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1241 – Alexander III of Scotland (d. 1286)
1383 – Antipope Felix V (d. 1451)
1454 – Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (d. 1483)
      Lord High Constable of England
1557 – Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (d. 1631)
1563 – Wanli Emperor of China (d. 1620)
1596 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (d. 1687)
1681 – Carl Heinrich Biber, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1749)
1717 – Job Orton, English minister (d. 1783)
1755 – Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician (d. 1810)
1768 – François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician (d. 1848)
      Minister of Foreign Affairs for France
1776 – Stephen Whitney, American businessman (d. 1860)
1798 – Raynold Kaufgetz, Swiss soldier, economist, and politician (d. 1869)
1803 – Sarah Childress Polk, American wife of James K. Polk (d. 1891)
      14th First Lady of the United States
1809 – Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician
      6th President of Chile (d. 1880)
1809 – Juliusz Słowacki, Polish poet and playwright (d. 1849)
1824 – Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1896)
1824:  Phoebe Cary  [American poet] (d. 31 Jul 1871)
1825 – Dadabhai Naoroji, Indian academic and politician (d. 1917)
1826 – Martin Wiberg, Swedish philosopher and engineer (d. 1905)
1832 – Antonio Agliardi, Italian cardinal (d. 1915)
1846 – Daniel Burnham, American architect
      designed the World's Columbian Exposition (d. 1912)
1848 – Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor (d. 1928)
1848 – Jennie Lee, American actress (d. 1925)
1850 – Luigi Cadorna, Italian field marshal (d. 1928)
1851 – John Dillon, Irish poet and politician (d. 1927)
1880:  Alfred Webb-Johnson, 1st Baron Webb-Johnson  [British surgeon] (d. 25 May 1958)
1885 – Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (d. 1971)
1885 – Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (d. 1971)
1886 – Albert Orsborn, English Salvationist
      6th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1967)
1887 – Roy William Neill, Irish-English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1946)
1890 – Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1947)
1890 – Naima Wifstrand, Swedish actress, singer, and director (d. 1968)
1891 – Fritz Todt, German engineer and politician (d. 1942)
1892 – Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator (d. 1974)
1896 – Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright (d. 1948)
1896 – Aspasia Manos, Greek wife of Alexander of Greece (d. 1972)
1901 – William Lyons, English businessman
      co-founded Jaguar Cars (d. 1985)
1902 – Thomas Mitchell, English cricketer (d. 1996)
1905 – Mary Renault, English-South African author (d. 1983)
1905 – Walter Zapp, Latvian-Estonian inventor, invented the Minox (d. 2003)
1906 – Max Delbrück, German-American biophysicist and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
1907 – Reggie Nalder, Austrian-American actor (d. 1991)
1908 – Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-American director and producer (d. 1999)
1908 – Richard Wright, American author and poet (d. 1960)
1909 – Eduard Wirths, German physician (d. 1945)
1910 – Denis Tomlinson, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (d. 1993)
1912 – Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (d. 2004)
1912 – Alexander Liberman, Russian-American artist and publisher (d. 1999)
1913 – Mickey Cohen, American mobster (d. 1976)
1913 – Victor Kiernan, English historian and academic (d. 2009)
1913 – Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic (d. 1982)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1913 – Kenzō Tange  [Japanese architect] (d. 22 Mar 2005)
      designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium
1913 – Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author (d. 2015)
1914 – Rudolf Leiding, German businessman (d. 2003)
1917 – Henry Ford II, American businessman (d. 1987)
1918 – Paul Harvey  [American journalist and radio host] (d. 28 Feb 2009)
1918 – Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2014)
1919 – Howard Morris, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1920 – Clemar Bucci, Argentinian race car driver (d. 2011)
1920 – Craig Claiborne, American journalist, author, and critic (d. 2000)
1922 – Per Olof Sundman, Swedish politician (d. 1992)
1923 – Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
1924 – Joan Aiken, English author (d. 2004)
1924 – Justinas Lagunavičius, Lithuanian basketball player (d. 1997)
1924:  Walter Wager  [American novelist] (d. 11 Jul 2004)
1925 – Asa Earl Carter, American Ku Klux Klan leader and author (d. 1979)
1926 – Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (d. 2 Dec 2002)

1926 – Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1927 – John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2011)
1927 – Ferenc Sánta, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1928 – Dick York, American actor (d. 1992)
1929 – Thomas Eagleton, American lawyer and politician
      38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (d. 2007)
1929 – Robert V. Keeley, Lebanese-American soldier and diplomat
      United States Ambassador to Greece (d. 2015)
1930 – Don Ackerman, American basketball player (d. 2011)
1930 – Robert Arneson, American ceramic artist (d. 1992)
1930 – William Maxson, American general (d. 2013)
1931 – Jack Boucher, American photographer (d. 2012)
1931:  Anthony de Mello  [Indian Jesuit priest and psychotherapist] (d. 2 Jun 1987)
1931 – Mitzi Gaynor, American actress, singer, and dancer
1931 – Antonios Trakatellis, Greek biochemist and politician
1932 – Carlos Romero Barceló, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician
    5th Governor of Puerto Rico
1932 – Dinsdale Landen, English actor (d. 2003)
1933 – George Claydon, English actor (d. 2001)
1934 – Clive Granger, Welsh-American economist and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
1934 – Eduard Khil, Russian singer and actor (d. 2012)
1934 – Antoine Redin, French footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1935 – Charles A. Hines, American general and academic (d. 2013)
1935 – Dallas Willard, American philosopher and academic (d. 2013)
1936 – Wayne Cody, American sportscaster (d. 2002)
1937 – Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer and politician
1937 – Gene Ludwig, American organist and composer (d. 2010)
1937 – Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director (d. 2006)
1937 – Virgil A. Richard, American general (d. 2013)
1937 – Les Allen, English footballer and manager
1937 – Nicholas Worth, American actor (d. 2007)
1939 – Denis Lindsay, South African cricketer and referee (d. 2005)
1941 – Marilena de Souza Chaui, Brazilian philosopher and academic
1941:  Ken Harrelson  [American baseball player and announcer]
1941:  Raymond Kelly  [American policeman]
      New York City Police Commissioner, 1992-1994, 2002-2013
      Commissioner of Customs for the United States, 1998-2001
      Undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, 1996-1998
1941 – Ramesh Sethi, Kenyan cricketer and coach
1941 – Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian politician
      19th Governor of Andhra Pradesh
1941 – Joanna Van Gyseghem, English actress
1942:  Bob Filner  [American politician]
      35th Mayor of San Diego, D, 2012-2013
      U.S. Representative, D. CA, 1993-2012
1942 – Raymond Floyd, American golfer
1942 – Jerry Jarrett, American wrestler and promoter
      co-founded Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
1942 – Merald "Bubba" Knight, American singer-songwriter and producer
      (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
1944 – Tony Atkinson, English economist and academic
1944 – Dave Bassett, English footballer and manager
1944 – Vladimír Guma Kulhánek, Czech bass player
      (Energit and Etc...)
1944 – Jennifer Salt, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1944 – Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
1945 – Danny Gatton, American guitarist (d. 1994)
1945 – Bill Kenwright, English actor, singer, and producer
1946 – Gary Duncan, American guitarist
      (The Brogues and Quicksilver Messenger Service)
1946 – Dave Liebman, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer
1946 – Bryan Mauricette, Saint Lucian-Canadian cricketer
1947 – Bob Jenkins, American sportscaster
1948:  Michael Berryman  [American actor]
1949 – Darryl Cotton, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2012)
      (Zoot and Cotton Keays & Morris)
1949 – Dean Pees, American football player and coach
1949 – Tom Watson, American golfer
1950 – Ehteshamuddin, Pakistani cricketer
1950 – Doyle Alexander, American baseball player
1951 – Martin Chambers, English drummer and singer
      (The Pretenders)
1951 – Judith Ivey, American actress and director
1951 – Kaoru Kobayashi, Japanese actor
1951 – Marita Ulvskog, Swedish politician
      Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
1952 – Stephen Easley, American businessman and politician (d. 2013)
1952 – Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer
1953 – Janet Biehl, American political writer
1953 – Michael Stean, English chess player and author
1953 – Fatih Terim, Turkish footballer and manager
1955 – David Broza, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955:  Bernard Kerik  [American public servant and convicted felon]
      New York City Police Commissioner, 2000-2001
1955 – Garth Le Roux, South African cricketer
1955 – Brian Schweitzer, American politician
     23rd Governor of Montana
1956 – Candy Loving, American model
1956 – Blackie Lawless, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
      (W.A.S.P., London, Sister, and New York Dolls)
1957 – Khandi Alexander, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
1957 – Patricia Tallman, American actress and stuntwoman
1958 – Jacqueline Hewitt, American astronomer
1958:  Glenn Hubbard  [American economist and academic]
      Dean of Columbia Business School, 2004-present
      20th Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, 2001-2003
1958 – George Hurley, American drummer
      (Minutemen, Firehose, The Reactionaries, and Unknown Instructors)
1958 – Marzio Innocenti, Italian rugby player and coach
1958 – Drew Pinsky, American radio and television host
1959 – Kevin Harrington, Australian actor and screenwriter
1959 – Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper
1960:  Jocelyn Moorhouse  [Australian writer and film director]
1960 – Shailesh Vara, Ugandan-English lawyer and politician
1960 – Damon Wayans, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1961 – Nick Blinko, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Rudimentary Peni)
1961 – Lars Jönsson, Swedish film producer
1961 – Kevin Kennedy, English actor and singer
1961 – Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer
1962 – Kiran More, Indian cricketer
1962 – Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician
      Education Minister of Denmark
1962 – Shinya Yamanaka, Japanese physician and biologist
      Nobel Prize laureate
1963 – Bobby Jarzombek, American drummer
      (Halford, Spastic Ink, Fates Warning, and Juggernaut)
1963 – John Vanbiesbrouck, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1963 – Sami Yaffa, Finnish singer-songwriter and bass player
      (Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls, Demolition 23, and Jetboy)
1964 – René Pape, German opera singer
1964:  Anthony Weiner  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, D. NY, 1999-2011
1965 – Sergio Momesso, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1966 – Yanka Dyagileva, Russian singer-songwriter
      (Grazhdanskaya Oborona) (d. 1991)
1966 – Jeff Tremaine, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1967 – Darrin Murray, New Zealand cricketer and accountant
1967 – Dezső Szabó, Hungarian decathlete
1968 – John DiMaggio, American voice actor and singer
1968 – Phill Lewis, American actor and director
1968 – Eddy Merckx, Belgian billiards player
1968 – Mike Piazza, American baseball player and actor
1969 – Sasha, Welsh DJ and producer (Sasha & John Digweed)
1969 – Ramon Dekkers, Dutch kick-boxer (d. 2013)
1969 – Giorgi Margvelashvili, Georgian academic and politician
      4th President of Georgia
1969 – Noah Taylor, English-Australian actor and singer
1969 – Kristen Wilson, American actress
1970 – Iggor Cavalera, Brazilian drummer
      (Sepultura and Cavalera Conspiracy)
1970 – Daisy Dee, Dutch singer and actress
1970 – Sven Meyer, German footballer
1971 – Lance Klusener, South African cricketer and coach
1971 – Ione Skye, English-American actress
1971 – Maik Taylor, German-Irish footballer
1971 – Anita Yuen, Hong Kong model and actress
      Miss Hong Kong 1990
1972:  Carlos Ponce  [Puerto Rican actor]
1972 – Françoise Yip, Canadian actress
1973 – Jason David Frank, American actor and mixed martial artist
1973 – Aaron Fultz, American baseball player
1974 – Naved Ashraf, Pakistani cricketer
1974 – Carmit Bachar, American singer, dancer, and actress
      (The Pussycat Dolls)
1974 – Lincoln Roberts, Tobagonian cricketer
1975 – Sergio Ballesteros, Spanish footballer
1975 – Mark Ronson, English DJ, producer, and songwriter
      co-founded Allido Records
1975 – Dave Salmoni, Canadian zoologist, television host, and producer
1975 – Yoani Sánchez, Cuban philologist and blogger
1976 – Katreeya English, English-Thai singer, actress, and model
1976 – Denílson Martins Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
1976 – Mario-Ernesto Rodríguez, Uruguayan-Italian footballer
1977 – Sun-woo Kim, South Korean baseball player
1977 – Kia Stevens, American wrestler
1978 – Wes Bentley, American actor and producer
1978 – Frederik Veuchelen, Belgian cyclist
1978 – Christian Walz, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
1979 – Maxim Afinogenov, Russian ice hockey player
1979 – Pedro Macedo Camacho, Portuguese pianist, composer, and producer
1979 – Kristina Krepela, Croatian actress
1979 – Kosuke Matsuura, Japanese race car driver
1979 – MC Mong, South Korean rapper, producer, and actor
1980 – Max Greenfield, American actor
1980 – Hitomi Shimatani, Japanese singer
1981 – Beyoncé Knowles, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress
      (Destiny's Child)
1981 – Richard Garcia, Australian footballer
1982 – Whitney Cummings, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter
1982:  Lou Doillon  [French model, singer, and actress]
1982 – Mark Lewis-Francis, English sprinter
1983 – Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese idol, singer-songwriter, actor,
            television personality, and radio host (KAT-TUN)
1983 – Armands Šķēle, Latvian basketball player
1984 – Jonathan Adam, Scottish racing driver
1984 – Camila Bordonaba, Argentinian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
      (Erreway)
1985 – Raúl Albiol, Spanish footballer
1985 – Ri Kwang-chon, North Korean footballer
1985 – Walid Mesloub, Algerian footballer
1986 – OMI, Jamaican singer
1986:  Gelila Bekele  [Ethiopian model, humanitarian and social activist]
1986 – Ayumi Kaihori, Japanese footballer
1986:  Charlotte Le Bon  [French Canadian actress, model and television presenter]
1986 – James Younghusband, Filipino footballer
1987 – Maryna Linchuk, Belarusian model
1987:  Scott Tolzien  [American football player]
1990 – James Bay, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1990 – Stefanía Fernández, Venezuelan model
      Miss Universe 2009
1991 – Carter Jenkins, American actor
1993 – Jody Fannin, English racing driver

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422 – Pope Boniface I
799 – Musa al-Kadhim, Arabic imam (b. 745)
1037 – Bermudo III of León (b. 1010)
1063 – Tughril, Turkish ruler (b. 990)
1199 – Joan of England, Queen of Sicily (b. 1165)
1323 – Gegeen Khan, Emperor Yingzong of Yuan (b. 1303)
1537 – Johann Dietenberger, German theologian and translator (b. 1475)
1588 – Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English academic and politician
      Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk (b. 1532)
1767 – Charles Townshend, English politician
      Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1725)
1780 – John Fielding, English judge (b. 1721)
1784 – César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (b. 1714)
1794 – John Hely-Hutchinson, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1724)
1804 – Richard Somers, American lieutenant (b. 1778)
1820 – Timothy Brown, English banker and merchant (b. 1743/4)
1821 – José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (b. 1785)
1849 – Friedrich Laun, German author (b. 1770)
1852 – William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
1864 – John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)
1907 – Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
1909 – Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)
1914 – Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
1940 – George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
1941 – William Clemens, Australian public servant (b. 1873)
1944 – Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
1949 – Olof Ås, Swedish actor and production manager (b. 1892)
1963 – Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician
      130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
1965 – Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary
      Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
1974 – Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)
1974 – Marcel Achard, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1899)
1974 – Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (b. 1884)
1977 – Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1899)
1977 – Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (b. 1894)
1977 – E. F. Schumacher, German-English economist and statistician (b. 1911)
1979 – Canuplin, Filipino magician (b. 1904)
1982 – Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter (b. 1900)
1985 – George O'Brien, American actor and singer (b. 1899)
1986 – Otto Glória, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1917)
1986 – Hank Greenberg, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
1987 – Bill Bowes, English cricketer and coach (b. 1908)
1989 – Georges Simenon, Belgian-Swiss author (b. 1903)
1989 – Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and author (b. 1903)
1990 – Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author (b. 1925)
1990 – Irene Dunne American actress and singer (b. 1898)
1991 – Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1913)
1991 – Tom Tryon, American actor and author (b. 1926)
1991 – Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1932)
1993 – Hervé Villechaize, French-American actor (b. 1943)
1995 – Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, composer, and producer
      (Shadowfax) (b. 1950)
1995 – William Kunstler, American lawyer and activist (b. 1919)
1997 – Dharamvir Bharati, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1926)
1997 – Aldo Rossi, Italian architect (b. 1931)
      designed the Bonnefanten Museum and Teatro Carlo Felice
1998 – Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (b. 1905)
1998 – Elizabeth Kata, Australian author (b. 1912)
1999 – Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (b. 1919)
2001 – Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, American radio host and actor (b. 1962)
2002 – Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (b. 1904)
2003 – Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1921)
2003 – Lola Bobesco, Romanian-Belgian violinist and educator (b. 1921)
2004 – Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (b. 1971)
2006 – Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (b. 1942)
2006 – Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (b. 1962)
2006 – Colin Thiele, Australian author, poet, and educator (b. 1920)
2006 – Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano (b. 1918)
2011 – Lee Roy Selmon, American football player (b. 1954)
2012 – Abraham Avigdorov, Israeli soldier (b. 1929)
2012 – Syed Mustafa Siraj, Indian author (b. 1930)
2012 – Hakam Sufi, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
2013 – Dick Raaymakers, Dutch composer and theorist (b. 1930)
2013 – Stanislav Stepashkin, Russian boxer (b. 1940)
2014 – Mizchif, Zimbabwean-South African rapper (b. 1976)
2014 – Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor (b. 1924)
2014 – Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1959)
      (Soda Stereo)
2014 – Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
      10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
2014 – Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and television host (b. 1933)

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