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1795 – James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician  (d. 15 Jun 1849)
      11th President of the United States, 1845-1849
      9th Governor of Tennessee, 1839-1841
      13th Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1835-1839
      U.S. Representative, D. TN, 1825-1839

1865 – Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician  (d. 2 Aug 1923)
      29th President of the United States, 1921-1923
      United States Senator, R. OH, 1915-1921
      28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1904-1906

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682 – Umar II, Arabian caliph (d. 720)
971 – Mahmud of Ghazni (d. 1030)
1470 – Edward V of England (d. 1483)
1475 – Anne of York, Lady Howard (d. 23 Nov 1511)
1553 – Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (d. 1633)
1636 – Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (d. 1721)
1649 – Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond (d. 1660)
1667 – James Louis Sobieski  (d. 1737)
      French-Polish son of John III Sobieski
1692 – Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer and diplomat (d. 1766)
1696 – Conrad Weiser, American soldier, monk, and judge (d. 1760)
1699 – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)
1709 – Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 12 Jan 1759)
1734 – Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (d. 26 Sep 1820)
1739 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1799)
1741 – Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (d. 1784)
1754 – Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny, French general (d. 1794)
1755 – Marie Antoinette  (d. 16 Oct 1793)
      Austrian-French wife of Louis XVI of France
1766 – Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (d. 1858)
1767 – Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (d. 23 Jan 1820)
1773:  Stephen Grellet  [French-born American Quaker missionary] (d. 16 Nov 1855)
1777 – Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor (d. 1822)
1799 – John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (d. 1885)
1799 – Titian Peale, American entomologist and photographer (d. 1885)
1808 – Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (d. 1889)
1815 – George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1864)
1821 – George Bowen, Irish-English diplomat  (d. 1899)
     5th Governor-General of New Zealand
1833 – Mahendralal Sarkar, Indian physician and academic (d. 1904)
1837 – Émile Bayard, French illustrator (d. 1891)
1844 – Mehmed V, Ottoman sultan (d. 1918)
1855 – Henrik Schück, Swedish historian, author, and academic (d. 1947)
1877 – Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (d. 1933)
1877 – Aga Khan III, Indian 48th Shia Imam (d. 1957)
1877 – Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (d. 1915)
1878 – Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1930)
      the 23rd Yokozuna
1879 – Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player and violinist (d. 1965)
1880 – Fritz Achterberg, German actor (d. 1971) (1880–1971)
1883 – Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal (d. 1947)
1885 – Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic (d. 1972)
1886 – Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (d. 1971)
1888 – Alfred Asikainen, Russian-Finnish wrestler (d. 1942)
1890 – Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1933)
      the 30th Yokozuna
1890 – Moa Martinson, Swedish author (d. 1964)
1891 – David Townsend, American art director and set decorator (d. 1935)
1892 – Alice Brady, American actress and singer (d. 1939)
1893 – Battista Farina, Italian businessman  (d. 1966)
      founded the Pininfarina Company
1894 – Alexander Lippisch, German-American aerodynamicist and engineer (d. 1976)
1899 – Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (d. 1973)
1903 – Travis Jackson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)
1904 – Hugh Lygon  (d. 1936)
      German-English son of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp
1905 – James Dunn, American actor and singer (d. 1967)
1905 – Georges Schehadé, Lebanese poet and playwright (d. 1989)
1906 – Daniil Andreyev, Russian poet and mystic (d. 1959)
1906 – Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1976)
1908 – Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (d. 1983)
1908 – Bunny Berigan, American singer and trumpet player (d. 1942)
1910 – Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician  (d. 1999)
      Egyptian Minister of Interior
1911 – Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet and critic  (d. 1996)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1911:  Laura Huxley  (d. 13 Dec 2007)
      Italian-American musician, author, psychological counselor and lecturer
      wife of author Aldous Huxley
1911 – Raphael M. Robinson, American mathematician, theorist, and philosopher (d. 1995)
1913 – Burt Lancaster, American actor, director, and producer (d. 20 Oct 1994)
1914 – Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1997)
1914 – Ray Walston, American actor and singer (d. 2001)
1915 – Sidney Luft, American film producer (d. 2005)
1915 – Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer and choreographer (d. 2000)
1917 – Ann Rutherford, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
1918 – Alexander Vraciu, American commander and pilot (d. 2015)
1919 – Warren Stevens, American actor (d. 2012)
1920 – Bill Mazer, Ukrainian-American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1921 – Shepard Menken, American actor (d. 1999)
1921 – Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1994)
1922:  Barber Conable  [American politician]
      7th President of the World Bank, 1986-1991
      U.S. Represetative, R. NY, 1965-1985
1922 – Seánie Duggan, Irish hurler (d. 2013)
1924 – David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1988)
1924 – Rudy Van Gelder, American record producer and engineer
1927 – Steve Ditko, American author and illustrator
1927 – John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover
      English businessman and politician
1928 – Gerry Alexander, Jamaican cricketer (d. 2011)
1928 – Herb Geller, American-German saxophonist and composer (d. 2013)
1928 – Paul Johnson, English journalist, historian, and author
1929 – Amar Bose, American engineer and businessman (d. 2013)
      founded the Bose Corporation
1929 – Robert Gover, American journalist and author (d. 2015)
1929 – Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Pakistani judge and politician
      9th President of Pakistan
1929 – Richard E. Taylor, Canadian physicist and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate
1931 – Phil Woods, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2015)
1932 – Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (d. 2009)
1934 – Bill Gothard, American minister and author
1934 – Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis player
1936 – Rose Bird, American lawyer and judge  (d. 1999)
      25th Chief Justice of California
1936 – Jack Starrett, American actor and director (d. 1989)
1937 – Earl Carroll, American singer (d. 2012)
      (The Cadillacs and The Coasters)
1938 – Jay Black, American singer (Jay and the Americans)
1938 – Pat Buchanan, American journalist and politician
1938 – Queen Sofía of Spain

1939 – Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones
      English politician, Minister for Security
1939 – Richard Serra, American sculptor
1940 – Jim Bakken, American football player
1940 – Phil Minton, English singer and trumpet player
1941 – Arun Shourie, Indian journalist, economist, and politician
1941 – Bruce Welch, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (The Shadows)
1942 – Shere Hite, American-German sexologist, educator, and author
1942 – Stefanie Powers, American actress and producer
1944 – Michael Buffer, American ring announcer
1944 – Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1944 – Keith Emerson, English keyboard player and songwriter
      (The Nice, The V.I.P.'s, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Emerson, Lake & Powell)
1944:  Helmut Walch  [Austrian game developer and author]
1945 – Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek basketball player (d. 2013)
1945 – J. D. Souther, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
      (Longbranch Pennywhistle and Souther–Hillman–Furay Band)
1946 – Alan Jones, Australian race car driver
1946 – Marieta Severo, Brazilian actress
1946 – Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (d. 2001)
1947 – Dave Pegg, English bass player and producer
      (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, and Ian Campbell Folk Group)
1949 – Lois McMaster Bujold, American author
1950 – Alex Fagan, American police officer (d. 2010)
1950 – Erika Mann, German politician
1950:  Graeme Murphy  [Australian dance choreographer]
1951 – Thomas Mallon, American author and critic
1951 – Lindy Morrison, Australian drummer
      (The Go-Betweens, Xero, and Tuff Monks)
1952 – Maxine Nightingale, English singer
1954 – Pat Croce, American businessman and author
1955 – Chris Burnett, American saxophonist and composer
      (Chris Burnett Quartet)
1955 – Thomas Grunenberg, German footballer and manager
1956 – Dale Brown, American author and pilot
1957 – Carter Beauford, American drummer
      (Dave Matthews Band)
1957 – Notis Sfakianakis, Greek singer
1957 – Michael Bailey Smith, American actor
1958 – Willie McGee, American baseball player and manager
1959 – Peter Mullan, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter
1961 – k.d. lang, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1961 – Jeff Tedford, American football player and coach
1962 – David Brock, American journalist and author
1962 – Mireille Delunsch, French soprano and actress
1962 – Derek Mountfield, English footballer and manager
1963 – Bobby Dall, American bass player (Poison)
1963 – Jonas Gardell, Swedish author and screenwriter
1963 – Ron McGovney, American bass player
      (Metallica, Leather Charm, and Phantasm)
1963 – Borut Pahor, Slovenian politician
      4th President of Slovenia
1963 – Craig Saavedra, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – David Westhead, English actor
1963 – Park Young-seok, South Korean mountaineer and explorer (d. 2011)
1964 – Britta Lejon, Swedish politician
1964 – Olena Pakholchyk, Ukrainian sailor
1964:  Lauren Velez  [American actress]
1965 – Nicholas Boles, English politician
1965 – Arnold Clavio, Filipino journalist
1965 – Shah Rukh Khan, Indian actor, singer, and producer
1965 – Samuel Le Bihan, French actor
1965 – Jurica Pavičić, Croatian novelist, columnist and film critic
1966 – Sean Kanan, American actor and producer
1966 – Tim Kirkman, American director and screenwriter
1966 – Khaled Abol Naga, Egyptian actor, director, and producer
1966 – Yoshinari Ogawa, Japanese wrestler
1966 – David Schwimmer, American actor, director, and producer
1967 – Kurt Elling, American singer-songwriter
1967 – Simon Hill, English-Australian sportscaster
1967 – Scott Walker, American politician
      45th Governor of Wisconsin
1968 – Neal Casal, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and photographer
      (Ryan Adams and the Cardinals and Chris Robinson Brotherhood)
1969 – Reginald Arvizu, American bass player
      (Korn, StillWell, and L.A.P.D.)
1970 – Ely Buendia, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Eraserheads and Pupil)
1970:  Lucy Hawking  [English journalist and novelist]
1970 – Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman, American wrestler and model
1972 – Darío Silva, Uruguayan footballer
1972 – Vladimir Vorobiev, Russian ice hockey player and coach
1972 – Samantha Womack, English actress, singer, and director
1973 – Ben Graham, Australian footballer
1974 – Nelly (stage name of Cornell Iral Haynes Jr.)  [American rapper and actor]
      (St. Lunatics)
1973 – Marisol Nichols, American actress
1974 – Orlando Cabrera, Colombian-American baseball player
1975 – Danny Cooksey, American actor and singer
1975 – Stéphane Sarrazin, French race car driver
1975 – Chris Walla, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Death Cab for Cutie)
1976 – Margus Hernits, Estonian figure skater
1976 – Sidney Ponson, Aruban baseball player
1977 – Rodney Buford, American basketball player
1977 – Jason Cerbone, American actor
1977 – Konstantinos Economidis, Greek tennis player
1977 – Randy Harrison, American actor
1977 – Emma Reynolds, English politician
1977:  Reshma Shetty  [British-American actress and singer]
1977 – Leon Taylor, English diver and sportscaster
1978 – Carmen Cali, American baseball player
1979:  Jon M. Chu  [American filmmaker]
1979 – Erika Flores, American actress
1979 – Julie Lund, Danish actress
1979 – Simone Puleo, Italian footballer
1979 – Darren Young, American wrestler
1980 – Diego Lugano, Uruguayan footballer
1980 – Amos Roberts, Australian rugby player
1980 – Kim So-yeon, South Korean actress
1981 – Mitchell Johnson, Australian cricketer
1981 – Miryo, South Korean singer-songwriter
      (Brown Eyed Girls)
1981 – Wilson Betemit, Dominican baseball player
1981 – Katharine Isabelle, Canadian actress
1981 – Rafael Márquez Lugo, Mexican footballer
1981 – Avy Scott, American porn actress and director
1981 – Roddy White, American football player
1982 – Lloyd Zaragoza, Filipino actor
1982 – Yunel Escobar, Cuban-American baseball player
1982 – Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress and singer
1982 – Charles Itandje, French footballer
1982 – Shura Taft, English-Australian radio and television host
1984 – Tamara Hope, Canadian actress and singer
1984 – Julia Stegner, German model
1985 – Josh Grelle, American voice actor
1986 – Diana Penty, Indian model and actress
1986 – Andy Rautins, Canadian basketball player
1987 – Danny Cipriani, English rugby player
1988 – Julia Görges, German tennis player
1989 – Stevan Jovetić, Montenegrin footballer
1989 – Natalie Pluskota, American tennis player
1989 – Luke Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Katelyn Tarver, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1990 – Christopher Dibon, Austrian footballer
1990 – Kendall Schmidt, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
      (Big Time Rush and Heffron Drive)
1991:  Jimmy Garoppolo  [American football player]
      New England Patriots (2014–present)
1994 – Shaq Coulthirst, English footballer
1995 – Brandon Soo Hoo, American actor

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943 – Emma of France (b. 894)
1083 – Matilda of Flanders (b. 1031)
1285 – Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239)
1483 – Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
      English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1454)
1610 – Richard Bancroft, English archbishop and academic (b. 1544)
1618 – Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (b. 1568)
1716 – Engelbert Kaempfer, German botanist and physician (b. 1651)
1807 – Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil  (b. 1730)
      French politician, Prime Minister of France
1846 – Esaias Tegnér, Swedish poet and bishop (b. 1782)
1852 – Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
1863 – Theodore Judah, American engineer (b. 1826)
1877 – Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
1887 – Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano and actress (b. 1820)
1898 – George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (b. 1826)
1905 – Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (b. 1817)
1930 – Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (b. 1874)
1935 – Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)
1941 – Bengt Djurberg, Swedish actor and singer (b. 1898)
1944 – Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer (b. 1889)
1945 – Hélène de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1868)
1945 – Princess Thyra of Denmark (b. 1880)
1949 – Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
1950 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish-English author, playwright, and critic (b. 1856)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1952 – Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (b. 1862)
1958 – Jean Couzy, French mountaineer and engineer (b. 1923)
1959 – Michael Considine, Irish-Australian union leader and politician (b. 1885)
1960 – Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)
1961 – James Thurber, American author and illustrator (b. 1894)
1963 – Ngo Dinh Diem, Vietnamese politician  (b. 1901)
      1st President of the Republic of Vietnam
1966 – Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist (b. 1884)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1966 – Mississippi John Hurt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892)
1968 – Harold Raggatt, Australian public servant (b. 1900)
1970 – Richard Cushing, American cardinal (b. 1895)
1970 – Pierre Veyron, French racing driver (b. 1903)
1971 – Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)
1975 – Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
1979 – Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (b. 1936)
1981 – Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher (b. 1927)
1982 – Lester Roloff, American preacher and radio host (b. 1914)
1984 – Velma Barfield, American murderer (b. 1932)
1986 – Paul Frees, American voice actor and singer (b. 1920)
1990 – Eliot Porter, American photographer (b. 1901)
1991 – Irwin Allen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
1991 – Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1936)
1992 – Robert Arneson, American ceramic artist (b. 1930)
1992 – Hal Roach, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1892)
1994 – Martin Taras, American animator and director (b. 1914)
1994 – Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American author and playwright (b. 1917)
1996 – Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (b. 1963)
1996 – John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician (b. 1902)
1998 – Mareta West, American astrogeologist (b. 1915)
1998 – Vincent Winter, Scottish actor and production manager (b. 1957)
2000 – Robert Cormier, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
2000 – Eva Morris, English super-centenarian (b. 1885)
2002 – Tonio Selwart, German actor (b. 1896)
2002 – Charles Sheffield, American physicist and author (b. 1935)
2003 – Frank McCloskey, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1939)
2004 – Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Emirati prince (b. 1918)
2004 – Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (b. 1951)
2004 – Theo van Gogh, Dutch actor, director, and producer (b. 1957)
2005 – Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1919)
2007 – Henry Cele, South African actor (b. 1949)
2007 – Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (b. 1978)
2007 – Witold Kiełtyka, Polish drummer (b. 1984)
      (Decapitated and Dies Irae)
2007 – Igor Moiseyev, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1906)
2007 – The Fabulous Moolah, American wrestler (b. 1923)
2008 – Madelyn Dunham, American grandmother of Barack Obama (b. 1922)
2009 – Nien Cheng, Chinese-American author (b. 1915)
2010 – Andy Irons, American surfer (b. 1978)
2010 – Clyde King, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
2011 – Boots Plata, Filipino director (b. 1943)
2011 – Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1915)
2011 – Ilmar Kullam, Estonian basketball player and coach (b. 1922)
2011 – Leonard Stone, American actor (b. 1923)
2012 – Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar  (b. 1930)
      Indian-American mathematician and academic
2012 – Robert Morton Duncan, American soldier and judge (b. 1927)
2012 – Joe Ginsberg, American baseball player (b. 1926)
2012 – Pino Rauti, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
2012 – Han Suyin, Chinese-Swiss physician and author (b. 1916)
2012 – Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu, Indian politician (b. 1957)
2013 – Walt Bellamy, American basketball player (b. 1939)
2013 – Ghislaine Dupont, French journalist (b. 1956)
2013 – Montgomery Kaluhiokalani, American surfer (b. 1958)
2013 – Clifford Nass, American author and academic (b. 1958)
2013 – Kjell Qvale, Norwegian-American businessman (b. 1919)
2014 – Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (b. 1929)
2014 – Michael Coleman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956)
2014 – Veljko Kadijević, Croatian general and politician  (b. 1925)
      5th Federal Secretary of People's Defence
2014 – Herman Sarkowsky  (b. 1925)
      German-American businessman and philanthropist
      co-founded the Seattle Seahawks
2014 – Shabtai Teveth, Israeli historian and author (b. 1925)
2014 – Robert Tripe, New Zealand actor (b. 1973)

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