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1897 – Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)

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1329 – Anne of Bavaria (d. 1353)
1711 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (d. 1779)
      First Lord of the Admiralty
1733:  Abraham Whipple  [American revolutionary] (d. 27 May 1819)
      commander in the Continental Navy
1750 – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (d. 1810)
1758 – Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician (d. 1820)
1767 – Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1835)
1774 – Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (d. 1845)
1790:  Nassau William Senior  [English lawyer and economist] (d. 4 Jun 1864)
1791 – Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (d. 1824)
1792 – William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician (d. 1842)
      1st Governor of New Zealand
1820 – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (d. 1891)
      Indian philosopher, painter, and academic
1833:  Charles Bradlaugh  [English atheist and political activist] (d. 30 Jan 1891)
      founded the National Secular Society, 1866
1840 – Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1923)
      8th Premier of Quebec
1843 – Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (d. 1912)
1848 – Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1931)
1849 – Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician (d. 1936)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1865 – Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (d. 1937)
1867 – Winsor McCay, American illustrator and animator (d. 1934)
1869 – Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer (d. 1935)
1870 – Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947)
1872 – Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (d. 1945)
1873 – Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator (d. 1940)
1873 – Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect (d. 1949)
      designed Lenin's Mausoleum
1874 – Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist (d. 1940)
1875 – Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor and singer (d. 1959)
1876 – Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author (d. 1957)
1876 – Philip Kassel, American gymnast (d. 1959)
1876 – Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician (d. 1952)
1877 – Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (d. 1963)
1877 – Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1962)
1878 – Walter Steinbeck, German actor (d. 1942)
1881 – Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (d. 1966)
1884 – Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1951)
1886 – Archibald Hill, English physiologist, academic, and politician (d. 1977)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1887 – Edwin Keppel Bennett, English author and poet (d. 1958)
1887 – Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (d. 1967)
1887 – Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer (d. 1979)
      invented the Bouncing bomb
1888 – J. Frank Dobie, American journalist and author (d. 1964)
1888 – T. S. Eliot  [American-English publisher, playwright, and critic] (d. 4 Jan 1965)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1889 – Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (d. 1946)
1889 – Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (d. 26 May 1976)
1890 – Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (d. 1959)
1891 – Charles Münch, French violinist and conductor (d. 1968)
1892 – Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (d. 1970)
1893 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress (d. 1929)
1895 – Jürgen Stroop, German SS officer (d. 1952)
1897:  Michael Joseph  [British publisher and writer] (d. 15 Mar 1958
1897 – Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917)
1898 – George Gershwin, American pianist and composer (d. 1937)
1900 – Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer (d. 1983)
1901 – George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1980)
1905 – Millito Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2011)
1905 – Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach (d. 1996)
1907 – Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (d. 1983)
1907 – Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (d. 1992)
1909 – Bill France, Sr., American race car driver, founded NASCAR (d. 1992)
1909 – A. P. Hamann, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1977)
1911 – Al Helfer, American sportscaster (d. 1975)
1913 – Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1913 – Dorothy Sloop, American jazz musician (d. 1998)
1914 – Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer (d. 2009)
1914 – Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (d. 2011)
1917 – Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1976)
1917 – Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (d. 1993)
1918 – Eric Morley, English TV host (d. 2000)
      founder of the Miss World pageant
1918 – John Rankine, Welsh author (d. 2013)
1918 – John Zacherle, American television host, voice actor, and singer
1919 – Barbara Britton, American actress (d. 1980)
1919 – Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (d. 2012)
1922 – Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (d. 1985)
1922 – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (d. 2014)
1923 – Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1923 – Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths (d. 2015)
      English cricketer, lawyer, and judge
1923 – James Hennessy, English businessman and diplomat
1925 – Norm Dussault, American-Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2012)
1925 – Marty Robbins, American musician, actor, and race car driver (d. 1982)
1926 – Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000)
1926 – Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist and academic (d. 2011)
1927 – Robert Cade, American physician and educator (d. 2007)
      co-invented Gatorade
1927 – Patrick O'Neal, American actor (d. 1994)
1927 – Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2010)
1928 – Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor
1928 – Wilford White, American football player (d. 2013)
1930 – Philip Bosco, American actor
1930 – Joe Brown, English mountaineer and author
1930 – Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor and actor (d. 1966)
1931 – Kenneth Parnell, American sex offender (d. 2008)
1932 – Richard Herd, American actor
1932 – Donna Douglas, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1932 – Joyce Jameson, American actress (d. 1987)
1932 – Vladimir Voinovich, Russian author and poet

1932 – Manmohan Singh, Indian economist and politician
      13th Prime Minister of India

1932:  Donna Douglas (born Doris Smith) [American actress] (d. 1 Jan 2015)

1934 – Neil Coles, English golfer and architect
1935 – Lou Myers, American actor (d. 2013)
1935 – Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (d. 2007)
1936 – Leroy Drumm, American songwriter (d. 2010)
1936:  Sue W. Kelly  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, R. NY, 1995-2007
1936 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African academic and politician
1937 – Valentin Pavlov, Russian banker and politician (d. 2003)
      11th Premier of the Soviet Union
1937 – Jerry Weintraub, American film producer and talent agent (d. 2015)
1938 – Lucette Aldous, New Zealand-Australian ballerina and educator
1938 – Lars-Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (d. 2010)
1939 – Ricky Tomlinson, English actor and screenwriter
1941 – Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor
1941 – Martine Beswick, Jamaican-English model and actress

1941:  David Frizzell  [American Musician]
1942:  Gloria E. Anzaldúa  [American author, poet, and activist] (d. 15 May 2004)

1942 – Kent McCord, American actor
1943 – Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1943 – Tim Schenken, Australian race car driver
1944 – Jan Brewer, American politician
      22nd Governor of Arizona, 2009-2015
1944 – Keith O'Nions, English geologist and academic
1944 – Anne Robinson, English journalist and game show host
1945 – Louise Beaudoin, Canadian academic and politician
1945 – Gal Costa, Brazilian singer and actress
1945 – Bryan Ferry, English singer-songwriter
      (The Bryan Ferry Orchestra and Roxy Music)
1946 – Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author (d. 9 Apr 2005)
1946 – John MacLachlan Gray, Canadian actor, playwright, and composer
1946:  Mary Beth Hurt  [American actress]
1946 – Togo Igawa, Japanese actor
1946 – Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician
1946 – Louise Simonson, American author
1946 – Christine Todd Whitman, American politician
      50th Governor of New Jersey, 1994-2001
1947 – Lynn Anderson, American singer and actress (d. 2015)
1947 – Philippe Lavil, French singer and actor
1948 – Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1948 – John Foxx  [English musician, photographer, and educator]
      (Ultravox, Tiger Lily, and John Foxx and the Maths)

1949 – Clodoaldo, Brazilian footballer
1949 – Wendy Saddington, Australian singer (d. 2013)
      (Chain and James Taylor Move)
1949 – Jane Smiley, American author
1949 – Marie Tifo, Canadian actress
1949 – Minette Walters, English author
1951 – Ronald DeFeo, Jr., American murderer
1951 – Stuart Tosh, Scottish singer-songwriter and drummer
      (10cc and Pilot)
1952:  James Keane  [American actor] IMDb
1952 – Predrag Miletić, Serbian actor and singer
1953 – Joe Benigno, American radio host
1953 – Dolores Keane, Irish singer and actress (De Dannan)
1953 – Douglas A. Melton, Biologist
1953 – Paul Stephenson, English police officer
1954 – Craig Chaquico, American guitarist
      (Jefferson Starship)
1954 – Kevin Kennedy, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1954:  Cesar Rosas  [Mexican musician]
1955 – Carlene Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Steve Butler, American race car driver
1956 – Linda Hamilton, American actress

1957 – Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager
1957 – Michael Dweck, American visual artist and filmmaker
1958 – Darby Crash, American singer-songwriter (d. 1980)
      (Germs and Darby Crash Band)
1958 – Robert Kagan, Greek-American historian and author
1958 – Richard B. Weldon, Jr., American sailor and politician
1958 – Rudi Cerne, German figure skater and journalist
1959 – Rich Gedman, American baseball player and coach
1959 – Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator (d. 2007)
1960 – Uwe Bein, German footballer and manager
1960 – Jouke de Vries, Dutch academic and politician
1961 – Charlotte Fich, Danish actress
1961 – Marianne Mikko, Estonian journalist and politician
1961 – Ken Mitsuishi, Japanese actor
1961 – Oliver Peyton, Irish businessman
1961 – Will Self, English journalist and author
1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson, American-Canadian actress
1962 – Peter Foster, Australian criminal
1962 – Mark Haddon, English author and poet
1962 – Lawrence Leritz, American actor, singer, and dancer
1962 – Al Pitrelli, American guitarist and songwriter
      (Megadeth, Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and Asia)
1962 – Jacky Wu, Taiwanese singer, television host and actor
1963 – Lysette Anthony, English actress and producer
1963 – Joe Nemechek, American race car driver
1964 – Nicki French, English singer and dancer
1964 – Dave Martinez, American baseball player and coach
1964 – John Tempesta, American drummer
      (White Zombie, Helmet, Testament, The Cult, and Scum of the Earth)
1965 – Cindy Herron, American singer and actress (En Vogue)
1965 – Alexandra Lencastre, Portuguese actress
1965:  Alexei Mordashov  [Russian businessman]
1965 – Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian businessman and politician
      5th President of Ukraine
1965:  Jill Soloway  [American Writer, Producer, Director, and Comedian]
1966 – Dean Butterworth, English-American drummer
      (Good Charlotte and Sugar Ray)
1966 – Christos Dantis, Greek singer-songwriter and producer
1966 – Craig Heyward, American football player (d. 2006)
1966 – Jillian Reynolds, Canadian actress and sportscaster
1967 – Bruno Akrapović, Bosnian footballer
1967 – Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
      (Blind Melon)
1968 – Jim Caviezel, American actor
1968 – Tricia O'Kelley, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1968:  Anthony Shadid  [American journalist] (d. 16 Feb 2012)
1968 – Ben Shenkman, American actor

1969 – Anthony Kavanagh, Canadian comedian, actor, and singer
1969 – Andy Petterson, Australian footballer
1969 – David Slade, English director and producer
1969 – Holger Stanislawski, German footballer and manager
1969 – Paul Warhurst, English footballer and manager
1970 – Sheri Moon Zombie, American actress and fashion designer
1970 – David Parland, Swedish guitarist (d. 2013)
      (Dark Funeral, War, Necrophobic, and Infernal)
1971:  Susan Smith  [American criminal]
1972 – Ras Kass, American rapper, producer, and actor (The Hrsmn)
1972:  Beto O'Rourke  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, D. TX, 2013-present
1972 – Melanie Paxson, American actress
1972 – Shawn Stockman, American singer and actor (Boyz II Men)

1973 – Marty Casey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Lovehammers)
1973 – Julienne Davis, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Mizuki Sano, Japanese actor
1973 – Chris Small, Scottish snooker player
1973 – Olga Vasdeki, Greek triple jumper
1974 – Boris Cepeda, German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat
1974 – Gary Hall, Jr., American swimmer
1974 – Martin Müürsepp, Estonian basketball player and coach
1975 – Emma Härdelin, Swedish singer and violinist
      (Garmarna and Triakel)
1975 – Jake Paltrow, American director and screenwriter
1975 – Chiara Schoras, German actress
1976 – Michael Ballack, German footballer
1976 – Tyler Denk, American model and actor
1976 – Sami Vänskä, Finnish bass player
      (Nightwish and Nattvindens Gråt)
1977 – Kaylynn, American porn actress
1978 – Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner
1979 – Jon Harley, English footballer
1979 – Simon Kirch, German sprinter
1979 – Naomichi Marufuji, Japanese wrestler
1979 – Fuifui Moimoi, Tongan-New Zealand rugby player
1979 – Jaycie Phelps, American gymnast
1979 – Taavi Rõivas, Estonian politician
      16th Prime Minister of Estonia
1979 – Jacob Tierney, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1980 – Patrick Friesacher, Austrian race car driver
1980 – Brooks Orpik, American ice hockey player
1980 – Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
1980 – Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
1981 – Aras Baskauskas, American reality show contestant
      winner of Survivor: Panama
1981 – Yao Beina, Chinese singer (d. 2015)
1981 – Christina Milian, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1981 – Ayumi Tsunematsu, Japanese voice actress
1981 – Collien Ulmen-Fernandes, German actress
1981 – Serena Williams, American tennis player

1982 – Rob Burrow, English rugby player
1982:  Jessie Pavelka  [American fitness expert and television host]
1982 – Simon Picone, Italian rugby player
1982 – Miguel Alfredo Portillo, Argentinian footballer
1982 – Jon Richardson, English comedian and radio host
1983 – Samantha Hammel, American actress, singer, and producer
1983 – D'Qwell Jackson, American football player
1983 – Archimede Morleo, Italian footballer
1983 – Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer
1984 – Thore Schölermann, German actor
1984 – Nev Schulman, American photographer, television host, and producer
1985 – Rina Akiyama, Japanese actress and model
1985 – Lenna Kuurmaa, Estonian musician and actress
      (Vanilla Ninja)
1985 – Talulah Riley, English actress
1986 – Ashley Leggat, Canadian actress, singer, and dancer
1986 – Rebecca Lim, Singaporean actress
1987 – Rosanna Munter, Swedish singer-songwriter and actress (Play)
1988 – James Blake, English singer-songwriter
1988 – Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater
1988 – Marina Kuroki, Japanese actress and singer
1988 – Mark Simpson, English clarinet player
1989 – Nesma Mahgoub, Egyptian singer
1989 – Emma Rigby, English actress
1989 – Chinami Suzuki, Japanese model, television host, and actress
1990 – Pavel Avdeyev, Russian footballer
1991 – Alma Jodorowsky, French model, actress, and singer
1991 – Dan Preston, English footballer
1994 – Lucas Gafarot, Spanish footballer
1995 – Miloš Veljković, Serbian footballer
2000 – Princess Salma bint Abdullah of Jordan

2014:  Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky  [granddaughter of Bill & Hillary Clinton]

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1417 – Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal (b. 1360)
1425 – Sophia of Bavaria, Queen of Bohemia (b. 1376)
1468 – Juan de Torquemada, Spanish cardinal (b. 1388)
1501 – Džore Držić, Croatian poet and playwright (b. 1461)
1620 – Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582)
1623 – Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent, English peer (b. 1540s)
1626 – Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese daimyo (b. 1554)
1716 – Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666)
1764 – Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro (b. 1676)
      Spanish monk and scholar
1800 – William Billings, American composer (b. 1746)
1802 – Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer (b. 1754)
1820 – Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)
1868 – August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
1877 – Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
1902 – Levi Strauss, German-American businessman (b. 1829)
      founded Levi Strauss & Co.
1904 – Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author (b. 1850)
1904 – John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
1908 – Samuel Duvall, American archer (b. 1836)
1935 – Andy Adams, American author (b. 1859)
1935 – Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)
1937 – Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894)
1945 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1881)
1946 – William Strunk, Jr., American author and educator (b. 1869)
1947 – Hugh Lofting, English-American author and poet (b. 1886)
1951 – Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (b. 1885)
1952 – George Ducker, Canadian soccer player (b. 1871)
1952 – George Santayana, Spanish-American philosopher and author (b. 1863)
1953 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator (b. 1895)
1954 – Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868)
1957 – Arthur Powell Davies, American minister and author (b. 1902)
1959 – Leslie Morshead, Australian general (b. 1889)
1959 – Teodor Ussisoo, Estonian furniture designer and educator (b. 1878)
1963 – Otto Christman, Canadian soccer player (b. 1880)
1965 – James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (b. 1898)
1968 – Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin (b. 1902)
      Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician
1968 – Daniel Johnson, Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1915)
      20th Premier of Quebec
1968 – Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (b. 1918)
1972 – Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1890)
1973 – Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author (b. 1891)
1973 – Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1923)
1973 – Anna Magnani, Italian actress and singer (b. 1908)
1976 – Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1887)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1977 – Uday Shankar, Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1900)
1978 – Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1886)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1979 – Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (b. 1910)
1982 – Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)
1983 – Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (b. 1907)
1984 – Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948)
1984 – John Facenda, American sportscaster (b. 1913)
1987 – Ramang, Indonesian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
1987 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, journalist, and mountaineer (b. 1912)
1988 – Branko Zebec, Croatian football player and coach (b. 1929)
1989 – Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay (b. 1920)
      Indian singer-songwriter and producer
1990 – Alberto Moravia, Italian author and critic (b. 1907)
1991 – Billy Vaughn, American singer and bandleader (b. 1919)
      (The Hilltoppers)
1995 – Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player (b. 1931)
1996 – Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (b. 1951)
1998 – Betty Carter, American singer (b. 1930)
1999 – Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (b. 1908)
1999 – Bernadette O'Farrell, Irish-Monacan actress (b. 1924)
2000 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932)
2000 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (b. 1937)
2003 – Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1963)
      (Black Oak Arkansas)
2003 – Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
      (The Power Station and Vinegar Joe)
2004 – Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (b. 1969)
2005 – Helen Cresswell, English author and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2006 – Byron Nelson, American golfer and coach (b. 1912)
2006 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American typist and broadcaster (b. 1916)
2007 – Bill Wirtz, American businessman (b. 1929)
2008 – Marc Moulin, Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (b. 1942)
      (Aksak Maboul and Telex)
2008 – Paul Newman, American actor, filmmaker, and businessman (b. 1925)
      co-founded Newman's Own
2010 – Terry Newton, English rugby player (b. 1978)
2010 – Gloria Stuart, American actress and singer (b. 1910)
2011 – Bob Cassilly, American sculptor (b. 1949)
      founded the City Museum
2012 – M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (b. 1933)
2012 – Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician (b. 1927)
      17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
2012 – Johnny Lewis, American actor (b. 1983)
2012 – Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (b. 1929)
2013 – Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician (b. 1944)
      10th Menteri Besar of Kedah
2013 – Seánie Duggan, Irish hurler (b. 1922)
2013 – Mario Montez, Puerto Rican-American actor (b. 1935)
2013 – Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (b. 1929)
2014 – Gerald Neugebauer, American astronomer and physicist (b. 1932)

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