| 1967 | Kathaleen K Cutone, Olenoridge, New Jersey, fig skater, 1994 Collegiate champ |
| 1965 | Bruce Armstrong, NFL tackle for the New England Patriots |
| 1965 | Danny Harris, born in Torrance, California, 400m hurdler 1984 Olympics silver |
| 1963 | Eazy-E, born in Compton, California, drug dealer, gang member, rapper, producer, regarded as a founder of gangsta rap, member of N.W.A. group |
| 1960 | David Steele, Birmingham, rock keyboardist, Fine Young Cannibals |
| 1959 | Jermaine Stewart, born in Columbus, Ohio, singer, soul, pop, funk-rock genres, known for Billboard hit 'The Word is Out' |
| 1958 | Nadieh, Dutch singer/guitarist/composer, Haifa Blue |
| 1957 | Margot Chapman, born in Hawaii, vocals, Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight |
| 1957 | Melvin Edward Mays, one of FBI's most wanted |
| 1956 | Michael J Feinstein, pianist, Isn't It Romantic |
| 1954 | Benmont Tench, born in Gainesville, Florida, rock keyboardist, Heartbreakers |
| 1954 | Corbin Bernsen, born in North Hollywood, California, actor, Arnie Becker-LA Law |
| 1953 | Michael Byron, born in America, composer, released music on Koch Records, Meridien Records, editor, contemporary music anthologies |
| 1951 | Chrissie Hynde, born in Akron, Ohio, rocker, Pretenders-Mystery Achievement |
| 1951 | Julie Kavner, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Brenda-Rhoda, Marge-Simpsons |
| 1951 | William Katt, U.S., actor, Butch and Sundance Kid, Carrie |
| 1950 | Adriano Panatta, Rome, tennis star, French 1976, Italian 1976 |
| 1950 | Peggy Noonan, author, What I Saw at the Revolution |
| 1949 | Gloria Gaynor, Newark, New Jersey, disco singer, I Will Survive |
| 1948 | Susan Blakely, Frankfurt Germany, actress, Rich Man Poor Man |
| 1946 | Alfa Anderson, born in Bronx, New York, rock vocalist, Chicago |
| 1946 | Joe Klein, American Journalist |
| 1945 | Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled in Netherlands |
| 1945 | Peter Storey, English Athlete |
| 1942 | Garrison Keillor, humorist, Praire Home Companion |
| 1942 | Richard Roundtree, actor, Shaft, Earthquake |
| 1941 | Mogoboya NN Ramadike, South African politician in Lebowa |
| 1940 | Dario Argento, director, Creepers, Deep Red, Tenebrae |
| 1939 | Stanley David Griggs, born in Portland, Oregon, astronaut, STS-51-D, STS-33 |
| 1939 | [Benjamin] Latimore, U.S. singer, Let's Straighten It Out |
| 1937 | George Patrick Reid, schoolkeeper |
| 1937 | John Phillip Law, Hollywood, actor, Barbarella, Love Machine |
| 1937 | Olly Wilson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, composer, double bassist, musicologist, contemporary classical music, preeminent African American composer, studied with Robert Wykes, earned PhD from University of Iowa |
| 1936 | Buddy Holly, born in Lubbock, Texas, singer, Peggy Sue, That'll Be the Day |
| 1936 | Romualds Kalsons, composer |
| 1935 | Abdou Diouf, president of Senegal, 1981- |
| 1935 | Toshihiko Fukui, Japanese Public Servant |
| 1934 | Bill Giles, born in Rochester, New York, baseball owner for the Philadelphia Phillies |
| 1932 | Malcolm Bradbury, English Novelist |
| 1931 | Al McGuire, U.S., basketball coach, Marquette |
| 1931 | Charles Camilleri, composer |
| 1931 | Cornelis de Wine, graphic artist |
| 1930 | Baudouin I, king of Belgium, 1951-93 |
| 1930 | Sonny Rollins, born in New York City, jazz saxophonist, Blue Room |
| 1930 | Thijs van Vlijmen, Dutch MP, CDA |
| 1929 | Gil Wolman, situationist |
| 1929 | John Milford, Johnstown, New York, actor, Lieutenant, Legend of Jesse James |
| 1929 | T[homas] P[atrick] McKenna, Ireland, actor, Rivals, Holocaust |
| 1927 | Graham Dudley Whettam, composer |
| 1926 | Don Messick, born in Buffalo, New York, cartoon voice, Astro-Jetsons, Bamm Bamm |
| 1924 | Charles Braswell, McKinney, Texas, entertainer |
| 1924 | Daniel Ken Inouye, Sen-D Hawaii, 1963- |
| 1924 | Leonard Rosenman, born in Brooklyn, New York, TV composer, Marcus Welby MD |
| 1924 | Daniel Inouye, American Politician |
| 1923 | Louise Suggs, born in Atlanta, Georgia, LPGA golfer, U.S. Women's Open-1949, 52 |
| 1923 | Peter Lawford, born in London, England, actor, Mrs Miniver, Thin Man |
| 1922 | Arthur Ferrante, pianist/composer, Ferrante and Tachere-Exodus |
| 1922 | Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer |
| 1920 | Harri Webb, Swansea, Wales, journalist, nationalist, poet, volunteered for the Royal Navy, published The Green Desert, a collection of poetry in 1969, Poems and Points in 1983 |
| 1918 | Chaim Herzog, Israeli president |
| 1918 | Robert Lewis Campbell Lorimer, publisher |
| 1917 | Jacob Lawrence, American Artist |
| 1914 | Herbert Delauney Bill Hughes, educationist |
| 1914 | Hugo Pfister, composer |
| 1914 | Ian Ball, photographer |
| 1914 | James Van Allen, U.S. physicist, discovered Van Allen radiation belts |
| 1913 | Anthony Quayle, born in England, actor, Anne of 1000 Days, Lawrence of Arabia |
| 1913 | Oswald Szemerenyi, philologist |
| 1913 | Willem C L "Wim" van der Grinten, Dutch lawyer/undersec of Economy |
| 1912 | David Packard, electronic engineer and businessman |
| 1911 | Todor C Zjivkov, Bulgaria partizan/premier/president |
| 1911 | Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Politician |
| 1910 | John Shea, U.S., 500m/1500m speed skater 1932 Olympics gold |
| 1909 | Elia Kazan, Constaninople Turkey, director, Streetcar Named Desire |
| 1909 | Jo Juda, Dutch musician |
| 1909 | Natalia Dmitrevna Shpiller, singer |
| 1908 | Max Kaminsky, trumpeter |
| 1908 | Michael E DeBakey, artificial heart pioneer |
| 1908 | Paul Brown, born in Norwalk, Ohio, NFL hall of famer, Browns, Bengals |
| 1907 | Ahmet Adnan Saygun, composer |
| 1906 | Filip Gershkovich, composer |
| 1905 | John Whitley, British air-marshal |
| 1902 | Roy Barcroft, Howard Ravenscroft, Crab Orchard NE, actor, Freckles |
| 1900 | "Janet" Taylor Caldwell, England, novelist, Melissa |
| 1900 | Emerson Treacy, Philadelphia, actor, California Straight Ahead |
| 1899 | Leendert A Donker, Dutch Minister of Justice, PvdA |
| 1893 | Leslie Hore-Belisha, British Minister of Transport |
| 1891 | Roscoe Karns, San Bernadino California, actor, Captain Shafer-Hennesey |
| 1889 | Albert Plesman, aviation pioneer/founder/director, KLM |
| 1889 | Bruce F Cummings, English author, Journal of a Disappointed Man |
| 1887 | Edith Sitwell, English poet and author, Wheels |
| 1885 | Harry Sinclair Lewis, U.S., writer, Babbitt, Nobel 1930 |
| 1885 | Elinor Wylie, American Poet |
| 1882 | Johanna F Zandstra-Giezen, oldest person in Netherland |
| 1881 | Constant W. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Dutch archaeologist, banker, art expert |
| 1880 | Attilio Brugnoli, composer |
| 1880 | Kurt von Wolfurt, composer |
| 1879 | Nachman N "Neddy" Bamberg, Dutch actor, Haddock Mary |
| 1870 | Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author, Pojedinok |
| 1869 | Margot SE Scharten-Antink, Dutch author, Catherina, Sprotje |
| 1867 | Albert Basserman, Mannheim Germany, actor, Foreign Correspondant |
| 1867 | Camilod d'Almeida Pessanha, Portuguese poet, China |
| 1866 | Tristan Bernard, French Playwright |
| 1864 | Giovanni Tebaldini, composer |
| 1860 | Grandma "Anna Maria" Moses, New York, primitive painter, Old Oaken Bucket |
| 1860 | Willem H Nolens, priest/Dutch ambassador to Vatican |
| 1860 | Grandma Moses, American Artist |
| 1842 | John H Zuckertort, German chess player |
| 1836 | Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British Prime Minister, L, 1905-08 |
| 1831 | Victorien Sardou, French stage writer, Madame Sans-Gane |
| 1829 | August Kekule von Stradonitz, discovered structure of benzene ring |
| 1829 | Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, U.S., geologist, Geograph Survey 1859-86 |
| 1819 | Jean E "Adriaan" van Bevervoorde, journalist, History of Holland |
| 1815 | Howell Cobb II, Major General/Secy of Treasury, Union |
| 1811 | William Hamsley Emory, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1784 | Frantisek Max Knize, composer |
| 1782 | Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/general-major, Maastricht |
| 1756 | Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literature, Disease of Scientists |
| 1739 | Joseph Legros, composer |
| 1737 | Luigi Galvani, Italian anatomist/physicist |
| 1735 | Thomas Coutts, Scottish banker |
| 1731 | Damasus Brosmann, composer |
| 1731 | Elisabetta de Gambarini, composer |
| 1726 | Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, France, composer/chess champion |
| 1707 | George-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, writer on natural history |
| 1703 | Jean Monnet, composer |
| 1635 | Pal Esterhazy, composer |
| 1631 | Clemens Thieme, composer |
| 1533 | Elizabeth, daughter of English king Henry VIII and Anna Boleyn |
| 1533 | Queen Elizabeth I, England, 1558-1603, daughter of Henry VIII |
| 1471 | Frederik I, king of Denmark/Norway, 1523-33 |
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