| Year | People / Celebrity Name | People / Celebrity Profession | Country |
|---|
| 0117 | Trajan | Roman Emperor |  Italy |
| 0378 | Flavius Julius Valens | Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire |  Croatia |
| 0803 | Irene of Athens | Empress of the Byzantine Empire |  Greece |
| 0833 | Al-Ma mun | Abbasid caliph | -flag.jpg) United Arab Emirates(UAE) |
| 1048 | Damasus II | Pope |  Germany |
| 1107 | Emperor Horikawa | 73rd emperor of Japan |  Japan |
| 1173 | Najm ad-Din Ayyub | Kurdish soldier and politician |  Armenia |
| 1250 | Eric IV of Denmark | King of Denmark |  Denmark |
| 1534 | Thomas Cardinal Cajetan | Italian cardinal | Italy |
| 1601 | Michael the Brave | Prince of Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia |  Romania |
| 1634 | William Noy | Noted British jurist | -flag.jpg) United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1720 | Simon Ockley | British Orientalist | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1744 | James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos | English aristocrat, eponym of Handels Chandos Anthems | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1816 | Johann August Apel | German jurist and writer | Germany |
| 1837 | Xavier Sigalon | French painter |  France |
| 1854 | Frederick Augustus II | King of Saxony | Germany |
| 1886 | Samuel Ferguson | Irish poet |  Ireland |
| 1888 | Charles Cros | French poet and inventor | France |
| 1902 | Moritz Szeps | Austrian journalist |  Austria |
| 1910 | Huo Yuanjia | Chinese martial artist and co-founder of the Chin Woo Athletic Association |  China |
| 1919 | Ernst Haeckel | German zoologist and philosopher | Germany |
| 1919 | Ruggiero Leoncavallo | Italian composer | Italy |
| 1929 | Heinrich Zille | German illustrator and photographer | Germany |
| 1929 | Walter Katzenstein | German rower | Germany |
| 1942 | Edith Stein | German-Jewish philosopher, Carmelite nun, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church | Germany |
| 1943 | Chaim Soutine | Jewish painter |  Belarus |
| 1945 | Harry Hillman | American athlete | -flag.jpg) United States(USA) |
| 1945 | Robert Hampton Gray | Canadian naval officer, pilot and recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC) during World War II |  Canada |
| 1946 | Bert Vogler | South African cricketer |  South Africa |
| 1947 | Reginald Innes Pocock | British zoologist | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1957 | Carl Clauberg | Nazi concentration camp doctor | Germany |
| 1962 | Hermann Hesse | German born writer, Nobel laureate | Germany |
| 1962 | Lowell Stockman | American representative | United States(USA) |
| 1963 | Patrick Bouvier Kennedy | Son of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy | United States(USA) |
| 1967 | Joe Orton | English writer | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1969 | Cecil Frank Powell | British physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1969 | Wojciech Frykowski | Polish actor and writer |  Poland |
| 1969 | Sharon Tate | American actress | United States(USA) |
| 1969 | Jay Sebring | American hair stylist for celebrities | United States(USA) |
| 1969 | Abigail Folger | American coffee heiress, debutante, socialite, volunteer social worker, civil rights devotee | United States(USA) |
| 1972 | Richard Ellsasser | American concert organist, composer, and conductor | United States(USA) |
| 1974 | Bill Chase | American trumpet player and leader of the jazz, rock fusion band Chase | United States(USA) |
| 1975 | Dmitri Shostakovich | Russian composer |  Russia |
| 1977 | George Kenney | American Air Force General | United States(USA) |
| 1978 | James Gould Cozzens | American novelist | United States(USA) |
| 1979 | Walter O Malley | American baseball executive | United States(USA) |
| 1980 | Jacqueline Cochran | Pioneer American aviator | United States(USA) |
| 1985 | Clive Churchill | Australian rugby league footballer |  Australia |
| 1988 | Giacinto Scelsi | Italian composer | Italy |
| 1988 | Ramon Valdes | Mexican actor | United States(USA) |
| 1990 | Joe Mercer | English footballer | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1995 | Jerry Garcia | American musician | United States(USA) |
| 1996 | Frank Whittle | English inventor of the jet engine | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1999 | Fouad Serageddin | Egyptian politician |  Egypt |
| 1999 | Helen Rollason | British sports journalist and television presenter | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 2000 | John Harsanyi | Hungarian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate |  Hungary |
| 2000 | Bold Forbes | Thoroughbred racehorse |  Puerto Rico |
| 2002 | Paul Samson | British guitarist | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 2003 | Gregory Hines | American actor, singer, dancer and choreographer | United States(USA) |
| 2003 | Jacques Deray | French film director | France |
| 2003 | Chester Ludgin | American baritone | United States(USA) |
| 2003 | Ray Harford | English footballer | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 2004 | Tony Mottola | American guitarist | United States(USA) |
| 2004 | Robert Lecourt | French politician and lawyer, judge and the fourth President of the European Court of Justice | France |
| 2004 | David Raksin | American composer | United States(USA) |
| 2005 | Judith Rossner | American novelist | United States(USA) |
| 2005 | Matthew McGrory | American actor | United States(USA) |
| 2006 | Philip E. High | Science fiction author | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 2006 | Melissa Hayden | American ballerina | United States(USA) |
| 2006 | James Van Allen | American space scientist | United States(USA) |
| 2007 | Joe O Donnell | American documentary photographer, photojournalist | United States(USA) |
| 2008 | Mahmoud Darwish | Palestinian poet and author |  Palestine |
| 2008 | Bernie Mac | American actor and comedian | United States(USA) |
| 2009 | John Quade | American character actor | United States(USA) |
| 2010 | Ted Stevens | The senior United States Senator | United States(USA) |
| 2012 | David Benjamin Rakoff | Canadian-born writer | Canada |
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