________
________
Births
VIP
1830 – Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician
29th President of Mexico (d. 1915)
1857 – William Howard Taft [American lawyer, jurist, and politician] (d. 8 Mar 1930)
10th Chief Justice of the United States, 1921-1930
27th President of the United States, 1909-1913
42nd United States Secretary of War, 1904-1908
Governor-General of the Philippines, 1901-1903
Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1892=1900
6th Solicitor General of the United States, 1890-1892
1913 – John N. Mitchell [American navy lieutenant, lawyer, and politician] (d. 9 Nov 1988)
67th United States Attorney General, 1969-1972
1984 – Prince Henry of Wales KCVO, aka Prince Harry
1984 – Prince Henry of Wales KCVO, aka Prince Harry
Notable
767 – Saichō, Japanese monk (d. 26 Jun 822)
786 – Al-Ma'mun, Iraqi caliph (d. 833)
1254 – Marco Polo [Italian merchant and explorer] (d. 8 Jan 1324)
1533 – Catherine of Austria [Queen of Poland] (d. 1572)
1580 – Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)
1613 – François de La Rochefoucauld, French author (d. 17 Mar 1680)
1649 – Titus Oates, English minister, fabricated the Popish Plot (d. 12/13 July 1705)
1666 – Sophia Dorothea of Celle (British/Hanoverian Royalty) (d. 13 Nov 1726)
1690 – Ignazio Prota, Italian composer and educator (d. 1748)
1715 – Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (d. 9 May 1789)
1733: Samuel Horsley [British churchman] (d. 4 Oct 1806)
Bishop of St Asaph, 1802-1806
Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster, 1793-1802
Bishop of St David's, 1788-1793
1736 – Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician (d. 12 Nov 1793)
1st Mayor of Paris
1756: Karl Philipp Moritz [German author, editor and essayist] (d. 26 Jun 1793)
1759 – Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinean general and politician (d. 1829)
1760 – Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general (d. 1824)
1765 – Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Portuguese poet and author (d. 1805)
1789 – James Fenimore Cooper, American soldier and author (d. 14 Sep 1851)
1815 – Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (d. 1868)
1819 – Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1902)
1828 – Alexander Butlerov, Russian chemist and academic (d. 1886)
1834: Heinrich Gotthard von Treitschke (d. 28 Apr 1896)
German historian, political writer, and politician
1845: Henry Sweet [English philologist, phonetician and grammarian] (d. 30 Apr 1912)
1857 – Anna Winlock, American astronomer (d. 1904)
1858 – Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (d. 1916)
1858 – Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist, composer, and educator (d. 1937)
1860 – Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, and politician (d. 1962)
Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom
1863 – Horatio Parker, American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1919)
1864 – Prince Sigismund of Prussia (d. 1866)
1867 – Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (d. 1920)
1870 – Rose Sutro, American pianist (d. 1957)
1876 – Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian author (d. 1938)
1876 – Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1962)
1877 – Jakob Ehrlich, Czech zionist (d. 1938)
1877 – Yente Serdatzky, Jewish-American Yiddish-language writer (d. 1962)
1879 – Joseph Lyons, Australian politician (d. 1939)
10th Prime Minister of Australia
1880 – Chujiro Hayashi, Japanese physician (d. 1940)
1881 – Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French businessman (d. 1947)
founded Bugatti
1881 – Julian Schmitz, American gymnast (d. ? Jul 1943)
1883 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950)
1886 – Paul Lévy, French mathematician (d. 1971)
1887 – Carlos Dávila, Chilean politician (d. 1955)
President of Chile
1888 – Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1925)
1889 – Robert Benchley [American actor, screenwriter, and critic] (d. 21 Sep 1945)
1889 – Claude McKay, Jamaican-American poet and author (d. 1948)
1890 – Ernest Bullock, English organist and composer (d. 1979)
1890 – Agatha Christie [English author, poet, and playwright] (d. 12 Jan 1976)
1890 – Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch composer (d. 1974)
1892 – Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor (d. 1962)
1894 – Jean Renoir, French actor and filmmaker (d. 1979)
1894 – Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (d. 1977)
1895 – Chic Harley, American football player (d. 1974)
1895 – Magda Lupescu, Romanian wife of Carol II of Romania (d. 1977)
1897 – Merle Curti, American historian and author (d. 1997)
1898 – J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (d. 1936)
1901 – Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed Bailey bridge (d. 1985)
1903 – Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 1992)
1904 – Umberto II of Italy (d. 1983)
1904 – Sheilah Graham Westbrook (d. 1988)
English-American actress, journalist, and author
1906 – Jacques Becker, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1960)
1906 – Walter E. Rollins, American songwriter (d. 1973)
1907 – Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and author (d. 1968)
1907 – Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (d. 2004)
1908 – Kid Sheik, American trumpet player (d. 1996)
(Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
1908 – Penny Singleton, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
1909 – C. N. Annadurai, Indian politician (d. 1969)
7th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
1909 – Phil Arnold, American actor (d. 1968)
1909: Jean Batten [New Zealand aviator] (d. 22 Nov 1982)
1910 – Betty Neels, English author (d. 2001)
1911 – Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-American businessman (d. 2000)
founded PING
1911 – Luther Terry [American physician] (d. 29 Mar 1985)
9th Surgeon General of the United States
1913 – Henry Brant, Canadian-American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
1913 – Bruno Hoffmann, German glass harp player (d. 1991)
1913 – Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot (d. 1994)
1914 – Creighton Abrams [American general] (d. 4 Sep 1974)
U.S. Army Chief of Staff, 1972-1974
1914 – Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author (d. 1999)
1914 – Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (d. 1970)
1914 – Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator (d. 2003)
1915 – Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (d. 1981)
1915 – Al Casey, American guitarist (d. 2005)
1915 – José Nicomedes Grossi, Brazilian bishop (d. 21 Jun 2009)
1915 – Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang, Taiwanese bishop (d. 23 Aug 2012)
1915 – Albert Whitlock, English-American special effects designer (d. 1999)
1915 – Ismail Yasin, Egyptian actor (d. 1972)
1916 – Margaret Lockwood, Pakistani-English actress and singer (d. 1990)
1916 – Frederick C. Weyand, American general (d. 2010)
1917 – Hilde Gueden, Austrian soprano (d. 1988)
1918 – Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., American historian and academic (d. 2007)
1918 – Phil Lamason, New Zealand pilot (d. 2012)
1918 – Margot Loyola, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
1918 – Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
1919 – Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist (d. 1960)
1919 – Nelson Gidding, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
1919 – Heda Margolius Kovály, Czech author (d. 2010)
1920 – Kym Bonython, Australian radio host (d. 2011)
1921 – Richard Gordon, English surgeon and author
1921 – Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress (d. 2001)
1921 – Snooky Pryor, American harmonica player (d. 2006)
1921 – Gene Roland, American pianist and composer (d. 1982)
1922 – Bob Anderson, English fencer and choreographer (d. 2012)
1922 – Jackie Cooper, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2011)
1922 – Gaetano Cozzi, Italian historian (d. 2001)
1922 – Mary Soames, Baroness Soames (d. 2014)
English daughter of Winston Churchill
1923 – Anton Heiller, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979)
1924 – Lucebert, Dutch poet and painter (d. 1994)
1924 – György Lázár, Hungarian politician (d. 2014)
50th Prime Minister of Hungary
1924 – Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (d. 2005)
1925 – Stanley Chapman, English architect, designer, and author (d. 2009)
1925 – Forrest Compton, American actor
1925 – Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist (d. 2012)
1925 – Helle Virkner, Danish actress (d. 2009)
1926 – Shohei Imamura, Japanese filmmaker (d. 2006)
1926 – Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician
1927 – Norm Crosby, American comedian and actor
1927: Margaret Keane [American artist]
1927 – Erika Köth, German soprano (d. 1981)
1927 – David Stove, Australian philosopher (d. 1994)
1928 – Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975)
1929 – Eva Burrows, Australian Salvationist (d. 2015)
13th General of The Salvation Army
1929 – Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist
Nobel Prize laureate
1929 – Stan Kelly-Bootle, British author, singer-songwriter, and computer scientist (d. 2014)
1929 – Dick Latessa, American actor
1929 – John Julius Norwich, English historian, writer and broadcaster
1929: Irwin G. Sarason [American psychology professor]
1930 – Endel Lippmaa, Estonian physicist (d. 2015)
1930: Merab Mamardashvili [Georgian philosopher] (d. 25 Nov 1990)
1931 – Brian Henderson, New Zealand-Australian journalist
1932 – Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist (d. 2008)
1933 – Henry Darrow, American actor
1933 – Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (d. 2014)
1933 – Monica Maughan, Tongan-Australian actress (d. 2010)
1934 – Tomie dePaola, American author and illustrator
1934 – Brian Fender, English academic executive
1934 – Fred Nile, Australian soldier, minister, and politician
1935 – Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (d. 2015)
1935: Allan Savory [Zimbabwean scientist]
1936 – Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player
1936 – Sara Henderson, Australian farmer and author (d. 2005)
1937 – Fernando de la Rúa, Argentinian lawyer and politician
51st President of Argentina
1937: Gordon R. England [American businessman and politician]
1937 – Robert Lucas, Jr., American economist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1937 – Pino Puglisi, Italian priest (d. 1993)
1938 – Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach
1939 – Subramanian Swamy, Indian economist, academic, and politician
Minister of Law and Justice for India
1939 – George Walden, British journalist and writer
1940 – Merlin Olsen, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2010)
1940 – Norman Spinrad, American author and critic
1941 – Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2011)
1941 – Signe Toly Anderson, American singer
(Jefferson Airplane and KBC Band)
1941 – Mirosław Hermaszewski, Polish pilot, general, and astronaut
1941 – Yuriy Norshteyn, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter
1941 – Viktor Zubkov, Russian politician
37th Prime Minister of Russia
1942 – Lee Dorman, American bass player (d. 2012)
(Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond)
1942 – Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham [English politician and businessman]
1942 – Ksenia Milicevic, French painter
1942: Wen Jiabao [Chinese politician]
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China, 2003-2013
1942: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro [American writer]
1943 – Tommy Hall, American jug player
(The 13th Floor Elevators)
1944 – Sotirios Hatzigakis, Greek politician
Minister of Justice for Greece
1944 – Mauro Piacenza, Italian cardinal
1944 – Graham Taylor, English football manager
1945 – Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince
1945 – Carmen Maura, Spanish actress
1945 – Jessye Norman, American soprano
1945 – Hans-Gert Pöttering, German lawyer and politician
23rd President of the European Parliament
1945 – Ron Shelton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Ola Brunkert, Swedish drummer (d. 2008)
1946 – Tommy Lee Jones, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Mike Procter, South African cricketer, coach, and referee
1946 – Oliver Stone [American Director]
1946 – Howard Waldrop, American author
1947 – Viggo Jensen, Danish footballer and manager
1947 – Theodore Long, American wrestling referee and manager
1947 – Charles "Bobo" Shaw, American drummer
(Black Artists Group and Human Arts Ensemble)
1947 – Larry Sparks, American singer and guitarist
1949 – Joe Barton, American politician
1949 – Michael Lyons, British business executive
1950 – Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Pakistani-English caliph
1951 – Pete Carroll, American football player and coach
1951 – Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer and manager
1951: Fred Seibert [American businessman]
1952 – Richard Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1952 – Paula Duncan, Australian actress
1952 – Ratnajeevan Hoole, Sri Lankan engineer and academic
1952 – Kelly Keagy, American singer and drummer
(Night Ranger)
1953 – Paul Piché, Canadian singer-songwriter
1953 – Patricia Rhomberg, Austrian pornographic actress
1953 – Keiko Takeshita, Japanese actress
1954 – Hrant Dink, Turkish journalist (d. 2007)
1955 – Željka Antunović, Croatian politician
9th Minister of Defence of Croatia
1955: Brendan O'Carroll
Irish writer, producer, comedian, actor, and director
1955 – Bruce Reitherman
American voice actor, singer, cinematographer, and producer
1955 – Renzo Rosso, Italian fashion designer and businessman
co-founded Diesel Clothing
1956 – Jaki Graham, English singer
1956 – Maggie Reilly, Scottish singer-songwriter (Cado Belle)
1956 – Ned Rothenberg, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
1958 – Dr. Know, American guitarist (Bad Brains)
1958 – Joel Quenneville, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1958 – Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress and singer (d. 2005)
1959 – Mark Kirk, American commander, lawyer, and politician
1960 – Kevin Allen, Welsh actor and director
1960 – Ed Solomon, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1960: Lisa Vanderpump
British restaurateur, philanthropist, author, actress, and television personality
1961 – Terry Lamb, Australian rugby player and coach
1961 – Dan Marino, American football player
1962 – Dina Lohan, American dancer, actress, and manager
1962 – Scott McNeil, Australian-Canadian actor
1962: Rebecca Miller, Lady Day-Lewis
[American film director, screenwriter, author and actress]
1962 – Amanda Wakeley, British fashion designer
1963 – Pete Myers, American basketball player and coach
1964 – Steve Watkin, Welsh cricketer
1964 – Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, American guitarist and songwriter
(The Misfits and Kryst the Conqueror)
1965 – Dyan Castillejo, Filipino tennis player and journalist
1965 – Robert Fico, Slovak academic and politician
14th Prime Minister of Slovakia
1966 – Sherman Douglas, American basketball player
1967 – Paul Abbott, American baseball player and coach
1967 – Huw Bunford, Welsh guitarist and songwriter
(Super Furry Animals)
1967 – Ramya Krishnan, Indian Actress
1968 – Vicky Entwistle, English actress
1968 – Danny Nucci, Austrian-American actor
1969 – Revaz Arveladze, Georgian footballer
1969 – Allen Shellenberger, American drummer (Lit) (d. 2009)
1970 – Carsten Klee, German footballer
1971 – Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer and coach
1971 – Josh Charles, American actor
1971: Giles Duley [British documentary photographer and photojournalist]
1971: Will Shields [American football player]
1971 – Ben Wallers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Country Teasers)
1972 – Jimmy Carr, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Kit Chan, Singaporean singer and actress
1972 – Queen Letizia of Spain
1973 – Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
1974 – Arata Iura, Japanese actor, model, and fashion designer
1975 – Tom Dolan, American swimmer
1975 – Martina Krupičková, Czech painter
1976 – Brett Kimmorley, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1976: Caterina Murino [Italian actress]
1976 – Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer
(Franz Ferdinand, Correcto, and The Yummy Fur)
1976 – Matt Thornton, American baseball player
1977 – Chimamanda Adichie, Nigerian writer and author
1977 – Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter
1977 – Sophie Dahl, English model and author
1977 – Tom Hardy, English actor
1977 – Leander Jordan, American football player
1977 – Marisa Ramirez, American actress
1977 – Jason Terry, American basketball player
1978 – Zach Filkins, American musician and model
1978 – Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
1979 – Dave Annable, American actor
1979 – Amy Davidson, American actress
1979 – Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Carlos Ruiz, Guatemalan footballer
1980 – Tammie Brown, American drag queen performer and singer
1980 – David Diehl, American football player
1980 – Mike Dunleavy, Jr., American basketball player
1980 – Jolin Tsai, Taiwanese singer, actress, and dancer
1981: Ben Schwartz [American actor, comedian, and writer]
1982 – Laila Boonyasak, Thai actress
1982 – Timo Toots, Estonian artist
1982 – Du Juan, Chinese model and actress
1983 – Yuka Hirata, Japanese actress and model
1983 – Luke Hochevar, American baseball player
1984 – Loek van Mil, Dutch baseball player
1984 – CyHi the Prynce, American rapper and songwriter
1985 – Kayden Kross, American porn actress and author
1985 – François-Olivier Roberge, Canadian speed skater
1986 – Jenna Marbles, American actress and blogger
1986 – Heidi Montag, American model and singer
1986 – George Watsky, American rapper and poet
1986 – Peter Wilson, English target shooter
1987 – Aly Cissokho, French footballer
1987: Christian Cooke [English actor]
1987 – Clare Maguire, English singer-songwriter
1988 – Chelsea Kane, American actress and singer
1988 – Kate Mansi, American actress
1988 – Tim Moltzen, Australian rugby league player
1989 – Kris Chetan Ramlu, New Zealand tabla player
1990 – Oliver Gill, English footballer
1990 – Matt Shively, American actor
1991 – Lee Jung-shin, South Korean rapper, bass player, and actor (CN Blue)
1991 – Phil Ofosu-Ayeh, German-Ghanaian footballer
1996 – Jake Cherry, American actor
1996 – Nao Furuhata, Japanese idol and singer (SKE48 and AKB48)
1999 – Nana Owada, Japanese idol, singer, and actress (AKB48)
767 – Saichō, Japanese monk (d. 26 Jun 822)
786 – Al-Ma'mun, Iraqi caliph (d. 833)
1254 – Marco Polo [Italian merchant and explorer] (d. 8 Jan 1324)
1533 – Catherine of Austria [Queen of Poland] (d. 1572)
1580 – Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)
1613 – François de La Rochefoucauld, French author (d. 17 Mar 1680)
1649 – Titus Oates, English minister, fabricated the Popish Plot (d. 12/13 July 1705)
1666 – Sophia Dorothea of Celle (British/Hanoverian Royalty) (d. 13 Nov 1726)
1690 – Ignazio Prota, Italian composer and educator (d. 1748)
1715 – Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (d. 9 May 1789)
1733: Samuel Horsley [British churchman] (d. 4 Oct 1806)
Bishop of St Asaph, 1802-1806
Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster, 1793-1802
Bishop of St David's, 1788-1793
1736 – Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician (d. 12 Nov 1793)
1st Mayor of Paris
1756: Karl Philipp Moritz [German author, editor and essayist] (d. 26 Jun 1793)
1759 – Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinean general and politician (d. 1829)
1760 – Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general (d. 1824)
1765 – Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Portuguese poet and author (d. 1805)
1789 – James Fenimore Cooper, American soldier and author (d. 14 Sep 1851)
1815 – Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (d. 1868)
1819 – Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1902)
1828 – Alexander Butlerov, Russian chemist and academic (d. 1886)
1834: Heinrich Gotthard von Treitschke (d. 28 Apr 1896)
German historian, political writer, and politician
1845: Henry Sweet [English philologist, phonetician and grammarian] (d. 30 Apr 1912)
1857 – Anna Winlock, American astronomer (d. 1904)
1858 – Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (d. 1916)
1858 – Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist, composer, and educator (d. 1937)
1860 – Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, and politician (d. 1962)
Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom
1863 – Horatio Parker, American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1919)
1864 – Prince Sigismund of Prussia (d. 1866)
1867 – Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (d. 1920)
1870 – Rose Sutro, American pianist (d. 1957)
1876 – Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian author (d. 1938)
1876 – Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1962)
1877 – Jakob Ehrlich, Czech zionist (d. 1938)
1877 – Yente Serdatzky, Jewish-American Yiddish-language writer (d. 1962)
1879 – Joseph Lyons, Australian politician (d. 1939)
10th Prime Minister of Australia
1880 – Chujiro Hayashi, Japanese physician (d. 1940)
1881 – Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French businessman (d. 1947)
founded Bugatti
1881 – Julian Schmitz, American gymnast (d. ? Jul 1943)
1883 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950)
1886 – Paul Lévy, French mathematician (d. 1971)
1887 – Carlos Dávila, Chilean politician (d. 1955)
President of Chile
1888 – Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1925)
1889 – Robert Benchley [American actor, screenwriter, and critic] (d. 21 Sep 1945)
1889 – Claude McKay, Jamaican-American poet and author (d. 1948)
1890 – Ernest Bullock, English organist and composer (d. 1979)
1890 – Agatha Christie [English author, poet, and playwright] (d. 12 Jan 1976)
1890 – Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch composer (d. 1974)
1892 – Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor (d. 1962)
1894 – Jean Renoir, French actor and filmmaker (d. 1979)
1894 – Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (d. 1977)
1895 – Chic Harley, American football player (d. 1974)
1895 – Magda Lupescu, Romanian wife of Carol II of Romania (d. 1977)
1897 – Merle Curti, American historian and author (d. 1997)
1898 – J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (d. 1936)
1901 – Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed Bailey bridge (d. 1985)
1903 – Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 1992)
1904 – Umberto II of Italy (d. 1983)
1904 – Sheilah Graham Westbrook (d. 1988)
English-American actress, journalist, and author
1906 – Jacques Becker, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1960)
1906 – Walter E. Rollins, American songwriter (d. 1973)
1907 – Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and author (d. 1968)
1907 – Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (d. 2004)
1908 – Kid Sheik, American trumpet player (d. 1996)
(Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
1908 – Penny Singleton, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
1909 – C. N. Annadurai, Indian politician (d. 1969)
7th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
1909 – Phil Arnold, American actor (d. 1968)
1909: Jean Batten [New Zealand aviator] (d. 22 Nov 1982)
1910 – Betty Neels, English author (d. 2001)
1911 – Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-American businessman (d. 2000)
founded PING
1911 – Luther Terry [American physician] (d. 29 Mar 1985)
9th Surgeon General of the United States
1913 – Henry Brant, Canadian-American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
1913 – Bruno Hoffmann, German glass harp player (d. 1991)
1913 – Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot (d. 1994)
1914 – Creighton Abrams [American general] (d. 4 Sep 1974)
U.S. Army Chief of Staff, 1972-1974
1914 – Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author (d. 1999)
1914 – Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (d. 1970)
1914 – Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator (d. 2003)
1915 – Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (d. 1981)
1915 – Al Casey, American guitarist (d. 2005)
1915 – José Nicomedes Grossi, Brazilian bishop (d. 21 Jun 2009)
1915 – Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang, Taiwanese bishop (d. 23 Aug 2012)
1915 – Albert Whitlock, English-American special effects designer (d. 1999)
1915 – Ismail Yasin, Egyptian actor (d. 1972)
1916 – Margaret Lockwood, Pakistani-English actress and singer (d. 1990)
1916 – Frederick C. Weyand, American general (d. 2010)
1917 – Hilde Gueden, Austrian soprano (d. 1988)
1918 – Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., American historian and academic (d. 2007)
1918 – Phil Lamason, New Zealand pilot (d. 2012)
1918 – Margot Loyola, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
1918 – Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
1919 – Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist (d. 1960)
1919 – Nelson Gidding, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
1919 – Heda Margolius Kovály, Czech author (d. 2010)
1920 – Kym Bonython, Australian radio host (d. 2011)
1921 – Richard Gordon, English surgeon and author
1921 – Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress (d. 2001)
1921 – Snooky Pryor, American harmonica player (d. 2006)
1921 – Gene Roland, American pianist and composer (d. 1982)
1922 – Bob Anderson, English fencer and choreographer (d. 2012)
1922 – Jackie Cooper, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2011)
1922 – Gaetano Cozzi, Italian historian (d. 2001)
1922 – Mary Soames, Baroness Soames (d. 2014)
English daughter of Winston Churchill
1923 – Anton Heiller, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979)
1924 – Lucebert, Dutch poet and painter (d. 1994)
1924 – György Lázár, Hungarian politician (d. 2014)
50th Prime Minister of Hungary
1924 – Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (d. 2005)
1925 – Stanley Chapman, English architect, designer, and author (d. 2009)
1925 – Forrest Compton, American actor
1925 – Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist (d. 2012)
1925 – Helle Virkner, Danish actress (d. 2009)
1926 – Shohei Imamura, Japanese filmmaker (d. 2006)
1926 – Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician
1927 – Norm Crosby, American comedian and actor
1927: Margaret Keane [American artist]
1927 – Erika Köth, German soprano (d. 1981)
1927 – David Stove, Australian philosopher (d. 1994)
1928 – Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975)
1929 – Eva Burrows, Australian Salvationist (d. 2015)
13th General of The Salvation Army
1929 – Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist
Nobel Prize laureate
1929 – Stan Kelly-Bootle, British author, singer-songwriter, and computer scientist (d. 2014)
1929 – Dick Latessa, American actor
1929 – John Julius Norwich, English historian, writer and broadcaster
1929: Irwin G. Sarason [American psychology professor]
1930 – Endel Lippmaa, Estonian physicist (d. 2015)
1930: Merab Mamardashvili [Georgian philosopher] (d. 25 Nov 1990)
1931 – Brian Henderson, New Zealand-Australian journalist
1932 – Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist (d. 2008)
1933 – Henry Darrow, American actor
1933 – Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (d. 2014)
1933 – Monica Maughan, Tongan-Australian actress (d. 2010)
1934 – Tomie dePaola, American author and illustrator
1934 – Brian Fender, English academic executive
1934 – Fred Nile, Australian soldier, minister, and politician
1935 – Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (d. 2015)
1935: Allan Savory [Zimbabwean scientist]
1936 – Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player
1936 – Sara Henderson, Australian farmer and author (d. 2005)
1937 – Fernando de la Rúa, Argentinian lawyer and politician
51st President of Argentina
1937: Gordon R. England [American businessman and politician]
1937 – Robert Lucas, Jr., American economist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1937 – Pino Puglisi, Italian priest (d. 1993)
1938 – Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach
1939 – Subramanian Swamy, Indian economist, academic, and politician
Minister of Law and Justice for India
1939 – George Walden, British journalist and writer
1940 – Merlin Olsen, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2010)
1940 – Norman Spinrad, American author and critic
1941 – Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2011)
1941 – Signe Toly Anderson, American singer
(Jefferson Airplane and KBC Band)
1941 – Mirosław Hermaszewski, Polish pilot, general, and astronaut
1941 – Yuriy Norshteyn, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter
1941 – Viktor Zubkov, Russian politician
37th Prime Minister of Russia
1942 – Lee Dorman, American bass player (d. 2012)
(Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond)
1942 – Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham [English politician and businessman]
1942 – Ksenia Milicevic, French painter
1942: Wen Jiabao [Chinese politician]
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China, 2003-2013
1942: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro [American writer]
1943 – Tommy Hall, American jug player
(The 13th Floor Elevators)
1944 – Sotirios Hatzigakis, Greek politician
Minister of Justice for Greece
1944 – Mauro Piacenza, Italian cardinal
1944 – Graham Taylor, English football manager
1945 – Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince
1945 – Carmen Maura, Spanish actress
1945 – Jessye Norman, American soprano
1945 – Hans-Gert Pöttering, German lawyer and politician
23rd President of the European Parliament
1945 – Ron Shelton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Ola Brunkert, Swedish drummer (d. 2008)
1946 – Tommy Lee Jones, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Mike Procter, South African cricketer, coach, and referee
1946 – Oliver Stone [American Director]
1946 – Howard Waldrop, American author
1947 – Viggo Jensen, Danish footballer and manager
1947 – Theodore Long, American wrestling referee and manager
1947 – Charles "Bobo" Shaw, American drummer
(Black Artists Group and Human Arts Ensemble)
1947 – Larry Sparks, American singer and guitarist
1949 – Joe Barton, American politician
1949 – Michael Lyons, British business executive
1950 – Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Pakistani-English caliph
1951 – Pete Carroll, American football player and coach
1951 – Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer and manager
1951: Fred Seibert [American businessman]
1952 – Richard Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1952 – Paula Duncan, Australian actress
1952 – Ratnajeevan Hoole, Sri Lankan engineer and academic
1952 – Kelly Keagy, American singer and drummer
(Night Ranger)
1953 – Paul Piché, Canadian singer-songwriter
1953 – Patricia Rhomberg, Austrian pornographic actress
1953 – Keiko Takeshita, Japanese actress
1954 – Hrant Dink, Turkish journalist (d. 2007)
1955 – Željka Antunović, Croatian politician
9th Minister of Defence of Croatia
1955: Brendan O'Carroll
Irish writer, producer, comedian, actor, and director
1955 – Bruce Reitherman
American voice actor, singer, cinematographer, and producer
1955 – Renzo Rosso, Italian fashion designer and businessman
co-founded Diesel Clothing
1956 – Jaki Graham, English singer
1956 – Maggie Reilly, Scottish singer-songwriter (Cado Belle)
1956 – Ned Rothenberg, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
1958 – Dr. Know, American guitarist (Bad Brains)
1958 – Joel Quenneville, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1958 – Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress and singer (d. 2005)
1959 – Mark Kirk, American commander, lawyer, and politician
1960 – Kevin Allen, Welsh actor and director
1960 – Ed Solomon, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1960: Lisa Vanderpump
British restaurateur, philanthropist, author, actress, and television personality
1961 – Terry Lamb, Australian rugby player and coach
1961 – Dan Marino, American football player
1962 – Dina Lohan, American dancer, actress, and manager
1962 – Scott McNeil, Australian-Canadian actor
1962: Rebecca Miller, Lady Day-Lewis
[American film director, screenwriter, author and actress]
1962 – Amanda Wakeley, British fashion designer
1963 – Pete Myers, American basketball player and coach
1964 – Steve Watkin, Welsh cricketer
1964 – Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, American guitarist and songwriter
(The Misfits and Kryst the Conqueror)
1965 – Dyan Castillejo, Filipino tennis player and journalist
1965 – Robert Fico, Slovak academic and politician
14th Prime Minister of Slovakia
1966 – Sherman Douglas, American basketball player
1967 – Paul Abbott, American baseball player and coach
1967 – Huw Bunford, Welsh guitarist and songwriter
(Super Furry Animals)
1967 – Ramya Krishnan, Indian Actress
1968 – Vicky Entwistle, English actress
1968 – Danny Nucci, Austrian-American actor
1969 – Revaz Arveladze, Georgian footballer
1969 – Allen Shellenberger, American drummer (Lit) (d. 2009)
1970 – Carsten Klee, German footballer
1971 – Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer and coach
1971 – Josh Charles, American actor
1971: Giles Duley [British documentary photographer and photojournalist]
1971: Will Shields [American football player]
1971 – Ben Wallers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Country Teasers)
1972 – Jimmy Carr, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Kit Chan, Singaporean singer and actress
1972 – Queen Letizia of Spain
1973 – Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
1974 – Arata Iura, Japanese actor, model, and fashion designer
1975 – Tom Dolan, American swimmer
1975 – Martina Krupičková, Czech painter
1976 – Brett Kimmorley, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1976: Caterina Murino [Italian actress]
1976 – Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer
(Franz Ferdinand, Correcto, and The Yummy Fur)
1976 – Matt Thornton, American baseball player
1977 – Chimamanda Adichie, Nigerian writer and author
1977 – Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter
1977 – Sophie Dahl, English model and author
1977 – Tom Hardy, English actor
1977 – Leander Jordan, American football player
1977 – Marisa Ramirez, American actress
1977 – Jason Terry, American basketball player
1978 – Zach Filkins, American musician and model
1978 – Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
1979 – Dave Annable, American actor
1979 – Amy Davidson, American actress
1979 – Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Carlos Ruiz, Guatemalan footballer
1980 – Tammie Brown, American drag queen performer and singer
1980 – David Diehl, American football player
1980 – Mike Dunleavy, Jr., American basketball player
1980 – Jolin Tsai, Taiwanese singer, actress, and dancer
1981: Ben Schwartz [American actor, comedian, and writer]
1982 – Laila Boonyasak, Thai actress
1982 – Timo Toots, Estonian artist
1982 – Du Juan, Chinese model and actress
1983 – Yuka Hirata, Japanese actress and model
1983 – Luke Hochevar, American baseball player
1984 – Loek van Mil, Dutch baseball player
1984 – CyHi the Prynce, American rapper and songwriter
1985 – Kayden Kross, American porn actress and author
1985 – François-Olivier Roberge, Canadian speed skater
1986 – Jenna Marbles, American actress and blogger
1986 – Heidi Montag, American model and singer
1986 – George Watsky, American rapper and poet
1986 – Peter Wilson, English target shooter
1987 – Aly Cissokho, French footballer
1987: Christian Cooke [English actor]
1987 – Clare Maguire, English singer-songwriter
1988 – Chelsea Kane, American actress and singer
1988 – Kate Mansi, American actress
1988 – Tim Moltzen, Australian rugby league player
1989 – Kris Chetan Ramlu, New Zealand tabla player
1990 – Oliver Gill, English footballer
1990 – Matt Shively, American actor
1991 – Lee Jung-shin, South Korean rapper, bass player, and actor (CN Blue)
1991 – Phil Ofosu-Ayeh, German-Ghanaian footballer
1996 – Jake Cherry, American actor
1996 – Nao Furuhata, Japanese idol and singer (SKE48 and AKB48)
1999 – Nana Owada, Japanese idol, singer, and actress (AKB48)
Family
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