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1450 – Marko Marulić, Croatian poet (d. 1524)
1542 – Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland (d. 1601)
1579 – Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (d. 1640)
1596 – Jean Bolland, Flemish priest and hagiographer (d. 1665)
1605 – Henry Hammond, English churchman and theologian (d. 1660)
1606 – Maria Anna of Spain (d. 1646)
1611 – Marie Louise Gonzaga, French wife of John II Casimir Vasa (d. 1650)
1657 – Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and painter (d. 1743)
1685 – Brook Taylor, English mathematician (d. 1731)
1692 – Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (d. 1740)
1700 – Baji Rao I, Indian emperor (d. 1740)
1720 – Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (d. 1760)
1750 – Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (d. 1825)
1754 – François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (d. 1833)
1774 – Meriwether Lewis, American soldier, explorer, and politician,
          co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (d. 1809)
1792 – John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician  (d. 1878)
          Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1803 – Nathan Clifford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician  (d. 1881)
          19th United States Attorney General
1819 – Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia  (d. 1876)
1822 – Isaac P. Rodman, American general and politician (d. 1862)
1830 – Franz Joseph I of Austria (d. 1916)
1831 – Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (d. 1931)
1834 – Marshall Field, American businessman (d. 1906)
          founded Marshall Field's
1841 – William Halford, English-American lieutenant, (d. 1919)
          Medal of Honor recipient
1855 – Alfred Wallis, English painter (d. 1942)
1857 – Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop and missionary (d. 1926)
1869 – Carl Rungius, German-American painter (d. 1959)
1870 – Hugh Bromley-Davenport, England cricketer (d. 1954)
1870 – Lavr Kornilov, Russian general (d. 1918)
1871:  Francis John McConnell  [American clergyman and activist]
1872 – Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (d. 1919)
1879 – Aleksandr Rodzyanko, Russian general (d. 1970)
1882 – Herman Groman, American runner (d. 1954)
1883 – Sidney Hatch, American runner (d. 1966)
1885 – Bede Fanning, Australian public servant (d. 1970)
1885 – Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (d. 1964)
1886 – Charles Bartliff, American soccer player (d. 1962)
1890 – Walther Funk, German economist and politician (d. 1960)
1893 – Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
1893 – Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1973)
1896 – Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1933)
1898 – Clemente Biondetti, Italian racing driver (d. 1955)
1901:  Jean Guitton  [French philosopher and theologian] (d. 21 Mar 1999)
1902 – Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter (d. 1968)
1902 – Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (d. 2003)
1903 – Lucienne Boyer, French singer (d. 1983)
1903 – Charlotte Klamroth, German super-centenarian (d. 2015)
1904 – Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (d. 1996)
1906 – Marcel Carné, French director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1908 – Edgar Faure, French historian and politician
          139th Prime Minister of France (d. 1988)
1908 – Olav H. Hauge, Norwegian poet (d. 1994)
1908 – Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1977)
1909 – Gérard Filion, Canadian businessman and journalist (d. 2005)
1910 – Herman Berlinski, Polish-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2001)
1911 – Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist
1911 – Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian computer scientist (d. 1963)
1912 – Otto Ernst Remer, German general (d. 1997)
1913 – Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1983)
1914 – Arthur Tange, Australian public servant (d. 2001)
1915 – Max Lanier, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
1916 – Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, journalist, and diplomat
1916 – Don Keefer, American actor (d. 2014)
1916 – Moura Lympany, English pianist (d. 2005)
1917 – Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 2006)
          15th United States Secretary of Defense
1918 – Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1961)
          (Almanac Singers)
1919 – Wally Hickel, American businessman and politician (d. 2010)
          2nd Governor of Alaska
1920 – Godfrey Evans, English cricketer (d. 1999)
1920 – Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
1920 – Shelley Winters, American actress and singer (d. 2006)
1921 – Lydia Litvyak, Russian pilot and lieutenant (d. 1943)
1921 – Zdzisław Żygulski, Jr., Polish historian and academic (d. 2015)
1922 – Alain Robbe-Grillet, French director and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1923 – Jenni Irani, Indian-Pakistani cricketer (d. 1982)
1923 – Sadashiv Shinde, Indian cricketer (d. 1955)
1925 – Brian Aldiss, English author and critic
1925 – Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon (d. 2006)
1925 – Anis Mansour, Egyptian author (d. 2011)
1926 – John P. Finnegan, American actor (d. 2012)
1927 – Rosalynn Carter, American wife of Jimmy Carter
          41st First Lady of the United States
1927:  Marvin Harris  [American anthropologist] (d. 25 Oct 2001)
1928:  Luciano De Crescenzo  [Italian writer, actor, and director]
1928:  Eugene Kennedy  [American psychologist] (d. 3 Jun 2015)
1928 – Marge Schott, American businesswoman (d. 2004)
1929 – Hugues Aufray, French singer
1930 – Liviu Librescu, Romanian-American engineer and academic
          victim of the Virginia Tech massacre (d. 2007)
1930 – Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (d. 2014)
1931 – Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian Salvationist
          14th General of The Salvation Army
1931 – Hans van Mierlo, Dutch journalist and politician
          Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2010)
1931 – Dick White, English footballer
1932 – Bill Bennett, Canadian politician
          27th Premier of British Columbia
1932 – Luc Montagnier, French virologist
          Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Just Fontaine, Moroccan-French footballer and manager
1933 – Roman Polanski, French-Polish actor and filmmaker
1934 – Gulzar, Indian director, producer, and songwriter
1934 – Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author (d. 2015)
1934 – Ronnie Carroll, Irish singer and politician (d. 2015)
1934 – Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 1972)
1934:  Sonia Levitin  [German American novelist and author]
1934 – Michael May, German-Swiss race car driver
1935 – Gail Fisher, American actress (d. 2000)
1935 – Rafer Johnson, American decathlete and actor
1935 – Howard Morrison, New Zealand singer (d. 2009)
          (Howard Morrison Quartet)
1935 – Hifikepunye Pohamba, Namibian politician,
          2nd President of Namibia
1936 – Robert Redford, American actor, director, and producer
1937 – Sheila Cassidy, English physician and author
1939 – Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Norwegian actor (d. 2008)
1939 – Robert Horton, English businessman (d. 2011)
1939 – Johnny Preston, American singer (d. 2011)
1940 – Adam Makowicz, Polish-Canadian pianist and composer
1940 – Gil Whitney, American journalist (d. 1982)
1940 – Charles Wilson, Scottish journalist
1941 – Christopher Jones, American actor (d. 2014)
1942 – Judith Keppel, English game show contestant
          first winner on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
1943 – Sarah Dash, American singer-songwriter and actress (Labelle)
1943 – Martin Mull, American actor and singer
1943 – Gianni Rivera, Italian footballer and politician
1943 – Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (d. 2004)
          (The Move, The Hollies, and The Vikings)
1944 – Robert Hitchcock, Australian sculptor
1945 – Paula Danziger, American author (d. 2004)
1945:  David Dewhurst  [American politician]
          41st Lieutenant Governor of Texas, R., 2003-2015
1945 – Barbara Harris, American singer-songwriter (The Toys)
1945 – Värner Lootsmann, Estonian politician
1945 – Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and author (d. 1994)
1946:  Joseph Edward Kurtz  [American clergyman]
          Roman Catholic Archbishop of Louisville, 2007-present
1948 – James Jones, English bishop
1948 – Joseph Marcell, St. Lucian-English actor
1948 – John Scarlett, English intelligence officer
1949 – Nigel Griggs, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
          (Split Enz and Schnell Fenster)
1949 – Rudy Hartono, Indonesian badminton player
1950 – Dennis Elliott, English drummer and sculptor
          (Foreigner and If)
1950:  Robert Friedland  [American investor]
1952 – Elayne Boosler, American actress, director, and screenwriter
1952 – Patrick Swayze, American actor and singer (d. 2009)
1952 – Ricardo Villa, Argentinian footballer and coach
1953 – Louie Gohmert, American captain, lawyer, and politician
1953:  Ma Jian  [Chinese writer]
1954 – Umberto Guidoni, Italian astrophysicist, astronaut, and politician
1955 – Bruce Benedict, American baseball player and coach
1955 – Taher Elgamal, Egyptian-American cryptographer
1955:  Tom Flynn  [American skeptic, author and journal editor]

1956 – John Debney, American composer and conductor

1956 – Sandeep Patil, Indian cricketer and coach

1956 – Jon Schwartz, American drummer and producer

1956 – Kelly Willard, American singer-songwriter

1956 – Rainer Woelki, German cardinal

1957 – Carole Bouquet, French model and actress

1957 – Denis Leary, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

1957 – Ron Strykert, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
          (Men at Work)

1957 – Diana Castle, American actress

1958 – Didier Auriol, French race car driver

1958 – Madeleine Stowe, American actress

1959 – Tom Prichard, American wrestler

1960 – Mike LaValliere, American baseball player

1960 – Fat Lever, American basketball player

1961 – Huw Edwards, Welsh journalist

1961 – Timothy Geithner, American banker and politician
          75th United States Secretary of the Treasury

1961 – Glenn Plummer, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1961 – Birol Ünel, Turkish-German actor

1961 – Bob Woodruff, American journalist

1962 – Felipe Calderón, Mexican politician
          56th President of Mexico

1962 – Geoff Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1963 – Heino Ferch, German actor

1964 – Craig Bierko, American actor

1964 – Jim Florentine, American comedian and actor

1964 – Kenny Walker, American basketball player
1965:  Bob Harper  [American personal trainer and author]

1965 – Kōji Kikkawa, Japanese singer (Complex)

1965 – Ikue Ōtani, Japanese voice actress

1966 – Gustavo Charif, Argentinian director and producer

1966 – Sarita Choudhury, English actress

1966 – Kang Soo-yeon, South Korean actress

1967 – Brian Michael Bendis, American author and illustrator

1967 – Daler Mehndi, Indian singer-songwriter and producer

1967 – Dan Peters, American drummer (Bundle of Hiss, Mudhoney, Nirvana, and Love Battery)

1968 – Lee Seung-yeon, South Korean actress and talk show host

1969 – Everlast, American rapper (House of Pain and La Coka Nostra)
1969:  Austan Goolsbee  [American economist]
          26th Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, 2010-2011

1969 – Mark Kuhlmann, German rugby player and coach

1969 – Edward Norton, American actor, singer, and producer

1969 – Christian Slater, American actor and producer

1970 – Jason Furman, American economist

1970 – Jessica Hsuan, Hong Kong actress

1970 – Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor and producer

1971 – Tom Middleton, English DJ and producer (Global Communication)

1971 – Aphex Twin, born Richard D. James  [Irish-English DJ and producer]
          (Universal Indicator)

1971 – Jacob Vargas, Mexican-American actor

1972 – Victoria Coren Mitchell, English journalist and poker player

1972 – Keiko, Japanese singer (Globe)

1972 – Leo Ku, Hong Kong singer, actor, producer, and director

1972 – Masahiro Nakai, Japanese singer and actor (SMAP)

1973 – Paulo Schroeber, Brazilian guitarist (Almah and Astafix) (d. 2014)

1973 – Carmen Serano, American actress

1974 – Nicole Krauss, American author

1975 – Róbert Fazekas, Hungarian decathlete

1975 – Kaitlin Olson, American actress

1976 – Paraskevas Antzas, Greek footballer
1976:  Bryan Volpenhein  [American rower]

1977 – Régine Chassagne, Canadian singer-songwriter (Arcade Fire)

1977 – Even Kruse Skatrud, Norwegian trombonist and orchestra leader (Funky Butt)

1977 – Mizuo Peck, American actress

1978 – Andy Samberg, American actor, screenwriter, and rapper (The Lonely Island)

1979 – Stuart Dew, Australian footballer

1979 – Mohib Mirza, Pakistani actor and director

1980 – Esteban Cambiasso, Argentinian footballer

1980 – Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress

1980 – Rob Nguyen, Australian race car driver

1980 – Athina Papayianni, Greek race walker

1980 – Bart Scott, American football player

1980 – Jeremy Shockey, American football player

1981 – César Delgado, Argentinian footballer

1981 – Dimitris Salpingidis, Greek footballer

1982 – Cullen Finnerty, American football player (d. 2013)

1983 – Danny!, American rapper and producer

1983 – Mika, Lebanese-English singer-songwriter and pianist

1983 – Dmitri Antoni, Estonian figure skater
1983:  Amber Cope  [American racing driver]
1983:  Angela Cope  [American racing driver]

1983 – Cameron White, Australian cricketer
1983:  Max Winkler  [American director]

1984 – Sigourney Bandjar, Dutch footballer

1984 – Robert Huth, German footballer

1985 – Inge Dekker, Dutch swimmer

1985 – Julen Goikoetxea, Spanish cyclist (d. 2006)

1985 – Bryan Ruiz, Costa Rican footballer

1986 – Ross McCormack, Scottish footballer

1986 – Miesha Tate, American martial artist

1986 – Andreas Weise, Swedish singer-songwriter

1987 – Mika Boorem, American actress

1987 – Tine Thing Helseth, Norwegian trumpet player

1987 – Zuzana Jandová, Czech model, Miss Czech Republic 2008

1987 – Siri Tollerød, Norwegian model

1988 – G-Dragon, South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper, producer, and dancer (Big Bang)

1988 – Jack Hobbs, English footballer

1988 – Luke Jackson, English author

1988 – Eggert Jónsson, Icelandic footballer

1989 – Nikki Bacolod, Filipino singer, actress, and host

1990 – Nicole Uysiuseng, Filipino-Chinese actress
1991:  Richard Harmon  [Canadian actor]

1992 – Elizabeth Beisel, American swimmer
1992:  Frances Cobain  [American artist]

1992 – Riko Narumi, Japanese actress

1992 – Amy Willerton, English model, Miss Universe Great Britain 2013

1993 – Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer

1993 – Jung Eun-ji, South Korean singer and actress (A Pink)

1995 – Alīna Fjodorova, Latvian figure skater
1995:  Parker McKenna Posey  [IMDb] [American actress]

1999 – Talia Castellano, American blogger (d. 2013)

2003 – Max Charles, American child actor

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353 – Decentius, Roman usurper
440 – Pope Sixtus III
472 – Ricimer, Roman general (b. 405)
673 – Kim Yu-shin, Korean general (b. 595)
849 – Walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian (b. 808)
1227 – Genghis Khan, Founder and Leader of Mongol Empire
1276 – Pope Adrian V (b. 1220)
1318 – Clare of Montefalco, Italian nun and saint (b. 1268)
1430 – Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (b. 1406)
1503 – Pope Alexander VI (b. 1431)
1559 – Pope Paul IV (b. 1476)
1563 – Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and philosopher (b. 1530)
1613 – Giovanni Artusi, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1540)
1620 – Wanli Emperor of China (b. 1563)
1634 – Urbain Grandier, French priest (b. 1590)
1642 – Guido Reni, Italian painter (b. 1575)
1645 – Eudoxia Streshneva, Russian wife of Michael I of Russia (b. 1608)
1648 – Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1615)
1683 – Charles Hart, English actor (b. 1625)
1707 – William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (b. 1640)
1712 – Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1660)
1765 – Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1708)
1809 – Matthew Boulton, English businessman and engineer, co-founded Boulton and Watt (b. 1728)
1815 – Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician (b. 1759)
1842 – Louis de Freycinet, French explorer and navigator (b. 1779)
1850 – Honoré de Balzac, French author and playwright (b. 1799)
1886 – Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
1919 – Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
1940 – Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
1942 – Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-American actress and singer (b. 1888)
1943 – Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
1944 – Ernst Thälmann, German politician (b. 1886)
1945 – Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian politician (b. 1897)
1949 – Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
1950 – Julien Lahaut, Belgian politician (b. 1884)
1952 – Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
1968 – Arthur Marshall, American ragtime composer and performer (b. 1881)
1968 – Cy Walter, American pianist (b. 1915)
1970 – Soledad Miranda, Spanish actress (b. 1943)
1981 – Anita Loos, American screenwriter and author (b. 1889)
1983 – Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian and scholar (b. 1902)
1990 – Grethe Ingmann, Danish singer (b. 1938)
1990 – B. F. Skinner, American psychologist, invented the Skinner box (b. 1904)
1991 – David Gale, English-American actor (b. 1936)
1994 – Martin Cahill, Irish criminal (b. 1949)
1998 – Nelly's, Greek photographer (b. 1899)
1998 – Persis Khambatta, Indian actress (b. 1948)
2001 – David Peakall, English toxicologist (b. 1931)
2002 – Dean Riesner, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1918)
2003 – Tony Jackson, English singer and bass player (The Searchers) (b. 1938)
2004 – Elmer Bernstein, American composer and conductor (b. 1922)
2004 – Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (b. 1906)
2005 – Chri$ Ca$h, American wrestler (b. 1982)
2006 – George Astaphan, Caribbean physician (b. 1946)
2006 – Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (b. 1934)
2007 – Michael Deaver, American politician, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (b. 1938)
2007 – Magdalen Nabb, English author (b. 1947)
2009 – Kim Dae-jung, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 15th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
2009 – Rose Friedman, Ukrainian-American economist (b. 1910)
2009 – Robert Novak, American journalist and author (b. 1931)
2010 – Hal Connolly, American hammer thrower (b. 1931)
2010 – Scott Davis, American sportscaster (b. 1943)
2010 – Benjamin Kaplan, American jurist and scholar (b. 1911)
2012 – Harrison Begay, American painter (b. 1917)
2012 – John Kovatch, American football player (b. 1920)
2012 – Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
2012 – Ra. Ki. Rangarajan, Indian journalist and author (b. 1927)
2012 – Jesse Robredo, Filipino politician (b. 1958)
2013 – Josephine D'Angelo, American baseball player (b. 1924)
2013 – Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (b. 1917)
2013 – Dezső Gyarmati, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1927)
2013 – Jean Kahn, French lawyer and activist (b. 1929)
2013 – Eyob Mekonnen, Ethiopian singer (b. 1975)
2013 – Albert Murray, American author and critic (b. 1916)
2013 – Rolv Wesenlund, Norwegian actor (b. 1936)
2014 – Gordon Faber, American soldier and politician, 39th Mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon (b. 1930)
2014 – Lawrence N. Guarino, American colonel (b. 1922)
2014 – Hashim Khan, Pakistani squash player (b. 1914)
2014 – Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1934)
2014 – Levente Lengyel, Hungarian chess player (b. 1933)
2014 – Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (b. 1918)

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