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1434 – Janus Pannonius, Hungarian bishop, poet, and translator (d. 1472)

      born in Čazma, Croatia

1476 Kanō Motonobu, Japanese painter (Kanō school of painting), born in Kyoto, Japan

1609 Sassoferrato [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)

      born in Sassoferrato, Marche, Italy (d. 1685)

1619 – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French politician (d. 1683)
      French minister of Navy; Controller-General of Finances; born in Reims, France

1628 – John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)
      Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

1632 – John Locke, English physician and empiricist philosopher

      influential Enlightenment thinker and "Father of Liberalism"

      (Two Treatises of Government), born in Wrington, England (d. 1704)

1686 Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, German composer, born in Erfurt, Germany (d. 1764)
1724 – Giovanni Battista Casti, Italian poet and author (d. 1803)
1725 – Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767)
      3rd Viscount of Townshend, Chancellor of the Exchequer

      born in Raynham Hall, Norfolk

1728 – Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1797)

      born in Dresden Castle, Dresden, Germany

1756 – Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845)

      born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony

1756 – Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer

      born in Żnin, Poland (d. 1830)

1773 Raphael G. Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music),

      born in Holleschau, Moravia, Czech Republic (d. 1850)

1777 – Hyacinth [Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin], Russian religious leader

      founded Sinology (d. 1853)

1780 – Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator

      (Valpincon Bather), born in Montauban, France (d. 1867)

1792 – Charles Grandison Finney, American minister and author (d. 1875)

1805 – Frederick Denison Maurice, English priest (Church of England), theologian

      (Christian Socialism), and author, born in Normanston, Suffolk, England (d. 1872)

1808 Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician and reformer,

      born in Delitzsch, Saxony (d. 1883)
1809 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and author (Old Ironsides),

      born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1894)

1810 – Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian political theorist and writer (Crime of War),

      born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Río de la Plata (d. 1884)

1811 – Henry Bergh, American activist, born in NYC, New York (d. 1888)

      Founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)

1815 Anna Ella Carroll, American politician and civil war writer (Reconstruction)

      born in Pocomoke City, Maryland (d. 1894)

1821 Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, French anthropologist, born in Meylan, France (d. 1898)

      first to organize and classify Stone Age cultures into a chronological sequence of epoch

1843 – David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician (d. 1910)
      29th Governor of New York (1885-91), born in Montour Falls, New York

1844 – Edward Carpenter, English anthologist, poet, and philosopher (d. 1929)

      (Civilisation, Its Cause and Cure), born in Hove, Sussex, England

1849 Titus van Asch van Wijck,), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1902)

      Dutch governor Suriname (1891-97)

1862 – Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian politician (d. 1928)
      5th Prime Minister of Australia (1908-09, 1910-13, 1914-15)

      born in Crosshouse, Ayrshire, Scotland
1862 – Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet, playwright, and author (Blue Bird)

      Nobel Prize 1911, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1949)

1871 – Albert François Lebrun, French politician, born in Mercy-le-Haut, France (d. 1950)
      15th President of France (1932-40)

1875 – Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flute player and educator (d. 1962)

1876 – Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman (d. 1958)
      inventor of auto self-starter; founded Delco Electronics

      born in Loudenville, Ohio
1876 – Kim Gu, South Korean politician, born in Haeju, Hwanghae, Korea (d. 1949)
      6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (1939-48)

1877 Dudley Pound, British admiral of the fleet and 1st Sea Lord (Jutland, WW II)

      born in Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England (d. 1943)

1880 – Marie-Louise Meilleur, French Canadian supercentenarian

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

1881 – Edvin Kallstenius, Swedish composer and librarian

      born in Filipstad, Sweden (d. 1967)

1881 – Valery-Nicolas Larbaud, French novelist and translator (Enfantines)

      born in Vichy, France (d. 1957)
1883 – Muriel George, English actress and singer (d. 1965)

1884 Ehm Welk [Thomas Trimm], German writer

      born in Biesenbrow, Brandenburg (d. 1966)

1887 – Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian politician (d. 1978)
      1st Chief Minister of Gujarat

1888 – Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician (d. 1964)

1891 – Michael Chekhov, Russian-American actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody)

      born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1955)
1891 – Marquis James, American journalist and author (d. 1955)

1892 – Lady Diana Cooper, English actress and socialite (d. 16 Jun 1986)

1894 E. Franklin Frazier, American sociologist and author

      (The Negro Family in the United States), born in Baltimore (d. 1962)

1898 – Preston Sturges [Edmund Biden], American director, producer, and screenwriter

      (Sullivan's Travels), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1959)

1899 George Macready, American actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place)

      born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1973)

1899 Lyman Lemnitzer, United States Army Marine Corps general (WWII)

      born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania (d. 1988)

1900 Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building, Centre Pompidou)

      born in Altona, Hamburg, Germany (d. 1991)

1903 Ernst Kreuder, German writer (The Attic Pretenders)

      born in Zeitz, Germany (d. 1972)

1904 – Werner Forssmann, German physician, urologist, and academic
          Nobel Prize 1956, born in Berlin (d. 1979)

1905 – Lan Adomian, Russian-born American composer

      born in Moghiler-Podolsk (d. 1979)

1905 – Martinus A. Jansen, Bishop of Rotterdam (1956-70)

      born in Amsterdam (d. 1983)
1905 – Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (d. 1941)

1906 Joe Sawyer [Sauers], Canadian actor, born in Guelph, Ontario (d. 1980)

      (Adventures of Rin Tin Tin - "Sgt. Biff O'Hara")

1906 Lurene Tuttle, American actress (Father of Bride, Julia)

      born in Pleasant Lake, Indiana (d. 1986)

1907 Joseph Wechsberg, Jewish-Czech writer (Looking For a Bluebird)

      born in Ostrava, Moravia, Czechoslovakia (d. 1983)

1909 Roy Reuther, American labor leader, born in Wheeling, West Virginia (d. 1968)

1910 Georges Loinger, French resistance fighter (WWII)

      born in Strasbourg, France (d. 2018)

1910 Robert Pineda-Duque, Colombian composer

      born in El Santuario, Colombia (d. 1977)

1910 – Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic (d. 1985)

1912 – Barry Sullivan, American actor and director (d. 1994)

      (Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man), born in NYC, New York

1912 Emil Schumacher, German painter (Tangible Objects)

      born in Hagen, Germany (d. 1999)

1912 – Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-Polish cinematographer and photographer

      born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2016)
1913 – K. Jeyakody, Sri Lankan politician

1915 Denys Hay, British historian, born in Newcastle upon Tyne (d. 1994)
1915 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish-English actress and singer (d. 1982)

      (Casablanca, Cactus Flower), born in Stockholm, Sweden
1915 – Endel Laas, Estonian scientist and academic (d. 2009)

1915 – Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist, inventor, and author

      born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1985)

1916 – Luther Davis, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2008)

1916 – George Montgomery, American actor, stuntman, director, and producer

      (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination), born in Brady, Montana (d. 2000)

1917 John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, British businessman (d. 2005)

      CEO of British Airways after its privatization, born in Brentford, Middlesex, England

1917 – Isabel Sanford, American actress, born in NYC, New York (d. 2004)

      (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family)

1918 Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch economist, born in Oosterbierum, Netherlands (d. 2001)

      President of Netherlands Bank (1967-82)

1919 Sono Osato, American Japanese ballet dancer

      born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2018)

1920 Joseph Lesniewski, American Easy Company, soldier in 101st Airborne

      born in Erie, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)

1920 – Charlie "Bird" Parker, American saxophonist (Ornithology) and composer

      born in Kansas City, Kansas (d. 1955)

1920 Charles White, American actor (Airport 95, Serpico)

      born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey (d. 2005)

1921 Wendell Scott, American auto racer , born in Danville, Virginia (d. 1990)

      first black driver to win a race at NASCAR's premier level [Jacksonville 200 1963]

1922 – Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic

      born in Brooklyn Heights, New York (d. 2008)

1922 Emile Habibi, Palestinian Israeli writer, born in Haifa (d. 1996)

      (The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist)

1922 Yorgos Sicilianos, Greek composer, born in Athens (d. 2005)

1922 – John Edward Williams, American author and educator (d. 1994)

1923 – Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)

      (Gandhi, Jurassic Park, Young Winston), born in Cambridge, England

1923 Reinier Braams, Dutch biophysicist and politician

      born in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (d. 2001)
1923 – Hiralal Gaekwad, Indian cricketer (d. 2003)

1923 – Marmaduke Hussey, Baron Hussey of North Bradley, English businessman

      Chairman of the Board of Governors of BBC (1986-96), born in Surrey (d. 2006)

1923 Lester Trimble, American composer, music critic and educator

      born in Bangor, Wisconsin (d. 1986)
1924 – María Dolores Pradera, Spanish singer and actress

1924 Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter

      born in Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico (d. 2005)
1924 – Dinah Washington [Ruth Lee Jones], American jazz, blues, pop, and R&B singer

      ("What a Diff'rence a Day Makes": "September In The Rain") and pianist

      born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1963) 

1924 James W. Wood, American astronaut (Dynasoar)

      born in Paragould, Arkansas (d. 1990)

1926 – Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and educator

1926 – Elizabeth "Betty" Lynn, American actress (The Andy Griffith Show)

      born in Kansas City, Missouri

1926 María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer and actress

      born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2018)

1927 – Jimmy C. Newman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)

1927 Marion Williams, American gospel singer (Stars of Faith)

      born in Miami, Florida (d. 1994)

1928 Bobby Carcassés, Cuban jazz and Latin music singer,

      multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader, born in Kingston, Jamaica

1928 – Charles Gray, British actor and singer (Clay-Rawhide, Diamonds Are Forever,

      The Rocky Horror Picture Show), born in Bournemouth, Hampshire (d. 2000)

1928 – Herbert Meier, Swiss author and translator

1928 – Dick O'Neill, American actor (d. 1998)

1928 Thomas Stewart, American bass-baritone (La Roche Capriccio)

      born in San Saba, Texas (d. 2006)

1929 – Thom Gunn, British-American poet (The Wound)

      born in Kent, England (d. 2004)

1930 – Jacques Bouchard, Canadian advertising executive

      born in Montreal, Québec, Canada (d. 2006)

1931 – Evelyn Robert de Rothschild, English banker and businessman

1931 – Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer, born in Nea Ionia, Athens, Greece (d. 2001)

1931 – Lise Payette, Canadian journalist, politician, writer, and columnist

      born in Verdun, Quebec, Canada
1933 – Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (d. 2014)

1933 – Arnold Koller, Swiss politician (member of Swiss Federal Councilor)

      born in St. Gallen, Switzerland

1933 Jehan Sadat [Safwat Raouf], , born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 2021)

      Widow of Anwar Sadat and 1st Lady of Egypt (1970-81)

1933 Ramses Shaffy, Dutch singer and cabaret actor (d. 2009)

      (Zaak MP, Liefdesbekentenissen), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

1934 Gene Allison, American R&B-singer ("You Can Make It If You Try")

      born in Pegram, Tennessee (d. 2004)

1934 Jean-Pierre Guézec, French composer (Colorful Architectures)

      born in Dijon (d. 1971)

1934 – Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor and director (d. 2004)

1934 David Pryor, American politician (Sen-D Arkansas, 1979-97)

      born in Camden, Arkansas

1935 – Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist, author, essayist, and mathematician

      born in Eindhoven, Netherlands (d. 2014)

1935 – William Friedkin, American director, producer, and screenwriter

      (The Exorcist, The French Connection), born in Chicago, Illinois
1935 – László Garai, Hungarian psychologist and scholar

1936 Gilbert Amy, French composer (Mouvements; Épigrammes)

      conductor, and educator, born in Paris, France
1936 – John McCain, American captain, war hero and Republican politician

      Rep-Arizona, 1983-2018, Presidential nominee 2008

      born in Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone (d. 2018)

1937 – James Florio, American politician, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2022)

      author of federal 'Superfund' legislation
      49th Governor of New Jersey, 1990-94

      US Representative from New Jersey, 1975-90)

1938 – Elliott Gould, American actor and producer

      (M*A*S*H, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice), born in Queens, New York

1938 – Angela Huth, English journalist and author

1938 – Robert Rubin, American politician, born in NYC, New York
          70th United States Secretary of the Treasury

1939 – Joel Schumacher, American film director, producer, and screenwriter

      (Lost Boys, Batman), born in New York City (d. 2020)

1940 – James Brady, American politician and activist, born in Centralia, Illinois (d. 2014)

      15th White House Press Secretary (wounded during Reagan assassin attempt)

1940 Earl Gros, American NFL running back (Green Bay)

      born in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana (d. 2013)

1940 Bennie Maupin, American jazz saxophonist, flute player, and bass clarinetist

      (Herbie Hancock; Miles Davis; Lee Morgan), born in Detroit, Michigan

1941:  Gordon Bethune  [American businessman]
          CEO of Continental Airlines, 1994-2004

1941 – Robin Leach, English-American journalist and television host

      (Life Styles of Rich & Famous), born in London, England (d. 2018)
1942 – James Glennon, American cinematographer,

      born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2006)

1942 John Heuser, American electron microscopist, born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
1942 – Gottfried John, German actor (d. 2014)

1942 Sterling Morrison, American rock guitarist (Velvet Underground - "Sweet Jane")

      born in East Meadow, New York (d. 1995)
1943 – Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist,

      born in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya (d. 1996)
1943 – Dick Halligan,  American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger

      (Blood, Sweat & Tears, 1967-72 - "Variations On A Theme By Erik Satie")

      born in Troy, New York (d. 2022)

1945 – Chris Copping, British rock singer-songwriter, bassist, guitarist, and organist

       (Procol Harum, 1969-77), born in Middleton, Lancashire, England

1946 – Francine D. Blau, American economist and academic

1946 – Demetris Christofias, Cypriot politician
          6th President of Cyprus

1946 – Giorgio Orsoni, Italian lawyer and politician
          17th Mayor of Venice

1947 – Temple Grandin, American animal welfare and autism expert,

      ethologist, academic, and author, born in Boston, Massachusetts

1948 Annisette [Koppel] (neé Hansen), Danish avant-pop singer (Savage Rose),

      and activist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark

1948 Charles David Walker, American engineer and astronaut

      (STS 12 STS 16 STS 23), born in Bedford, Indiana

1949:  Sal Albanese, American politician

1949 Peter Wiegold, British composer (Earth & Stars; Kafka's Wound),

      born in Ilford, Essex, England
1950 – Michael, American bishop

1950 – Doug DeCinces, American baseball player

1950 – Frank Henenlotter, American director and screenwriter

1950 – Dave Reichert, American soldier, politician, and sheriff

      U.S. Representative from Washington, born in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
1950:  Dick Spring, Irish businessman and politician
      Tánaiste (deputy prime minister) of Ireland, 1982-1987, 1993-1997

1951 – Geoff Whitehorn, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (IF, Crawler, and Procol Harum)
1952 – Karen Hesse, American children's book writer (Out of the Dust),

      born in Baltimore, Maryland
1952 – Dave Malone, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Radiators)

1952 – Deborah Van Valkenburgh, American actress

1953 – Doña Croll, Jamaican-English actress

1953 Rick Downey, American rock drummer and vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult, 1981-85)
1953 – James Quesada, Nicaraguan-American anthropologist and academic

1953 – David Boaz American Libertarian author

1954 Julio Fernandez, Cuban-American jazz guitarist (Spyro Gyra, 1984-present),

      born in Havana, Cuba
1954 – Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American sci-fi author (Enigma, Empery),

      born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1955 – Diamanda Galás, Greek-American singer-songwriter and pianist
      (Masque of the Red Death), born in San Diego, California

1955 – Jack Lew, American lawyer and politician
          76th United States Secretary of the Treasury, 2013-present
          26th White House Chief of Staff, 2012-2013

1956 – GG Allin, American punk rock singer-songwriter (d. 1993)

          (The Murder Junkies and The Jabbers), born in Lancaster, New Hampshire

1956 – Mark Morris, American dancer and choreographer
1957 Pim Kops, Dutch rock piano, organ and accordion player

      (De Dijk - Bloedend Hart; Avalanche Quartet), born in The Netherlands
1958 – Lenny Henry, British stand-up comedian, actor, and screenwriter

      (3 of a Kind), born in Dudley, West Midlands, England
1958 – Michael Jackson, American musician, actor, recording artist, and dancer

      "King of Pop", born in Gary, Indiana (d. 2009)

      ("Thriller"; "Billie Jean"; "Bad") (The Jackson 5)

1959 – Rebecca De Mornay, American actress and singer

      (Hand that Rocks Cradle), born in Santa Rosa, California
1959 – Ray Elgaard, Canadian football player

1959 – Chris Hadfield, Canadian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (STS 74, sk: 99)

      born in Sarnia, Ontario

1959 – Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian Telugu actor and producer

      (Ninne Pelladata), born in Madras, India

1959 – (Sadenia) "Eddi" Reader, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
          (Fairground Attraction - "Find My Love"), born in Glasgow, Scotland

1959 Ernesto Rodrigues, Portuguese violinist and composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal

1959 – Timothy Perry Shriver, American businessman and activist

      Chairman of Special Olympics and member of the Kennedy Family

      born in Boston, Massachusetts
1959 – Stephen Wolfram, English-American physicist and mathematician

1960 – Todd English, American chef and author

1960 – Tony MacAlpine, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
      (Planet X, CAB, Ring of Fire, and Seven the Hardway)

1960:  Thomas Marshburn, American physician and astronaut

1960 William Susman, American pianist and contemporary classical

      and documentary film score composer (Pentateuch; Snow Lion of Peace;

      Native New Yorker), born in Chicago, Illinois

1961 Tony MacAlpine, American heavy metal rocker ("Edge of Insanity")

      born in Springfield, Massachusetts
1961 – Rodney McCray, American basketball player

1962 – Carl Banks, American football player and sportscaster

       born in Flint, Michigan

1962 – Ian James Corlett, Canadian voice actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter

1962 – Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese video game designer and composer

      born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan

1962 – Lycia Naff, American dancer, actress, and journalist

1962 – Simon Thurley, English historian and academic

1963 – Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer (Cocteau Twins - "Heaven OR Las Vegas")

      born in Grangemouth, Scotland

1965 – Jeremy Applegate, American television and film actor (d. 2000)

1965 – Will Perdue, American basketball player and sportscaster, born in Melbourne, Florida

1965 – Dina Spybey, American actress

1966 Dan Truman, American singer (Diamond Rio - "Meet in the Middle")

      born in St. George, Utah

1967 Neil Gorsuch, American lawyer, born in Denver, Colorado

      US Supreme Court Judge (2017-) nominated by Donald Trump, born in Denver, Colorado

1967 – Anton Newcombe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)

1967 Shaun Van Allen, Canadian NHL center (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)

      born in Calgary, Canada

1968 – Meshell Ndegeocello, German-American singer-songwriter\=

1968 – Teruaki Ogawa, Japanese actor and voice actor

1969 – Lucero, Mexican singer and actress

1969 Me'Shell Ndegéocello [Michelle Johnson], American singer-songwriter

      ("If That's Your Boyfriend..."), born in Berlin, Germany

1971 – Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player and coach, born in Caracas, Venezuela

1971 – Alex Griffin, English bass player (Ned's Atomic Dustbin)

1971 – Carla Gugino, American actress, born in Sarasota, Florida

1972 – Amanda Marshall, Canadian singer

1972 – Bae Yong Joon, South Korean actor, born in Seoul, South Korea

1973 – Vincent Cavanagh, English singer and guitarist (Anathema)

      born in Liverpool, England
1973 – Adam Sessler, American television host and producer

      born in Berkeley, California,

1974 – Jay Onrait, Canadian sports broadcaster, born in Athabasca, Alberta

1974 – Kumi Tanioka, Japanese keyboard player and video game composer

      (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles), born in Hiroshima, Japan

1975 – Dante Basco, Filipino-American actor and producer

      born in Pittsburg, California

1975 – Juan Diego Botto, Argentinian-Spanish actor

1975 – Kyle Cook, American singer-songwriter, rock guitarist, and banjo player

      (Matchbox Twenty - "Bent"; "Unwell"), born in Frankfort, Kentucky

1976 – Phil Harvey, English businessman

1976 – Kevin Kaesviharn, American football player

      born in Paramount, California

1976 – Georgios Kalaitzis, Greek basketball player

1977 – Cayetano, Greek DJ and producer

1977 – Devean George, American basketball player

       born in Minneapolis, Minnesota

1977 – John Hensley, American actor

1977 – Roy Oswalt, American baseball player

      born in Weir, Mississippi

1977 – Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian and radio host

      born in Melbourne, Australia

1977 – Aaron Rowand, American baseball player

      born in Portland, Oregon
1977 – Jo Weil, German actor, born in Frankfurt, Germany
1979 – Ryan Shealy, American baseball player

      born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1980 – David Desrosiers, Canadian singer-songwriter and rock bassist

      Simple Plan, 2000-20; Reset; born in Montreal, Quebec

1980 – William Levy, Cuban-American actor
1980 – Chris Simms, American football player

      born in Ridgewood, New Jersey
1980 – Nicholas Tse, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor

      born in British Hong Kong

1980 – David West, American basketball player

      born in Teaneck, New Jersey

1981:  Brian Chesky, American businessman
          co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, born in Niskayuna, New York

1981 – Dennis Oh, American-South Korean actor

1981 – Jay Ryan, New Zealand-Australian actor

      born in Auckland, New Zealand

1982 – Ruhila Adatia-Sood, Kenyan journalist and radio host (d. 2013)

1982 – Carlos Delfino, Argentinian-Italian basketball player
      born in Santa Fe, Argentina

1983 Jennifer Landon, American actress (As the World Turns)

      born in Malibu, California

1985 – Achilles Liarmakopoulos, Greek classical trombonist

      (Canadian Brass, 2011-present), and educator, born in Athens, Greece

1985 – Jeffrey Licon, American actor, born in Los Angeles, California

1985 – Marc Rzepczynski, American baseball player

1986 – Lauren Collins, Canadian actress, born in Thornhill, Canada

1986 – Phakin Khamwilaisak, Thai actor and singer

1986 – Lea Michele [Sarfati], American actress and singer (Glee)

      born in The Bronx, New York

1989 – Karol Castillo, Peruvian model (d. 2013)

1990 – Nicole Gale Anderson, American actress

1990 Sam Stern, British chef and author

      born in Yorkshire, United Kingdom

1991 – Deshaun Thomas, American basketball player

1992 – Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter

      born in São Paulo, Brazil

1992 – Noah Syndergaard, American baseball player

1993 – Lucas Cruikshank, American actor

1993:  Liam Payne, English pop singer (One Direction- "What Makes You Beautiful")

      born in Wolverhampton, England

1994 – Courtney Stodden, American singer

2000 Domas Žeromskas, Lithuanian jazz pianist, born in Vilnius, Lithuania

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1964 46th US Vice President Dick Cheney (23) weds Lynne Ann Vincent (23)

      at the First Presbyterian Church of Casper in Wyoming

Notable

1885 Pulitzer Prize-winning American author (Age of Innocence) Edith Jones (23),

      marries Edward "Teddy" Wharton (36)
1955 American "Untamed Youth" actress Mamie Van Doren (24)

      weds American trumpeter and actor Ray Anthony (33); divorce 1961
1983 Canadian-American actor Dan Aykroyd (31)

      weds American actress Donna Dixon (26); separate in 2022
1993 Actress Marlee Matlin (28) weds Kevin Grandalski (28) in New York City
1998 "Baywatch" actress Traci Bingham (30) weds Robb Vallie

      at First United Methodist Church in Ames, Iowa
2003 Comedian Amy Poehler (31) marries fellow comedian Will Arnett (33)

2009 Retired Denver Bronco's quarterback John Elway (49)

      weds former Oakland Raiders cheerleader Paige Green

2020 American actress Niecy Nash (50) weds American R&B singer Jessica Betts (38)

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29 John the Baptist, beheaded

886 – Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor 867-886 (b. 811)
979 – Abu Taghlib, Hamdanid ruler
1093 – Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)
1123 – Eystein, I King of Norway 1103-23, dies of an illness at about 34 or 35 (b. 1088)

      portrayed as the "peace king" who ruled alongside his brothers,

      Sigurd the Crusader and Olaf Magnusson

1315 – Peter Tempesta (b. 1261)
1315 – Charles of Taranto (b. 1296)
1395 – Albert III, Duke of Austria 1365-95, dies at 45 (b. 1349)

1442 – John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)

1523 Ulrich von Hutten, German scholar and poet, dies at 35
1526 – Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 (b. 1506)
1526 – Pál Tomori Hungarian archbishop and soldier (b. 1475)
1533 – Atahualpa, Sovereign emperor (b. 1497)
1542 – Cristóvão da Gama, Portuguese commander (b. 1516)
1543 – Maria of Jülich-Berg (b. 1491)

1572 Claude Goudimel, French composer, music theorist,

      music editor and publisher, dies between 52 and 58

1653 Gillesz de Hondecoeter, painter/Hostage rights, buried at about 49

1657 – John Lilburne, English dissenter (b. 1614)

1712 – Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician

      (law of King), dies at 63 (b. 1648)

1738 Georg Reutter, Austrian composer and organist, dies at 81
1749 – Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)

1758 Gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75

1758 Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-fieldmarshal, dies at 56

1769 – Edmond Hoyle, English author, games expert, and educator (b. 1672?)

1780 – Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (b. 1713)
      co-designed The Panthéon

1799 – Pius VI, Italian Pope 1775-99  (b. 1717)

1821 Horace Coignet, French singer and composer, dies at 86

1844 – Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator (b. 1762)
      founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers

1853 – Charles Napier, British soldier and Major General of the Bombay Army

      conquers Sindh and became its Governor 1843-47, dies at 71 (b. 1782)

1856 – Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English Christian writer (b. 1778)

1861 Franz Joseph Glæser, Czech-Danish composer, dies at 63

1865 John Brough, US publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54

1866 – Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1846)
1877 – Brigham Young, American religious leader (b. 1801)
      2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

1880 Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert

      Bvt Major General (Union Army), dies at 47

1880 Paul Octave Hébert, American Brigadier General

     14th Governor of Louisiana, dies at 61

1889 – Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)

1891 – Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
1892 – William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)

1893 Aleksey Apukhtin, Russian poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52 [OS-8/17]

1903 William Henry Penrose, American Brigadier General (Union Army), dies at 71

1904 – Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)

      33rd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1876

1909 Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies at 67

1910 Johan Eilerts de Haan, Dutch naval officer and explorer (Lucie River, Suriname)

      dies, likely due to malaria, at 44

1916 Johann Oskar Backlund, Swedish-Russian astronomer (planets/asteroids), dies at 64

1917 – George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)

1918 Max Dauthendey, German painter and author (Raubmenschen), dies at 51)

1921 Joel Asaph Allen, American zoologist (Allen's rule), dies at 83

      first curator of birds and mammals at the American Museum of Natural History

1928 Richard Haldane, British viscount and lord-chancellor (Life of A Smith), dies at 72

1930 – William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
1931 – David T. Abercrombie, American businessman (b. 1867)
      co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch

1933 Frank Cavanagh, American football player and coach, dies at 57

1933 Georgy Eduardovich Konyus, Russian composer, and music theorist, dies at 70

1935 – Astrid of Sweden, Queen of the Belgians, first wife of King Leopold III (1934-35)

      dies in a car accident at 29 (b. 1905)

1935 Charles Lee Williams, English composer (Gloucester Cathedral), dies at 82

1940 Arthur De Greef, Belgian composer, dies at 77

1941 Henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40

1941 Jan Louis Guillaume Doornik, Dutch resistance fighter in France, executed at 36

1944 – Attik, Greek composer (b. 1885)
1945 – Constantin Tănase, Romanian actor and playwright (b. 1880)

1946 – Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)

1946 – John Steuart Curry, American painter and lithographer ( (Baptism in Kansas)

      dies of a heart attack at 48 (b. 1897)

1946 J E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed

1946 Milan Harašta, Czech composer, dies at 26
1947 – Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917)

1951 – Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)

1952 – Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer, son-in-law of Ferdinand Porsche (b. 1894)

1958 – Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)

1960 Alexander Gauge, British actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at 46

1960 Hazza el-Majali, Prime Minister of Jordan is assassinated

1960 Vicki Baum, Austrian writer (Grand Hotel), dies at 72

1965 Paul Waner, American Baseball HOF right fielder, dies at 62

1966 – Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)

1968 – Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (b. 1881)

1968 Victor Sutherland, American actor (Captive City), dies at 79

1970 Mary Clare, British actress, dies at 78

1971 – Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American murderer (b. 1904)

1972 – Lale Andersen (Elisabeth Bunnenberg), German singer-songwriter and actress

      (Der Pott), dies at 67 (b. 1905)

1972 Rene Leibowitz, Polish French composer, dies at 59

1973 Stringer Davis, English actress (Mouse on the Moon; Miranda), dies at about 77

1973 Michael Dunn, American short actor (Justine, Boom, Madigan), dies at 38

1975 – Éamon de Valera, Irish republican politician and educator, dies at 92 (b. 1882)

          3rd President of Ireland 1937-48, 51-54, 57-59

1975 Leland T. Weed, American singer and actor, dies at 74

1976 – Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, flute player, revolutionary, and philosopher

      dies at 77 (b. 1899)
1976 – Jimmy Reed, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist

      ("Soulin'"; "Big Boss Man"), dies of epileptic seizure at 50 (b. 1925)

1977 – Jean Hagen, American actress and singer (b. 1923)

      (Dead Ringer, Shaggy Dog, Arena), dies at 54
1977 – Brian McGuire, Australian race car driver (b. 1945)

1977 Edward Sinclair, English actor (Dad's Army), dies at 63

1979 Mary Marquet, French actress (Landru, Paris Canaille), dies at 84

1979 Samuel I. Newhouse Sr., American businessman and publisher

      (Parade, Vogue, Glamour), dies at 84

1979 – Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author (b. 1890)

1981 – Lowell Thomas, American journalist, newscaster, and author (b. 1892)

      (High Adventure), dies in Pawling, NY at 89
1982 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish-English actress and singer (b. 1915)

      (Casablanca, Gaslight), dies on her 67th birthday

1982 – Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)

      (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 71

1982 Nahum Goldmann, American president of Zionist World Organization, dies at 87

1983 William Goyen, American writer, dies at 68
1983 – Simon Oakland, American actor (Toma, Kolchak), dies at 61 (b. 1915)

1984 – Pina Menichelli, Italian actress (b. 1890)

1984 Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian statesman (b. 1901)

1985 Alexander Abramsky, Soviet composer, dies at 87

1985 – Evelyn Ankers, Chilean-English actress (b. 1918)

      (Black Beauty, Jungle Woman), dies at 67

1985 Patrick Barr, English actor (Black Orchid, On the Run), dies at 77
1987 – Archie Campbell, American actor, country recording artist, comedian,

      writer, and screenwriter (Hee Haw), dies of a heart attack at 72 (b. 1914)

1987 – Lee Marvin, American actor and singer (b. 1924)

      (Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou), dies of a heart attack at 63

1989 – Peter Scott, English naturalist, explorer, and painter, dies at 79 (b. 1909)

1990 – Manly Palmer Hall, Canadian-American mystic and author (b. 1901)

1991 Dallas Adams, British painter, writer and actor (Terror from Within), dies

1991 Kathryn Cravens, American early news correspondent, dies at 92

1991 Dixie Dunbar [Charlotte King], American singer and actress

      dies of a heart attack at 72

1991 – Libero Grassi, Italian businessman (b. 1924)

1991 Daniel Ocko, American actor dies of a respiratory condition at 78

1992 – Félix Guattari, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1930)

1992 Mary Norton, English children book author (Borrowers), dies at 88

1992 Teddy Turner, English actor and comedian (Coronation Street)

      dies at 75 (b. 1917)

1993 Dorian Corey, American actor (Paris is Burning), dies of AIDs at 56

1993 Henry J "Harry" Smeets, dealer of Volkskrant, dies at 56

1994 Arthur Ernest Mourant, British hematologist, dies at 90

1994 Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian Catholic priest, shot dead

1994 Marea Hartman, English athletics administrator, dies at 74

      integrated women's sports

1994 Michael Peters, American choreographer and dancer

      (Dreamgirls; Michael Jackson), dies of complications from AIDS at 46

1994 Phillip Gilmore, American actor (Malcolm X), dies at 38

1994 Tushar Kanti Ghosh, Indian journalist, dies at 93

      world's oldest and longest serving newspaper editor

1995 – Frank Perry, American film director, producer, and screenwriter

     (Diary of Mad Housewife, David & Lisa), dies at 65  (b. 1930)

1995 Harry Broadhurst, British Royal Air Force commander

      and WWII flying ace, dies at 89

1995 Jack Stoddart, designer/socialist, dies at 70

1995 Thomas Strittmatter, German writer, dies at 33

1996 Tera de Marez Oyens, Dutch composer, dies at 64

1998 Charlie Feathers, American country music and rockabilly singer-songwriter

      and musician ("Can't Hardly Stand It"), dies at from stroke complications at 66

1999 Jaime Fields, American NFL and WLAF linebacker

      dies in a hit-and-run automobile accident at 29

2000 – Shelagh Fraser, English actress (b. 1922)

2000 – Conrad Marca-Relli, American painter (b. 1913)

2001 – Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)

2001 – Graeme "Shirley" Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter

      (Skyhooks - "Ego Is Not A Dirty Word";"Jukebox in Siberia")

      TV host (Shirl's Neighbourhood), and carpenter (Our House)

      dies as pilot in a helicopter crash at 49 (b. 1952)

2002 – Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (b. 1920)

      (To Serve Them All My Days), dies at 82

2002 Paul Tripp, American TV host (Mr I Magination), songwriter (Tubby the Tuba),

      and children's book writer (Rabbi Santa Claus), dies at 91
2003 – Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi politician (b. 1939)

2003 – Michel Constantin, French film actor, dies at 79 (b. 1924)

2003 – Patrick Procktor, English painter, dies at 67 (b. 1936)

2004 – Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (The Hague Philharmonic, 1980-1991;

      St. Louis Symphony, 1996-2002), dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

      (ALS - Lou Gehrig's Disease) at 62 (b. 1942)

2005 Barry Cowsill, American rock bassist (The Cowsills - "We Can Fly")

      drowned during Hurricane Katrina at 50

2007 Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian 4th Chief Minister of Haryana (1975-77), dies at 89
2007 – James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand businessman (b. 1914)

2007 Richard Jewell, American security guard, dies from kidney failure at 44

    (central figure in 1996 Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta bombing

2007 – Pierre Messmer, French politician (b. 1916)
          154th Prime Minister of France

2007 – Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman (b. 1920)
          founded Peet's Coffee & Tea

2008 – Geoffrey Perkins, English actor, comedy producer, and screenwriter (b. 1953)

2008 – Michael Schoenberg, American geophysicist and theorist (b. 1939)

2009 Chris Connor [Mary Jean Loutsenhizer], American jazz singer

      ("I Wonder What Became of Me"), dies of cancer at 81

2010 Hans Ulrich Humpert, German composer, dies at 69

2011 – David "Honeyboy" Edwards, American singer-songwriter

      and delta blues guitarist, dies at 96 (b. 1915)

2011 – Junpei Takiguchi, Japanese actor and narrator (b. 1931)

2012 – Ruth Goldbloom, Canadian philanthropist (b. 1923)

          co-founded Pier 21

2012 – Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, English historian and author (b. 1953)

2012 – Shoshichi Kobayashi, Japanese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1932)

2012 – Anne McKnight, American soprano (b. 1924)

2012 – Les Moss, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1925)

2012 – Donald Edgar Tewes, American businessman and politician (b. 1916)

2013 – Jack Beal, American painter (b. 1931)

2013 – Peter Grzybowski, Polish painter (b. 1954)

2013 – Joan L. Krajewski, American politician (b. 1934)

2013 – Darren Manzella, American sergeant (b. 1977)

2013 – Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Zambian cardinal (b. 1931)

2013 – Cliff Morgan, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1930)

2013 – Bruce C. Murray, American geologist and academic (b. 1931)

          co-founded The Planetary Society

2014 – David Bala, Singaporean comedian and actor (b. 1947)

2014 – Brasse Brännström, Swedish actor and screenwriter (b. 1945)

2014 – Octavio Brunetti, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1975)

2014 – Ryūko Seihō, Japanese sumo wrestler and actor (b. 1941)

2015 – Dr. Wayne Dyer, American self-help author and motivational speaker

      (Universe Within You) (b. 10 May 1940)

2016 – Gene Wilder, American actor, dies at 83

       (Blazing Saddles, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)

2017 Dmitri Kogan, Russian concert violinist

      (Five Great Violins), dies of cancer at 38

2017 Janine Charrat, French ballerina and choreographer, dies at 93

2017 Larry Elgart, American big band jazz alto saxophonist, and bandleader

      ("Bandstand Boogie"; "Hooked On Swing"), dies at 95

2018 Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer

      (Paul Taylor Dance Company), dies at 88

2018 Peter Mond, 4th Baron Melchett, English jurist and Labour politician

      Minister of State for Northern Ireland, 1976-79, dies at 70

2020 Clifford Robinson, American basketball center, dies from lymphoma at 53

2020 Jürgen Schadeberg, German-born South African photographer

      (photographed apartheid struggle), dies at 89

2021 Ed Asner, American Emmy Award-winning actor, and activist, dies at 91

      (The Mary Tyler Moore Show - "Mr. Grant"; Lou Grant, Roots; Up)

2021 Jacques Rogge, Belgian sports administrator, dies at 79

      8th President International Olympic Committee 2001-13

2021 Lee "Scratch" Perry [Rainford Hugh Perry], dies at 85

      Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter and producer (The Upsetters)

2021 Ron Bushy, American rock drummer (Iron Butterfly - “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”)

      dies of esophageal cancer at 79

2022 Ernie Zampese, American football coach, dies at 86

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