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616 – Javanshir, Albanian king (d. 680)
1494 – Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet and playwright (d. 1545)
1605 – Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1694)
1667 – Asano Naganori, Japanese daimyo (d. 1701)
1681 – Johann Mattheson, German composer, lexicographer, and diplomat (d. 1764)
1705 – Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English politician
      Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1774)
1705 – Johann Peter Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1772)
1735 – Augustus Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (d. 1811)
      English academic and politician
1746 – William Jones, English-Welsh philologist and scholar (d. 1794)
1765 – Frederick Christian II (d. 1814)
      Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
1803 – Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist, historian, and author (d. 1870)
1809 – Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (d. 1899)
1819 – Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol, Catalan engineer (d. 1885)
1820:  Friedrich Engels  [German author and political theorist] (d. 5 Aug 1895)
      co-authored The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx, 1848
1821 – Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (d. 1874)
1823 – Alexandre Cabanel, French painter and educator (d. 1889)
1824 – Francis Turner Palgrave, English poet and critic (d. 1897)
1836 – Thomas Crapper, English plumber, invented the ballcock (d. 1910)
1839:  Frances E. Willard  [American educator and activist] (d. 17 Feb 1898)
      national president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), 1879-1898
1841 – Georges Clemenceau, French journalist, physician, and politician (d. 1929)
      85th Prime Minister of France
1852 – Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic (d. 1907)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1852 – Isis Pogson, British astronomer and meteorologist (d. 1945)
1856 – Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (d. 1923)
1860 – Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist (d. 1934)
1861 – Amélie of Orléans (d. 1951)
1867 – Hiranuma Kiichirō, Japanese politician (d. 1952)
      35th Prime Minister of Japan
1868:  Evelyn Beatrice Hall  [English writer] (d. 13 Apr 1956)
1877 – Walter Thijssen, Dutch rower (d. 1943)
1877 – Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (d. 1940)
1878 – Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1962)
1870 – Florent Schmitt, French composer (d. 1958)
1881 – Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (d. 1950)
1882 – Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (d. 1963)
1885 – Emil Väre, Finnish wrestler (d. 1974)
1887 – Avery Brundage, American businessman (d. 1975)
      5th President of the International Olympic Committee
1889 – Jack Fournier, American baseball player and coach (d. 1973)
1891 – Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress (d. 1918)
1892:  Elmer Rice  [American playwright] (d. 8 May 1967)
1893 – Giannis Skarimpas, Greek author, poet, and playwright (d. 1984)
1898 – Carl Clauberg, German physician (d. 1957)
1899 – Alice de Janzé, American-Kenyan heiress (d. 1941)
1900 – Joe Falcon, American accordion player (d. 1965)
1901 – William S. Paley, American broadcaster, founded CBS (d. 1990)
1901 – Ed Sullivan, American television host (d. 13 Oct 1974)
1903 – Haywood S. Hansell, American general (d. 1988)
1905 – Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005)
1907 – Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast and physician (d. 1997)
1907 – Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (d. 1931)
1909 – Al Capp, American cartoonist (d. 1979)
1909:  Stephen Spender  [English poet] (16 Jul 1995)
1910 – Diosdado Macapagal, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 1997)
      9th President of the Philippines
1910 – Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 1942)
1913 – Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (d. 2007)
1913:  Ellis Peters (pen name of Edith Pargeter) [English author] (d. 14 Oct 1995)
1914 – Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (d. 2014)
1915:  Ethel Rosenberg  [American criminal] (d. 19 Jun 1953)
1916 – Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (d. 1977)
1916 – Olga Lepeshinskaya, Ukrainian-Russian ballerina and educator (d. 2008)
1918 – Ángel Labruna, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
1918 – Arnold Stang, American actor and singer (d. 2009)
1919 – Doris Singleton, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
1923 – Tuli Kupferberg, American singer, poet, and author (The Fugs) (d. 2010)
1923 – John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch (d. 2007)
      Scottish captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire
1923 – William Windom, American actor (d. 2012)
1924 – Rudolf Barshai, Russian-Swiss viola player and conductor (d. 2010)
1924 – Marcello Mastroianni, Italian-French actor and singer (d. 1996)
1925 – Seymour Cray, American computer scientist (d. 1996)
      founded the CRAY Computer Company
1925 – Cromwell Everson, South African composer (d. 1991)
1925 – Frank Latimore, American actor (d. 1998)
1926 – Jerry Clower, American soldier, comedian, and author (d. 1998)
1928 – Koko Taylor, American singer and actress (d. 2009)
1929 – Lata Mangeshkar, Indian singer-songwriter
1930 – Immanuel Wallerstein, American sociologist, author, and academic
1932 – Jeremy Isaacs, Scottish screenwriter and producer
1932 – Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (d. 1973)
1933 – Joe Benton, English politician
1933 – Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor (d. 2006)
1933:  B. Wayne Hughes  [American businessman]
      founder and chairman of Public Storage
1933:  Madeleine M. Kunin  [American diplomat and politician]
      77th Governor of Vermont, 1985-1991
1933 – Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
     (Jimmy & Johnny)
1934 – Brigitte Bardot, French actress and singer
1934 – Janet Munro, English actress and singer (d. 1972)
1935 – Bruce Crampton, Australian golfer
1935 – David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick, English diplomat
      Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
1935 – Ronald Lacey, English actor (d. 1991)
1935 – Heather Sears, English actress (d. 1994)
1936:  Sherwood Boehlert  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, R. NY, 1983-2007
1936 – Emmett Chapman, American guitarist, invented the Chapman Stick
1937 – Alice Mahon, English politician
1937 – Rod Roddy, American game show announcer (d. 2003)
1938 – Ben E. King, American musician (The Drifters) (d. 2015)
1939 – Elbridge Bryant, American singer and dancer (d. 1975)
      (The Temptations)
1939:  Bruce Froemming  [American baseball umpire]
      Major League Baseball Special Assistant to the Vice President on Umpiring
1939 – Stuart Kauffman, American biologist and academic
1939 – Rudolph Walker, Trinidadian-English actor
1941 – Edmund Stoiber, German politician
      Minister President of Bavaria
1941 – David Lewis, American philosopher
1942 – Marshall Bell, American actor
1942 – Pierre Clémenti, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1942 – Tim Maia, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 1998)
1942 – Edward "Little Buster" Forehand, American musiciN (d. 2006)
1943 – Warren Lieberfarb, American businessman
1943 – Nick St. Nicholas, German-Canadian bass player
      (Steppenwolf, The Mynah Birds, The Sparrows,
            Blue Cheer, and World Classic Rockers)
1943 – Win Percy, English race car driver
1943:  George W. S. Trow  [American writer] (d. 24 Nov 2006)
1943 – J. T. Walsh, American actor (d. 1998)
1944 – Matthew Cowles, American actor and playwright (d. 2014)
1944 – Marcia Muller, American author
1944:  Simon Winchester  [British author and journalist]
1944:  Miloš Zeman  [Czech politician]
      3rd President of the Czech Republic, 2013-present
      3rd Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, 1998-2002
1945 – Marielle Goitschel, French skier
1945 – Manolis Rasoulis, Greek singer-songwriter and journalist (d. 2011)
1945 – Fusako Shigenobu, Japanese activist
      founded the Japanese Red Army
1946 – Tom Bower, English journalist and author
1946 – Peter Egan, English actor
1946 – Jeffrey Jones, American actor
1946 – Helen Shapiro, English singer and actress
1947 – Bob Carr, Australian journalist and politician
      37th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Australia
1947 – Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician
      10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
1947 – Jon Snow, English journalist
1948 – Panagiotis Adraktas, Greek politician
1949 – Jim Henshaw, Canadian actor, screenwriter, and producer
1950 – Paul Burgess, English drummer
      (10cc, Jethro Tull, Camel, Magna Carta, and The Icicle Works)
1950 – Laurie Lewis, American singer and fiddler
1950 – John Sayles, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1951 – Norton Buffalo, American musician, producer, and actor (d. 2009)
      (Steve Miller Band)
1952:  Christopher Buckley  [American satirist and novelist]
1952 – Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou, Greek basketball player and coach
1952 – Sylvia Kristel, Dutch model, actress, and singer (d. 2012)
1952 – Andy Ward, English drummer (Camel)
1953 – Otmar Hasler, Liechtensteiner politician
      11th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
1954:  Paul Tudor Jones  [American hedge fund manager]
      founder of Tudor Investment Corporation
1954 – Steve Largent, American football player and politician
1954 – George Lynch, American guitarist and songwriter
      (Dokken, Lynch Mob, Souls of We, and Tooth and Nail)
1954 – Margot Wallström, Swedish politician and diplomat
      42nd Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs
1955 – Stéphane Dion, Canadian sociologist and politician
      15th Canadian Minister of the Environment
1955 – Kenny Kirkland, American pianist (d. 1998)
1957 – C. J. Chenier, American singer-songwriter and accordion player
1957 – Andrus Rõuk, Estonian painter and poet

1959 – Ron Fellows, Canadian race car driver
1959 – Steve Hytner, American actor
1959 – Dantes Tsitsi, Nauruan politician
1960 – Frank Hammerschlag, German footballer and manager
1960 – Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford, English politician
1960 – Jennifer Rush, American singer-songwriter
1960 – Socrates B. Villegas, Filipino archbishop
1961 – Helen Grant, English lawyer and politician
      Minister for Sport and the Olympics
1961 – Gregory Jbara, American actor and singer
1961 – Quentin Kawānanakoa, American politician
1962 – Grant Fuhr, Canadian ice hockey player
1962 – Dietmar Schacht, German footballer and manager
1962 – Chuck Taylor, American journalist
1963 – Steve Blackman, American wrestler
1963 – Érik Comas, French race car driver
1963:  Philip Greenspun  [American computer scientist]
1963 – Greg Weisman, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Claudio Borghi, Argentinian footballer and manager
1964 – Laura Cerón, Mexican-American actress
1964 – Gregor Fisken, Scottish race car driver
1964 – Janeane Garofalo, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Paul Jewell, English footballer and manager
1964 – Mārtiņš Roze, Latvian politician (d. 2012)
1965 – Jens Melzig, German footballer
1965 – Christopher Evan Welch, American actor (d. 2013)
1966 – Scott Adams, American football player (d. 2013)
1966 – María Canals Barrera, American actress and singer
1966 – Ginger Fish, American drummer (Marilyn Manson)
1966 – Puri Jagannadh, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Leilani Sarelle, American actress
1967 – Mira Sorvino, American actress and producer
1967 – Moon Unit Zappa, American actress and singer
1968 – Francois Botha, South African boxer and mixed martial artist
1968 – Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver
1968 – Trish Keenan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
1968 – Rob Moroso, American race car driver (d. 1990)
1968:  Carré Otis  [American model and actress]
1968 – Naomi Watts, English-Australian actress and producer
1969 – Manuel Benitez, American actor (d. 2008)
1969 – Marcel Dost, Dutch decathlete
1969 – Ben Greenman, American journalist and author
1969 – Éric Lapointe, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1969 – Sascha Maassen, German race car driver
1969 – Masafumi Ōura, Japanese volleyball player and coach (d. 2013)
1969:  John Perez  [American union organizer and politician]
      68th Speaker of the California State Assembly, 2010-2014
1969 – Nico Vaesen, Belgian footballer
1969 – Minayo Watanabe, Japanese idol and singer (Onyanko Club)
1970 – Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japanese tennis player
1970 – Mike DeJean, American baseball player
1970 – Yūji Kishi, Japanese actor and voice actor
1970:  Danny Rimer  [Canadian venture capitalist]
1970 – Gualter Salles, Brazilian race car driver
1971 – Joseph Arthur, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Lonely Astronauts, Fistful of Mercy, and RNDM)
1971 – A. J. Croce, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1971 – George Eustice, English politician
1971 – Alan Wright, English footballer and manager
1972 – John Light, English actor
1972 – Dita Von Teese, American dancer, model, and actress
1973 – Jori Hulkkonen, Finnish DJ and producer
1973 – Brian Rafalski, American ice hockey player
1974 – Marco Di Loreto, Italian footballer and manager
1974 – Mariya Kiselyova, Russian swimmer
1974 – Joonas Kolkka, Finnish footballer and coach
1974 – Shane Webcke, Australian rugby league player and coach
1975 – Stuart Clark, Australian cricketer and manager
1975 – Isamu Jordan, American journalist and academic (d. 2013)
1975 – Lenny Krayzelburg, American swimmer
1976 – Ali Asel, Kuwaiti footballer
1976 – Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist and politician
1976:  Jasmine Guinness  [Irish designer and a fashion model]
1977 – Ireneusz Marcinkowski, Polish footballer
1977 – Se-Ri Pak, South Korean golfer
1977 – Young Jeezy, American rapper
      (Boyz n da Hood, United Streets Dopeboyz of America)
1978 – Bushido, German rapper and producer
1979 – Bam Margera, American skateboarder, actor, and stuntman
1979 – Taki Tsan, American-Greek rapper and producer (Zontanoi Nekroi)
1980 – Marlon Parmer, American basketball player
1981 – Greg Anderson, American pianist and composer
1981 – José Calderón, Spanish basketball player
1981 – Melissa Claire Egan, American actress
1981 – Gül Gölge, Turkish model and actress
1981 – Jorge Guagua, Ecuadorian footballer
1981 – Iracema Trevisan, Brazilian bass player (CSS)
1982 – Aleksandr Anyukov, Russian footballer
1982 – Abhinav Bindra, Indian target shooter
1982 – Ray Emery, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Kazue Fukiishi, Japanese actress
1982 – Ranbir Kapoor, Indian actor and director
1982 – Nolwenn Leroy, French singer-songwriter
1982 – Emeka Okafor, American basketball player
1982 – Dustin Penner, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Aivar Rehemaa, Estonian skier
1982 – Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player
1982 – St. Vincent, American musician
      (The Polyphonic Spree)
1983 – Brooke Banner, American porn actress
1983 – Stefan Moore, English footballer
1983 – John Schwalger, New Zealand rugby player
1983:  Sarah Wright  [American actress]
1984 – Luke Pomersbach, Australian cricketer
1984 – Naim Terbunja, Kosovan-Swedish boxer
1984 – Melody Thornton, American singer-songwriter and dancer
      (Pussycat Dolls)
1984 – Mathieu Valbuena, French footballer
1984 – Ryan Zimmerman, American baseball player
1985 – Shindong, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
      (Super Junior)
1985 – Alina Ibragimova, Russian-English violinist
1986 – Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer
1986 – Meskerem Legesse, Ethiopian runner (d. 2013)
1986:  Daniel Platzman  [American musician]
1987 – Pierre Becken, German footballer
1987 – Gary Deegan, Irish footballer
1987 – Hilary Duff, American singer-songwriter and actress
1987 – Chloë Hanslip, English violinist
1987 – Viktoria Leks, Estonian high jumper
1987:  Alex Winston  [American musician]
1988 – Marin Čilić, Croatian tennis player
1988 – Esmée Denters, Dutch singer-songwriter
1988 – Aleks Vrteski, Australian footballer
1989 – Mark Randall, English footballer
1990 – Kirsten Prout, Canadian actress
1990 – Phoenix Battye, Australian rugby player
1992 – Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress (d. 2014)
1992 – Adam Thompson, English-Irish footballer
1992 – Koko Tsurumi, Japanese gymnast
1993 – Jodie Williams, English sprinter
1995 – Jason Williams, English footballer
2000 – Frankie Jonas, American actor

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935 – Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 907)
1197 – Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1165)
1213 – Gertrude of Merania (b. 1185)
1429 – Cymburgis of Masovia (b. 1394)
1582 – George Buchanan, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1506)
1596 – Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby (b. 1540)
1618 – Joshua Sylvester, English poet and translator (b. 1563)
1687 – Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian theologian and academic (b. 1623)
1694 – Gabriel Mouton, French mathematician and theologian (b. 1618)
1702 – Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, French-English politician (b. 1640)
      Lord President of the Council
1742 – Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (b. 1663)
1829 – Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (b. 1771)
1844 – Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and politician (b. 1769)
1873 – Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
1891 – Herman Melville, American author and poet (b. 1819)
1895 – Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (b. 1822)
1914 – Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (b. 1863)
1915 – Saitō Hajime, Japanese samurai (b. 1844)
1918 – Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)
1918 – Freddie Stowers, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896)
1935 – William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer (b. 1860)
      invented the Kinetoscope
1938 – Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman (b. 1861)
      founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company
1943 – Sam Ruben, American chemist and academic (b. 1913)
1949 – Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (b. 1881)
1953 – Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and scholar (b. 1889)
1956 – William Boeing, American businessman (b. 1881)
      founded the Boeing Company
1957 – Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan violinist and composer (b. 1888)
1959 – Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (b. 1901)
1962 – Roger Nimier, French soldier and author (b. 1925)
1964 – Harpo Marx, American comedian, actor, and singer (b. 1888)
1966 – André Breton, French author and poet (b. 1896)
1970 – John Dos Passos, American author and painter (b. 1896)
1970 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician (b. 1918)
      2nd President of Egypt
1972 – Rory Storm, English singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
1978 – Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)
1979 – John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist and engineer (b. 1921)
1981 – Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan journalist and politician (b. 1908)
      President of Venezuela
1982 – Mabel Albertson, American actress (b. 1901)
1989 – Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
      10th President of the Philippines
1990 – Larry O'Brien, American businessman and politician (b. 1917)
      57th United States Postmaster General
1991 – Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1926)
      (Miles Davis Quintet)
1993 – Peter De Vries, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
1993 – Alexander A. Drabik, American sergeant (b. 1910)
1994 – Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (Propeller and Ruja) (b. 1953)
1994 – José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
      6th Governor of Guerrero
1994 – Harry Saltzman, Canadian production manager and producer (b. 1915)
1999 – Escott Reid, Canadian diplomat, academic, and author (b. 1905)
2000 – Pierre Trudeau, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1919)
      15th Prime Minister of Canada
2001 – Irene von Meyendorff, German-English actress (b. 1916)
2002 – Patsy Mink, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
2002 – Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician (b. 1907)
2003 – Althea Gibson, American tennis player and golfer (b. 1927)
2003 – Elia Kazan, Turkish-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
2003 – George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician and diplomat (b. 1934)
2004 – Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (b. 1924)
2004 – Scott Muni, American radio host (b. 1930)
2005 – Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)
2007 – René Desmaison, French mountaineer (b. 1930)
2007 – Wally Parks, American businessman (b. 1913)
      founded the National Hot Rod Association
2009 – Guillermo Endara, Panamanian lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
      32nd President of Panama
2009 – Ulf Larsson, Swedish actor and director (b. 1956)
2010 – Kurt Albert, German mountaineer and photographer (b. 1954)
2010 – Arthur Penn, American director and producer (b. 1922)
2010 – Dolores Wilson, American soprano and actress (b. 1928)
2012 – Avraham Adan, Israeli general (b. 1926)
2012 – Larry Cunningham, Irish singer (b. 1938)
2012 – Chris Economaki, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1920)
2012 – Brajesh Mishra, Indian politician and diplomat (b. 1928)
      1st Indian National Security Advisor
2012 – Michael O'Hare, American actor (b. 1952)
2012 – Ahmed Ramzy, Egyptian actor (b. 1930)
2013 – James Emanuel, American-French poet and scholar (b. 1921)
2013 – Jonathan Fellows-Smith, South African cricketer and rugby player (b. 1932)
2013 – Anatoli Parov, Russian footballer (b. 1956)
2013 – Walter Schmidinger, Austrian actor (b. 1933)
2013 – B. B. Watson, American singer (b. 1953)
2013 – George Amon Webster, American singer and pianist (b. 1945)
      (Cathedral Quartet)
2014 – Dannie Abse, Welsh physician, poet, and author (b. 1923)
2014 – Joseph H. Alexander, American colonel and historian (b. 1938)
2014 – Sheila Faith, English dentist and politician (b. 1928)
2014 – Tim Rawlings, English footballer and manager (b. 1932)
2014 – Petr Skoumal, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1938)

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