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Notable
1497 – Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)
1541 – Florent Chrestien, French poet and translator (d. 1596)
1595 – Antonio Maria Abbatini, Italian composer (d. 1679)
1708 – William Hayes (d. 1777)
English organist, composer, and conductor
1714 – Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (d. 1785)
1715: Claude Adrien Helvétius (d. 26 Dec 1771)
French philosopher, freemason, and Intellectual
1716 – George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (d. 1785)
English general and politician
Secretary of State for the Colonies
1722 – Alexander Carlyle (d. 28 Aug 1805)
Scottish minister and author
1761 – Jens Zetlitz, Norwegian priest and poet (d. 1821)
1763 – Charles XIV John of Sweden (d. 1844)
1781 – Ludwig Achim von Arnim (d. 1831)
German poet and author
1786: Benjamin Haydon, English painter (d. 22 Jun 1846)
1813 – Juan Pablo Duarte (d. 1876)
Dominican philosopher and poet
1826 – Julia Grant (d. 1902)
American wife of Ulysses S. Grant
19th First Lady of the United States
1832 – George Shiras, Jr., American lawyer and jurist (d. 1924)
1842 – François Coppée, French poet and author (d. 1908)
1847: John Bates Clark (d. 21 Mar 1938)
American neoclassical economist
1852 – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (d. 1905)
Italian-French explorer
1864 – József Pusztai (d. 1934)
Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist
1866 – John Cady, American golfer (d. 1933)
1878 – Dave Nourse (d. 1948)
English-South African cricketer and coach
1880 – Douglas MacArthur (d. 5 Apr 1964)
American general, Medal of Honor recipient
1882 – André Rischmann, French rugby player (d. 1955)
1884: Edward Sapir (d. 4 Feb 1939)
American anthropologist-linguist
1885 – Michael Considine, Irish-Australian politician (d. 1959)
1885 – Harry Ricardo (d. 1974)
English engine designer and researcher
1887 – François Faber, French-Luxembourgian cyclist (d. 1915)
1887 – Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (d. 1947)
1891 – Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1973)
1891 – August Froehlich, German priest and martyr (d. 1942)
1891 – Wilder Penfield (d. 1976)
American-Canadian neurosurgeon and academic
1892 – Bessie Coleman, American pilot (d. 1926)
1892 – Zara Cully, American actress (d. 1978)
1893 – Giuseppe Genco Russo, Italian mob boss (d. 1976)
1899 – Günther Reindorff (d. 1974)
Russian-Estonian graphic designer and illustrator
1900 – Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967)
1902 – Jokichi Ikarashi, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2013)
1902 – Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (d. 1940)
1904 – Ancel Keys (d. 2004)
American physiologist and nutritionist
1904 – Seán MacBride (d. 1988)
Irish lawyer and politician
Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
Nobel Prize laureate
1905 – Charles Lane, American actor and singer (d. 2007)
1905 – Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (d. 1987)
1907: Henry Cotton, English golfer (d. 22 Dec 1987)
1907 – Dimitrios Holevas, Greek priest (d. 2001)
1907: Hans Selye (d. 16 Oct 1982)
Austrian-Canadian endocrinologist
1908 – Jill Esmond, English actress (d. 1990)
1908 – Rupprecht Geiger (d. 2009)
German painter and sculptor
1908 – Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (d. 1997)
1910 – Jean Image (d. 1989)
Hungarian-French animator, director, and screenwriter
1911: Max Gluckman (d. 13 Apr 1975)
South African and British social anthropologist
founder of the Manchester School of anthropology
1911 – Polykarp Kusch (d. 1993)
German-American physicist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1911 – Norbert Schultze (d. 2002)
German composer and conductor
1913 – Jimmy Van Heusen (d. 1990)
American pianist and composer
1914 – Princess Durru Shehvar (d. 7 Feb 2006)
Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire by birth
1915 – William Hopper, American actor (d. 1970)
1917 – Louis Zamperini (d. 2014)
American runner and captain
1918 – Nicolae Ceaușescu (d. 1989)
Romanian general and politician
1st President of Romania
1918 – Philip José Farmer, American author (d. 2009)
1919 – Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer (d. 1949)
1919 – Bill Nicholson (d. 2004)
English footballer and manager
1920 – Hans Holzer (d. 2009)
Austrian-American paranormal researcher and author
1921 – Eddie Barclay (d. 2005)
French record producer, founded Barclay Records
1921 – Akio Morita (d. 1999)
Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony
1922 – Michael Bentine (d. 1996)
English actor and screenwriter
1922 – Seán Flanagan (d. 1993)
Irish footballer and politician
7th Irish Minister for Health
1922 – Ellen Vogel, Dutch actress (d. 2015)
1923 – Patrick J. Hannifin, American admiral (d. 2014)
1923 – Patricia Hughes, English radio host (d. 2013)
1923 – Anne Jeffreys, American actress and singer
1924 – Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (d. 2014)
1924 – Annette Strauss (d. 1998)
American philanthropist and politician, Mayor of Dallas
1925 – David Edward Jenkins
English bishop and theologian
Bishop of Durham, 1984-1994
1925 – Joan Leslie, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1925 – Paul Newman (d. 26 Sep 2008)
American actor, director, race car driver, and businessman
co-founded Newman's Own
1925 – Ben Pucci (d. 2013)
American football player and sportscaster
1925 – Claude Ryan (d. 2004)
Canadian journalist and politician
1926 – Farman Fatehpuri (d. 2013)
Pakistani linguist and scholar
1926 – Joseph Bacon Fraser, Jr. (d. 2014)
American businessman
co-founded the Sea Pines Company
1927 – José Azcona del Hoyo (d. 2005)
Honduran politician, President of Honduras
1927 – Bob Nieman (d. 1985)
American baseball player and scout
1927 – William Redfield (d. 1976)
American actor and author
1927 – Hubert Schieth (d. 2013)
German footballer and manager
1928 – Roger Vadim, French actor and director (d. 2000)
1929 – Jules Feiffer
American cartoonist, screenwriter, and educator
1929 – Gordon Solie, American wrestling announcer (d. 2000)
1930 – Napoleon Abueva, Filipino sculptor
1931 – Alfred Lynch, English actor (d. 2003)
1931 – Mary Murphy, American actress (d. 2011)
1932 – George Clements, American priest and activist
1932 – Coxsone Dodd, Jamaican record producer (d. 2004)
1932: Claude Gray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1933 – Ercole Baldini, Italian cyclist
1934 – Roger Landry, Canadian businessman and publisher
1934 – Charles Marowitz
American director, playwright, and critic
1935 – Corrado Augias, Italian journalist and politician
1935 – Bob Uecker, American baseball player and sportscaster
1936 – Sal Buscema, American illustrator
1936 – Theophanis Lamboukas (d. 1970)
Greek-French actor and singer
1936 – Huey "Piano" Smith, American pianist
1937 – Joseph Saidu Momoh (d. 2003)
Sierra Leonean soldier and politician
2nd President of Sierra Leone
1940 – Séamus Hegarty, Irish bishop
1941 – Scott Glenn, American actor
1941 – Henry Jaglom
English-American director and screenwriter
1941 – Joan A. Steitz, molecular biologist and academic
1942 – Soad Hosny, Egyptian actress and singer (d. 2001)
1943 – César Gutiérrez (d. 2005)
Venezuelan baseball player and manager
1943 – Jean Knight, American singer
1943 – Jack Warner, Trinidadian businessman and politician
1944 – Angela Davis, American activist, author, and scholar
1944 – Jerry Sandusky, American football player and coach
1945 – Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987)
1945 – David Purley, English race car driver (d. 1985)
1946 – Michel Delpech (d. 2016)
French singer-songwriter and actor
1946 – Christopher Hampton
Portuguese-English director, screenwriter, and playwright
1946 – Gene Siskel, American journalist and critic (d. 1999)
1947: Robert Cailliau
Belgian informatics engineer and computer scientist
1947: Mark Dayton
American politician
40th Governor of Minnesota, 2011-present
U.S. Senator, D. MN, 2001-2007
1947 – Patrick Dewaere, French actor and composer (d. 1982)
1947 – Les Ebdon, English chemist and academic
1947 – Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin
Irish director, producer, and production manager
1947 – Michel Sardou, French singer-songwriter and actor
1949 – Jonathan Carroll, American author
1949 – David Strathairn, American actor
1950 – Jörg Haider (d. 2008)
Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia
1950: Jack Youngblood
American football player
founded the Jack Youngblood Center for NeuroEnhancement
1951: Albio Sires
American politician
U.S. Representative, D. NJ, 2006-present
1953 – Alik L. Alik
Micronesian politician
7th Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia
1953 – Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Danish politician and diplomat
39th Prime Minister of Denmark
1953 – Lucinda Williams
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954 – Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1955 – Eddie Van Halen
Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1957 – Shivlal Yadav, Indian cricketer and manager
1958: Xavier Becerra
American politician
U.S. Representative, D. CA, 1993-present
1958 – Anita Baker, American singer-songwriter
1958 – Ellen DeGeneres
American comedian, actress, and talk show host
1958: Norman Hassan, English musician (UB40)
1958 – Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer (d. 1982)
1960: Nick Flynn, American writer, playwright, and poet
1960 – Charlie Gillingham
American pianist and accordion player
1960 – Joseph Michael "Joe" Laurinaitis
(ring name Road Warrior Animal), American wrestler
1961 – Craig Anton, American actor and comedian
1961 – Li Cunxin, Chinese-Australian ballet dancer
1961 – Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 – Tom Keifer
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Cinderella)
1962 – Guo Jian, Chinese-Australian painter
1962 – Oscar Ruggeri, Argentinian footballer and manager
1963 – Riddell Akua, Nauruan politician
1963: Daryn Kagan, American broadcast journalist
1963 – José Mourinho, Portuguese footballer and manager
1963 – Andrew Ridgeley
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963 – Gisela Valcárcel
Peruvian actress and publisher, founded Gisela
1964 – Paul Johansson
American-Canadian actor and director
1965: Catherine Martin
Australian costume, production and set designer,
and film producer
1965: Kevin McCarthy
American politician
U.S. House Majority Leader, 2014-present
U.S. Representative, R. CA, 2007-present
1965 – Thomas Östros, Swedish politician
1965 – Natalia Yurchenko, Russian gymnast and coach
1966 – Kazushige Nagashima
Japanese actor, sportscaster, and baseball player
1967 – Bryan Callen, American actor and screenwriter
1967 – Anatoly Komm, Russian chef and businessman
1967 – Toshiyuki Morikawa, Japanese voice actor
1967 – Col Needham
English businessman
co-founded the Internet Movie Database
1967 – Pradip Somasundaran, Indian singer
1968 – Ravi Shankar Raju Bhupatiraju (bka Ravi Teja)
Indian actor and singer
1968: Toshiaki Takemoto (bka Novala Takemoto)
Japanese author and fashion designer
1969 – George Dikeoulakos
Greek-Romanian basketball player and coach
1969 – Michael O'Hearn, American bodybuilder and actor
1969: George Tillman, Jr.
American film producer, screenwriter, and director
1970 – Kirk Franklin
American singer-songwriter and producer
(One Nation Crew)
1970 – Tracy Middendorf, American actress
1971 – Dorian Gregory, American actor
1971 – Helge Sten (aka Deathprod)
Norwegian music artist and producer
(Supersilent, Motorpsycho, Biosphere)
1973 – Manuela Barbara Kamosi Moaso Djogi (bka Ya Kid K)
Congolese-Belgian hip hop artist (Technotronic)
1973 – Melvil Poupaud
French actor, director, and screenwriter
1973 – Mayu Shinjo, Japanese author and illustrator
1973 – Brendan Rodgers, Irish footballer and manager
1974: Shannon Hale, American author
1974 – Rokia Traoré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 – Willie Adler, American guitarist and songwriter
1976 – Hitomi Furuya (bka hitomi)
Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1976: Gilles Marini, French-American actor
1977 – Vince Carter, American basketball player
1977 – Justin Gimelstob, American tennis player and coach
1978 – Atsuko Kurusu, Japanese actress
1978 – Corina Morariu
American tennis player and sportscaster
1978 – Kelly Stables, American actress
1979 – Sara Rue, American actress and producer
1980 – Ertuğrul Arslan, Turkish footballer
1980 – Sanae Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
1981 – José de Jesús Corona, Mexican footballer
1981 – Gustavo Dudamel
Venezuelan violinist, composer, and conductor
1981 – Juan José Haedo, Argentinian cyclist
1981 – Ramón Ibarra Rivera (bka Volador Jr.)
Mexican wrestler
1981 – Colin O'Donoghue, Irish actor and singer
1982 – Gō Ayano, Japanese actor
1982: Wes Brown, American actor
1982 – Yuki Koyanagi, Japanese singer
1982 – Brahim Takioullah, Moroccan giant
1982 – Yasushi Tsujimoto, Japanese wrestler
1983 – Petri Oravainen, Finnish footballer
1983 – Lee Su-hwan, South Korean kick-boxer
1984 – Wu Qian, Chinese pianist
1984 – Iain Turner, Scottish footballer
1984 – Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer
1985 – Heather Stanning, English rower
1986 – Gerald Green, American basketball player
1986 – Matt Heafy
Japanese-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Trivium and Capharnaum)
1986 – Mads Ibenfeldt, Danish footballer
1986 – Kim Jae-joong
South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
(JYJ and TVXQ)
1986 – Thiago Pereira, Brazilian swimmer
1986 – Taylor Wilde, Canadian wrestler
1986 – Mustapha Yatabaré, French-Malian footballer
1986 – Kian Kazemi, Filipino-Persian actor
1987 – Mário Brandão da Silveira, Brazilian footballer
1987 – Sebastian Giovinco, Italian footballer
1987 – Mia Rose, English singer-songwriter
1988 – Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, Greek high jumper
1988 – Yukiyo Mine, Japanese softball player
1989 – MarShon Brooks, American basketball player
1989 – Emily Hughes, American figure skater
1989 – Yukari Kabutomushi, Japanese entertainer
1989 – Lin Qingfeng, Chinese weightlifter
1989: Torrey Smith, American football player
1990 – Christopher Massey, American actor and singer
1990 – Sergio Pérez, Mexican race car driver
1990 – Peter Sagan, Slovak cyclist
1991: Nico Mirallegro, British actor
1991: Manti Te'o, American football player
1993 – Cameron Bright, Canadian actor
1993 – Peter Čerešňák, Slovak ice hockey player
1993 – Florian Thauvin, French footballer
1996 – Igor Decraene, Belgian cyclist (d. 2014)
1996 – Tyger Drew-Honey, English actor and singer
2004: Robby Novak (bka "Kid President"), American actor
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Kristen Eans
Wayne Knopp
Mike Syth
Virgil Stranbert
Deaths
VIP
Notable
724 – Yazid II, Arab caliph (b. 687)
738 – John of Dailam, Syrian monk and saint (b. 660)
946 – Eadgyth, German wife of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 910)
1567 – Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat (b. 1497)
1630 – Henry Briggs, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1556)
1636 – Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)
1697 – Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and theorist (b. 1640)
1744 – Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
1750 – Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1686)
1795 – Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (b. 1732)
German harpsichord player and composer
1799 – Gabriel Christie, Scottish general (b. 1722)
1823 – Edward Jenner, English physician and immunologist (b. 1749)
1824 – Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
1831 – Sangolli Rayanna, Indian soldier (b. 1798)
1849 – Thomas Lovell Beddoes (b. 1803)
English poet, playwright, and physician
1855 – Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (b. 1808)
1869 – Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1846)
1870 – Victor de Broglie (b. 1785)
French politician; 9th Prime Minister of France
1885 – Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
1885 – Charles George Gordon, English general (b. 1833)
1886 – David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
1891 – Nikolaus Otto (b. 1833)
German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine
1893 – Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
1895 – Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
1904 – Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)
1926 – John Flannagan, American priest and academic (b. 1860)
1932 – William Wrigley, Jr. (b. 1861)
American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company
1933 – Alva Belmont, American-French activist (b. 1853)
1942 – Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
1943 – Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
1943 – Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
1946 – Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
1946 – Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
1947 – Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (b. 1906)
1947 – Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
1948 – Kâzım Karabekir (b. 1882)
Turkish general and politician
5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
1948 – John Lomax, American musicologist and academic (b. 1867)
1952 – Khorloogiin Choibalsan (b. 1895)
Mongolian general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Mongolia
1953 – Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
1957 – Helene Costello, American actress (b. 1906)
1961 – Stan Nichols, English cricketer (b. 1900)
1962 – Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)
1963 – H. S. Lloyd, English dog breeder (b. 1887)
1968 – Merrill C. Meigs, American publisher (b. 1883)
1973 – Edward G. Robinson (b. 1893)
Romanian-American actor and singer
1976 – João Branco Núncio, Portuguese bullfighter (b. 1901)
1977 – Filopimin Finos (b. 1908)
Greek production manager and producer, founded Finos Film
1977 – Margaret Hayes, American actress (b. 1916)
1979 – Nelson Rockefeller (b. 1908)
American businessman and politician
41st Vice President of the United States
1980 – Simon Kapwepwe (b. 1922)
Zambian politician; 2nd Vice President of Zambia
1983 – Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
1986 – A. J. P. Ponrajah, Sri Lankan engineer (b. 1927)
1990 – Bob Gerard, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1914)
1990 – Lewis Mumford, American sociologist and historian (b. 1895)
1992 – José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor, singer, and director (b. 1912)
1993 – Jan Gies, Dutch businessman (b. 1905)
1993 – Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (b. 1912)
1993 – Jeanne Sauvé (b. 1922)
Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Governor General of Canada
1995 – Pat Welsh, American actress (b. 1915)
1996 – Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1921)
1996 – Harold Brodkey, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1930)
1996 – Stevie Plunder (b. 1963)
Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Whitlams)
1996 – Dave Schultz, American wrestler and coach (b. 1959)
1997 – Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic (b. 1904)
1998 – Ethelreda Leopold, American actress (b. 1914)
1998 – Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese violinist and educator (b. 1898)
2000 – Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (b. 1915)
2000 – A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (b. 1912)
2001 – Al McGuire, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
2003 – Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (b. 1942)
2003 – Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (b. 1917)
2003 – George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie (b. 1931)
Scottish banker and politician; Secretary of State for Scotland
2004 – Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916)
2006 – Len Carlson, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1937)
2006 – Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani politician (b. 1917)
2007 – Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
2008 – Christian Brando, American actor (b. 1958)
2008 – Paul the Octopus, English octopus (d. 2010)
2008 – Viktor Schreckengost, American sculptor and designer (b. 1906)
2010 – Louis Auchincloss, American lawyer, historian, and author (b. 1917)
2011 – Gladys Horton, American singer (The Marvelettes) (b. 1945)
2011 – Charlie Louvin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1927)
2012 – Ian Abercrombie, English-American actor (b. 1934)
2012 – Clare Fischer, American keyboard player and composer (b. 1928)
2012 – Robert Hegyes, American actor (b. 1951)
2012 – Roberto Mieres, Argentine racing driver (d. 1924)
2013 – Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, American guitarist (Ohio Players) (b. 1943)
2013 – Stefan Kudelski, Polish-Swiss engineer; invented the Nagra (b. 1929)
2013 – Patricia Lovell, Australian television host and producer (b. 1929)
2013 – Padma Kant Shukla, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1950)
2013 – Shōtarō Yasuoka, Japanese author (b. 1920)
2014 – Tom Gola, American basketball player, coach, and politician (b. 1933)
2014 – Paula Gruden, Slovenian-Australian poet and translator (b. 1921)
2014 – José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and author (b. 1939)
2015 – R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator (b. 1921)
2015 – Lucjan Lis, Polish-German cyclist (b. 1950)
2015 – Lee Spick, English snooker player (b. 1980)
2016 – Cecil Parkinson, English politician (b. 1931)
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