| Year | People / Celebrity Name | People / Celebrity Profession | Country |
|---|
| 0783 | Bertrada of Laon | Frankish queen |  France |
| 1441 | Ashikaga Yoshinori | Japanese shogun |  Japan |
| 1536 | Desiderius Erasmus | Dutch humanist and theologian |  Netherlands |
| 1584 | Steven Borough | English explorer | -flag.jpg) United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1643 | Francois Duquesnoy | French sculptor | France |
| 1664 | Stefano della Bella | Italian printmaker |  Italy |
| 1682 | Jean Picard | French astronomer | France |
| 1684 | John Rogers (Harvard) | American President of Harvard in the US | -flag.jpg) United States(USA) |
| 1693 | Sir John Ashby | English Admiral | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1712 | Richard Cromwell | Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1742 | Evaristo Abaco | Italian composer | Italy |
| 1749 | Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois | French Naval officer | France |
| 1773 | Johann Joachim Quantz | German flautist and composer |  Germany |
| 1804 | Alexander Hamilton | 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury | United States(USA) |
| 1834 | David Douglas | Scottish botanist | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1845 | Henrik Wergeland | Norwegian author |  Norway |
| 1849 | Dolley Madison | First Lady of the United States | United States(USA) |
| 1855 | Pavel Nakhimov | Famous admirals in Russian naval history |  Russia |
| 1870 | John A. Dahlgren | United States Navy leader | United States(USA) |
| 1892 | Alexander Cartwright | Officially declared the inventor of the modern game of baseball | United States(USA) |
| 1910 | Charles Rolls | British co-founder of Rolls-Royce | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1918 | Dragutin Lerman | Croatian explorer |  Croatia |
| 1926 | Gertrude Bell | English archaeologist, writer, spy and administrator | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1929 | Robert Henri | American painter | United States(USA) |
| 1931 | Nathan Soderblom | Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize |  Sweden |
| 1934 | Ole Evinrude | Norwegian-American inventor | United States(USA) |
| 1935 | Alfred Dreyfus | French military officer | France |
| 1944 | Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. | American political and business leader | United States(USA) |
| 1945 | Wolfram von Richthofen | German field marshal | Germany |
| 1945 | Boris Galerkin | Mathematician and an engineer | Russia |
| 1947 | Jimmie Lunceford | American bandleader | United States(USA) |
| 1949 | Douglas Hyde | President of Ireland |  Ireland |
| 1950 | Elsie De Wolfe | American socialite and interior decorator | United States(USA) |
| 1960 | Maurice Adler | American film producer | United States(USA) |
| 1961 | Mazo de la Roche | Canadian author |  Canada |
| 1962 | Roger Wolfe Kahn | American bandleader | United States(USA) |
| 1966 | Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki | Japanese scholar | Japan |
| 1969 | Henry George Lamond | Australian farmer and writer |  Australia |
| 1973 | Lon Chaney Jr. | American actor | United States(USA) |
| 1976 | Ted Mack | American television host | United States(USA) |
| 1979 | Minnie Riperton | American singer and songwriter | United States(USA) |
| 1979 | Georgy Beriev | Founded the Soviet Unions Beriev | Russia |
| 1982 | Kenneth More | English actor | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1983 | Chris Wood (rock musician) | English musician | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1988 | Joshua Logan | American film director and writer | United States(USA) |
| 1989 | Sidney Hook | American philosopher | United States(USA) |
| 1990 | Joao Saldanha | Brazilian journalist and football manager |  Brazil |
| 1990 | Bill Burrud | Former child star and a television host and producer best known for his travel programs | United States(USA) |
| 1993 | Dan Eldon | English photojournalist | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1995 | Tane Ikai | Japanese supercentenarian | Japan |
| 1996 | John Chancellor | American journalist | United States(USA) |
| 1996 | Jonathan Melvoin | American musician | United States(USA) |
| 1998 | Jimmy Driftwood | American songwriter and musician | United States(USA) |
| 1998 | Serge Lemoyne | Canadian artist | Canada |
| 1999 | Bill Owen (actor) | English actor and songwriter | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1999 | Rajendra Kumar | Indian movie actor |  India |
| 2000 | Charles Merritt | Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross and Member of Parliament | Canada |
| 2001 | James Bernard | British film composer | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 2001 | Fred Marcellino | American illustrator | United States(USA) |
| 2003 | Benny Carter | American musician | United States(USA) |
| 2004 | Betty Oliphant | Canadian ballerina | Canada |
| 2005 | Axel Strobye | Danish film actor |  Denmark |
| 2005 | John King, Baron King of Wartnaby | Businessman famous for leading British Airways | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 2006 | Adamantios Lemos | Greek actor |  Greece |
| 2007 | Forbes Johnston | Professional football player | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 2007 | Stan Zemanek | Australian radio broadcaster | Australia |
| 2007 | Robert Buras | Guitarist and songwriter in the Norwegian rock band Madrugada | Norway |
| 2008 | Tony Snow | American political commentator, television news anchor, syndicated columnist, radio host, and the third White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush | United States(USA) |
| 2008 | Bobby Murcer | American Major League Baseball outfielder | United States(USA) |
| 2010 | James P. Hogan (writer) | British science fiction author | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 2010 | Harvey Pekar | American underground comic book writer, music critic and media personality | United States(USA) |
| 2010 | Paulo Moura | Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist | Brazil |
| 2010 | Naphtali Tuli Kupferberg | Author, poet, cartoonist, pacifist, anarchist and musician | United States(USA) |
| 2012 | Else Holmelund Minarik | Author | United States(USA) |
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