1900 - Ian Hunter, Capetown S Afr, actor (Dr Blood's Coffin, White Unicorn)
1901 - Lode Zielens, Flemish author/journalist (Obscure Blood)
1901 - Tage F Erlander, Swedish premier (1946-69)
1903 - Harold "Red" Grange, "Galloping Ghost" of football (Illinois Bears)
1903 - Philipp Kutev, composer
1905 - Doc Cheatham, jazz musician
1905 - Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, cricketer (England 1929-31)
1911 - Albert Cleage, famous African
1911 - Luis W Alvarez, physicist (Nobel-1968) [or Jan 17]
1912 - Mary Wickes, St Louis Mo, actress (Dennis the Menace, Julia, Doc)
1913 - Ralph Edwards, Merino Colo, TV host (This is Your Life)
1915 - J Donald Budge, US tennis player (1st to hold world's 4 major titles)
1916 - Mary Wickes, character actress (Sister Act)
1918 - Ben Johnson, Foraker Okla, actor (Chisum, Battle Force, Dillinger)
1919 - Leif Kayser, composer
1920 - Eiji Okada, actor (Traffic Jam, Yakuza, Ugly American)
1920 - Knut Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948)
1924 - Percy Rodrigues, Montreal Quebec, actor (Brainwaves)
1925 - Hans Fellner, bookseller
1926 - Geoffrey Finsberg, politician
1926 - Paul Lynde, Mt Vernon Ohio, comedian (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched)
1927 - Knut Wiggen, composer
1928 - Jean Villain, writer
1931 - Lachlan Macleay, USAF/pilot
1933 - Bob Litty, US
1935 - Aleksandr Alekseyevich Kiselyov, Russia, cosmonaut
1935 - Christo [Javacheff], Bulgaria, artist, wrapper (Running Fence)
1937 - Eleanor Holmes Norton, Wash DC, lawyer/(Rep-D-DC)
1938 - Carole Jo Callison, LPGA golfer
1938 - Gwynne Howell, British opera singer
1938 - Peter Michael, English electronic manufacturer (UEI, Paintbox)
1939 - Don "Sugarcane" Harris, rocker/actor (Soup for 1, Greeased Lightning)
1940 - Bobby Freeman, SF, rocker (Do You Want to Dance)
1941 - Robert Forester, Rochester NY, actor (Banyon, Nakia)
1941 - Tom Hallick, Buffalo NY, actor (Search)
1942 - James Carr, US, gospel singer (To Love Somebody)
1943 - Edward Skorek, Poland, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1976)
1943 - Malcolm McDowell, Leeds England, actor (Clockwork Orange, Caligula)
1944 - Joe Amato, NHRA top fuel drag racing champion (1991)
1945 - Ronald J Grabe, NYC, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 51-J, 30, 42, 57)
1946 - Danny Klein, rocker
1947 - Daniel P A "Danie" Schutte, S African underminister of Justice
1947 - Jerrold Nadler, (Rep-D-NY)
1947 - Peter Holm, boyfriend of Joan Collins
1949 - Dennis Locorriere, Union City NJ, rock guitarist (Dr Hook)
1949 - Simon Callow, London England, actor (Good Father)
1951 - Jonathan Hogan, Chicago IL, actor (House on Carroll St)
1951 - Liz Phillips, composer
1951 - Richard Thomas, NYC, (John Boy-Waltons, Last Summer, Johnny Belinda)
1951 - Stellan Skarsgard, Swedish actor (Breaking the Waves)
1953 - Bo Donaldson (Billy Don't Be a Hero)
1953 - Tim Allen, Denver Colo, comedian (Tim-Home Improvement, Jungle2Jungle)
1954 - Bo [Robert] Donaldson, rock vocalist (Billy Don't Be a Hero)
1954 - Daniel Seemiller, Pitts, US Olympic table tennis player (Olympic-92)
1954 - Jorge Santana, rocker (Malo)
1962 - Hannah Storm, sports journalist (CNN, NBC)
1962 - Karen Kurreck, Urbana Ill, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1962 - Mark Frankel, actor (Leon the Pig Farmer)