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865 Rhazes [Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyāʾ al-Rāzī]

      Persian physician, born in Ray, Persia (d. 925)
1025 – Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)

      70th Emperor of Japan, born in Heian-kyō, Japan
1582 – Taichang Emperor [Zhu Changluo] (d. 1620)

      14th Emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, born in Beijing

1592:  George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham   [English politician] (d. 23 Aug 1628)

      Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, born in Brooksby, England

1612 – Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch linguist and scholar (d. 1653)

      born in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
1667 – Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow queen of Denmark and Norway

      born in Güstrow, Germany (d. 1721)

1673 Conrad Michael Schneider, German composer, born in Anspach (d. 1752) [or 26 August]
1691 – Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1750)

      Holy Roman Empire Empress, born in Braunschweig, Germany
1694 – Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715)

      Wife of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, born in Wolfenbüttel, Germany

1700 Carolomannus Pachschmidt, Austrian composer, born in Eisenstadt, Austria (d. 1734)

1713 Louis-Auguste d'Affry, French general and ambassador to Netherland

      born in Versailles, France (d. 1793)

1714 – Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, born in Bevern, Germany (d. 1774)
1728 – John Stark, American general (d. 1822)

      (Battle of Bennington), born in Londonderry, New Hampshire
1739 – Agostino Accorimboni, Italian composer (d. 1818)
1749 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German diplomat, writer and social philosopher (Faust)

      born in Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1832)

1754 Peter Winter, German composer, born in Mannhein, Germany (d. 1825)
1770 – Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern, German-Livonian philologist and academic (d. 1852)
1774 – Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint, (d. 1821)
      co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition

      1st American Catholic saint (1975), born in NYC, New York

1775 Sophie Gail, French singer and composer, born in Paris (d. 1819)
1789 – Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden, born in Versailles, France

      French wife of Charles, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1860)

1794 Johannes Zwijsen, Dutch archbishop (Utrecht Netherlands)

      born in Kerkdriel, Netherlands (d. 1877)

1795 Joannes Paredis, Belgian Bishop of Roermond, born in Bree, Belgium (d. 1886)

1798 Gershom Jaques Van Brunt, U.S. Army (Union Navy),

      born in Monmouth County, New Jersey (d. 1863)

1801 – Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher

      (rule of Cournot), born in Gray, France (d. 1877)

1814 – Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (The House by the Churchyard)

      born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1873)

1824 Carel van Nispen of Sevenaer, Dutch Catholic politician

      born in Zevenaar, Netherlands (d. 1884)

1826 Walter Cecil Macfarren, British pianist, teacher, conductor, and composer

      born in London, England (d. 1905)

1827 – Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia

      born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1894)

1827 Teresa Milanollo, Italian composer, born in Savigliano, Italy (d. 1904)

1828 William Alexander Hammond, American military physician and Brigadier General

      (Union Army), born in Annapolis, Maryland (d. 1900)

1829 Albert Dietrich, German composer and conductor,

      born in Meissen, Germany (d. 1908)

1831 – Lucy Webb Hayes, American wife of Rutherford B. Hayes

      1st lady of the United States (1877-81), born in Chillicothe, Ohio (d. 1889)

1831 Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, Swedish composer

      born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1885)

1833 Edward Burne-Jones, English Pre-Raphaelite painter and designer

      born in Birmingham, England (d. 1898)

1840 – Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish-Japanese pharmacist and businessman
      founded Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club, born in Aberlour, Scotland (d. 1900)

1840 Ira D. Sankey, American evangelist, composer and singer (Gospel hymns)

      born in Edinburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1908)

1841 Louis Le Prince, French artist and original inventor of the motion picture camera

      sometimes called "the father of cinematography", born in Metz, France (d. 1890)

1842 Willem Linnig The Younger, Flemish painter and graphic artist

      born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1890)

1853 – Vladimir Shukhov, Russian architect, engineer, and inventor
      designed the Adziogol Lighthouse, born in Grayvoron, Russia (d. 1939)

1859 – Matilda Howell, American archer (d. 1938)
1859 – Vittorio Sella, Italian mountaineer and photographer (d. 1943)
1867 – Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (d. 1948)

      (La cena delle beffe), born in Foggia, Italy

1872 Alfred Baldwin Sloan, American composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1925)

1874 Helen Haye [Hay], British stage and silent and sound screen actress (Honour in Pawn;

      Girl in the Taxi; Spy in Black), born in Assam, British India (d. 1957)
1878 – George Whipple, American physician, pathologist, and biomedical researcher
      (Nobel-1934), born in Ashland, New Hampshire (d. 1976)

1881 Arne Eggen, Norwegian organist and composer

      born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 1955)

1883 E. E. Clive, Welsh actor (Night Must Fall, Dark Hour)

      born in Monmouthshire, Wales (d. 1940)

1884 – Peter Fraser, British-born New Zealand politician (d. 1950)
      24th Prime Minister of New Zealand (1940-49), born in Hill of Fearn, Scotland

1885 Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo, Finnish composer and organist

      born in Rautavaara, Finland (d. 1960)
1885 – Vance Palmer, Australian author, playwright, and critic

      born in Bundaberg, Australia (d. 1959)

1887 – István Kühár, Slovenian priest and politician (d. 1922)

1887 Daniel Zamudio, Colombian organist, composer and folklorist

      born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 1952)

1888 – Evadne Price, Australian-British writer, actress and astrologer (d. 1985)

1890 Ivor Gurney, English composer and poet, born in Gloucester (d. 1937)

1891 Stanley Andrews, American actor (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town)

      born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1969)

1891 – Benno Schotz, Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer (d. 1984)

1894 Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter and sculptor (Iron Tower) (d. 1986)
1894 – Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1981)

1896 – Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian author, poet, and critic (d. 1982)

1897 Morris Ankrum, American actor (Kronos, Half Human, Earth vs Flying Saucers)

      born in Danville, Illinois (d. 1964)
1898 – Charlie Grimm, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 1983)

1898 Ludwig Turek, German writer, born in Stendal, Germany (d. 1975)
1899 – Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer

      (Algiers, Fanny, Barefoot in the Park), born in Figeac, Lot, France (d. 1978)
1899 – James Wong Howe  [Chinese American cinematographer] (d. 12 Jul 1976)

1899 – Andrei Platonov, Russian author (d. 1951)

1901 Cees Kelk, Dutch writer (Dance of Young Feet), born in Amsterdam (d. 1981)

1901 Paul Henry Lang, Hungarian-American critic and musicologist

      (NY Herald Tribune), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1991)

1903 – Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psychologist, psycho-analyst, and author

      (Uses of Enchantment), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1990)

1903 Rudolph Wagner-Régeny, composer, born in Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1969)
1904 – Secondo Campini, Italian engineer and jet engine pioneer

      born in Bologna, Italy (d. 1980)

1904 – Leho Laurine, Estonian chess player (d. 1998)

1905 Sam Levene, American Broadway actor (Demon, Gung Ho, Boomerang)

      born in Russia (d. 1980)
1906 – John Betjeman, English poet (Mount Zion) and academic

      English Poet Laureate (1972-1984), born in London (d. 1984)

1906 Leslie Dwyer, English actor (Hi-de-Hi!), born in London, England (d. 1986)

1908 – Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and author

      (How to Know Birds), born in Jamestown, New York (d. 1996)

1910 – Morris Graves, American painter (d. 2001)

1910 – Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American mathematician and economist
          Nobel Prize 1975, born in 's-Graveland, Netherlands (d. 1985)

1911 Jose Antonio Giron, Spanish politician, born in Herrera de Pisuerga, Spain (d. 1995)
1911 – Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and diplomat (d. 2002)
          5th Secretary General of NATO, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands

1912 Ruurd Faber, Dutch politcian and Mayor of Aalten (1971-75)

      born in Veenhuizen, Netherlands (d. 1992)
1913 – Robertson Davies, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright

      born in Thamesville, Ontario (d. 1995)
1913 – Jack Dreyfus, American businessman (d. 2009)
          founded the Dreyfus Corporation

1913 – Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (ABC 1956-81)

      born in Geelong, Australia (d. 1993)

1913 – Robert Irving, English conductor (d. 1991)

1913 – John Terence Reese, British bridge player and author

      born in Epsom, Surrey, England (d. 1996)

1913 – Richard Tucker [Rivn Ticker], American tenor and actor (d. 1975)

      (New York Metroploitan Opera, 1945-75), born in Brooklyn, New York

1914 (Abraham) "Glenn" Osser, American arranger and orchestra leader

      (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue; Miss America Pageant)

      born in Munising, Michigan (d. 2014)
1915 – Max Robertson, Bangladeshi-English sports commentator

      born in Dacca, Bengal (d. 2009)

1915 – Tasha Tudor, American illustrator and children's books author (d. 2008)

      (Pumpkin Moonshine, Corgiville Fair), born in Boston, Massachusetts

1916 – Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer, folklorist, and actress

      born in Saint-Martin, Quebec (d. 1997)
1916 – C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (d. 1962)

      (The Power Elite), born in Waco, Texas (d. 1962)
1916 – Jack [Holbrook] Vance, American sci-fi author (2 Hugo, Dirdir, Pnume)

      born in San Francisco, California (d. 2013)

1917 – Jack Kirby, American author, cartoonist, and illustrator (d. 1994)

      (X-Men; Spider-Man; Hulk; Captain America), born in NYC, New York
1918 – L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (d. 1995)

1918 Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1996)

      President of Argentina (1971-73)
1919 – Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer (d. 2004)
      Nobel Prize laureate

1919 Ernest Harold Martin [Markowitz], American Broadway producer

       (Feuer & Martin-Chorus Line), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1995)

1920 Frits Bernard, American clinical psychologist and pedophile activist

      born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2006)

1921 – John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist, engineer, and space researcher

      born in London, Ontario (d. 1979)

1921 Johan "Joop" Doderer, Dutch actor (Swiebertje; My Fair Lady)

      born in Velsen, Netherlands (d. 2005)
1921 – Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and playwright

      (All About My Mother), born in Lima, Peru (d. 2007)
1921 – Nancy Kulp, American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies, The Aristocats, Shane)

      born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)

1924 – Janet Frame, New Zealand author, poet, and novelist

      (Intensive Care, Owls Do Cry), born in Dunedin, New Zealand (d. 2004)

1924 Vilayat Khan, Indian classical sitar player and composer

      born in Gouripur, Mymensingh, East Bengal (d. 2004)
1924 – Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricketer and engineer

      born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 2010)

1924 Dick Mayer, American golfer (US Open 1957), born in Stamford, Connecticut (d. 1989)
1924 – (Margaret) "Peggy" Ryan, American dancer (The Merry Monahans; Herr Come The Co-eds)

      and actress (Hawaii Five-0), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2004)

1924 – Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ukrainian-American rabbi and author (d. 2014)

1925 Marvin Davis, CEO (Davis Oil Company), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2004)

1925 John Gillett, British film critic and researcher, born in London (d. 1995)
1925 – Billy Grammer, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist

      born in Benton, Illinois (d. 2011)

1925 – Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (Singin' in the Rain)

      born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003)

1925 – Philip Purser, English author and critic

1925 Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky, Soviet-Russian sci-fi author (Tale of the Troika)

      born in Batumi, Georgia (d. 1991)
1926 – Dixie Evans, American model and dancer (d. 2013)

1928 Kenny Drew, American-Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert)

      born in NYC, New York (d. 1993)
1928 – F. William Free, American advertising executive (I'm Cheryl – Fly Me.)

      born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)

1928 – Vilayat Khan, Indian sitar player and composer (d. 2004)

1929 – Ken Gampu, South African actor (d. 2003)

1929 – István Kertész, Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor

      born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1973)

1929 – Roxie Roker, Bahamian-American actress (The Jeffersons- Helen Willis)

      born in Miami, Florida (d. 1995)

1930 – Windsor Davies, British actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum)

      born in London, England (d. 2019)

1930 – Ben Gazzara, American actor (Run for Your Life, QB VII), singer, and director

      born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)

1930 Patriarch Irinej [Miroslav Gavrilović], Head of the Serbian Orthodox Church

      born in Vidova, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (d. 2020)
1931 – Tito Capobianco, Argentinian director, producer, and stage impresario

      born in La Plata, Argentina

1931 – Cristina Deutekom, Dutch soprano (d. 2014)

1931 – Ola L. Mize, American colonel (d. 2014)
          Medal of Honor recipient

1931 John Perkins, Canadian pop singer (Crew Cuts), born in Toronto, Ontario
1931 – John Shirley-Quirk, British operatic bass-baritone (Death in Venice), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2014)

1931 – Roger Williams, English hepatologist and academic

1932 – Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

       born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2016)

1932 Carlene Polite, American dancer, activist and author (Sister X)

      born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2009)
1933 – Patrick Kalilombe, Malawian bishop (d. 2012)

1935 Richard Branda, American actor (You Are There, Two-Minute Warning)

      born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 1993)

1935 – Melvin Charney, Canadian architect (d. 2012)

1935 – Sonny Shroyer, American actor and singer

1935 – Gilles Rocheleau, French Canadian politician

      born in Hull, Quebec, Canada (d. 1998)

1936 – Don Denkinger, American baseball player and umpire

      born in Cedar Falls, Iowa

1936 Harry McLevy, Scottish trade unionist, born in Dundee, Scotland (d. 1995)

1937 Joe Osborn, American session bass player (Johnny Rivers; Glen Campbell,

      Simon & Garfunkel - "Bridge Over Troubled Water")

      born in Mound, Louisana (d. 2018)
1938 – Maurizio Costanzo, Italian television journalist and academic, born in Rome, Italy

1938 Beatrice "Beebe" Freitas [nee Botty], American pianist, organist, and voice teacher

      (Hawaii Opera Theatre), born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 2018)
1938 – Paul Martin, Canadian lawyer and politician, born in Windsor, Ontario
          21st Prime Minister of Canada (Liberal: 2003-06)

1939 Clem Cattini, British rock drummer (The Tornados)

      born in Stoke Newington, North London, England
1939 – John Kingman, English mathematician and academic

1939 [Catherine] Cassie Mackin, American newswoman (NBC TV)

      1st woman to regularly anchor an evening network newscast alone

      born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1982)
1940 – William Cohen, American lawyer and politician
      20th United States Secretary of Defense (1997-2001)

      US Senator (R) Maine, 1979-97), born in Bangor, Maine

1940 – Ken Jenkins, American actor (Scrubs - Dr. Bob Kelso), born in Dayton, Ohio

1940 – Gloria Leonard, American porn actress and publisher (d. 2014)

1940 (Bhekizizwe) Joseph Shabalala, South African singer, songwriter,

      founder and musical director of Ladysmith Black Mambazo

      born in Ladysmith, South Africa (d. 2020) 

1940 Nik Turner, British jazz-fusion saxophonist, flute player, singer, and composer

      (Hawkwind), born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

1941 – Michael Craig-Martin, Irish painter and illustrator

1941 – Sybille de Selys Longchamps, Belgian mother of Delphine Boël

1941 – John Stanley Marshall, English drummer
          (Nucleus, Soft Machine, and Centipede)

1941 – Paul Peter Plishka, American operatic bass (Bronx Botanical Gardens)

      born in Old Forge, Pennsylvania

1942 – Wendy Davies, Welsh historian and academic

1942 – Sterling Morrison, American singer and guitarist (d. 1995)
          (The Velvet Underground)

1942:  Jose Eduardo Dos Santos  [Angolan politician]
          President {Dictator} of Angola, 1979-present

1942 – Jorge Urosa, Venezuelan cardina

1943 – Surayud Chulanont, Thai general and politician
          24th Prime Minister of Thailand (2006-08), born in Prachinburi, Thailand

1943 – Shuja Khanzada, Pakistani colonel and politician (d. 2015)

1943 (Ann) "Honey" Lantree, British rock drummer (The Honeycombs)

      born in Hayes, Middlesex, England (d. 2018)
1943 – Lou Piniella, American baseball outfielder (1969 AL rookie of the year)

      and manager (NY Yankees, Seattle Mariners), born in Tampa, Florida

1943 – David Soul [Solberg], American-British actor (Starsky & Hutch)

      and singer (Don't Give Up On Us), born in Chicago, Illinois

1944 – Melvin Dummar, American claimant to the Howard Hughes estate

      born in Utah (d. 2018)

1944 – Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands

1944 – Kay Parker, English porn actress and author

1945 – Robert Greenwald, American director and producer

1945 Jim Lynch, American College Football HOF linebacker (Notre Dame)

      AFL–NFL World Championship (Super Bowl IV) 1970 (Kansas City Chiefs)

      born in Lima, Ohio (d. 2022)

1945 Bruno Nuytten, French film director (Camille Claudel)

      born in Melun, Île-de-France, France

1945 – Bob Segarini, American-Canadian singer-songwriter (The Wackers)

      and radio personality, born in Stockton, California

1947 Alice Playton, American actress (Who Killed Mary Whats 'er Name), born in NYC, New York

1947 Shoto Tanemura, Japanese martial artist, born in Matsubushi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

1947 – Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress and singer

1948:  Carol Bartz, American businesswoman
          CEO of Yahoo!, 2009-2011

1948 Fred Cole, American rock artist (The Lollipop Shoppe, Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows)

      born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 2017)
1948 – Vonda N. McIntyre, American sci-fi author (Star Trek II, III, IV)

      born in Louisville, Kentucky

1948 – Murray Parker, New Zealand cricketer and educator

      born in Dannevirke, Manawatu, New Zealand

1948 – Heather Reisman, Canadian businesswoman
          founded Indigo Books and Music

1948 – Danny Seraphine, American rock drummer (Chicago, 1969-90 - "25 or 6 to 4")

      and producer, born in Chicago, Illinois

1948 – Elizabeth Wilmshurst, English academic and jurist

1949 – Imogen Cooper, British concert pianist, born in North London, England

1949 – Hugh Cornwell, Britsh punk singer-songwriter and guitarist

      (The Stranglers - "Dreamtime"), born in Tufnell Park, North London, England

1949 Dennis Davis, American jazz, rock and funk drummer (Roy Ayers;

      David Bowie, 1975-80; Stevie Wonder), born in New York City (d. 2016)

1949 Martin Lamble, British folk-rock drummer (Fairport Convention, 1966-69)

      born in St. John's Wood, London, England (d. 1969)
1949 – Svetislav Pešić, Serbian basketball player and coach

1949 Charles Rocket, American actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live)

      born in Bangor, Maine (d. 2005)
1950 – Ron Guidry, American baseball pitcher and coach

      born in Lafayette, Louisiana

1950 – Tony Husband, English cartoonist

1951 Dave Hlubek, American rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet)

      born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 2017)
1951 – Wayne Osmond, American singer-songwriter and actor
      (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie), born in Ogden, Utah

1951 – Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer

      (Moonriders), born in Tokyo, Japan

1952 – Jacques Chagnon, Canadian politician, born in Montréal, Québec

      45th President of the National Assembly
1952 – Rita Dove, American poet and author (Thomas and Beulah)

      born in Akron, Ohio

1952 – Guy Nadon, Canadian actor (L'ange gardien), born in Montréal, Québec

1952 – Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman (CEO - Porsche AG)

      born in Ahlen, Germany
1953 – Tõnu Kaljuste, Estonian conductor and journalist

1954 – George M. Church, American geneticist, chemist, engineer,

      and synthetic biologist, born in MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

1954 – Ravi Kanbur, British development economist

1956 – Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican-American actor (The Limey)

      born in Cayey, Puerto Rico

1956 – Steve Whiteman, singer (Kix)

1957 – Greg Clark, English politician

1957 – Ivo Josipović, Croatian politician
      3rd President of Croatia

1957 – George Merrill, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
      (Boy Meets Girl)

1957 – Rick Rossovich, American actor (Top Gun, Roxanne, ER)

      born in Palo Alto, California

1957 – Daniel Stern, American actor and director (City Slickers, Wonder Years)

      born in Stamford, Connecticut

1957 – Ai Weiwei, Chinese sculptor and activist (Sunflower Seeds, Remembering)

      born in Beijing, China

1958 – Scott Hamilton, American figure skater (Olympic gold 1984)

      born in Bowling Green, Ohio

1958 – Whip Hubley, American actor

1958 – Erwin McManus, American author

1959 – Brian Thompson, American actor and filmmaker

1960 – Dinah Cancer, American singer-songwriter
      (45 Grave and Dinah Cancer and the Grave Robbers)

1960 – Leroy Chiao, Taiwanese-American engineer and astronaut

      (STS 65, 72, sk: 92), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1960 Cunningham T Ngcukana, South African worker's union leader
1960 – Emma Samms, British actress (Colby's, General Hospital), born in London, England

1961 – Kim Appleby, British pop singer-songwriter and actress
      (Mel & Kim - "Coming to America"), born in Stoke Newington, London, England

1961 – Cliff Benson, American football player

1961 – Jennifer Coolidge, American actress and comedian (Legally Blonde film series;

      Christopher Guest films), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1961 – Deepak Tijori, Indian actor and director
1962 – Craig Anton, American actor and screenwriter

1962 – David Fincher, American film director and producer

      (The Social Network; Gone Girl; Fight Club), born in Denver, Colorado

1962 – Melissa Rosenberg, American writer

1963 – Jennifer Coolidge, American actress

1963 Reyna Thompson, American NFL cornerback (NY Giants), born in Dallas, Texas

1964 Lee Janzen, American golfer (US Open 1993, 98), born in Austin, Minnesota
1964 – Kaj Leo Johannesen, Faroese footballer and politician

      12th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands

1965 – Satoshi Tajiri, Japanese video game designer
      (Game Freak, creator of the Pokémon franchise), born in Setagaya, Japan

1965 – Amanda Tapping, Canadian actress, director, and producer

1965 – Shania Twain, Canadian Grammy Award-winning country music singer-songwriter

      ("You're Still The One"; "That Don't Impress Me Much"; "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!")

      born in Windsor, Ontario
1966 – Priya Dutt, Indian social worker and politician, born in Mumbai, India

1966 Jerry Fehily, Irish drummer (Hothouse Flowers - "Don't Go"; "Thing Of Beauty")

      born in Cork, Ireland
1966 – Yoko Takahashi, Japanese singer

1967 Frederick Kesner, Philippine-born Australian poet, born in España, Manila

1967 – Dominic Lucero, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1994)

1967 – Jamie Osborne, English jockey and trainer

1968 – Billy Boyd, Scottish actor (Seed of Chucky) and singer

      born in Glasgow, Scotland

1968 Tom Fitzgerald, American NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)

      born in Billerica, Massachusetts
1969 – Jack Black, American actor (High Fidelity; Kung Fu Panda), comedian,

      singer (Tenacious D), guitarist, and producer, born in Santa Monica, California

1969 – Mary McCartney, British photographer, born in London, England

      daughter of Beatle Paul and Linda McCartney
1969 – Jason Priestley, Canadian-American actor (Brandon-Beverly Hills 90210),

      director, and producer, born in Vancouver, British Columbia

1969 – Sheryl Sandberg, American technology executive and author (Lean In)
      COO of Facebook, 2008-present, born in Washington, D.C.

1969 – Pierre Turgeon, Canadian-American NHL center

      (NY Islanders, Montreal Canadiens), born in Rouyn, Quebec

1970 – Melina Aslanidou, German-Greek singer-songwriter

1970 – Sherrié Austin, Australian-American actress and singer

1970 Jaime Fields, NFL/WLAF linebacker (KC Chiefs, Scotland Claymores)

      born in Compton, California (d. 1999)
1970 – Rick Recht, Jewish-American rock singer-songwriter

      ("Tear Down The Walls"), born in St. Louis, Missouri

1971 – Shane Andrews, American baseball infielder (Montreal Expos)

      born in Dallas, Texas

1971 – Todd Eldredge, American figure skater, born in Chatham, Massachusetts

1971 – Janet Evans, American Olympic swimmer, born in Fullerton, California

1971:  Daniel Goddard, Australian actor

1972 John Buchanan, American actor (Sidekicks, Black Stallion, Family Man)

      born in Tallahassee, Florida
1972 Darby Hendrickson, American hockey forward (Olympics 1994)

      born in Richfield, Minnasota
1972 – Jay Witasick, American baseball player and coach, born in Baltimore, Maryland

1973 DJ Assault [Craig De Shan Adams], American musician, born in Detroit
1973 – Matthew John Armstrong, American actor

1973 Theaster Gates, American installation artist, born in Chicago, Illinois
1973 – Kirby Morrow, Canadian actor (American Dreams), born in Chicago, Illinois

1973:  J. August Richards, American actor

1974 – Johan Andersson, Swedish game designer and programmer

      born in Stockholm, Sweden

1974 – Takahito Eguchi, Japanese pianist and video game composer

      born in Nagasaki, Japan

1974 – Jen Kirkman, American comedian and actress

1974 – Kaori Mizuhashi, Japanese voice actress
1975 – Yūko Gotō, Japanese voice actress

1975 – Vera Jordanova, Bulgarian-Finnish actress and model, born in Helsinki, Finland

1976 – Acel Bisa, Filipino singer
1977:  Adam Rayner, English American actor

1978 – Jess Margera, American drummer, born in West Chester, Pennsylvania
      (CKY, Foreign Objects, Viking Skull, and The Company Band)

1978:  Kelly Overton, American actress

1979 – Shaila Dúrcal [Shaila de los Ángeles Morales de las Heras], Spanish singer-songwriter

      born in Madrid, Spain

1979 – Ruth Riley, American basketball player, born in Ransom, Kansas

1980 T.J. Beam, American baseball player, born in Scottsdale, Arizona
1980 – Antony Hämäläinen, Finnish singer-songwriter (Meridian Dawn)

1980 – Debra Lafave, American educator and sex offender

1980 – Jaakko Ojaniemi, Finnish decathlete

1980 – Carly Pope, Canadian actress and producer

1980 – Jonathan Reynolds, English lawyer and politician

1981:  Dan Deacon, American musician

1981 – Kelly Misa, Filipino actress and host

1981 – Jake Owen, American country singer
1982 – Gionna Cabrera, Filipino model, Binibining Pilipinas-Universe 2005
1982 – LeAnn Rimes, American singer-songwriter ("Blue"; "How Do I Live"),

      and actress, born in Jackson, Mississippi
1983 – Alfonso Herrera, Mexican actor and pop singer (RBD)

      born in Mexico City, Mexico

1983 – Kimberly Kane, American porn actress and director

1984 – Sarah Roemer, American actress

1984 Denmark Vessey, American rapper and record producer

      (Martin Lucid Dream), born in Detroit, Michigan
1985 – Ashlyne Huff, American singer-songwriter

1985 James Jagger, American actor (Vinyl)

      son of Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall, born in NYC, New York
1985 – Kelly Thiebaud, American actress

1986 – Jeff Green, American basketball player

1986 – Armand "Armie" Hammer, American actor

      born in Santa Monica, California

1986 – Simon Mannering, New Zealand rugby league player

1986 – Gilad Shalit, Israeli soldier and journalist held captive in Palestine

      born in Nahariya, Israel

1986 – Florence Welch, British blues and swing jazz singer

      (Florence and the Machine), born in London, England

1986 – Sarah Christophers, Filipino-Australian actress

1987 – Caleb Moore, American snowmobile racer (d. 2013)

1989 Trixie Mattel [Brian Firkus], American drag queen, singer-songwriter, comedian,

      and television personality (The Trixie & Katya Show), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1989 – Jo Kwon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (2AM)

1989 – Cassadee Pope, American singer-songwriter (Hey Monday)
1989 Cécile McLorin Salvant, American jazz vocalist (Cecile, WomanChild)

      born in Miami, Florida
1990 – Katie Findlay, Canadian actress
1990 Sam Garret, British singer-songwriter, born in Derbyshire, England
1990 – Jane Randall, American model

1991 – Samuel Larsen, American actor and singer

1991 – Kyle Massey, American actor and rapper, born in Atlanta, Georgia

1991 – Andreja Pejić, Bosnian-Australian model

1991 Sarah Jane Santos, Filipina pop singer, born in Manila, Philippines
1992 – Max Collins, American-Filipino actress
1994 – Felix Jaehn, German DJ and producer

1997 – Emilia McCarthy, Canadian actress and dancer

1999 – Prince Nikolai of Denmark, born in Copenhagen, Denmark

2003 – Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress and singer

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Weddings

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1775 Statesman John Hancock (38) weds hostess Dorothy Quincy (28)

      in Fairfield, Connecticut

Notable

1811 English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (19)

      elopes to Scotland with 1st wife Harriet Westbrook

1924 British children's writer Enid Blyton (27)

      marries editor Major Hugh Alexander Pollock, DSO (36)

1997 British-Indian novelist and essayist Salman Rushdie (50)

      weds Elizabeth West

1999 Actress Cathy Moriarty (38) weds financier Joseph Gentile

2004 "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" actress Mariska Hargitay (40) weds actor-writer

      Peter Hermann (37) at the Unitarian Society in Santa Barbara, California

2007 "Diff'rent Strokes" actor Gary Coleman (40) weds Shannon Price (22)

      at Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada

2010 "Pretty Little Liars" actor Chad Lowe (42) weds film producer Kim Painter

      at Terranea Resort in Los Angeles

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Notable

388 – Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed (b. 335)
430 – Augustine of Hippo, Algerian theologian and saint (b. 354)
476 – Orestes, Roman general and politician
632 – Fatimah, Saudi Arabian daughter of Muhammad (b. 605)
770 – Kōken, Japanese empress (b. 718)
876 – Louis the German, 1st King of East Francia (843-76) (b. 804)

1065 Frederik van Luxembourg, duke of Neth-Lutherans (1046-65)

1341 King Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309)
1481 – Afonso V, King of Portugal (b. 1432)

1484 Diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered

1528 Pedro Navarro, Navarrese general and engineer (invented the land mine) (b. c. 1460)

1539 Lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75

1544 Alardus Aemstelredamus, Dutch priest and humanist, dies at about 53

1550 Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, French adviser to Emperor Charles V.

1618 Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia (1568–1618), dies at 65

1645 – Hugo Grotius, Dutch playwright, philosopher, and jurist (b. 1583), dies at 62

       father of international law

1646 Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Poesie liriche), dies at 53

1647 Johann Dilliger, German composer, dies at 53
1648 – George Lisle, English general (b. c. 1610)
1648 – Charles Lucas, English general (b. 1613)
1654 – Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish politician (b. 1583)
          Lord High Chancellor of Sweden

1677 Wallerant Vaillant, French painter and engraver, dies at 54
1678 – John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (b. 1602)
          English soldier and politician
          Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

1680 Joan Cererols, Catalan musician, composer and monk, dies at 57

1689 Claude-Jean Allouez, French Jesuit missionary and explorer, dies at 67

1757 David Hartley, English philosopher, dies at 51

1735 – Edwin Stead, English landowner, gambler and cricketer (b. 1701)
1757 – David Hartley, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1705), dies at 51

      Founder of the Associationist School of Psychology

1767 Johann Schobert, German-French composer

      dies after eating poison mushrooms at about 32

1778 Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister

1784 – Junípero Serra, Spanish priest and missionary (b. 1713), dies at 70

      founded the 1st missions in California

1793 – Adam Philippe Custine, Comte de Custine

       French earl/general/parliament member (b. 1740)

1798 James Wilson, One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, dies at 55

      a signatory of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution

1803 Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer and painter
1805 – Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader and author (b. 1722)

      Moderator of the General Assembly (1770), dies at 83
1818 – Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, American fur trader (b. 1750)

          founded Chicago

1820 – Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (b. 1754)

1839 – William Smith, English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)

      credited with creating the first nationwide geological map

      (Strata Identified by Organized Fossils), dies at 70

1861 William Lyon Mackenzie, Canadian-American newspaper publisher,

      politician, and failed rebel leader, dies at 66

1880 Charles Thomas Jackson, American physician and geologist, dies at 75

1885 Julius Hopp, Austrian composer, dies at 66

1888 – Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835)
1891 – Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
1900 – Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (b. 1838)

      (Women on University), dies at 6

1903 – Frederick Law Olmsted, American writer and landscape architect (b. 1822)
          co-designed Central Park

1910 Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist and anthropologist, dies at 78

1914 Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer (From the Apocalypse; Bewitched Lake),

      conductor, and pedagogue (St. Petersburg Conservatory, 1878-1914), dies at 59

1915 John Davis Long, 32nd Governor of Massachusetts (1880-1915), dies at 76

1916 Francis Warre-Cornish, English writer and scholar, dies at 77

1922 Gaston of Orleans, Count of Eu, dies at 80

1927 Li Dazhao [Ta-chao], Chinese intellectual, revolutionary

      co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party with Chen Duxiu

      executed as a political prisoner at 37

1930 Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies

1931 Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician, dies at 74

1933 – Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863)

1934 – Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)

1934 Doris Ulmann, American photographer, dies aged 52

      best known for her portraits of the people of Appalachia

Boris III Tsar of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies of heart failure at 49 (b, 1894)

      likely caused by poisoning but by whom remains a mystery

1943 – Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (b. 1870)
1943 – Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)

1944 Ernst Thälmann, German communist presidential candidate, dies at 58

1951 Robert Walker, American actor and writer (Strangers on a Train, Bataan,

      Madame Curie). dies from an adverse reaction to prescription drugs at 32

1955 Bob Gordon, American cool jazz baritone saxophonist

      dies in a car accident at 27

1955 – Emmett Till, American murder victim (b. 1941)

      kidnapped and lynched at 14, in Money, Mississippi

1958 Nikolay Golovanov, Soviet composer, dies at 67
1959 – Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American composer (b. 1890)

1960 Anton Lajovic, Slovenian composer, dies at 81

1964 Lumsden Hare, Irish actor (Oregon Trail, Desert Fox, Young Bess), dies at 89

1965 – Giulio Racah, Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (b. 1909)

1967 Charles Darrow, American businessman, dies at 78

      modified and popularized Monopoly game

1968 John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies

1968 Nick Castle, American choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at 58

1969 Clarence Hennecke, American actor, dies at 74

      (The Strong Man, Murder by Television, Keystone Kops)

1970 – Theophanis Lamboukas, Greek-French actor and singer (b. 1936)

1971 Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper and murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies at 66
1971 – Reuvein Margolies, Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889)

1972 – Prince William of Gloucester. English grandson of George V

      dies in accident at 30 (b. 1941)

1975 – Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)

1976 – Anissa Jones, American child actress (Family Affair - "Buffy")

      dies of multiple drug intoxication at 18 (b. 1958)

1978 – Bruce Catton, American historian and writer (Civil War), dies at 78 (b. 1899)

1978 F. Van Wyck Mason, American historian and author (Three Harbours), dies at 76
1978 – Robert Shaw, English actor, screenwriter, and author (b. 1927)

1979 Konstantin Simonov, Soviet journalist and poet (Wait Foe Me), dies at 73

1981 Guy Stevens, British record company executive (Sue; Island), band manager

      (Mott the Hoople; Procol Harum), and record producer (The Clash - London Calling)

      dies from an overdose of anti-alcohol medication at 38

1982 Nini de Boël, Flemish operetta singer (White Horse), dies at 84

1983 Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66

1984 – Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian general and politician (b. 1901)
          1st President of Egypt
1985 – Ruth Gordon, American actress (Rosemary's Baby, The Big Bus)

      and screenwriter, dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88 (b. 1896)

1986 – Russell Lee, American photojournalist (b. 1903)
1987 – John Huston, American/Irish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)

      (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81

1988 Hazel Dawn [Henrietta Tout], American stage actress, singer, and violinist

      (The Pink Lady; The Debutante), and silent film actress (My Lady Incog), dies at 98
1988 – Jean Marchand, Canadian union leader and politician (b. 1918)
1988 – Max Shulman, American author and screenwriter (b. 1919)

1989 Joseph Alsop, American political newspaper columnist, dies at 78

      (Men Around the President)
1989 – John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (b. 1950)

1990 Larry Jackson, American baseball pitcher, dies from cancer at 59

1990 Pamela Harrison, British concert pianist and composer, dies at 74

1990 Patience Strong [Winifred Emma May], English poet and journalist, dies at 83

1990 – Willy Vandersteen, Flemish author and illustrator (Suske & Wiske) (b. 1913)

1991 Eleanor Berry, actress (Death Valley Days)
1991 – Alekos Sakellarios, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1913)

1993 René Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80
1993 – William Stafford, American poet and academic (b. 1914)

1994 Alfonso Letelier (-Llona), Chilean composer and educator, dies at 88

      (El Hombre ante la Ciencia - Man Before Science)

1994 David Wright, South African-British poet, dies of cancer at 74

      (Deafness: A Personal Account)

1994 Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian pater, murdered

1994 Pieter de Cort, Belgian rock guitarist (Betty Goes Green), dies of cancer at 25

1995 – Earl W. Bascom, American rodeo performer and painter (b. 1906)
1995 – Michael Ende, German author (The Neverending Story), dies at 65 (b. 1929)
1995 – Carl Giles, English cartoonist (Daily Express), dies at 78 (b. 1916)

1995 Michael VerMeulen, American journalist and magazine editor (British GQ), dies at 38

1996 Al Zarilla, American baseball outfielder, dies of cancer at 77

1996 Lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50

1996 Phyllis Pearsall, painter/writer, dies at 89

1997 – Masaru Takumi, Japanese mobster (b. 1936)
1999 – Juhan Kallaste, Estonian clergyman and actor (b. 1891)

2003 – Brian Douglas Wells, American delivery man and criminal (b. 1956)
2005 – Jacques Dufilho, French actor (b. 1914)
2005 – Esther Szekeres, Hungarian-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1910)
2005 – George Szekeres, Hungarian-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1911)
2006 – Benoît Sauvageau, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1963)
2006 – Melvin Schwartz, American physicist and academic, dies at 73 (b. 1932)

      Nobel laureate (neutrinos - subatomic particles with no electric charge and virtually no mass)
2007 – Arthur Jones, American businessman (b. 1926)

      inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines
      founded Nautilus, Inc. and MedX Corporation
2007 – Hilly Kristal, American businessman (b. 1932)
      founded CBGB/Punk rock legend
2007 – Paul MacCready, American aeronautical engineer and inventor, dies at 81 (b. 1925)
      (1st man-powered aircraft), founded AeroVironment

2007 Nikola Nobilo, New Zealand winemaker (b. 1913)
2007 – Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (b. 1984)
2007 – Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist (b. 1935)
2007 – Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American actress and singer (b. 1929)

      (Katsumi-Sayonara, Mrs Livingston-Courtship of Eddie's Father), dies at 78
2009 – Adam Goldstein, American drummer, DJ, and producer (b. 1973)
          (Crazy Town and TRV$DJAM), dies of a drug overdose at 36
2009 – Wayne Tippit, American actor (b. 1932)
2010 – William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (b. 1919)

      founder of the Marching 100 of Florida A&M University

2011 George Green, American songwriter, dies of lung cancer at 59

      ("Hurts So Good", "Rain On The Scarecrow")

2012 – Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, Russian spiritual leader (b. 1937)
2012 – Rhodes Boyson, English educator, politician, and author

      (Black Papers), dies at 87 (b. 1925)

2012 – Shulamith Firestone, Canadian-American activist and author (b. 1945)
2012 – Dick McBride, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1928)
2012 – Saul Merin, Polish-Israeli ophthalmologist and academic (b. 1933)
2013 – John Bellany, Scottish painter (b. 1942)
2013 – Lorella Cedroni, Italian political scientist and philosopher (b. 1961)

2013 Rob du Bois, Dutch composer, dies at 79
2013 – Edmund B. Fitzgerald, American businessman (b. 1926)
2013 – Murray Gershenz, American actor (b. 1922)
2013 – Frank Pulli, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1935)
2013 – Rafael Díaz Ycaza, Ecuadorian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1925)
2014 – Glenn Cornick, English bass player, dies from heart failure at 67 (b. 1947)

      (Jethro Tull, 1967-70; Wild Turkey, and Paris)

2014 – Hal Finney, American cryptographer and programmer (b. 1956)
2014 – Bill Kerr, South African-Australian actor, dies at 92 (b. 1922)

      (Hancock's Half Hour)
2014 – John Anthony Walker, American soldier and spy (b. 1937)

2016 Juan Gabriel [Alberto Aguilera Valadez], Mexican singer,-songwriter

      dies of a heart attack at 66

2017 Bobby Boyd, American NFL cornerback, dies of bladder cancer at 79

2018 Tatyana Kuznetsova, Soviet cosmonaut, dies at 77

      (youngest person selected for space training at 20 but never flew)

2020 Chadwick Boseman, American actor (Black Panther)

      dies of colon cancer at 42 (b. 1976)

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