xxxx :Frank Dicostanzo, Ct, rocker (Steelheart-She's Gone)
1590 :Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter
1756 :Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner
1779 :John W Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo)
1790 :Carlos A L¢pez, president of Paraguay (1844-62)
1797 :Aleksander A Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author
1812 :Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/East poet (Lettere a Maria)
1816 :William Polk Hardeman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
1818 :Alexander Robert Lawton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
1820 :Robert Vinkler Richardson, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1870
1826 :Albert R‚ville, French theologist (Jesus of Nazareth)
1835 :Lunsford Lindsay Lomax, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1913
1842 :William Barker Cushing, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1874
1862 :Eden Phillpotts, England, novelist/poet/playwright (Red Madymaynes)
1867 :Tomasz Arciszewski, Polish PM (1944-47)
1873 :G E Moore, English philosopher (Ethics)
1876 :James Fraser, designed buffalo nickel
1879 :Will Rogers, Oologah Indian Territory (Okla), humorist
1889 :Juan Negr¡n, Spanish anatomy/socialist premier (1937-39)
1890 :Klabund, [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Bracke, Borgia)
1900 :Luigi Lucioni, Italian, landscape painter (opera stars)
1904 :Walter Bauer, writer
1905 :Martin Raschke, German author/publisher/war correspondent
1906 :Bob Considine, sports columnist (Bob Feller Story)
1906 :Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, lawyer/diplomat
1908 :Stanley Cortez, cinematographer
1909 :Ciro Alegr¡a, Peru, novelist (Golden Serpent)
1911 :Jack Rose, screenwriter
1912 :Pauline Trigere, fashion designer (Bell Bottoms)
1915 :Alistair Cameron Crombie, historian of science
1915 :Courtenay E Benson, broadcaster
1915 :Lloyd James Austin, French Scholar
1916 :Walter Cronkite, St Joseph Mo, news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81)
1920 :Georges Papy, Belgian mathematician (Numbers Game)
1921 :Antonio Ruiz Soler, spanish dancer
1923 :Alfred Heineken, beer brewer (Heineken)
1930 :Dick Groat, shortstop (NL MVP 1960)
1932 :David Shipman, film historian
1934 :Judith Herzberg, Dutch poetess/author (Charlotte Life or Theater)
1936 :Didier Ratsiraka, president of Madagascar
1938 :Harry Elston, rocker
1940 :Delbert McClinton, Lubbock Tx, singer (Gonna Find a Good Woman)
1943 :Marlene Jobert, novelist (Adventures of John Difool)
1944 :Willem Breuker, Dutch saxophonist/conductor (WB Collective)
1946 :Robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer
1950 :Markie Post, [Marjorie], Palo Alto Cal, actr (Christine-Night Court)
1954 :Chris Difford, guitarist/vocalist (Squeeze-Tempted)
1956 :James Honeyman-Scott, rock guitarist/vocalist (Pretenders)
1956 :Jeff Watson, rock guitarist (Night Ranger)
1957 :Najee, rocker
1960 :Kim Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men)
1965 :Gregory Scott [Koenig], Dearborn Mich, guitarist (Signs of Life)
1966 :Kathy Griffin, Chicago, comedienne (Vicki Groener-Suddenly Susan)
1966 :Kool Rock, [Damon Wimbley], rapper (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock)
1966 :Petra Verkaik, Los Angeles Ca, playmate (Dec, 1989)
1968 :Domingo Cedeno, La Ramona Dom Rep, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
1968 :Osvaldo Fernandez, Holguin Cuba, pitcher (SF Giants)
1975 :Michael Osmond, Utah, singer (Osmond Boys)
1975 :Orlando Pace, tackle (St Louis Rams)