- Hattie Caraway of Arkansas, first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, in 1878
- film director John Ford in 1894
- National Hockey League executive Conn Smythe in 1895
- actor Clark Gable in 1901
- poet Langston Hughes in 1902
- humorist S.J. Perelman in 1904
- cabaret singer Hildegarde Loretta Sell in 1906
- film and special effects director George Pal in 1908
- actor Stuart Whitman in 1928 (age 87)
- former Russian President Boris Yeltsin in 1931
- singer Don Everly in 1937
- comedian Garrett Morris in 1937 (age 78)
- actor Sherman Hemsley in 1938
- actor/director Terry Jones (Monty Python's Flying Circus) in 1942 (age 73)
- journalist Fred Barnes in 1943 (age 72)
- journalist Jessica Savitch in 1947
- singer Rick James in 1948
- actor Billy Mumy in 1954 (age 61)
- Princess Stephanie of Monaco in 1965 (age 50)
- actor Sherilyn Fenn in 1965 (age 50)
- singer Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley, in 1968 (age 47)
- actor Michael C. Hall in 1971 (age 44).

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