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1661 – Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (d. 1733)
1675 – William Somervile, English poet (d. 1742)
1753 – Marie Joséphine of Savoy (d. 1810)
1778 – Louis Bonaparte, French-Dutch king (d. 1846)
1805 – Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (d. 1851)
1810 – Lysander Button, American engineer (d. 1898)
1810 – William Seymour Tyler, American historian and educator (d. 1897)
1812 – William Fox, English-New Zealand politician (d. 1893)
      2nd Prime Minister of New Zealand
1820 – Lucretia Hale, American journalist and author (d. 1900)
1830 – William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (d. 1911)
1838 – Liliuokalani of Hawaii (d. 1917)
1839 – Henry George, American economist and author (d. 1897)
1850 – Eugene Field American author and poet (d. 1895)
1850 – Albert Spalding, American baseball player, manager, and businessman (d. 1915)
      co-founded the Spalding Sporting Goods Company
1850 – Woldemar Voig, t, German physicist and academic (d. 1919)
1852 – Paul Bourget, French author and critic (d. 1935)
1853 – Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic (d. 1932)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1854 – Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (d. 1910)
1857 – Thomas Groube, Australian cricketer (d. 1927)
1862 – Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist and composer (d. 1881)
1865 – Simeón Ola, Filipino general (d. 1952)
1866:  Hiram Johnson  [American politician] (d. 6 Aug 1945)
      U.S. Senator, R. CA, 1917-1945
      23rd Governor of California, 1911-1917
1866 – Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 1943)
1873 – Lily Poulett-Harris, Australian cricketer and educator (d. 1897)
1877 – Frederick Soddy, English chemist and academic (d. 1956)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1878 – Herman, Estonian-Finnish archbishop (d. 1961)
1878 – Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (d. 1920)
1878 – Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (d. 1946)
1879 – An Jung-geun, Korean activist, assassin of Itō Hirobumi (d. 1910)
1883 – Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (d. 1963)
1884 – Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic (d. 1970)
1886 – Warren Brittingham, American soccer player (d. 1962)
1894 – Joseph Roth, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1939)
1901 – Andreas Embirikos, Greek psychoanalyst and poet (d. 1975)
1901 – Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach (d. 1977)
1904 – August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (d. 1963)
1910 – Paul Saagpakk, Estonian linguist, lexicographer, and academic (d. 1996)
1911 – Romare Bearden, American painter and author (d. 1988)
1911 – William F. Harrah, American businessman (d. 1978)
      founded the Caesars Entertainment Corporation
1912 – Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (d. 1967)
1913 – Israel Gelfand, Russian-American mathematician and biologist (d. 2009)
1913 – Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1981)
1914 – Tom Glazer, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1915 – Benjamin Aaron, American lawyer and scholar (d. 2007)
1915 – Meinhardt Raabe, American actor (d. 2010)
1917 – Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian-American guitarist and composer (d. 1995)
1917 – Cleveland Amory, American author and critic (d. 1997)
1918 – Allen Drury, American journalist and author (d. 1998)
1919 – Marge Champion, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
1919 – Lance Macklin, English racing driver (d. 2002)
1922 – Leigh Kamman, American radio host (d. 2014)
1923 – René Thom, French mathematician, biologist, and academic (d. 2002)
1924 – Daniel arap Moi, Kenyan educator and politician
      2nd President of Kenya
1925 – Hugo Montenegro, American composer and conductor (d. 1981)
1927 – Milo Hamilton, American sportscaster
1928 – Jim Jordan, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2012)
1928 – Horace Silver, American pianist and composer (d. 2014)
1928 – Mel Stuart, American director and producer (d. 2012)
1929 – Hal Ashby, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1988)
1929 – Beulah Bewley, English physician
1929 – Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor and director (d. 2012)
1931 – Clifford Jordan, American saxophonist (d. 1993)
1931:  Alan K. Simpson  [American politician]
      Chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, 2010
      U.S. Senator, R. WY, 1979-1997
1932 – Walter Davis, Jr., American pianist (d. 1990)
1932 – Arnold Greenberg, American businessman
      co-founded Snapple (d. 2012)
1932:  Sue Mengers  [German American talent agent] (d. 5 Oct 2011)
1933 – Ed Conlin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
1933:  Mathieu Kérékou  [Beninese politician]
      President of Benin, 1972-1991, 1996-2006
1934 – Sam Gooden, American singer (The Impressions)
1934 – Chuck McCann, American actor and screenwriter
1934 – Grady Nutt, American comedian, minister, and author (d. 1982)
1935 – D. Wayne Lukas, American horse trainer
1936 – Andrew Grove, Hungarian-American businessman, engineer, and author
1936 – Károly Krajczár, Hungarian-Slovene educator and author
1937 – Len Carlson, Canadian voice actor (d. 2006)
1937 – Derek Fowlds, English actor
1937 – Peter Ueberroth, American businessman
1938 – Leonard Appleyard, English diplomat
      British Ambassador to China
1938 – Mary Jo Catlett, American actress and singer
1938 – Clarence Felder, American actor
1938 – Giuliano Gemma, Italian actor (d. 2013)
1938 – Ernie Sigley, Australian television host
1939:  Henry Mintzberg  [Canadian academic and author]
1940 – Jimmy Clanton, American singer
1941 – David Bale, South African–American pilot and activist (d. 2003)
1941 – Jyrki Otila, Finnish economist and politician (d. 2003)
1941 – John Thompson, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1942:  Lynn Samuels [American radio personality] (d. 24 Dec 2011)
1942:  Robert Shapiro  [American lawyer]
1943 – Rosalind Ashford, American singer
      (Martha and the Vandellas)
1943 – Glen Sather, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1943 – Joe Simon, American singer-songwriter and producer
1944:  Claude Nicollier  [Swiss astronaut and academic]
1944 – Janet Simpson, English sprinter (d. 2010)
1946 – Luis Ávalos, Cuban-American actor (d. 2014)
1946 – Mary Goudie, Baroness Goudie, English politician
1946 – Billy Preston, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2006)
1946 – Walt Simonson, American author and illustrator
1946 – Dan White, American sergeant and politician (d. 1985)
1946 – Joe Yamanaka, Japanese singer and actor (d. 2011)
      (Flower Travellin' Band and The Wailers Band)
1947 – Richard Coughlan, English drummer (d. 2013)
      (Caravan and The Wilde Flowers)
1947 – Louis Michel, Belgian educator and politician
      Minister of Foreign Affairs for Belgium
1947 – Jim Richards, New Zealand race car driver
1948 – Nate Archibald, American basketball player and coach
1948 – Terry Bradshaw, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
1948 – Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut (d. 28 Jan 1986)
1949 – Moira Stuart, English journalist
1950 – Rosanna DeSoto, American actress
1950 – Michael Rother, German guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter
      (Neu!, Kraftwerk, and Harmonia)
1950 – Yuen Wah, Chinese actor, martial artist, and stuntman
1951 – Jim DeMint, American politician

1951 – Jon Feltheimer, American businessman
1951 – Michael Gray, American actor
1951 – Mark Harmon, American actor, director, and producer
1951 – Mik Kaminski, English violinist
      (Electric Light Orchestra, Violinski, and ELO Part II)
1952:  Leslie Cockburn  [American writer and filmmaker]
1952 – Jimmy Connors, American tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
1952 – Mihhail Lotman, Estonian linguist, scholar, and politician
1953 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and politician
      Minister of Defense for Afghanistan (d. 2001)
1953 – John Zorn, American saxophonist, composer, and producer
      (Naked City, Masada, and Painkiller)
1954 – Gai Waterhouse, Scottish-Australian horse trainer
1956 – Angelo Fusco, Irish soldier
1956 – Paul Goodwin, English oboe player and conductor
1956 – Mario Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1957 – Tony Alva, American skateboarder
1958 – Olivier Grouillard, French race car driver
1958 – Lynne Kosky, Australian social worker and politician (d. 2014)
1959 – Drungo Hazewood, American baseball player (d. 2013)
1959 – Guy Laliberté, Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and poker player
      founded Cirque du Soleil
1960 – Eric Dickerson, American football player and sportscaster
1960 – Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian politician
      Minister of Finance for Norway
1960 – Rex Hudler, American baseball player and sportscaster
1961:  Eugenio Derbez  [Mexican actor and director]
1961 – Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer and manager
1961 – Ron Wasserman, American singer-songwriter and producer (Fisher)
1962 – Alonso Lujambio, Mexican academic and politician (d. 2012)
1962 – Prachya Pinkaew, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Keir Starmer, English lawyer
1963 – Sam Mitchell, American basketball player and coach
1964 – Andrea Illy, Italian businessman
1964 – Keanu Reeves, Lebanese-Canadian actor, singer, and producer (Dogstar)
1965:  Lisa Kristine  [American photographer]
1965 – Lennox Lewis, English-Canadian boxer
1965 – Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian director and screenwriter
1966 – Dino Cazares, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
      (Fear Factory, Asesino, and Divine Heresy)
1966 – Massimo Cuttitta, Italian rugby player and coach
1966 – Yū Hayami, Japanese singer and actress
1966 – Salma Hayek, Mexican-American actress, director, and producer
1966 – Olivier Panis, French race car driver
1966 – Tuc Watkins, American actor
1967 – Frank Fontsere, American drummer and songwriter
      (Fozzy and Stuck Mojo)
1967 – Andreas Möller, German footballer and manager
1967:  Louis Székely, aka Louis C. K.  [American comedian]
1968 – Kristen Cloke, American actress
1968 – David Dinsmore, Scottish journalist
1968 – Cynthia Watros, American actress
1969 – Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, American singer (K-Ci & JoJo)
1969 – Stéphane Matteau, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 – Dave Naz, American photographer
1969 – Stephen Peall, Zimbabwean cricketer
1971 – Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian skier
1971 – Pawan Kalyan, Indian actor, martial artist, director, and screenwriter
1971 – Tommy Maddox, American football player and coach
1971 – César Sánchez, Spanish footballer
1971 – Shauna Sand, American model and actress
1971 – Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist
1972 – Robert Coles, English golfer
1972 – Matthew Dunn, Australian swimmer
1973 – Jason Blake, American ice hockey player
1973 – Indika de Saram, Sri Lankan cricketer
1973 – Katt Williams, American comedian, actor, and rapper
1974 – Steven Johnson, Australian race car driver
1974 – Inari Vachs, American porn actress
1975 – MC Chris, American rapper, actor, and screenwriter
1976 – Erin Hershey Presley, American actress
1976 – Aziz Zakari, Ghanaian sprinter
1977 – Frédéric Kanouté, Malian footballer
1977 – Amanda Marcotte, American blogger and academic
1979 – Tomer Ben Yosef, Israeli footballer
1979 – Alex Chu, South Korean-Canadian singer and actor (Clazziquai)
1979 – Ron Ng, Hong Kong actor, singer, and dancer
1979 – Brian Westbrook, American football player
1980 – Dany Sabourin, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Danny Shittu, Nigerian footballer
1980 – Hiroki Yoshimoto, Japanese race car driver
1981 – Fariborz Kamkari, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter
1981 – Jennifer Hopkins, American tennis player
1981 – Chris Tremlett, English cricketer
1981 – Bracha van Doesburgh, Dutch actress
1982 – Joey Barton, English footballer
1982 – Mandy Cho, American-Hong Kong model and actress
1982 – Jason Hammel, American baseball player
1982 – Mark Phillips, English footballer
1983 – Rich Boy, American rapper and producer
1983 – Mark Foster, English rugby player
1984 – Jack Peñate, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1984 – Danson Tang, Taiwanese model, actor, and singer
1985 – Keith Galloway, Australian rugby league player
1985 – Eugenia Mandzhieva, Russian model
1986 – Gelson Fernandes, Swiss footballer
1986 – Kyle Hines, American basketball player
1986 – Rob Ramsay, Canadian actor
1987 – Scott Moir, Canadian ice dancer
1987 – Spencer Smith, American drummer (Panic! at the Disco)
1988 – Keisuke Kato, Japanese actor and entertainer
1988 – Javi Martínez, Spanish footballer
1988 – Ishant Sharma, Indian cricketer
1988 – Ishmeet Singh, Indian singer (d. 2008)
1989 – Joel Goonan, English actor
1989 – Marcus Morris, American basketball player
1989 – Markieff Morris, American basketball player
1989 – Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer
1989 – Zedd, Russian-German DJ, musician and producer
1990 – Marcus Ericsson, Swedish race car driver
1990 – Shayla Worley, American gymnast
1992 – Xenia Knoll, Swiss tennis player
1992 – Nenad Lukić, Serbian footballer
1992 – Alberto Masi, Italian footballer
1993 – Montana Cox, Australian model
1993 – Robert Rooba, Estonian ice hockey player
1993 – Tom Anderson, English footballer
1994 – Kishen Velani, English cricketer
1995 – Deimantas Petravičius, Lithuanian footballer
1996 – Lilla Barzó, Hungarian tennis player
1996 – Sungha Jung, South Korean guitarist

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421 – Constantius III, Roman emperor
459 – Simeon Stylites, Byzantine saint (b. 390)
595 – Patriarch John IV of Constantinople
1031 – Saint Emeric of Hungary (b. 1000)
1274 – Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1242)
1397 – Francesco Landini, Italian singer-songwriter, organist, and poet (b. 1335)
1540 – Dawit II of Ethiopia (b. 1501)
1680 – Per Brahe the Younger, Swedish soldier and politician

      Lord High Steward of Sweden (b. 1602)
1688 – Sir Robert Viner, 1st Baronet, English politician, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1631)
1690 – Philip William, Elector Palatine

      German husband of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1615)
1764 – Nathaniel Bliss, English astronomer and mathematician (b. 1700)
1765 – Henry Bouquet, Swiss-English colonel (b. 1719)
1768 – Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1703)
1790 – Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian (b. 1701)
1813 – Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (b. 1763)
1820 – Jiaqing Emperor of China (b. 1760)
1832 – Franz Xaver von Zach, Hungarian-French astronomer and academic (b. 1754)
1834 – Thomas Telford, Scottish engineer and architect

      designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (b. 1757)

1865 – William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1805)
1872 – N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (b. 1783)
1877 – Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral and politician

      16th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1793)
1896 – Nat Thomson, Australian cricketer (b. 1839)
1898 – Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader

      4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
1910 – Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)
1921 – Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
1921 – Anthony Francis Lucas Croatian-American engineer and businessman (b. 1855)
1927 – Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20th Yokozuna (b. 1878)
1932 – Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1896)
1934 – James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1860)
1934 – Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (b. 1908)
1934 – Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (b. 1884)
1937 – Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and educator

      founded the International Olympic Committee (b. 1863)
1941 – Lloyd Seay, American race car driver (b. 1919)
1942 – James Juvenal, American rower (b. 1874)
1942 – Tom Williams, Irish soldier (b. 1924)
1943 – Marsden Hartley, American painter (b. 1877)
1944 – Bella Rosenfeld, Russian-American model and author (b. 1895)
1944 – Shirō Takasu, Japanese career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy (b. 1884)
1945 – Mason Phelps, American golfer (b. 1885)
1948 – Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (b. 1883)
1953 – Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower (b. 1875)
1953 – Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1883)
1954 – Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and political scientist (b. 1900)
1962 – William Wilkerson, American businessman

      founded The Hollywood Reporter and the Flamingo Hotel (b. 1890)
1964 – Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist and scholar (b. 1900)
1964 – Alvin C. York, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1887)
1965 – Johannes Bobrowski, German poet and author (b. 1917)
1969 – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (b. 1890)
1969 – Sue Williams, American actress and model (b. 1945)
1971 – Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)
1973 – Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1973 – J. R. R. Tolkien, South African-English philologist and poet (b. 1892)
1975 – Mabel Vernon, American activist (b. 1883)
1976 – Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1934)
1977 – Stephen Dunne, American actor (b. 1918)
1978 – Fred G. Meyer, American businessman, founded Fred Meyer (b. 1886)
1979 – Otto P. Weyland, American general (b. 1903)
1984 – Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (b. 1908)
1985 – Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (b. 1920)
1985 – Jay Youngblood, American wrestler (b. 1955)
1990 – Robert Holmes a Court, South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (b. 1937)
1991 – Alfonso García Robles, Mexican politician and diplomat,

      Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
1992 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and botanist

      Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
1993 – Russel B. Nye, American author and educator (b. 1913)
1994 – Roy Castle, English actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1932)
1996 – Paddy Clift, Zimbabwean cricketer (b. 1953)
1997 – Rudolf Bing, Austrian-American manager (b. 1902)
1997 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1905)
1998 – Jackie Blanchflower, Irish-English footballer (b. 1933)
1998 – Allen Drury, American author (b. 1918)
2000 – Elvera Sanchez, American dancer (b. 1905)
2000 – Curt Siodmak, German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1907)
2001 – Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon and academic (b. 1922)
2001 – Troy Donahue, American actor (b. 1936)
2002 – Dick Reynolds, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)
2004 – Joan Oró, Catalan biochemist (b. 1923)
2004 – Eleni Zafeiriou, Greek actress (b. 1916)
2005 – Bob Denver, American actor and singer (b. 1935)
2006 – Bob Mathias, American decathlete and politician (b. 1930)
2006 – Willi Ninja, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1961)
2007 – Rajae Belmlih, Moroccan singer (b. 1962)
2007 – Franz-Benno Delonge, German game designer, created TransAmerica (b. 1957)
2007 – Esther Hoffe, Czech-Israeli mistress of Max Brod (b. 1906)
2007 – Max McNab, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)
2008 – Bill Melendez, Mexican-American animator, director, producer, and voice actor (b. 1916)
2009 – Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician

      14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (b. 1949)
2011 – Roberto Bruce, Chilean journalist (b. 1979)
2011 – Felipe Camiroaga, Chilean actor and singer (b. 1966)
2012 – Mark Abrahamian, American guitarist (Starship) (b. 1966)
2012 – Jack Boucher, American photographer (b. 1931)
2012 – Bob Johnstone, Canadian journalist (b. 1930)
2012 – John C. Marshall, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
2012 – Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator (b. 1941)
2013 – Valérie Benguigui, French actress and director (b. 1965)
2013 – Terry Clawson, English rugby player and coach (b. 1940)
2013 – Ronald Coase, English-American economist and author

       Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
2013 – David Jacobs, English radio and television host (b. 1926)
2013 – Olga Lowe, South African-English actress (b. 1919)
2013 – Frederik Pohl, American author (b. 1919)
2013 – Paul Scoon, Grenadian politician, 2nd Governor-General of Grenada (b. 1935)
2014 – Peter Carter, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Estonia (b. 1956)
2014 – F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, American lawyer and politician

      20th District Attorney of Philadelphia (b. 1930)
2014 – Norman Gordon, South African cricketer (b. 1911)
2014 – Helena Rakoczy, Polish gymnast (b. 1921)
2014 – Paul W. Robertson, Canadian businessman (b. 1954)
2014 – Goolam Essaji Vahanvati, Indian lawyer and politician

      13th Attorney General for India (b. 1949)
2014 – Antonis Vardis, Greek songwriter (b. 1948)

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