1973  Tempestt Bledsoe - actress

1963  Coolio - rapper

1960  Joe Elliot - singer (Def Leppard)

1960  Chuck D - rapper (Public Enemy)

1953  Robert Cray - blues guitarist, singer

1951  Tommy Bolin - guitarist (James Gang, Deep Purple)

1948  Cliff Branch - NFL football player

1947  Rick Coonce - singer, drummer (The Grassroots)

1947  Rick Anderson - bassist (The Tubes)

1942  Jerry Garcia - guitarist, songwriter (Grateful Dead)

1939  Robert James Waller - author

1936  Yves St. Laurent - fashion designer

1933  Dom Deluise - comedian, actor

1931  Tom Wilson - cartoonist (Ziggy)

1930  Geoffrey Holder - dancer, actor

1922  Arthur Hill - actor

1916  James Hill - film director (Oscar® winner, 1960)

1819  Herman Melville - author

1779  Francis Scott Key - wrote The Star-Spangled Banner