| Year | Who |
| 1833 | General Gordon, British army commander, killed in the Sudan |
| 1841 | Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Sent to find the missing Dr Livingstone |
| 1921 | Alfred Marks, English comedian |
| 1929 | Acker Bilk, Jazz musician/clarinet player |
| 1936 | Alan Alda, American actor & television star of M*A*S*H |
| 1944 | Bobby Ball, British stage comedian of 'Cannon & Ball' fame |
| 1948 | Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer |
| 1959 | Dave Sharp, Of the group 'The Alarm' |