| 1981 | Jonathan Taylor Thomas, born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, actor, Randy-Home Improvement |
| 1979 | Pink, born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Alecia Beth Moore, singer, songwriter, pop, punk genres, sold 30 million albums, 40 million digital singles worldwide |
| 1978 | Marco Sturm, Dingolfing GER, NHL forward, Sharks, Team Germany 1998 |
| 1977 | Maria Helena Selin, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics |
| 1976 | Sjeng Schalken, Weert, Netherlands, tennis star |
| 1975 | Elena Likhovtseva, Alma-Ata Kazakhstan, tennis star |
| 1975 | John Thomas, NBA forward for the Boston Celtics |
| 1973 | Bob Wolcott, born in Huntington Beach, California, pitcher for the Seattle Mariners |
| 1973 | Jason Downs, actor, Bobby-Hairspray |
| 1972 | David Arquette, actor, Scream, Scream 2, Kiss and Tell |
| 1971 | Cristy Thom, born in Los Angeles, California, playmate, Feb, 1991 |
| 1971 | David Merritt, NFL outside linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals |
| 1971 | Greg Minor, NBA guard for the Boston Celtics |
| 1971 | Henry Thomas, born in San Antonio, Texas, actor, ET |
| 1971 | Jan Pardavy, hockey forward, Team Slovakia |
| 1971 | Brooke Burke, born in Hartford, Connecticut, television personality, dancer, host of 'Wild On!' show, Frederick's of Hollywood model |
| 1971 | Martin Freeman, English Actor |
| 1970 | Clarence Weatherspoon, NBA forward for the Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1970 | Tomur Barnes, NFL cornerback for the Houston Oilers |
| 1970 | Neko Case, American Musician |
| 1970 | Latrell Sprewell, American Athlete |
| 1967 | Brett Winslow, born in Santa Barbara, California, volleyball middle blocker 1996 Olympics |
| 1966 | Mike Dyer, born in Upland, California, pitcher for the Montreal Expos |
| 1966 | Raymond Atteveld, Belgian soccer player, Waregem, Roda JC |
| 1965 | Barbra Fontana Harris, born in Manhattan Beach, California, volleyballer, 1996 Olympics |
| 1964 | Steffan Peters, equestrian dressage 1996 Olympics bronze |
| 1964 | Michael Johns, born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, health care executive, conservative policy analyst, former federal government official for the United States |
| 1963 | Gerald Williams, NFL defensive end for the Carolina Panthers |
| 1961 | Franny Michel, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Patricia-Apple's Way |
| 1960 | Stefano Casiraghi, husband of princess Caroline of Monaco |
| 1960 | Aimee Mann, American Musician |
| 1958 | David Lewis, guitarist, Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover |
| 1957 | Heather Thomas, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, actress, Jody-Fall Guy, Coed Fever |
| 1956 | Maurice Cheeks, NBA guard, New York Knicks, Philadelphia '76ers |
| 1954 | Clayton Norcross, actor, Bold and Beautiful, Colbys, Santa Barbara |
| 1954 | Michael Shermer, born in Glendale, California, science writer, historian, television producer of Fox series 'Exploring the Unknown', founder, The Skeptics Society |
| 1954 | Mark Foley, American Politician |
| 1951 | Mark McCumber, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Mark Randall McCumber, golfer, won PGA tour ten times, won World Cup of Golf for the United states with Ben Crenshaw, golf analyst for Fox Sports, golf course architect |
| 1951 | Randy T Odle, Port Arthur Texas, astronaut |
| 1951 | Timothy Gullikson, tennis player and coach, Pete Sampras |
| 1951 | Tom Gullikson, born in Wisconsin, tennis player, U.S. mixed Doubles 1984 |
| 1950 | Will Lee, rock guitarist, Late Show with David Letterman |
| 1950 | Mike Simpson, American Politician |
| 1950 | Michael K. Simpson, American Politician |
| 1948 | Great Kabuki, Akihisa Yone Yoshi Mera, wrestler, NWA/NJPW/WAR/SWS |
| 1948 | Jean-Pierre Monsere, Flemish cyclist |
| 1948 | Kathy Hite-James, LPGA golfer |
| 1948 | Lynn/Marilyn [Lorraine] Abbey, U.S., sci-fi author, Black Flame |
| 1947 | Ann Beattie, born in Washington, D.C., short story writer, novelist, compared to John Updike, J.D Salinger, professor at Harvard, University of Virginia, Rea Award for the Short Story recipient |
| 1947 | Amos Biwott, born in Uasin Gishee, Kenya, 3K steeplechaser, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1946 | Dean Daughtry, rock keyboardist, Atlanta Rhythm Section |
| 1945 | Kelly Groucutt, born in Coseley, England, bass player, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, musician, pop, rock, rock and roll genres |
| 1945 | Rogie Vachon, Quebec, NHL goalie, Canadiens, Kings, Vezina-1968 |
| 1945 | Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, California, rocker, Grateful Dead, Grass Roots |
| 1942 | Brian Cole, born in Tacoma, Washington, rock vocalist/bassist, Association |
| 1942 | Nancy Ann Dibble, Netherlands, sci-fi author, Summerfair |
| 1941 | Alan Feinstein, New York City, actor, Max-Berrengers, Family Tree |
| 1941 | Bernie Sanders, born in New York City, New York, Representative-R-Vermont 1991 - 2007, Senator-R-Vermont 2007 - |
| 1941 | Bernie Sanders, American Politician |
| 1940 | Willie Tyler, Red Level Ala, ventriloquist, Lester |
| 1938 | Sam Nunn, born in Perry, Georgia, Senator-D-Georgia 1972 - 1997 |
| 1938 | Sam Nunn, American Politician |
| 1937 | Virna Lisi, Italy, actress, Assault on a Queen, Bluebeard |
| 1935 | James Clay, born in Dallas, Texas, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins |
| 1934 | Peter Maxwell Davies, Manchester England, composer, Prolation, Taverner |
| 1933 | Eric Salzman, born in America, author, composer, record producer, music critic, wrote for the New York Times, New York Herald Tribune |
| 1933 | Michael Frayn, English Playwright |
| 1932 | Patsy Cline, born in Winchester, Virginia, country singer, Crazy |
| 1930 | Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, media tycoon |
| 1930 | Jeanette Altwegg, England, figure skater 1952 Olympics gold |
| 1930 | Mario Adorf, born in Zurich, Switzerland, actor, Bachelor, Abyssinia |
| 1929 | Christoph von Dohnanyi, Berlin Germany, conductor/pianist, Cleveland Orchestra |
| 1929 | Severn Darden, actor, Popesco-Mary Hartman |
| 1928 | Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley, born in Tampa, Florida, jazz musician, Black Messiah |
| 1927 | Harlan Howard, American Musician |
| 1925 | Alexander Nikolayevich Kholminov, composer |
| 1925 | Denise Darcel, Paris, France, actress, Dangerous When Wet |
| 1925 | Magnus Blondal Johansson, composer |
| 1925 | Peter Sellers, born in England, actor, not now, Kato, Bobo, Pink Panther |
| 1924 | Wendell H. Ford, born in Owensboro, Kentucky, Senator-D-Kentucky 1974 - 1999 |
| 1924 | Grace Metalious, American Novelist |
| 1923 | Alan Weeks, sports commentator |
| 1923 | Francois Chaumette, actor, They Never Slept, Christine |
| 1923 | Hillevi Lagerstam, Kurikka Finland |
| 1922 | Lyndon LaRouche, American presidental candidate, 1980 |
| 1922 | Sid Caesar, Yonkers, New York, comedian, Your Show of Shows |
| 1921 | Hans Ulrich Engelmann, German composer, Ophelia |
| 1921 | Harry Secombe, Swansea, Wales, actor, Down Among the "Z" Men |
| 1919 | David Johan Kvandal, composer |
| 1919 | Richard Pool, naval Officer |
| 1918 | Derek Barton, British chemist, Nobel 1969 |
| 1918 | John F. Seiberling, born in Akron, Ohio, Representative-D-Ohio, 1971 - 1986 |
| 1918 | Derek Harold Richard Barton, British Scientist |
| 1915 | Frank Cady, actor, Mr Drucker-Green Acres |
| 1914 | Dimitrios I, patriarch, primus interparis orthodox Christians |
| 1914 | Hillary Brooke, Abbott and Costello's neighbor, Hillary |
| 1912 | Alexander Mackendrick, Boston, director, Man in the White Suit, Mandy |
| 1912 | Leo Cherne, New York City, economist/commentator, All Star News |
| 1910 | Gella Allaert, Flemish actress, La Round |
| 1910 | Jean-Louis Barrault, Vesinet France, actor, Les Enfants du Paradis |
| 1908 | Geoffrey Hodges, bomb disposal expert |
| 1907 | Gavin Muir, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Hollister-Betty Hutton Show |
| 1907 | Leon Askin, Vienna Austria, actor, Pierre-Charlie Farrell Show |
| 1907 | Sid Tomack, actor, Life of Riley |
| 1906 | Andrei P Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of CP |
| 1905 | Henry Wilcoxon, actor, Cleopatra, Jericho, 10 Commandments |
| 1904 | Carlos Sanchez Malaga, composer |
| 1902 | Anthonie Donker, Dutch literary |
| 1901 | Hendrik F. Verwoerd, premier South Africa, 1958-66, assassinated |
| 1901 | Jacques Perret, French journalist and writer, La caporal epingle |
| 1900 | Claude Pepper, born in Dudleyville, Alabama, Representative-D-Florida 1963 - 1989, Senator-D-Florida 1936 - 1951 |
| 1898 | Queenie Smith, New York City, actress/dancer, Funny Side |
| 1897 | Jimmie Rodgers, Mendoza Mississippi, country singer/singing brakeman |
| 1896 | Howard Dietz, American Musician |
| 1894 | Willem FJ Pijper, Dutch composer/critic |
| 1889 | Robert Taft, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Senator-R-Ohio 1939 - 1953, Taft-Hartley Act |
| 1889 | Robert A. Taft, American Politician |
| 1888 | Louis Zimmer, Flemish clock maker, Jubelklok/Wonder Clock |
| 1887 | Sivananda, Indian Scientist |
| 1886 | Siegfried L Sassoon, English poet and writer, Counterattack |
| 1886 | Siegfried Sassoon, English Poet |
| 1880 | Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic chairman, 1st Chamber |
| 1873 | David O McKay, Huntsville, Utah, 9th President of Mormon church |
| 1873 | Max Reinhardt, Austria, theatrical director, Oedipus Rex |
| 1873 | Alfred Jarry, French Writer |
| 1873 | David O. McKay, American Clergyman |
| 1870 | Hermann Hans Wetzler, composer |
| 1865 | Adolfo Albertazzi, Italian writer, Amore and Amore, Top |
| 1863 | Gustavo Emilio Campa, composer |
| 1854 | Willem M van Rossum, Dutch cardinal/prefect of Propaganda File |
| 1841 | Antonin Dvorak, Nelahozeves Czechoslovakia, composer, New World Symphony |
| 1837 | Joaquin Miller, American Poet |
| 1831 | Wilhelm Raabe, Jakob Corvinus, German author, Der Hungerpastor |
| 1830 | Frederic Mistral, Provencal poet, Nobel 1904 |
| 1829 | George Crook, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1829 | Seth Maxwell Barton, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1828 | Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1828 | Joshua Chamberlain, American Soldier |
| 1827 | Emil Naumann, composer |
| 1826 | Disma Fumagalli, composer |
| 1824 | Jaime Nuno, composer |
| 1821 | Henry Baxter, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1815 | Alexander Ramsey, Gov, Union |
| 1811 | Francis Bowen, American Philosopher |
| 1804 | Eduard Morike, German vicar/poet/writer, Maler Nolten |
| 1792 | Joseph Netherclift, composer |
| 1779 | Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer |
| 1779 | Mustafa IV, sultan of Turkey, 1807-08 |
| 1774 | Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet |
| 1767 | Karl August von Lichtenstein, composer |
| 1767 | August Wilhelm von Schlegel, German Poet |
| 1756 | Anton Teyber, composer |
| 1736 | Bernardo Ottani, composer |
| 1718 | Francois-Thomas the Baculard d'Arnaud, sentimental writer |
| 1672 | Nicolas de Grigny, composer |
| 1621 | Louis II Conde, Great Conde, duke of Bourbon, Rocroy |
| 1591 | Jacqueline M A de Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess |
| 1588 | Marin Mersenne, France, mathematician/musician/philosopher, Cartesian |
| 1474 | Ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet, Orlando Furioso |
| 1380 | Bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint |
| 1207 | Sancho II, king of Portugal |
| 1157 | Richard I, Richard the Lion Hearted, King of England, 1189-99 |
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