1983 Brandon Brown (Mista) - R&B singer
1966 Billy Zane - actor
1962 Michelle Shocked - singer
1958 Sammy Kershaw - country singer
1956 Eddie Murray - baseball All-Star (Orioles, Dodgers, Mets, Indians)
1956 Paula Zahn - Fox newscaster
1947 Rupert Holmes - singer/songwriter
1947 Edward James Olmos - actor
1945 Barry Bostwick - actor
1942 Paul Jones - harmonica player, singer (Manfred Mann)
1938 James Farentino - actor
1932 Michel Legrand - composer
1922 Steven Hill - actor
1921 Abe Vigoda - actor
1890 Marjorie Main - actress
1885 Chester Nimitz - US Admiral (signed the Japanese surrender papers ending WWII)
1874 Honus Wagner - baseball hall of famer (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1836 Winslow Homer - artist
1786 Wilhelm Grimm - coauthor Grimm's Fairy Tales