1980  Ben Savage - actor

1977  Fiona Apple - singer

1967  Michael Johnson - Olympic gold medal track star

1967  Steve Perkins - rock drummer (Porno For Pyros, Jane's Addiction)

1965  Zak Starkey - rock drummer; son of The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr

1961  Dave Mustaine - rock singer, guitarist (Megadeth)

1956  Joni Sledge - singer (Sister Sledge)

1952  Randy Jones - singer (Village People)

1952  Don Was - music producer

1949  Rick Dempsey - baseball catcher

1948  Nell Carter - actress

1944  Jacqueline Bisset - actress

1944  Peter Cetera - singer, bass guitarist (Chicago)

1941  David Clayton-Thomas - singer (Blood Sweat and Tears)

1939  Richard Kiel - actor

1938  Judith Martin - newspaper columnist (Miss Manners)

1937  Fred Silverman - network TV executive/producer

1934  Barbara Bain - actress

1933  Eileen Fulton - actress

1926  Emile Francis - hockey player

1925  Mel Torme, singer/actor

1924  Scott Brady - actor

1918  Ray Charles - composer, arranger

1916  Dick Haymes - singer, actor

1916  Roald Dahl - author

1911  Bill Monroe, country singer/songwriter

1903  Claudette Colbert - actress

1860  John Pershing - US General

1857  Milton Hershey - Hershey Bar creator