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1412 – Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1464)

1485 Beatus Rhenanus [Beatus Birt], German humanist and classical scholar   (d. 1547)

          friend of Erasmus (Beatus Rhenanus Library), born in Sélestat, Alsace

1530 Bartolomeo Spontone, Italian composer and singer, born in Bologna (d. 1592)

1601 – Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1667)

1615 Christopher Gibbons, English composer, born in London (d. 1676)
1624 – Jean Regnault de Segrais, French author and poet (d. 1701)
1647 – Denis Papin, French physicist and mathematician  (d. 1712)
          developed pressure cooking (Papiniaanse pot, steam machine)
1679 – Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)

1681 Pierre Danican Philidor, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1731)

1753 Christian Friedrich Ruppe, Dutch-German composer  (d. 1826)
1760 – Leo XII [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29)  (d. 1829)

1764 – Charles Percier, French architect and interior designer (d. 1838)

1766 Joseph-Denis Doche, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1825)

1771 Ján Josef Rösler, Czech composer, born in Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia (d. 1813)

1771 – Henry Maudslay, English engineer, inventor of the metal lathe  (d. 1831)
1773 – Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (d. 1858)
1778 – James Kirke Paulding, American author and politician  (d. 1860)
          11th United States Secretary of the Navy

1788 Thomas Tredgold, British civil engineer, carpenter, and writer  (d. 1829)

1795 Abraham Capadose, Dutch physician and missionary  (d. 1874)

1800 – William S. Harney, American general (d. 1889)
1800 – Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (d. 1865)

1822 George Stoneman, US Union general-major  (d. 1894)

          Governor of California (1883-87)

1827 Edouard Silas, Dutch composer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1909)

1827 Joseph Anthony Mower, American Major General (Union Army)  (d. 1870)

1827 – Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1906)

1834 Nathaniel Harrison Harris, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)  (d. 1900)
1834 – Samuel Pierpont Langley, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1906)
1836 – Archibald Willard, American painter (d. 1918)

1844 George Washington De Long, American Arctic Explorer
1845 – William Lewis Douglas, American businessman and politician
          42nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1924)

1846 Amalie Skram, Norwegian author (Hellemyrsfolket), born in Bergen, Norway (d. 1905)

1847 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scottish composer, born in Edinburgh (d. 1935)

1848 – Melville Elijah Stone, American newspaper publisher
          founded the Chicago Daily News (d. 1929)

1852 Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (Political Struggle in Italy)  (d. 1909)
1854 – Milan I, King of Serbia (d. 1901)
1854:  Charles Fillmore  [American religious leader] (d. 5 Jul 1948)
          founded Unity Church
1857 – Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)
1860 – Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, German inventor, created the Nipkow disk (d. 1940)
1860 – Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (d. 1940)
1860 – Eleonore of Reuss-Köstritz, Tsaritsa of Bulgaria  (d. 1917)
1862 – Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)

1865 Piet A W Hopmans, bishop of Breda (Eucharistic Crusade)
1867 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939)

1867 Charles Francis Jenkins, American Inventor

1868 Willis Rodney Whitney, American Chemist and pioneer of industrial scientific research

        founder of the General Electric research laboratory  (d. 1958)

1873 Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, born in St. Gallen, Switzerland (d. 1935)

1873 – Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928)

1874 Edward Bairstow, English composer  (d. 1946)
1874 – Max Scheler, German philosopher and author (d. 1928)

1876 Cornelis "Kees" Maks, Dutch figurative painter  (d. 1967)

1880 – Gorch Fock, German author and poet (d. 1916)
1880 – George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944)

1882 – Raymonde de Laroche, French pilot (d. 1919)
1885 – Thomas Cooke, American soccer player (d. 1964)
1887 – Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German politician
          Foreign Minister of Germany (d. 1977)

1888 Violet Farebrother, English actress  (d. 1969)

1888 Du Yuesheng, Chinese mob boss, born in Gaoqiao, Shanghai (d. 1951)

1890 – Cecil Kellaway, South African-American actor and singer (d. 1973)

1890 Floyd Henri Allport, American psychologist and sociologist  (d. 1979)

1891 Francis McDonald, American actor (Will-Adv of Champion)  (d. 1968)

1891 – Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-Italian sculptor (d. 1973)

1893 – Wilfred Kitching  [English salvationist] (d. 1977)
          7th General of The Salvation Army
1893 – Dorothy Parker, American poet and author (d. 1967)

1894 Cecil Kellaway, South African-born American actor

          (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner)  (d. 1973)

1894 Ivan Isakov [Hovhannes Ter-Isahakyan], Russian-Armenian military commander  (d. 1967)

          Commander in Chief of the Soviet Navy during World War II

1895 Paul Taylor White, American composer (Adante & Rondo for Cello)  (d. 1973)

1895 – László Almásy, Hungarian captain, pilot, and explorer (d. 1951)
1895 – Paul Comtois, Canadian politician (d. 1966)
          21st Lieutenant Governor of Quebec

1896 Laurence McKinley Gould, American Geologist and Polar Explorer  (d. 1995)

          chief scientist and second-in-command on first expedition to interior of Antarctica,1929

1897 Elizabeth Bergner, Austrian actress (Catherine the Great)  (d. 1986)

1897 Nick Lucas [Lucanese], American jazz guitarist and singer  (d. 1982)

          (Tiptoe Through the Tulips; Painting the Clouds With Sunshine

1898 Francine Larrimore, French actress (John Meade's Woman)  (d. 1975)

1900 Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (Russian Language Dictionary)  (d. 1964)

1902 – Thomas Pelly, American politician (d. 1973)
1902 – Leni Riefenstahl, German actress and director (d. 2003)
1902 – Edward Rowe Snow, American historian and author (d. 1982)

1902 Jack Roy Armstrong, English historian (History of Sussex)  (d. 1993)

1902 Thomas Pelly, American politician, born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1973)

1903 René Wellek, Czech-American writer (Concepts of Criticism)  (d. 1995)

1903 – Jerry Iger, American cartoonist (d. 1990)
          co-founded Eisner & Iger
1904 – Deng Xiaoping, Chinese politician (d. 1997)
          1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China

1905 Wade Crosby, American actor (Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood) (d. 1975)

1907 Colin Buchanan, British town planner (Traffic in Towns)  (d. 2001)

1907 Oliver McGowan, American actor (Banning, Stagecoach)  (d. 1971)

1907 Cyril Astley Clarke, British physician and geneticist  (d. 2000)

1908 – Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (d. 2004)
1909 Sergius Kagen, Russian born American pianist and composer  (d. 1964)
1909 – Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)
1909 – Mel Hein, American football player and coach (d. 1992)
1909 – Lucille Ricksen, American actress (d. 1925)

1909 Stojan Daskalov, Bulgarian writer (A Farm)  (d. 1985)

1909 Vitya Vronsky, Russian-American concert pianist and educator  (d. 1992)

1911 Edith Atwater, American actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop)  (d. 1986)

1911 Somerset de Chair, British writer, MP and poet, born in Somerset (d. 1995)

1912 Edith Porada, Austrian art historian and archaeologist  (d. 1994)

1912 Richard Catling, British commissioner of police (Kenya)  (d. 2005)

1913 Robert Schollum, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1987)

1913 Robert Martineau, British bishop of Blackburn (d. 1999)
1913 – Leonard Pagliero, English businessman and pilot (d. 2008)
1913 – Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1993)

1914 – Connie B. Gay, American businessman (d. 1989)
          co-founded the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
1914 – Jack Dunphy, American novelist and playwright (d. 1992)

1915 – David Dellinger, American activist (d. 2004)
1915 – James Hillier, Canadian-American scientist (d. 2007)
          co-designed the electron microscope
1915 – Hugh Paddick, English actor (d. 2000)
1915 – Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician (d. 2005)
          15th Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile

1916 John Slater, British actor (Deadlock, Cartel, Devil's Pass)  (d. 1975)
1917 – John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
1918 – Mary McGrory, American journalist (d. 2004)

1919 Alan Cathcart, 6th Earl Cathcart, British major-general (d. 1999)

1919 Leo Pliatzky, British senior civil servant  (d. 1999)

1920 Anthony Tuke, chairman of Barclays Bank (1973–81)  (d. 2001)

1920 – Ray Bradbury, American author (d. 2012)
1920 – Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon (1st artificial heart transplant)  (d. 2016)

1920 Pierre A. Lauffer, Antillian poet (Patria)  (d. 1981)

1920 Wolfdietrich Schnurre, German writer, born in Frankfurt (d. 1989)

1921 James Menter, British physicist and principal (Queen Mary College)  (d. 2006)

1921 – Sotiria Bellou, Greek singer (d. 1997)
1921 – Dinos Dimopoulos, Greek director and screenwriter (d. 2003)

1922 Micheline Presle [Chassagne], French actress (Nea, Donkey Skin)
1922 – Roberto Aizenberg, Argentinian painter and sculptor (d. 1996)
1922 – Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (d. 2011)
1922 – Harishankar Parsai, Indian author (d. 1995)
1922 – Micheline Presle, French actress

1923 Gerald Long, English journalist and CEO of Reuters  (d. 1998)

1924 Andrzej Markowski, Polish composer  (d. 1986)

1924 – Ada Jafri, Pakistani poet and author (d. 2015)
1924 – James Kirkwood, Jr., American actor, author and playwright  (d. 1989)

          (A Chorus Line, P. S. Your Cat Is Dead!)

1924 Peter Allsop, President of the Publishers Association (1975-77)
1925 – Honor Blackman, English actress and singer  (d. 2020)
          (Goldfinger, The Avengers)

1926 Bob Flannigan, American barbershop-pop-jazz singer  (d. 2011)

           (The Four Freshmen)
1926 – Marc Bohan, French fashion designer
1926 – Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan, Turkish poet (d. 1984)

1927 Aleksandar Obradovic, Serbian composer  (d. 2001)

1928 John Lupton, American actor (Tom-Broken Arrow)  (d. 1993)

1928 – Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean diplomat
1928 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (d. 2007)

1929 Baroness Ewart-Biggs, British (Labour) spokesperson on Home Affairs

1929 Harry McPherson, presidential counsel (Lyndon Johnson) and lobbyist  (d. 2012)

1929 – Valery Alekseyev, Russian anthropologist and author (d. 1991)
1929 – Ulrich Wegener, German general and police officer

1932 – Gerald P. Carr, American engineer, colonel, and astronaut

1932 Theoni Vachliotis Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer  (d. 2011)

1933 Irmtraud Morgner, German writer, born in Chemnitz, Germany (d. 1990)

1933 – Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (d. 1994)

1933:  Ken Lucas, American politician
          U.S. Representative, D. KY, 1999-2005

1933:  Theodore Zeldin, English philosopher

1934 Diana Sands, American actress (Raisin in the Sun, Doctor's Wife)
1934 – Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American Army general (d. 2012)

          commander of coalition forces in the Gulf War

1934 John Chowning, American composer (Turenas)

1934 Margaret Douglas, chief political adviser (BBC)  (d. 2008)

1934 Ralph Mellanby, Canadian sportscaster and television producer  (d. 2022)

1935 Morton Dean, American TV newscaster (CBS, ABC)

1935 – Annie Proulx, American journalist and author
1936 – Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2012)
1936 – John Callaway, American journalist (d. 2009)
1936 – Dale Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
1936:  Gib Lewis  [American politician]
          Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, D. 1983-1993
1936 – Werner Stengel, German roller coaster designer and engineer
          designed the maverick roller coaster

1936 Anne Downey, British circuit judge

1936 Lex Humphries, American jazz drummer (Sun Ra Arkestra)  (d. 1994)

1937 Donald MacLeary, British ballet dancer, répétiteur, and ballet master

           Royal Ballet, 1954-2002

1937 Max Hebditch, British director (Museum of London)

1937:  Pat Gillick  [American baseball manager and executive]
1937 – Margaret Prosser, Baroness Prosser, English politician
1938 – Jean Berkey, American politician (d. 2013)
1938 – Paul Maguire, American football player and sportscaster

1938 Dale Hawkins, American rock singer and songwriter (Susie Q)  (d. 2010)

1939 Candido Lima, Portuguese composer
1939 – Valerie Harper, American actress and singer
1939 – Carl Yastrzemski, American baseball player

1940 – Bill McCartney, American football player and coach
          founded Promise Keepers
1940 – George Reinholt, American actor (d. 2013)

           (Steve-Another World, One Life to Live)

1940 Antony Crosthwaite-Eyre, English publisher and multi-millionaire

1940 John Banham, British director-general (CBI)

1941 – Bill Parcells, American football player and coach

1941 Hannspeter Winter, Austrian plasma physicist  (d. 2006)

1941 Michael Aldrich, British inventor (online shopping)  (d. 2014)

1941 Thomas Lovejoy, American conservation biologist  (d. 2021)

           coined the term "biodiversity"

1941 Howard Grimes, American soul music session drummer (Al Green; Ann Peeples), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2022)

1942 – Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and author (d. 1993)

1943 – Alun Michael, Welsh police officer and politician
          1st First Minister of Wales
1943 – Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist
          co-designed the Intel 4004

1944 – Roger Cashmore, English physicist and academic
1944 – Peter Hofmann, Czech-German tenor and actor (d. 2010)
1944:  Paul Singer  [American businessman]
1945 – David Chase, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1945 – Ron Dante, American singer-songwriter and producer
          (The Archies, The Cuff Links, and The Detergents)
1945 – Erol Gelenbe, Turkish computer scientist and mathematician
1945:  Steve Kroft  [American journalist]

1945 Derek Fatchett, British Labour politician  (d. 1999)

1945 James G Richardson, actor (Tim Cassidy-Sierra)

1946 Felix Meurders, Dutch radio host, born in Maastricht, Netherlands

1947 Bud Cramer, American politician (Rep-D-Alabama), born in Huntsville, Alabama

1947:  Will Hobbs  [American author]
1947 – Donna Jean Godchaux, American singer-songwriter

          (Grateful Dead, 1972-79)
1947 – Cindy Williams, American actress, singer, and producer

           (Shirley- Laverne & Shirley)
1948 – Eleonora Brown, Italian actress
1948:  Peter James  [British writer]
1948 – David Marks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
          (The Beach Boys and Delaney & Bonnie)

1948 Rob Buckman, British broadcaster and actor (Pink Medicine Show)

1949 Alfred Musema, Rwandan genocidaire
1949 – Doug Bair, American baseball player and coach
1949 – Þórarinn Eldjárn, Icelandic author and poet
1949:  James McNerney  [American businessman]
1949 – Diana Nyad, American journalist and long-distance swimmer

          1st to swim Bahamas to Fla-1979

1950 – Ray Burris, American baseball player and coach
1950 – Scooter Libby, American lawyer and convicted felon
          Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney

1951 Teresa Davis, American soul singer (The Emotions)
1951 – Mary Allen, English journalist
1951 – Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician

1951 Gordon Liu [Chia-Hui Liu or Jin-Hsi Shin], Chinese martial artist and actor

          (Kill Bill, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin)
1952 – Peter Laughner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
          (Rocket from the Tombs and Pere Ubu)  (d. 1977)

1953 – Paul Ellering, American weightlifter, wrestler, and manager

1954:  Kurt Andersen  [American novelist]

1955 Will Shetterly, American writer (Dogland)
1955 – Chiranjeevi, Indian actor, producer, and politician

1956 – Paul Molitor, American baseball player and coach
1957 Holly Dunn, American country singer ("Daddy's Hands")  (d. 2016)
1958 Ian Mitchell, Irish rocker (Bay City Rollers - "Saturday Night")  (d. 2020)
1958 – Colm Feore, American-Canadian actor
1958 – Vernon Reid, English-American guitarist and songwriter
          (Living Colour)

1959 Denise Curry, American basketball forward
1959 – Juan Croucier, Cuban-American musician and producer
          (Ratt and Dokken)
1959 – Pia Gjellerup, Danish politician
          Finance Minister of Denmark
1959 – Kidd Kraddick, American radio host (d. 2013)
1959 – Annie Tempest, English cartoonist
1959 – Mark Williams, English actor and screenwriter

1961 – Andrés Calamaro, Argentinian musician and producer
          (Los Abuelos de la Nada and Los Rodríguez)
1961 – Iain Coucher, English businessman
1961 – Roland Orzabal, English musician and producer
          (Tears for Fears and Graduate)
1961 – Debbi Peterson, American singer and drummer
          (The Bangles and Kindred Spirit)

1962 James Debarge, American rock vocalist and keyboardist

          (Debarge - "Rhythm Of The Night")

1963 – Tori Amos, American musician and producer
          (Y Kant Tori Read)
1963 – Terry Catledge, American basketball player
1963 – Frank De Mulder, Belgian Photographer

1963 Tom Ansberry, American long-distance runner

1963 (Myra) "Tori" Amos, American singer-songwriter, and pianist

          ("Crucify"; "Cornflake Girl")

1963 David Sanford, American composer, jazz trombonist, bandleader,

          and educator (Mount Holyoke, 1998-present)

1964 Dean Evason, Canadian NHL player (Calgary Flames)

1964 – Tom Gibis, American voice actor
1964:  Trey Gowdy  [American politician]
          U.S. Representative, R. SC, 2011-present
1964 – Diane Setterfield, English author
1964 – Andrew Wilson, American actor and director

1965 – Wendy Botha, South African-Australian surfer
1965 – Courtney Gains, American actor and producer
1965 – Chen Liping, Singaporean actress

1966 Mark Michaels, American rock and jazz session guitarist, educator,

           and author (Teach Yourself Rhythm Guitar)
1966 – GZA  [Gary Grice], American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
1966 – Eric Andolsek, American football player (d. 1992)
1966 – Brooke Dillman, American actress
1966 – Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer and manager

1967 – Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, English actor (The Mummy Returns)
1967 – Ty Burrell, American actor (Modern Family, Evolution)

1967 Ant [Anthony Steven Kalloniatis], American comedian
1967 – Alfred Gough, American screenwriter and producer
1967 – Yukiko Okada, Japanese singer and actress (d. 1986)
1967 – Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
          (Alice in Chains, Class of '99, Mad Season, and Sleze)
1967 – Bill Welke, American baseball player and umpire

1968 – Casper Christensen, Danish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1968 – Paul Colman, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
          (Newsboys and Paul Colman Trio)
1968:  Rich Lowry, American American magazine editor and columnist
1968 Michael Curry, American basketball forward and coach
1968 – Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian businesswoman

1969 Hipolito Pichardo, Dominican MLB pitcher

1970 – George Canyon, Canadian singer, guitarist, and actor
1970 – Charlie Connelly, English-Irish author and journalist
1970 – Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-American chef and author
1970 – Shaun Steels, English drummer and bass player
          (My Dying Bride and Anathema)

1971 – Richard Armitage, English actor
1971 – Natalie Ceeney, English businesswoman
1971 – Craig Finn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
          (The Hold Steady and Lifter Puller)
1971 – Rick Yune, American actor and martial artist

1972:  Marliece Andrada, American actress (Baywatch) and Playboy playmate
1972 Stephen Boyd, American NFL linebacker
1972 – Paul Doucette, American musician
          (Matchbox Twenty, The Break and Repair Method, and Tabitha's Secret)
1972 – Steve Kline, American baseball player and coach
1972 – Pontus Schultz, Swedish journalist (d. 2012)

1973 – Sornram Teppitak, Thai actor
1973 – Anthony Davis aka Beenie Man, Jamaican rapper and producer
1973 – Howie Dorough, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
          (Backstreet Boys)
1973 – Kristen Wiig, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter

          (Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters)
1973 – Eurelijus Žukauskas, Lithuanian basketball player

1974 Stefano Verderi, Italian guitarist
1974 – Agustín Pichot, Argentinian rugby player
1974 – Lee Sheppard, Australian animator

1975 Charles C. Smith, American baseball player
1975 – Sheree Murphy, English actress
1975 – Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor

1976 – Bryn Davies, American bassist, cellist, and pianist
1976 Jim Weaver, American baseball pitcher
1976 – Randy Wolf, American baseball player

1977 – Keren Cytter, Israeli author and director
1977 – Jenna Leigh Green, American actress and singer
1977 – Miho Kanno, Japanese actress and singer

1978 – Robert Levon Been, American singer and guitarist
          (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
1978 – James Corden, English actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
1978 – Ioannis Gagaloudis, Greek basketball player
1978 – Ed Petrie, English comedian and actor
1978 – Jeff Stinco, Canadian guitarist (Simple Plan)

1979 Steve Kornacki, American political journalist, writer and TV presenter
1979 – Brandon Quintin Adams, American actor
1979:  Megan M. Duffy, American actress
1979 – Jennifer Finnigan, Canadian actress
1979 – Matt Walters, American football player

1980 Christi Shake, American model and actress, born in Baltimore, Maryland

1981 – Alex Holmes, American football player
1981 – Jang Hyun-kyu, South Korean footballer (d. 2012)
1981 – Takumi Saito, Japanese actor and singer

1981 Jennifer Castellano, American pianist and composer
1982 – Rodrigo Nehme, Mexican actor

1983 – Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
1983 – Laura Breckenridge, American actress
1983 – Justin Buchholz, American mixed martial artist
1983 – Jahri Evans, American football player
1983 – Dani Thompson, Australian-English model and actress

1985 – Kether Donohue, American actress
1985 – Luke Russert, American journalist

1986 – Monsieur Adi, French musician, record producer, and DJ
1986 – Lacie Heart, American porn actress
1986 – Erika Hebron, American model, Miss Missouri 2010
1986 – Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese actress
1986 – Janis Vahter, Estonian basketball player
1987 – Leonardo Moracci, Italian footballer
1987 – Karlie Simon, English porn actress
1988 – Sarah Major, New Zealand actress
1989 – Chariz Solomon, Filipino actress
1990 – Randall Cobb, American football player
1990 – Drew Hutchison, American baseball player
1991 – Brayden Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
1992 – Ema Burgić Bucko, Bosnian tennis player

1992 Naomi Ackie, English actress
1994:  Israel Broussard, American actor
1994 – Olli Määttä, Finnish ice hockey player

1995 Dua Lipa, British-Kosovo Albanian pop singer-songwriter

1997 Eddie Williams, American pastor and former NFL fullback
1999 – Dakota Goyo, Canadian actor

Family

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1936:  Barbara Roberts

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Weddings

VIP

1848 Soldier and later US President Ulysses S. Grant (26) marries Julia Dent

1925 Prime Minister of Canada Lester B. Pearson (28) weds teacher Maryon Elspeth Moody (23)

2014 California Attorney General Kamala Harris marries lawyer Douglas Emhoff

Notable

1900 Oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny (44) weds Carrie Estelle Betzold in New Mexico Territory

1931 FBI agent Melvin Purvis (27) weds childhood sweetheart Marie Rosanne Willcox

          at St. John's Episcopal Church in Florence, South Carolina

1944 Writer Jack Kerouac (22) weds author Edie Kerouac Parker

1998 Douglas Kennedy (32) weds Molly Stark (29) in Nantucket, Massachusetts

          FOX News Channel correspondent and Robert F Kennedy's youngest son 
2003 Film director Leni Riefenstahl (101) weds cinematographer Horst Kettner (59)

2009 Actress and model Milla Jovovich (36) weds film director Paul W. S. Anderson (47)

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Notable

408 – Stilicho, Roman general (b. 359)

634  Abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant;1st kalief of Islam
1155 – Emperor Konoe of Japan (b. 1139)
1241 – Pope Gregory IX [Ugolino di Segni]  (b. 1143)
1280 – Pope Nicholas III [Giovanni Gaetano Orsini]  (b. 1216)

1286  Erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered
1304 – John II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247)
1350 – Philip VI of France (b. 1293)
1358 – Isabella of France, Queen of England  (b. circa 1295)
1456 – Vladislav II of Wallachia
1485 – Richard III, King of England (b. 1452)

1532  William Warham, English archbishop of Canterbury (1502-32), dies at 82
1553 – John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (b. 1504)
          English admiral and politician; Lord President of the Council
1572 – Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (b. 1528)
          English leader of the Rising of the North
1584 – Jan Kochanowski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1530)
1599 – Luca Marenzio, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1553)
1607 – Bartholomew Gosnold, English lawyer and explorer (b. 1572)
          founded the London Company

1609  Maharal of Prague, Jewish mystic and philosopher (b. 1525)
1652 – Jacob De la Gardie, Estonian-Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1583)
          Lord High Constable of Sweden; 1st Governor-General of Swedish Livonia
1664 – Maria Cunitz, Polish astronomer (b. 1610)
1680 – John George II, Elector of Saxony (1656-80) (b. 1613)
1701 – John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist politician (b. 1628)
          Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1711 – Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (b. 1644)
1752 – William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (b. 1667)

1755 Caspar Burman, Dutch historian and Mayor of Utrecht, dies at 59

1773 George Lyttelton, English writer and politician (b. 1709)

1793 – Louis de Noailles, French general (b. 1713)
1793 – Cäcilia Weber, German-Austrian mother of Constanze Weber (b. 1727)
1797 – Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (b. 1724)

1801 Pieter G van Overstraten, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 46
1806 – Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter (b. 1732)

1807 Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, dies at 71
1817 – Nakşidil Sultan, Consort of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid I (b. 1768)
                    and Valide Sultan to her adoptive son Mahmud II
1818 – Warren Hastings, English politician (b. 1732)
          1st Governor-General of Bengal
1828 – Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (b. 1758)

1831 John White, English organist and violinist, dies at 52
1850 – Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet (b. 1802)
1861 – Xianfeng Emperor of China (Manchu-led Qing dynasty) (b. 1831)

1862 Henry Bohlen, German/US brigadier general (Union), dies in battle at 51

1866 George Shillibeer, pioneer of London's 1st bus service, dies

1874 Sydney Thompson Dobell, English poet, dies at 50

1878 Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, Queen of Spain (1829-33), dies at 72

1879 Friedrich August Kummer, German cellist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 82

1886 Jose da Silva Mendes Leal, Portuguese author (Indiana), dies at 67

1888 – Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician (b. 1817)

1889 John Sanger, British circus entrepreneur, dies (b. 1816)

1890 Vasile Alecsandri, Romanian foreign minister, diplomat and poet, dies at 69

1891 – Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)

1893 Ernst II, Duke of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha (1844-93) and composer, dies at 75

1901 Gunnar Wennerberg, Swedish poet and composer, dies at 83

1903 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English politician (b. 1830)
          Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1885-86, 1886-92 and 1895-1902
1904 – Kate Chopin, American author (b. 1850)
1909 – Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist (b. 1846)

1914 Léon Amédée François Raffenel, French general, dies during Battle of Rossignol at 58

1914 Rondony, French general, dies during Battle of Rossignol at 58

1914 – Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop (b. 1859)
1918 – Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)

1920 Anders Zorn, Swedish painter (Gustavus Vasa), dies at 60
1922 – Michael Collins, Irish politician (b. 1890)
          2nd Minister of Finance for Ireland
1926 – Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834)

1929 Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WWI), dies at 74

1933 Adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses), dies at 62

1933 – Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858)

1933 Adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses), dies at 62

1936 Juliette Adam, French author (Salon/Nouvelle Revue) and feminist, dies at 99

1937 David C Salas, Antillian writer (Josephina), dies

1940 – Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (b. 1851)
1940 – Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese politician (b. 1861)
          4th Prime Minister of Malta
1942 – Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1880)

1942 Henry Eichheim, American violinist, composer, organologist,

          and ethno-musicologist dies at 72

1942 Mikhail Fokine, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, dies at 62

1944 Raymond Aimos, actor (Golem, Mayerling, La Bandera), dies at 55

1945 Ida Henrietta Hyde, American physiologist, dies at 87

          invented the micro-electrode; first woman allowed to do research at Harvard

          Medical School and to be elected to the American Physiology Society

1946 – Döme Sztójay, Hungarian general and politician (b. 1883)
          35th Prime Minister of Hungary
1950 – Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (b. 1888)
1951 – J. P. "Jack" Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)

1952 Hiranuma Kiichirō, 24th Prime Minister of Japan, dies at 84
1953 – Jim Tabor, American baseball player (b. 1916)
1958 – Roger Martin du Gard, French author (b. 1881)
          Nobel Prize laureate
1960 – Johannes Sikkar, Estonian politician (b. 1897)
          Prime Minister of Estonia in exile
1960 – Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler (b. 1898)
1963 – William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (b. 1877)
          English businessman and philanthropist

1965 Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dtch Flemish actress
1965 – Ellen Church, American flight attendant, dies in a horse riding accident (b. 1904)

          1st female airline stewardess (United flight in 1930 from San Francisco to Cheyenne)
1967 – Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American endocrinologist (b. 1903)
          co-created the birth-control pill

1970 Richard Frank Donovan, American organist, teacher, and composer, dies at 78
1970 – Vladimir Propp, Russian philologist and scholar (b. 1895)
1973 – Louise Huff, American actress (b. 1895)
1974 – Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born British mathematician and science writer (b. 1908)

          best known as the presenter of the BBC television series, The Ascent of Man
1976 – Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist (b. 1913)
1976 – Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician (b. 1902)
          21st President of Brazil  1955-60
1977 – Sebastian Cabot, English-Canadian actor and singer (b. 1918)

          (Kismet; Family Affair - "Mr. French", Time Machine)
1978 – Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan politician (b. 1894)
          1st President of Kenya 1963-78

1978 Ignazio Silone, Italian novelist (Fontamara, Pane e vino), dies at 78
1979 – James T. Farrell, American author and poet (b. 1904)
1980 – James Smith McDonnell, American pilot, engineer, and businessman (b. 1899)
          founded McDonnell Aircraft

1980 Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (Mercedes Benz), dies at 89

1984 Charles Whittenberg, American composer, dies at 57

1985 Paul Peter Ewald, German Crystallographer and Physicist, dies at 97

      devised theory of X-ray interference by crystals; pioneered X-ray diffraction methods

1985 Willy-August Linnemann, Danish writer and journalist, dies at 71

1986 – Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician and statesman (b. 1883)
          3rd President of Turkey
1987 – Joseph P. Lash, American author and journalist (b. 1909)
1989 – Huey P. Newton, American activist (b. 1942)
          co-founded the Black Panther Party

1989 Diana Vreeland, French-American fashion editor (Harper's Bazaar, Vogue), dies at 85

1989 Johannes "Jan" Teulings, Dutch actor (Lentelied, The Three Wishes), dies of natural causes at 84

1990 Merlin Marston, American actor (Blue Sky), dies of non-Hodgkins lymphoma at 46

1990 "Boogie" Bill Webb, American Louisiana blues and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter

          ("Bad Dog"), dies at 66

1991 – Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress,  dies of cervical cancer  (b. 1924)

          (The Blue and the Grey - "Maggie"; Anne of Green Gables)

1991 – Boris Pugo, Latvian politician (b. 1937)
          Minister of Interior of the Soviet Union

1992 Paul Winter, American classical and session violinist, dies at 78

          (NBC Orchestra, 1937-58)

1993 Don Getz, American filmmaker (Playpoint), dies at 50

1993 Kasdi Merbah, Prime Minister of Algeria (1988-89), assassinated

1994 Leo Lerman, American writer and editor (Condé Nast Publications), dies at 80

1994 Tom Quirke, journalist, dies at 42

1994 – Gilles Groulx, Canadian director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
1994 – Allan Houser, American sculptor and painter (b. 1914)

1995 Jose Antonio Giron, Spanish politician, dies at 83

1996 Mareo Ishiketa, Japanese composer, dies at 79

1996 David Donaldson, Painter and Limner to Her Majesty the Queen in Scotland, dies at 80

1996 Robin Lorimer, Scottish publisher (New Testament from Greek into Scots), dies at 77

1996 William James Millar Mackenzie, Scottish political scientist, dies at 87

1997 Mary Louise Smith, American political organizer, dies at 82

          1st female chair of the Republican party

2000 – Professor Tanaka, American wrestler and actor (n. 1930)

2003 – Generosa Ammon, American wife of Ted Ammon (b. 1956)
2003 – Imperio Argentina [María Magdalena Nile], Argentinian singer and actress (b. 1906)
2004 – Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (b. 1960)
2004 – Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician (b. 1908)
          33rd Premier of Tasmania
2004 – Al Dvorin, American bandleader and talent agent (b. 1922)
2004 – Daniel Petrie, Canadian director and producer (b. 1920)
2005 – Luc Ferrari, French-Italian composer (b. 1929)
2005 – Ernest Kirkendall, American chemist and metallurgist (b. 1914)
2005 – Mati Unt, Estonian author and director (b. 1944)
2006 – Bruce Gary, American drummer and producer (The Knack) (b. 1951)
2008 – Gladys Powers, English-Canadian soldier (b. 1899)
2009 – Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (b. 1926)

2009 Beryl Sprinkel, American economist (Council of Economic Advisers), dies at 85
2010 – Stjepan Bobek, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2011 – Nickolas "Nick" Ashford, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
          (Ashford & Simpson)
2011 – Gudrun Berend, German hurdler (b. 1955)
2011 – Jack Layton, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1950)
2011 – Jerry Leiber, American songwriter (b. 1933)
2011 – Joan Gerber, American voice actor (b. 1935)
2011 – Casey Ribicoff, American socialite and philanthropist (b. 1922)

2011 Vicco von Bülow [Loriot], German comedian, cartoonist and film director, dies at 87

2011 Jean-Charles Capon, French jazz cellist and composer, dies at 75

          (Confluence; Baroque Jazz Trio)

2012 – Nina Bawden, English author (b. 1925)
2012 – Larry Carp, American lawyer (b. 1926)
2012 – Charles Flores, Cuban-American bassist (b. 1970)
2012 – Paulino Matip Nhial, South Sudanese military leader and politician (b. 1942)
2012 – Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Chinese cardinal (b. 1923)
2012 – Martin Shikuku, Kenyan politician (b. 1933)
2012 – Jeffrey Stone, American actor (b. 1926)
2012 – András József Szennay, Hungarian clergyman (b. 1921)
2013 – Keiko Fuji, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1951)
2013 – Ronald Motley, American lawyer (b. 1944)
2013 – Jetty Paerl, Dutch singer (b. 1921)
2013 – Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman (b. 1921)
          founded the Experimental Aircraft Association
2013 – Peter Waieng, Papua New Guinea politician (b. 1966)
2014 – U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
2014 – Emmanuel Kriaras, Greek lexicographer and philologist (b. 1906)
2014 – Pete Ladygo, American football player (b. 1928)
2014 – Noella Leduc, American baseball player (b. 1933)
2014 – John Sperling, American businessman (b. 1921)
          founded the University of Phoenix
2014 – John S. Waugh, American chemist and academic (b. 1929)

2015 Charles Tomlinson, British poet and translator, dies at 88

2016 (Jean-Baptiste) "Toots" Thielemans, Belgian-American jazz harmonica player,

          guitarist, whistler, and composer, dies at 94

2016 S. R. [Sellapan Ramanathan] Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (1999-2011), dies at 92

2016 Roberto Cassan, Italian-American jazz and folk accordionist, dies of a heart attack at 53

2017 John Abercrombie, American jazz guitarist, dies of heart failure at 72

2018 Ed King, American psychedelic rock musician

          (Strawberry Alarm Clock; Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies of cancer at 68

2019 Bobby Dillon, American NFL defensive back, dies of dementia at 89

2021 Rod Gilbert, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right-wing, 1960-78

          (NY Rangers; first NYR to have # retired), dies at 80

2021 Brian Travers, British rock saxophonist (UB40 - "Red, Red Wine"), dies of cancer at 62

2021 Micki Grant [Minnie Perkins], American theater singer, actress, and composer, dies at 92

          (Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope; Your Arms Are Too Short To Box With God)

2022 Bill Haller, American baseball umpire, dies at 87

2022 Jerry Allison, American rock drummer and songwriter, dies at 82

2022 Creed Taylor, American jazz and bossa nova record producer, and label founder, dies at 93

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