1989 Jordin Sparks
- singer (2007 American Idol winner)
1974 Heather Donahue - actress (The Blair Witch Project)
1957 Ricky Ross - singer (Deacon Blue)
1949 Robin Gibb - singer (Bee Gees), twin brother of Maurice
1949 Maurice Gibb - bassist, singer (Bee Gees)
1948 Steve Garvey
- baseball player
1946 Rick Nielsen - guitarist (Cheap Trick
)
1945 Diane Sawyer - TV hostess, journalist
1944 Barry Jenkins - drummer (The Animals)
1944 Steve Carlton - baseball pitcher
1936 Hector Elizondo - actor
1934 David Pearson - former NASCAR auto racer
1922 Barbara Billingsley - actress (Leave It to Beaver)
1917 Gene Rayburn - TV game show host
1912 Lady Bird Johnson - wife of 36th US president Lyndon B. Johnson
1907 Peggy Ashcroft - actress (Oscar® winner, 1984)
1901 Andre Kostelanetz - composer, conductor
1885 Deems Taylor - composer, former ASCAP president
1869 Edwin Arlington Robinson - poet
1858 Giacomo Puccini - opera composer
1696 James Oglethorpe - Savannah, Georgia founder