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1103 – Emperor Toba  (d. 20 Jul 1156)
      74th emperor of Japan, 1107-1123
1463:  Giovanni Pico della Mirandola  (d. 17 Nov 1494)
      Italian Renaissance nobleman and philosopher
1500 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 21 Sep 1558)
      also known as Charles I (Carlos I) of Spain
      Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany and Italy, 1519-1556
      Archduke of Austria, 1519-1521
      King of Spain, 1516-1556
      Lord of the Netherlands, Duke of Burgundy, 1506-1555
1545 – John of Austria (d. 1 Oct 1578)
      illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
1557 – Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 20 Mar 1619)
      Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany 1612-1619
      King of Bohemia, 1611-1617
      Archduke of Austria, 1608-1619
      King of Hungary and Croatia, 1618-1618
1593 – Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford  (d. 1625)
      English aristocrat, courtier and soldier
1595 – Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski  (d. 1640)
      Polish author and poet
1597 – Vincent Voiture, French poet and author (d. 1648)
1619 – Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (d. 1690)
1622 – Johannes Clauberg  (d. 1665)
      German theologian and philosopher
1684 – Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738)
1693 – James Quin, Irish-English actor (d. 1766)
1709 – Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (d. 1782)
1723 – John Burgoyne, English general and politician (d. 1792)
1736 – Charles Alexander  (d. 5 Jan 1806)
      last Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, 1557-1791
1743 – Joseph Banks  (d. 1820)
      British botanist, President of the Royal Society
1762 – Charles Frederick Horn  (d. 1830)
      German-English composer and educator
1767 – Phra Phutthaloetla Naphalai  (d. 21 Jul 1824)
       Rama II, King of Siam, 1809-1824
1774 – Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (d. 8 Jul 1850)
      10th child and 7th son of George III and Queen Charlotte
      2nd great-grandfather of Elizabeth II
1786 – Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician (d. 1869)
1786 – Wilhelm Grimm  (d. 1859)
      German anthropologist, author, and academic
1788 – Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter (d. 1857)
1797:  Samuel Lover  (d. 6 Jul 1868)
      Irish songwriter, composer, novelist, and a painter
1824:  George William Curtis, American author  (d. 31 Aug 1892)
1827 – Lydia Becker, English-French activist (d. 1890)
1831 – Leo von Caprivi  (d. 1899)
      German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany
1835 – Julius Vogel  (d. 1899)
      English-New Zealand journalist and politician
      8th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1836 – Winslow Homer  (d. 29 Sep 1910)
      American painter and illustrator
1837 – Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet (d. 1885)
1842 – Arrigo Boito  (d. 1918)
      Italian journalist, author, and composer
1848 – Andrew Inglis Clark  (d. 1907)
      Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician
1852 – George A. Moore  (d. 21 Jan 1933)
      Irish author, poet, and playwright
1866 – Pyotr Lebedev, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1912)
1868 – Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild  (d. 1949)
      French financier and polo player
1874 – Honus Wagner  (d. 6 Dec 1955)
      American baseball player, coach, and manager
1877 – Rudolph Ganz  (d. 1972)
      Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor
1877 – Ettie Annie Rout  (d. 1936)
      Australian-New Zealand educator and activist
1885 – Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (d. 20 Feb 1966)
1885 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz  (d. 1939)
      Polish author, poet, and painter
1887:  Mary Ellen Chase  (d. 28 Jul 1973)
      American educator, scholar, and author
1890 – Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 10 Apr 1975)
1892 – Konstantin Fedin, Russian author and poet (d. 1977)
1896 – Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1898 – Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer (d. 1983)
1903 – Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (d. 1967)
1908 – Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian (d. 1998)
1909 – August Derleth, American anthologist and author (d. 1971)
1909 – Riccardo Freda, Egyptian-Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1912 – Jiří Trnka, Czech puppet maker, animator, and director (d. 1969)
1914 – Ralph Erskine  (d. 2005)
      English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall
1914 – Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist (d. 1955)
1920 – Ernst Reiss, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2010)
1921 – Ingvar Lidholm, Swedish composer
1921 – Abe Vigoda, American actor and comedian (d. 2016)
1922 – Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic (d. 2011)
1922 – Steven Hill, American actor
1924 – Hal Herring, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1924 – Erik Nielsen  (d. 2008)
      Canadian lawyer and politician
      3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
1925:  Etel Adnan
      Lebanese-American poet, essayist, and visual artist
1925 – Bud Day  (d. 2013)
      American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient
1926 – John Gunther Dean, German-American diplomat
1927 – Trevor Colbourn, American historian and academic (d. 2015)
1927 – Emmanuelle Riva, French actress
1928:  Michael Harrington  (d. 31 Jul 1989)
      American democratic socialist, writer, author, political
            activist and theorist, professor of political science,
            and radio commentator
      founding member of the Democratic Socialists of America
1928 – Al Lettieri, American actor
1928:  Irwin Allen Schiff, American tax protester  (d. 16 Oct 2015)
1929 – Kintaro Ohki, South Korean wrestler (d. 2006)
1930 – Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress (d. 2013)
1930 – Anita Steckel, American artist (d. 2012)
1931 – Dominic Chianese, American actor
1931 – Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (d. 2015)
1932 – Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor
1932 – Brenda Maddox, American journalist and author
1932 – Zell Miller
      American sergeant and politician
      U.S. Senator, D. GA, 2000-2005
      79th Governor of Georgia, 1991-1999
1932 – John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
1932 – Felix Werder, German-Australian composer (d. 2012)
1933 – Judah Folkman, American physician and biologist (d. 2008)
1933 – Ali Mazrui  (d. 2014)
      Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic
1933 – Fathead Newman  (d. 2009)
      American saxophonist and composer
1934 – Bettino Craxi  (d. 2000)
      Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy
1934:  George Homer Ryan, Sr.
      American pharmacist, businessman, and politician
      39th Governor of Illinois, R, 1999-2003
1934 – Renata Scotto, Italian soprano and director
1938 – James Farentino, American actor (d. 24 Jan 1912)
1938 – Phil Knight, American businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc.
1939 – Jamal Nazrul Islam  (d. 2013)
      Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist
1939 – Joy Mukherjee, Indian actor and director (d. 2012)
1940 – Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (d. 2014)
1940 – Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1942 – Colin Bond, Australian race car driver
1942 – Paul Jones
      English singer, harmonica player, and actor
      (Manfred Mann, The Blues Band, and The Manfreds)
1942 – Joe Lieberman
      American lawyer and politician
      U.S. Senator, D, I, CT., 1989-2013
1942 – Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
      Indian philosopher, theorist, and academic
1943 – Catherine Cesarsky, French astronomer
1943:  Kent Haruf, American novelist  (d. 30 Nov 2014)
1943 – Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 – Terry Semel, American businessman
1944 – Nicky Hopkins  (d. 1994)
      English pianist
      (All-Stars, Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages,
            and Quicksilver Messenger Service)
1944:  Sheila Larken, American actress
1944 – Ivica Račan
      Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (d. 2007)
1945 – Steve Berrios, American drummer (d. 2013)
1945 – Barry Bostwick, American actor and singer
1946 – Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician and academic
1946:  Jerry Nachman  (d. 19 Jan 2004)
      American journalist
      editor-in-chief of the New York Post, 1989-1992
      vice president and editor-in-chief of MSNBC, 2002-2004
1946 – John Stapleton, English journalist
1947 – Mike Fratello
      American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1947 – Rupert Holmes, English singer-songwriter and playwright
1947 – Edward James Olmos, American actor and director
1948 – Jayalalithaa Jayaram
       Indian actress and politician
       10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
1948 – Walter Smith, Scottish footballer and manager
1948 – Tim Staffell
      English singer and guitarist (Smile, Humpy Bong, and Morgan)
1950 – Steve McCurry, American photographer and journalist
1950 – George Thorogood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – David Ford, Northern Irish social worker and politician
1951 – Derek Randall, English cricketer
1951 – Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
1951 – Helen Shaver, Canadian actress and director
1951 – Laimdota Straujuma
      Latvian economist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Latvia
1953:  Jane Hirshfield, American poet, essayist, and translator
1954 – Plastic Bertrand
      Belgian singer-songwriter and producer (Hubble Bubble)
1954 – Sid Meier
      Canadian-American game designer and programmer
      created the Civilization series
1955 – Steve Jobs  (d. 5 Oct 2011)
      American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc. and Pixar
1955 – Eddie Johnson, American basketball player
1955 – Alain Prost, French race car driver
1956 – Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author
1956 – Eddie Murray, American baseball player
1956 – Paula Zahn, American journalist and producer
1958 – Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959 – Beth Broderick, American actress
1959 – Mike Whitney, Australian cricketer and television host
1961:  Erna Solberg
      Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway
1961:  Ellen Renee Stofan
      American planetary scientist, NASA Chief Scientist
1962:  Joseph Christopher "Chris" Chocola
      American businessman politician
      U.S. Representative, R. IN, 2003-2007
1962 – Outi Mäenpää, Finnish actress and screenwriter
1962 – Michelle Shocked, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963 – Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
1963 – Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 – Andy Crane, English radio and television host
1964 – Russell Ingall, Australian race car driver
1964 – Takashi Nagasako, Japanese voice actor
1965:  Sebastiaan "Bas" Rutten, Dutch martial artist
1965 – Jane Swift, American politician, Governor of Massachusetts
1966 – Ben Miller, English comedian, actor, and director
1966 – Billy Zane, American actor and producer
1967 – Brian Schmidt
      Australian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1968 – Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (d. 30 Mar 2005)
1970 – Jeff Garcia, American football player and coach
1970 – Neil Sullivan, English-Scottish footballer and coach
1971 – Josh Bernstein, American explorer, author, and television host
1971 – Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish race car driver
1971 – Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1972 – Teodor Currentzis, Greek conductor and composer
1972 – Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1973 – Stubby Clapp, Canadian baseball player and coach
1973 – Chris Fehn, American drummer (Slipknot and Will Haven)
1973 – Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player and pilot
1974:  Chad Hugo
      American multi-instrumentalist and record producer
1974 – Mike Lowell, American baseball player and sportscaster
1974 – Bonnie Somerville, American actress
1975 – Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler
1976 – Crista Flanagan, American actress and screenwriter
1976 – Eric Griffin,
      American guitarist (Murderdolls and Wednesday 13)
1976 – Zach Johnson, American golfer
1976:  Jan Koum
      American internet entrepreneur and computer engineer
      CEO of WhatsApp and Managing Director in Facebook, Inc.
1976 – Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist and coach
1976 – Matt Skiba
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Alkaline Trio and Heavens)
1977 – Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer and coach
1977 – Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player
1977 – Floyd Mayweather, Jr., American boxer
1978 – Gary, South Korean rapper and producer (Leessang)
1978 – Shinya, Japanese drummer and songwriter (Dir En Grey)
1978 – John Nolan
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Straylight Run and Taking Back Sunday)
1978 – DeWayne Wise, American baseball player
1978 – Leon Constantine, English footballer
1981 – Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer
1981 – Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
1981 – Mauro Rosales, Argentinian footballer
1981 – Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
1982 – Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
1982 – Kevin O'Neill, New Zealand rugby player
1982 – Emanuel Villa, Argentinian footballer
1982 – Stella Young, Australian comedian and journalist (d. 2014)
1982 – Klára Zakopalová, Czech tennis player
1983 – Matt McGinley
      American drummer (Gym Class Heroes and Kill the Frontman)
1984:  Wilson Bethel, American actor

1984 – Corey Graves, American wrestler
1986 – Wojtek Wolski, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player
1987:  Tena Desae, Indian actress and model
1988:  Brittany Starr Bowe, American speed skater
1988 – Emma Hayman, New Zealand tennis player
1988:  Alexander Koch, American actor
1989 – Trace Cyrus
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Metro Station)
1989 – Kosta Koufos, American basketball player
1990 – Stefan Müller, German footballer
1991 – Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
1991:  O'Shea Jackson, Jr., American actor and musician
1991 – Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer
1994 – Ryan Francis, Scottish footballer
1994 – Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper and producer (Odd Future)
1995 – Jacob Murphy, English footballer

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616 – Æthelberht of Kent (b. 560)
1386 – Charles III of Naples (b. 1345)
1525 – Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French commander (b. 1488)
1563 – Francis, Duke of Guise (b. 1519)
1588 – Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist (b. 1515)
1666 – Nicholas Lanier, English composer and painter (b. 1588)
1674 – Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)
1685 – Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle  (b. 1629)
      English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland
1704 – Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (b. 1643)
1714 – Edmund Andros  (b. 1637)
      English politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York
1721 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby  (b. 1648)
      English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council
1732 – Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (b. 1675)
1777 – Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
1799 – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (b. 1742)
1810 – Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (b. 1731)
1812 – Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
1815 – Robert Fulton, American engineer (b. 1765)
1824 – Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, English admiral (b. 1755)
1825 – Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754)
1856 – Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)
1876 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts  (b. 1809)
       American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia
1879 – Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
1914 – Joshua Chamberlain  (b. 1828)
      American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine
1925 – Hjalmar Branting  (b. 1860)
      Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden
      Nobel Prize laureate
1927 – Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
1929 – André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
1953 – Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
1957 – Helen Sewell, American author and illustrator (b. 1896)
1970 – Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
1974 – Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1893)
1975 – Nikolai Bulganin  (b. 1895)
      Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union
1978 – Alma Thomas, American painter (b.1891)
1982 – Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)
1984 – Tyrone Mitchell, American murderer (b. 1955)
1986 – Tommy Douglas  (b. 1904)
      Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan
1987 – Jim Connors, American radio host (b. 1940)
1989 – Sparky Adams, American baseball player (b. 1894)
1990 – Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)
1990 – Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (b. 1917)
1990 – Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (b. 1896)
1990 – Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)
1991 – John Charles Daly, American journalist and game show host (b. 1914)
1991 – George Gobel, American actor and comedian (b. 1919)
1993 – Danny Gallivan, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1917)
1993 – Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (b. 1941)
1994 – Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (b. 1906)
1994 – Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (b. 1916)
1998 – Clara Fraser, American activist, co-founded Radical Women (b. 1923)
1998 – Antonio Prohías, Cuban-American cartoonist (b. 1921)
1998 – Henny Youngman, English-American comedian and violinist (b. 1906)
1999 – Andre Dubus, American author and educator (b. 1936)
2001 – Theodore Marier  (b. 1912)
      American composer and educator
      founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School
2001 – Claude Shannon  (b. 1916)
      American mathematician, cryptographer, and engineer
2002 – Leo Ornstein, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1893)
2003 – Bernard Loiseau, French chef (b. 1951)
2003 – Alberto Sordi, Italian actor (b. 1920)
2004 – John Randolph, American actor (b. 1915)
2006 – Octavia E. Butler, American author and educator (b. 1947)
2006 – Don Knotts, American actor (b. 1924)
2006 – John Martin, Canadian broadcaster, co-founded MuchMusic (b. 1947)
2006 – Dennis Weaver, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)
2007 – Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (b. 1906)
2007 – Leroy Jenkins, American violinist and composer (b. 1932)
2007 – Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982)
2008 – Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
2011 – Anant Pai, Indian author and illustrator (b. 1929)
2012 – Agnes Allen, American baseball player and therapist (b. 1930)
2012 – Jan Berenstain  (b. 1923)
      American author and illustrator, co-created the Berenstain Bears
2012 – Kenneth Price, American artist (b. 1935)
2012 – Pery Ribeiro, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
2012 – Oliver Wrong, English nephrologist and academic (b. 1925)
2013 – Ralph Hotere, New Zealand painter (b. 1931)
2013 – Virgil Johnson, American singer (The Velvets) (b. 1935)
2013 – Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2013 – Dick Yelvington, American football player (b. 1928)
2014 – Franny Beecher, American guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1921)
2014 – Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (b. 1948)
2014 – Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
2014 – Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
2015 – Mefodiy, Ukrainian metropolitan (b. 1949)
2015 – Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (b. 1962)
2015 – Tyzen Hsiao, Taiwanese pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1938)


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