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1871 – Cordell Hull  [American captain, lawyer, and politician] (d. 23 Jul 1955)
      47th United States Secretary of State, 1933-1944
      U.S. Senator, D. TN, 1931-1933
      U.S. Representative, D. TN, 1923-1931
      Nobel Peace Prize, 1945

1921 – Robert Runcie, English archbishop (d. 2000)

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1452 – Richard III of England (d. 1485)
1470 – Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)
1538 – Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal and saint (d. 1584)
1644 – François-Timoléon de Choisy, French historian and author (d. 1724)
1704 – František Tůma, Czech organist and composer (d. 1774)
1718 – Elizabeth Montagu, English author and critic (d. 1800)
1722 – Leopold Widhalm, Austrian instrument maker (d. 1776)
1727 – Ignaz Schiffermüller, Austrian naturalist (d. 1806)
1737 – Francis Hopkinson, American judge and politician (d. 1791)
1768 – William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (d. 1854)
      English general and politician
1798 – Charles Albert of Sardinia (d. 1849)
1800 – Nat Turner, American slave who led a slave rebellion (d. 1831)
1824 – Henry C. Lord, American businessman (d. 1884)
1828 – Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician (d. 1896)
      55th Prime Minister of France
1832 – Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist and academic (d. 1917)
1833 – William Corby, American priest and academic (d. 1897)
1847 – Paul von Hindenburg, Polish-German field marshal and politician (d. 1934)
      2nd President of Germany
1851 – Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (d. 1929)
1852 – William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic (d. 1916)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1854 – Patrick Geddes, Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, (d. 1932)
                  philanthropist and pioneering town planner
1857:  A. E. Waite  [American-born British poet, mystic, and occultist] (d. 19 May 1942)
1869 – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist and philosopher (d. 1948)
1871 – Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscaper and author (d. 1959)
1873 – Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
1873 – Pelham Warner, English cricketer and manager (d. 1963)
1879 – Wallace Stevens, American poet (d. 1955)
1882 – Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian colonel (d. 1945)
1883 – Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (d. 1950)
1883 – Karl von Terzaghi, Czech-American geologist and engineer (d. 1963)
1890 – Groucho Marx, American comedian, actor, and singer (d. 1977)
1893 – Leroy Shield, American composer and conductor (d. 1962)
1895 – Bud Abbott, American actor and singer (d. 1974)
1895 – Ruth Cheney Streeter, American colonel (d. 1990)
1901 – Alice Prin, French singer, actress, and painter (d. 1953)
1902 – John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician (d. 1996)
1902 – Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician (d. 1965)
      18th Chancellor of Austria
1904 – Graham Greene, English author, playwright, and critic (d. 1991)
1904 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician (d. 1966)
      2nd Prime Minister of India
1905 – Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal (d. 1981)
1906 – August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic (d. 1992)
1906:  Willy Ley  [German-American science writer and historian] (d. 24 Jun 1969)
1907 – Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician (d. 2001)
      52nd President of Bolivia
1907 – Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd
      Scottish-English biochemist and academic (d. 1997)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1911 – Jack Finney, American author and playwright (d. 1995)
1912 – Frank Malina, American engineer and painter (d. 1981)
1913 – Karl Miller, German footballer (d. 1967)
1914 – Jack Parsons, American chemist, occultist, and engineer (d. 1952)
1914 – Bernarr Rainbow, English organist, conductor, and historian (d. 1998)
1915 – Chubby Wise, American fiddler (d. 1996)
1915 – Chuck Williams, American author and businessman
      founded Williams-Sonoma
1917 – Christian de Duve, English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist (d. 2013)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1917 – Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)
1918 – Herb Voland, American actor (d. 1981)
1919 – John W. Duarte, English guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
1919 – Jan Flinterman, Dutch race car driver (d. 1992)
1920 – Albert Renaud, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2012)
1921 – Albert Scott Crossfield, American pilot and engineer (d. 2006)
1925 – Wren Blair, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
1926 – Jan Morris, English-Welsh historian and author
1928 – George McFarland, American actor (d. 1993)
1928 – Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (d. 2014)
1929 – Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (d. 1996)
1929 – Moses Gunn, American actor (d. 1993)
1929 – Cesare Maestri, Italian mountaineer and author (d. 1992)
1929 – Howard Roberts, American guitarist
      (The Wrecking Crew)
1930 – Dave Barrett, Canadian social worker and politician
      26th Premier of British Columbia
1932 – Maury Wills, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1933 – John Gurdon, English biologist and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Phill Niblock, American composer and director
1933 – Enn Nõu, Estonian author
1933 – Michel Plasson, French conductor
1933 – Dave Somerville, Canadian singer and actor (d. 2015)
      (The Diamonds)
1934 – Richard Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote
      South African-English lawyer and judge
1934 – Earl Wilson, American baseball player and coach (d. 2005)
1935 – Peter Frankl, Hungarian-English pianist and educator
1935 – Omar Sívori, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 2005)
1936 – Dick Barnett, American basketball player and educator
1936 – Feliciano Belmonte, Jr., Filipino lawyer and politician
      20th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
1936 – Connie Dierking, American basketball player (d. 2013)
1936 – David Gale, English actor (d. 1991)
1937 – Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (d. 2005)
1938 – Nick Gravenites, American singer–songwriter and guitarist
      (Big Brother and the Holding Company)
1938 – Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1983)
1938 – Rex Reed, American actor and critic
1940 – Gheorghe Gruia, Romanian-Mexican handball player and coach
1940:  Rex Reed  [American film critic]
1940 – Pantelis Voulgaris, Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1941 – Diana Hendry, English poet and author
1942 – Steve Sabol, American director and producer (d. 2012)
      co-founded NFL Films
1943 – Anna Ford, English journalist and academic
1943 – William Margold, American porn actor and director
1943 – Franklin Rosemont, American poet, painter, and historian (d. 2009)
1943;  Patrick Sky (born Patrick Lynch) [American musician
1944 – Vernor Vinge, American computer scientist and author
1945 – Martin Hellman, American cryptographer and academic
1945 – Don McLean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 – Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Thai general and politician
1946 – Peter Kellner, English journalist
1946 – Marie-Georges Pascal, French actress (d. 1985)
1946 – Eric Peterson, Canadian actor
1946 – Jo-El Sonnier, American singer-songwriter and accordion player
1947:  Ward Churchill  [American author, professor, and political activist]
1947 – Paul Jackson, English director and producer
1948 – Trevor Brooking, English footballer and manager
1948 – Avery Brooks, American actor and director
1948 – Donna Karan, American fashion designer
      founded DKNY
1948 – Siim Kallas, Estonian politician
      13th Prime Minister of Estonia
1948 – Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress (d. 1998)
      Femina Miss India 1965
1948 – Chris LeDoux, American singer-songwriter and sculptor (d. 2005)
1949:  Lucy Fisher  [American film producer]
1949 – Richard Hell, American singer-songwriter and bass player
      (Television, Neon Boys, The Heartbreakers, and Dim Stars)
1949:  Annie Leibovitz  [American photographer]

1949 – Annie Leibovitz, American photographer
1950 – Ian McNeice, English actor
1950 – Mike Rutherford, English singer-songwriter and bass player
      (Genesis and Mike + The Mechanics)
1951 – Sting, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor
      (The Police)
1951 – Romina Power, American-Italian singer and actress
1952:  John Otway  [English musician]
1952 – Robin Riker, American actress
1952 – Jan Švejnar, Czech-American economist and politician
1952 – Wahed Wafa, Afghan-American singer
1953 – Vanessa Bell Armstrong, American singer
1953 – Muhammad Abdul Bari, Bangladeshi-English physicist and educator
1953 – Lisa St Aubin de Terán, English author
1954 – Lorraine Bracco, American actress and producer
1954:  Hank Johnson  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, D, GA, 2007-present
1955 – Philip Oakey, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
      (The Human League)
1955 – Nancy Rothwell  [British physiologist]
      President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester
1955:  Warren Spector  [American Video game designer]
1956 – Charlie Adler, American voice actor and director
1956 – Peter Bruce, Chemist
1956 – Freddie Jackson, American singer
1956 – Viatcheslav Mukhanov, Russian-German cosmologist and physicist
1956:  Mike Scully  [American television writer and producer]
1957 – John Cook, American golfer
1957 – Wade Dooley, English rugby player and police officer
1957 – Dave Faulkner, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Victims, The Manikins, and Hoodoo Gurus)
1957 – Kate St John, English singer-songwriter and producer
      (The Dream Academy)
1958 – Robbie Nevil, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1958 – Wayne Toups, American singer-songwriter and accordion player
1958 – Jeffrey Weissman, American actor
1960 – Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player
1960 – Django Bates, English pianist and composer
1960 – Al Connelly, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Glass Tiger)
1960 – Johan Lammerts, Dutch cyclist
1960:  Chuck Pagano  [American football coach]
1960 – Joe Sacco, American journalist and cartoonist
1960 – Tom Schweich, American lawyer and politician (d. 2015)
      36th State Auditor of Missouri
1960:  Terence Winter [American film and television writer and producer]
1960 – Dereck Whittenburg, American basketball player and coach
1961 – Jaan Toomik, Estonian director and producer
1962 – Sigtryggur Baldursson, Icelandic singer and drummer
      (The Sugarcubes, Þeyr, KUKL, Reptile Palace Orchestra)
1962 – Jeff Bennett, American voice actor and singer
1962 – El Dandy, Mexican wrestler
1962 – James Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Aziz M. Osman, Singaporean-Malaysian actor and filmmaker
1962 – Mark Rypien, American football player
1963 – Keith Bradshaw, Australian cricketer and accountant
1964 – Sam Bockarie, Sierra Leonean commander (d. 2003)
1964 – Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
1964 – Jaanus Kuum, Estonian-Norwegian cyclist (d. 1998)
1965:  Tom Moody  [Australian cricketer and coach]
1966 – Yokozuna, American wrestler (d. 2000)
1967 – Frankie Fredericks, Namibian sprinter
1967 – Bud Gaugh, American drummer
      (Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Eyes Adrift, Volcano, and Sublime with Rome)
1967:  Dave Goldberg  [American businessman]
      founder of LAUNCH Media
      CEO of SurveyMonkey
1967 – Gary L. Gregg, American political scientist, author, and academic
1967 – Thomas Muster, Austrian tennis player
1967 – Lew Temple, American actor
1967 – Gillian Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – Benjie Paras, Filipino basketball player and actor
1968 – Victoria Derbyshire, English journalist and radio host
1968 – Jeff Martin, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (The Tea Party and Jeff Martin 777)
1968 – Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player
1968 – Glen Wesley, Canadian-American ice hockey player
1968 – Kelly Willis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969 – Jun Akiyama, Japanese wrestler
1969 – Badly Drawn Boy, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969 – Mitch English, American actor and talk show host
1970 – Eddie Guardado, American baseball player
1970 – Patricia O'Callaghan, Canadian soprano and producer
1970 – Kelly Ripa, American actress, producer, and talk show host
1970 – Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress and singer
1971 – Tiffany, American singer-songwriter and actress
1971 – Jim Root, American guitarist and songwriter
      (Slipknot and Stone Sour)
1972 – Tara Dawn Holland, American model Miss America 1997
1972 – Aaron McKie, American basketball player and coach
1973 – Proof, American rapper and actor (D12) (d. 2006)
1973 – Melissa Harris-Perry, American journalist, author, and educator
1973 – Lene Nystrøm, Norwegian singer-songwriter and actress (Aqua)
1973 – Efren Ramirez, American actor
1973 – Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player
1973 – Verka Serduchka, Ukrainian singer
1973 – Maria Wetterstrand, Swedish politician
1974 – Adel Ferdosipour, Iranian journalist and sportscaster
1974 – Simon Gregson, English actor
1974 – Bjarke Ingels, Danish architect
1974 – Brian Knight, American baseball player and umpire
1974 – Michelle Krusiec, Taiwanese-American actress and producer
1974 – Matthew Nicholson, Australian cricketer
1974 – Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (d. 2006)
1974 – Sam Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974 – Paul Teutul, Jr., American motorcycle designer
      co-founded Orange County Choppers
1974 – Kevin Van De Wege, American firefighter and politician
1975 – Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek triple jumper
1975 – Michel Trudeau, Canadian son of Pierre Trudeau (d. 1998)
1976 – Mandisa, American singer
1976 – Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (d. 2005)
1976 – John Thornton, American football player
1978 – Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1978 – Matthew Hancock, English politician, Minister for Portsmouth
1979 – Primož Brezec, Slovenian basketball player
1979 – Brianna Brown  [American actress and producer]
1979 – Francisco Fonseca, Mexican footballer
1979 – Maja Ivarsson, Swedish singer-songwriter (The Sounds)
1980 – Shane Andrus, American football player
1980 – Arta Dobroshi, Kosovar-Albanian actress
1980 – Amanda Hale  [British actress]
1981 – Ridzuan Fatah Hasan, Singaporean footballer
1981 – Santi Kolk, Dutch footballer
1981 – Luke Wilkshire, Australian footballer
1981 – Sidney Samson, Dutch DJ and producer
1982 – Tyson Chandler, American basketball player
1982 – Amber Lee Ettinger, American actress and singer
1982 – George Pettit, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player
      (Alexisonfire and Black Lungs)
1982 – Gary Wilkinson, American basketball player
1984 – Marion Bartoli, French tennis player
1985 – Buster Davis, American football player
1985 – Brandon Jackson, American football player
1986 – Camilla Belle, American actress
1987 – Bojana Bobusic, Australian tennis player
1987 – Joe Ingles, Australian basketball player
1987 – Phil Kessel, American ice hockey player
1987 – Joel Reinders, American football player
1987 – Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., American race car driver
1988:  Brittany Howard  [American musician] (Alabama Shakes)
1989 – George Christopher Nash, English rower
1990 – Samantha Barks, Manx-English actress and singer
1990 – Dean Bouzanis, Australian footballer
1990 – Shane Larkin  [American basketball player]
1992 – Sirje Roops, Estonian footballer
1993 – Tara Lynne Barr, American actress
1993 – Luke Thomas, Welsh chef
1993 – Aaro Vainio, Finnish race car driver
1994 – Joana Eidukonytė, Lithuanian tennis player
1994 – Nolan Sotillo  [American actor and singer-songwriter]
1997 – Hana Sugisaki, Japanese actress

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1965 – Alton Edward Flaa

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534 – Athalaric, Italian king (b. 516)
939 – Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine (b. 890)
1559 – Jacquet of Mantua, French-Italian composer (b. 1483)
1626 – Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar (b. 1567)
      Spanish academic and diplomat
1629 – Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584)
1629 – Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal (b. 1575)
1685 – David Teniers III, Flemish painter (b. 1638)
1708 – Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (b. 1650)
1709 – Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1639)
1724 – François-Timoléon de Choisy, French historian and author (b. 1644)
1746 – Josiah Burchett, English admiral and politician (b. 1666)
1764 – William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (b. 1720)
      English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1775 – Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703)
1780 – John André, English soldier (b. 1750)
1782 – Charles Lee, English-American general (b. 1732)
1786 – Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel (b. 1725)
      English admiral and politician
1803 – Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician (b. 1722)
      4th Governor of Massachusetts
1804 – Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (b. 1725)
1806 – Ignaz Schiffermüller, Austrian naturalist (b. 1727)
1850 – Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
1853 – François Arago, French scientist and politician (b. 1786)
      25th Prime Minister of France
1920 – Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
1927 – Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist (b. 1859)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1938 – Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician (b. 1859)
      24th Prime Minister of Romania
1938 – André Lagache, French racing driver (b. 1885)
1947 – P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
1953 – John Marin, American artist (b. 1870)
1955 – Humphrey Barclay, English Anglican priest (b. 1882)
      Chaplain to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II
1955 – William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
1962 – Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)
1968 – Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
1971 – Jessie Arms Botke, California artist (b. 1883)
1971 – Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1911)
1973 – Paul Hartman, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904)
1973 – Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
1974 – Vasily Shukshin, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
1975 – K. Kamaraj, Indian politician (b. 1903)
1981 – Harry Golden, American journalist and author (b. 1902)
1981 – Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American singer, pianist, and actress (b. 1920)
1985 – Rock Hudson, American actor and singer (b. 1925)
1987 – Madeleine Carroll, British-American actress (b. 1906)
1987 – Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and zoologist
      Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
1988 – Alec Issigonis, Greek-English car designer
      designed the Mini (b. 1906)
1989 – Aarne Viisimaa, Estonian tenor and director (b. 1898)
1991 – Hazen Argue, Canadian politician (b. 1921)
1991 – Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople (b. 1914)
1994 – Harriet Nelson, American actress and singer (b. 1909)
1996 – Robert Bourassa, Canadian lawyer and politician
      22nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1933)
1996 – Andrey Lukanov, Bulgarian politician
      40th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1938)
1998 – Gene Autry, American singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1907)
1998 – Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver (b. 1924)
1998 – Sanjaasürengiin Zorig, Mongolian politician (b. 1962)
1999 – Heinz G. Konsalik, German journalist and author (b. 1921)
2001 – Franz Biebl, German composer (b. 1906)
2001 – Lembit Sibul, Estonian actor and journalist (b. 1947)
2002 – Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)
2003 – John Thomas Dunlop, American scholar and politician
      14th United States Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
2005 – Bert Eriksson, Belgian activist (b. 1931)
2005 – Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (b. 1918)
2005 – August Wilson, American author and playwright (b. 1945)
2006 – Frances Bergen, American actress (b. 1922)
2006 – Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938)
2006 – Tamara Dobson, American actress (b. 1947)
2006 – Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1916)
2006 – Charles Carl Roberts, American murderer (b. 1973)
2007 – Tex Coulter, American football player (b. 1924)
2007 – Christopher Derrick, English author and critic (b. 1921)
2007 – George Grizzard, American actor (b. 1928)
2007 – Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (b. 1913)
2007 – Dan Keating, Irish soldier (b. 1902)
2007 – Tawn Mastrey, American radio host and producer (b. 1954)
2008 – Rob Guest, English-Australian actor and singer (b. 1950)
2008 – Choi Jin-sil, South Korean actress (b. 1968)
2010 – Kwa Geok Choo, Singaporean wife of Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1920)
2011 – Peter L. Benson, American psychologist and academic (b. 1946)
2012 – Nguyễn Chí Thiện, Vietnamese-American poet and activist (b. 1939)
2012 – Marjorie Lane, American singer and actress (b. 1912)
2012 – Mohammed Mushaima, Bahraini activist (b. 1988)
2012 – Hideji Ōtaki, Japanese actor (b. 1925)
2012 – Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (b. 1933)
2012 – J. Philippe Rushton, English-Canadian psychologist, theorist, academic (b. 1943)
2012 – Big Jim Sullivan, English guitarist (James Last Orchestra) (b. 1941)
2013 – Gottfried Fischer, German psychologist, therapist, and academic (b. 1944)
2013 – Herman Hugg, American painter and sculptor (b. 1921)
2013 – Jonathan Kaufer, American director and screenwriter (b. 1955)
2013 – Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (b. 1918)
2013 – Kaare Ørnung, Norwegian pianist and educator (b. 1931)
2014 – Robert Flower, Australian footballer (b. 1955)
2014 – Vaughn O. Lang, American general (b. 1927)
2014 – Pedro Peña, Spanish actor (b. 1925)
2014 – Frederic Tamler Sommers, American philosopher and academic (b. 1923)

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