1901 - Milenko Zivkovic, composer
1902 - Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer
1904 - Kurt George Hugo Thomas, composer
1905 - Binnie Barnes, London, actress (Adv of Marco Polo, Diamond Jim)
1905 - Joseph C Harsch, Toledo Ohio, newscaster (Background)
1907 - Rachel Carson, conservationist/writer (silent springs)
1907 - U Nu, premier Burma (1948-58, 1960-62)
1908 - David Lean, British director (Lawrence of Arabia)
1908 - Theodore Roethke, US, poet (Words for the Wind)
1910 - Ernest Anderson, publicist
1912 - Eddie Maxwell, singer (Yes We Have No Bananas)
1913 - Joseph Peter Grace, businessman
1915 - Daniel Wolf, journalist
1916 - Lou van Rees, Dutch impresario [or May 29]
1916 - Virginia Ginny Simms, actress/singer (Kay Kyser Band)
1917 - Dorothy Sarnoff, US, actress(?)
1917 - Jimmy Hamilton, saxophonist
1917 - Steve Cochran, Eureka CA, actor (Mozambique, Gay Senotiys, Dallas)
1918 - Claude Akins, Nelson GA, actor (BJ & Bear, Movin' On, Lobo)
1918 - Peder Lunde, Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-silver-1952)
1919 - Gino Negri, composer
1919 - Lindsey Nelson, Pulaski Tn, sportscaster (NY Mets)
1921 - Hal David, lyricist (Promises Promises-Grammy 1969)
1923 - John Weitz, spy/author/fashion designer (Friends in High Places)
1925 - Aldo Clementi, composer
1925 - Jeanne Crain, Barstow Calif, actress (Man Without a Star)
1926 - Kitty Kallen, rocker
1926 - M von der Grn, writer
1926 - Miles D Davis, Alton Ill, jazz trumpeter (L'ascenseur pour l'chafaud)
1927 - Robert Ludlum, NYC, spy novelist (Bourne Identity)
1928 - Frigyes Hidas, composer
1928 - Mary Tuck, social researcher/civil servant
1929 - Beverly Sills, [Belle "Bubbles" Miriam Silverman], Bkln NY, soprano
1929 - David S Ruder, 23rd chairman of Security & Exchange Commission
1931 - John Gabriel, Niagara Falls NY, actor (Cat Gang, Fantasies)
1932 - Georgi Mikhailovich Grechko, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 26, T-14)
1932 - John Grogery Dunne, US writer (Up Close & Personal, True Confessions)
1932 - K C Jones, Taylor Tx, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956)
1933 - Roger Bowen, actor (M*A*S*H, Main Event, What about Bob, Petulia)
1934 - David J Burke, Liverpool England, writer
1934 - Ron Nesson, press secretary (Gerald Ford)
1936 - Rusi Surti, cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969)
1936 - Tom T Hall, Olive Hill Ky, country singer/writer (Harper Valley PTA)
1938 - Ludmil Buldakova, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
1938 - Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer (Furious Season)
1939 - Dixie Carter, TN, actress (Designing Women, Edge of Night)
1939 - Ian McKellen, England, actor (Keep, Plenty, Scarlet Pimpernel)
1942 - Bill Young, rocker