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1908 – Harry Blackmun  [American judge and educator] (d. 4 Mar 1999)

      Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1970-1994

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1528 – Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)

1547 – Claude of Valois (d. 1575)

1606 – Jeanne Mance, French-Canadian nurse  (d. 1673)

      founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal

1615 – Richard Baxter, English clergyman, poet, and theologian (d. 1691)

1651 – Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican nun, poet, and scholar (d. 1695)

1666:  Mary Astell  [English feminist writer] (d. 11 May 1731)

1684 – Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (d. 1757)

1729 – Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (d. 1811)

1755 – Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general and politician  (d. 1813)

      Prussian Minister of War

1780 – Piet Retief, South African ruler (d. 1838)

1790 – Letitia Christian Tyler, American wife of John Tyler (d. 1842)

      10th First Lady of the United States

1793 – Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Livonian physician and botanist (d. 1831)

1795 – Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (d. 1856)

1815 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (d. 1902)

1817 – Bahá'u'lláh, Persian spiritual leader  (d. 1892)

      founded the Bahá'í Faith  (see Twin Holy Birthdays)

1833 – Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (d. 1887)

1840 – Auguste Rodin, French sculptor  (d. 17 Nov 1917)

     created The Thinker

1842 – John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh  (d. 1919)

      English physicist and academic

      Nobel Prize laureate

1848 – Eduard Müller, Swiss politician  (d. 1919)

      51st President of the Swiss Confederation

1850 – Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (d. 1908)

1866 – Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician  (d. 12 Mar 1925)

      1st President of the Republic of China

1867:  Joseph McCabe  [English writer] (d. 10 Jan 1955)

1872 – William Fay, Irish actor and producer (d. 1947)

1874:  Bert Williams  [American entertainer] (d. 4 Mar 1922)

1877:  Warren R. Austin  [American politician] (d. 25 Dec 1962)

      2nd U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1947-1953)

      U.S. Senator, R. VT, 1931-1946

1881 – Olev Siinmaa, Estonian-Swedish architect (d. 1948)

1881 – Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954)

1886 – Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist and mountaineer (d. 1975)

1886 – Ben Travers, English author and playwright (d. 18 Dec 1980)

1889 – DeWitt Wallace, American publisher  (d. 30 Mar 1981)

      co-founded Reader's Digest

1890 – Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)

1892 – Tudor Davies, Welsh tenor and actor (d. 1958)

1894 – Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe  (d. 1976)

      Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist

1895:  Dolores Ibárruri  [Spanish politician] (d. 12 Nov 1899)

1896 – Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and author (d. 1987)

1896 – Nima Yooshij, Iranian poet and academic (d. 1960)

1897 – Karl Marx, German composer and conductor (d. 1985)

1898 – Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast (d. 1999)

1899 – Sverre Hansen, Norwegian long jumper (d. 1991)

1901 – James Luther Adams, American minister and theologian (d. 1994)

1903 – Jack Oakie, American actor and singer (d. 1978)

1905 – Louise Thaden, American pilot (d. 1979)

1906 – George Dillon, American soldier and poet (d. 1968)

1910 – Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (d. 1981)

1911 – Buck Clayton, American trumpet player and academic (d. 1991)

1914 – Peter Whitehead, English racing driver (d. 1958)

1915 – Roland Barthes, French philosopher, theorist, and critic (d. 25 Mar 1980)

1916 – Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (d. 1986)

1916 – Paul Emery, English race car driver (d. 1993)

1916 – Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (d. 2000)

1917 – Jo Stafford, American singer and actress (d. 2008)

1919 – Jackie Washington, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2009)

1920 – Richard Quine, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)

1922 – Peggy Fenner, English politician (d. 2014)

1922 – Kim Hunter, American actress (d. Sep 11, 2002)

1922 – Tadeusz Borowski, Polish poet, novelist and journalist (d. 1951)

1923 – Ian Graham, English archaeologist and explorer

1923 – Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar (d. 2013)

1923 – Vicco von Bülow, German actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2011)

1924 – Sam Jones, American bassist, cellist, and composer (d. 1981)

1925 – Toivo Hyytiäinen, Finnish javelin thrower (d. 1978)

1926 – Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, English lawyer and judge

1927 – František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer (d. 2000)

1927 – Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician and theorist (d. 1958)

1928 – Maureen Gardner, English hurdler (d. 1974)

1928 – Bob Holness, English radio and television host (d. 2012)

1928 – Marjorie W. Sharmat, American author

1929 – Anthony di Bonaventura, American pianist and academic (d. 2012)

1929 – Michael Ende, German anthroposophist and author (d. 1995)

1929 – Grace Kelly, American-Monacan actress and singer (d. 14 Sep 1982)

1930 – Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2014)

1933 – Jalal Talabani, Iraqi politician, 6th President of Iraq

1933:  Diane Watson  [American politician]

      U.S. Representative, D. CA, 2001-2011

1934 – Ann Flood, American actress

1934 – Charles Manson  [American cult leader and murderer]

1934 – John McGahern, Irish author and educator (d. 2006)

1936 – Mills Lane, American boxer, referee, lawyer, and judge

1936 – Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1991)

1937 – Ina Balin, American actress (d. 1990)

1937 – Richard H. Truly, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut

1938 – Denis DeJordy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1938:  John Metcalf  [Canadian writer, editor and critic]

1938 – Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian journalist and politician

      3rd President of Tanzania

1939 – Ruby Nash Garnett, American singer

      (Ruby & the Romantics)

1939 – Terry McDonald, English footballer

1939 – Lucia Popp, Slovak soprano (d. 1993)

1940 – Michel Audet, Canadian economist and politician

1940 – Jürgen Todenhöfer, German judge and politician

1940:  Donald Wuerl  [American cardinal]

      6th Archbishop of Washington, 2006-present

      Bishop of Pittsburgh, 1988–2006

      Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, 1986–1987

1941 – Carol Gluck, American historian, author, and academic

1942:  Janette Turner Hospital  [Australian-born novelist]

1943 – Errol Brown, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (d. 2015)

1943 – Julie Ege, Norwegian model and actress (d. 2008)

1943 – Brian Hyland, American singer and guitarist

1943 – Wallace Shawn, American actor and playwright

1943 – Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (d. 2014)

1943 – John Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist  (d. 2011)

      (The Walker Brothers)

1944 – Booker T. Jones, American musician

1944 – Al Michaels, American sportscaster

1944 – Jennifer Page, English businesswoman

1945 – Michael Bishop, American author and educator

1945 – Tracy Kidder, American journalist and author

1945 – Neil Young, Canadian-American musician

1946:  James F. Amos  [American general]

      35th Commandant of the Marine Corps, 2010-2014

1946 – Alexandra Charles, Swedish businesswoman

1946 – Krister Henriksson, Swedish actor

1947 – Ron Bryant, American baseball player

1947 – Buck Dharma, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1947 – Patrice Leconte, French director and screenwriter

1948 – Cliff Harris, American football player

1948 – Hassan Rouhani, Iranian lawyer and politician

      7th President of Iran

1949 – Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1992)

1949 – Jack Reed, American soldier and politician

1950 – Barbara Fairchild, American singer-songwriter

1952:  Ronald Burkle  [American investor and philanthropist]

1952:  Ernie Fletcher  [American physician and politician]

      60th Governor of Kentucky, 2003-2007

      U.S. Representative, R. KY, 1999-2003

1952 – Max Grodénchik, American actor

1953 – Baaba Maal, Senegalese singer-songwriter and guitarist

1954:  Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair  [Emirates banker, politician, and billionaire]

1955 – Les McKeown, Scottish singer (Bay City Rollers)

1955:  R. T. Rybak  [American politician, journalist, and businessman]

      46th Mayor of Minneapolis, 2002-2014

1957 – Tim Samaras, American engineer and storm chaser (d. 2013)

1957 – Norman Black, American basketball player and coach

1957:  J.P. Rangaswami  [Indian businessman]

1958 – Megan Mullally, American actress and singer

1958 – Nick Stellino, Italian-American chef and author

1958 – Nikolay Vinnichenko, Ukrainian race walker

1959 – Vincent Irizarry, American actor

1959 – Toshihiko Sahashi, Japanese composer

1960 – Maurane, Belgian singer and actress

1960 – Ismo Alanko, Finnish singer-songwriter

      (Hassisen Kone, Sielun Veljet, and Ismo Alanko Säätiö)

1961 – Nadia Comăneci, Romanian gymnast

1961 – Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer

1961:  Judy Horacek  [Australian cartoonist, illustrator and writer]

1962 – Mariella Frostrup, Norwegian-Irish journalist and actress

1962 – Mark Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

1962:  Neal Shusterman  [American writer]

1962 – Naomi Wolf, American author and activist

1963:  Sam Lloyd  [American actor and musician]

1963 – Susumu Terajima, Japanese actor

1964 – Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter (d. 2009)

1964:  David Ellefson  [American musician]

1964 – Wang Kuang-hui, Taiwanese baseball player and coach

1967 – Iryna Khalip, Belarusian journalist

1967 – Michael Moorer, American boxer

1967 – Mihhail Rõtšagov, Estonian chess player

1968 – Nick D'Virgilio, American drummer

      (Big Big Train and Spock's Beard)

1968 – Kathleen Hanna, American singer-songwriter

      (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and The Julie Ruin)

1968 – Aya Hisakawa, Japanese voice actress and singer

1968 – Disco Inferno, American wrestler and manager

1968 – Sharon Shannon, Irish accordion player and fiddler

      (The Waterboys)

1968 – Sammy Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player

1968 – Aaron Stainthorpe, English-German singer-songwriter

1970 – Héctor Arredondo, Mexican actor (d. 2014)

1970 – Tonya Harding, American figure skater

1970 – Craig Parker, Fijian-New Zealand actor

1971 – Chen Guangcheng, Chinese-American lawyer and activist

1972 – Vassilios Tsiartas, Greek footballer

1973 – Mayte Garcia, American singer, dancer, and actress

1973 – Radha Mitchell, Australian actress and producer

1973:  Ethan Zohn  [American soccer player]

1974 – Tamala Jones, American actress

1975 – Nina Brosh, Israeli model and actress

1975 – Dario Šimić, Croatian footballer

1975 – Katherine Grainger, Scottish-English rower

1975 – Jason Lezak, American swimmer

1976 – Tevin Campbell, American singer-songwriter and actor

1976 – Judith Holofernes, German singer-songwriter and guitarist

      (Wir sind Helden)

1976 – Richelle Mead, American author

1976 – Mirosław Szymkowiak, Polish footballer

1977 – Benni McCarthy, South African footballer

1978 – Alexandra Lara, Romanian-German actress

1978:  Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy  [Pakistani journalist and filmmaker]

1978 – Ashley Williams, American actress

1978 – Lena Yada, American actress, model, surfer and wrestler

1979 – Cote de Pablo, Chilean-American actress and singer

1979 – Lucas Glover, American golfer

1979 – Corey Maggette, American basketball player

1980 – Ryan Gosling, Canadian-American actor, singer, and producer

      (Dead Man's Bones)

1981 – Annika Becker, German pole vaulter

1981 – Sergio Floccari, Italian footballer

1982 – Anne Hathaway, American actress and singer

1982 – Mikele Leigertwood, English footballer

1983:  Steve Huffman  [American web developer]

1984 – Omarion, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (B2K)

1984 – Sepp De Roover, Belgian footballer

1984 – Sandara Park, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (2NE1)

1984 – Conrad Rautenbach, Zimbabwean race car driver

1984 – Yan Zi, Chinese tennis player

1985 – Adlène Guedioura, French-Algerian footballer

1986 – Robert Müller, German footballer

1986 – Nedum Onuoha, English footballer

1986 – Ignazio Abate, Italian footballer

1986 – Evan Yo, Taiwanese singer-songwriter

1987 – Jason Day, Australian golfer

1987 – Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player

1988 – Russell Westbrook, American basketball player

1990 – Florent Manaudou, French swimmer

1990 – Harmeet Singh, Norwegian footballer

1990 – Siim-Sander Vene, Estonian basketball player

1991 – Gijs Van Hoecke, Belgian cyclist

1992 – Trey Burke, American basketball player

1992 – Adam Larsson, Swedish ice hockey player

1993 – Luguelín Santos, Dominican sprinter

1994 – Anna Khnychenkova, Ukrainian figure skater

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Brittany Watt

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Mr. & Mrs. Chad Pierson

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607 – Pope Boniface III
1035 – Cnut the Great, Danish-English king (b. 985)
1094 – Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)
1434 – Louis III of Naples (b. 1403)
1555 – Stephen Gardiner, English bishop (b. 1497)
1567 – Anne de Montmorency, French general and diplomat (b. 1493)
1595 – John Hawkins, English admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1532)
1667 – Hans Nansen, Danish politician (b. 1598)
1671 – Thomas Fairfax, English general and politician (b. 1612)
1742 – Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
1793 – Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician  (b. 1736)
      1st Mayor of Paris
1793 – Lord George Gordon, English politician (b. 1751)
1836 – Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician  (b. 1773)
      6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province
1865 – Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)
1902 – William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)
1916 – Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
1933 – John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
1933 – F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
1939 – Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
1941 – Abe Reles, American mobster (b. 1907)
1945 – Jaro Fürth, Czech-Austrian actor (b. 1871)
1946 – Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)
1946 – Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian academic and politician  (b. 1861)
      President of the Indian National Congress
1948 – Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867)
1950 – Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (b. 1883)
1950 – Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (b. 1865)
1955 – Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect  (b. 1878)
      designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika
1955 – Tin Ujević, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1891)
1958 – Gustaf Söderström, Swedish athlete  (b. 1865)
1965 – Taher Saifuddin, Indian spiritual leader  (b. 1888)
      51st Da'i al-Mutlaq
1969 – Liu Shaoqi, Chinese politician (b. 1898)
      2nd Chairman of the People's Republic of China
1972 – Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1879)
1976 – Mikhail Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer  (b. 1893)
      co-founded Mikoyan
1976 – Walter Piston, American composer and academic (b. 1894)
1981 – William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)
1984 – Chester Himes, American-French author (b. 1909)
1987 – Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1937)
1990 – Eve Arden, American actress and singer (b. 1908)
1991 – Gabriele Tinti, Italian actor (b. 1932)
1993 – H. R. Haldeman, American diplomat  (b. 1926)
      4th White House Chief of Staff
1994 – Wilma Rudolph, American sprinter (b. 1940)
2000 – Franck Pourcel, French conductor and composer (b. 1913)
2000 – Leah Rabin, Russian-Israeli wife of Yitzhak Rabin (b. 1928)
2001 – Albert Hague, German-American actor and composer (b. 1920)
2001 – Tony Miles, English chess player (b. 1955)
2001 – Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, American guru and author (b. 1927)
2003 – Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976)
2003 – Penny Singleton, American actress and singer (b. 1908)
2005 – William G. Adams, Canadian politician (b. 1923)
2007 – K. C. Ibrahim, Indian cricketer (b. 1919)
2007 – Ira Levin, American author and playwright (b. 1929)
2008 – Mitch Mitchell, English drummer  (b. 1947)
      (The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Riot Squad,
            The Dirty Mac, and Ramatam)
2010 – Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (b. 1933)
2012 – Sergio Oliva, Cuban-American bodybuilder (b. 1941)
2012 – Daniel Stern, American psychologist and theorist (b. 1934)
2013 – Erik Dyreborg, Danish footballer (b. 1940)
2013 – Konrad Rudnicki, Polish astronomer and academic (b. 1926)
2013 – Al Ruscio, American actor (b. 1924)
2013 – Aleksandr Serebrov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1944)
2013 – John Tavener, English composer (b. 1944)
2013 – Kurt Trampedach, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1943)
2014 – Ravi Chopra, Indian director and producer (b. 1946)
2014 – Warren Clarke, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1947)
2014 – Valery Senderov, Russian mathematician and educator (b. 1945)

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