1900 - Barbara Gooden, novelist
1900 - Dennis Gabor, inventor (holography (3D laser photography)) [or Jan 5]
1901 - Anastasia N Romanova, great ruler of Russia/daughter of last tsar
1902 - Hugo Huppert, writer
1905 - Art Donovan, NFL defensive tackle (Balt, NY Yanks, Dallas)
1905 - John Abbott, London, actor (Smogasboard)
1906 - Kenneth Anderson, deputy comptroller (British GPO)
1906 - Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday)
1906 - Viscount Rochdale, British CEO
1907 - Rolf Bongs, writer
1907 - Rudolf Peieris, physicist
1908 - Jack Jacob, senior master (British Supreme Court)
1909 - Alfred Uhl, composer
1911 - Arthur Vick, vice chancelor (Queens University, Belfast)
1911 - Charles Fletcher, physician/CEO (ASH)
1912 - Adriaan Morri‰n, Dutch literary (An Untidy Man)
1912 - Eric Hollies, cricketer (England leggie, bowled Bradman)
1912 - Josef Neckermann, German FR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1968)
1913 - Friedrich Wildgans, composer
1914 - Beatrice de Cardi, archaeoligist
1914 - Rose Hill, singer/actress (Nicholas Nickleby, Shot in the Dark)
1914 - Stan Jones, Douglas Az, actor (Sheriff of Cochise)
1915 - Alfred Kazin, US writer/literature critic (Inmost Leaf)
1915 - Lancelot Ware, founder (MENSA)
1916 - Eddie Joost, baseball player
1916 - Jack Sutherland, journalist
1916 - Syd Barnes, cricketer (Australian batsmen of 30's/40's)
1917 - Carel van Dillen, resistance fighter
1918 - Branimir Sakac, composer
1919 - Akeo Watanabe, Tokyo Japan, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1956-68)
1919 - Richard McClure Scarry, children's author/illustrator
1920 - Cornelius Ryan, US historian/writer (Italians: Face of a Nation)
1920 - Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist (Klimbim)
1920 - Marion Motley, AAFC, NFL fullback (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh)
1921 - Lancelot Pierre, cricketer (1 Test WI v England 1948, 0-28)
1923 - Daniel Rogers Pinkham, Lynn Massachusetts, composer (Signs of Zodiac)
1924 - Kenneth Burslam Gardner, librarian/orientalist
1925 - Bill Hayes, Harvey Ill, actor (Your Show of Shows, Days of our Life)
1925 - Dorothy Claire, LaPorte Ind, singer (Winchell & Mahoney)
1925 - William L Dickinson, (Rep-R-AL, 1965- )
1928 - Otto V Walter, writer
1928 - Robert Lansing, SD Calif, actor (12 O'Clock High, Equalizer, Automan)
1928 - Tony Richardson, England, director (Delicate Balance, Hotel NH)
1930 - Nikolay Nikolayevich Sidel'nikov, composer
1930 - Robert Buchanan, founder (Center for History of Tech Bath University)
1930 - Roger W Suddards, solicitor
1931 - Jacques Demy, France, director (Lola, Magic Donkey)
1931 - John Dellow, commisioner (London Metropolitan Police)
1932 - A R Dawson, rugby player
1932 - Christy Brown, Dublin, novelist (My Left Foot, Down All the Days)
1934 - Bill D Moyers, Hugo Okla, news commentator (Bill Moyers' Journal)
1934 - F Curtis Michel, LaCrosse Wisconsin, astronaut
1934 - Gwen Swire, British social worker
1934 - Katherine Helmond, actress (Soap, Coach)
1935 - Peter Schat, Dutch opera composer (Labyrint, Houdine, Symposion)
1936 - Barry Wilson, deputy chief (British Defense Staff)