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1809 – Benjamin Robbins Curtis  [American lawyer and jurist] (d. 15 Sep 1874)

      Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1851-1857

1816 – Stephen Johnson Field  [American lawyer and jurist] (d. 9 Apr 1899)
      Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1863-1897
      5th Chief Justice of California. 1859-1863

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1448 – Alfonso II of Naples (d. 1495)

1575 – Guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642)

1618 – Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor (d. 1707)

1631 – Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1660)

1640 – Carlo Mannelli, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1697)

1650 – William III of England (d. 1702)

1661 – Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine  (d. 1742)

      German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

1740 – Augustus Toplady, English cleric and hymnwriter (d. 1778)

1765 – Pierre-Simon Girard, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1836)

1821 – Thomas Keefer, Canadian engineer (d. 1915)

1836 – Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman (d. 1912)

1845 – Vasudev Balwant Phadke, Indian activist (d. 1883)

1853 – Anna Bayerová, Czech physician (d. 1924)

1862:  Eden Phillpotts  [English author, poet and dramatist] (d. 29 Dec 1960)

1862 – Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor and director (d. 1932)

1868 – La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1965)

1873 – Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (d. 1939)

1873:  George Edward Moore  [English philosopher] (d. 24 Oct 1858)
1873:  Bobby Wallace  [American baseball player] (d. 3 Nov 1960)

1874 – Charles Despiau, French sculptor (d. 1946)

1879 – Will Rogers, American actor and screenwriter (d. 15 Aug 1935)

1883 – Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician  (d. 1953)

      135th Prime Minister of Greece

1884 – Harry Ferguson, Irish engineer, invented the tractor (d. 1960)

1884 – George Underwood, American runner (d. 1943)

1887 – Janaki Ammal, Indian botanist and geneticist (d. 1984)

1887 – Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist (d. 1975)

1890 – Klabund, German author and poet (d. 1928)

1896 – Carlos P. Garcia, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 1971)

      8th President of the Philippines

1897 – Dolly Stark, American baseball player and umpire (d. 1968)

1899 – Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourger cyclist (d. 1985)

1900 – Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist (d. 1954)

1901 – Bangja, Crown Princess Euimin of Korea (d. 1989)

1901 – Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist, author, and academic (d. 1974)

1902 – Reg Dean, English super-centenarian (d. 2013)

1904 – Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer, technician, and academic (d. 1967)

1905 – Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet and translator (d. 2007)

1906:  Bob Considine  [American journalist and author] (d. 25 Sep 1975)

1906 – Sterling North, American author and critic (d. 1974)

1906:  Stanley Smith Stevens  [American psychologist] (d. 18 Jan 1973)

1907:  John Sloan Dickey  [American diplomat, scholar, and intellectual] (d. 9 Feb 1970)

      President of Dartmouth College, 1945-1970

1907 – Draga Matković, Croatian-German pianist (d. 2013)

1908 – Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer and photographer (d. 1997)

1908 – Joseph Rotblat  [Polish-English physicist and academic] (d. 31 Aug 2005)

      Nobel Prize laureate

1909 – Evelyn Bryan Johnson, American pilot (d. 2012)

1909 – Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (d. 1974)

1909 – Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (d. 1986)

1911 – Dixie Lee, American actress, dancer and singer (d. 1952)

1912 – Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1978)

1913 – Gig Young, American actor (d. 1978)

1915 – Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (d. 2015)

1916 – John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1945)

1916 – Walter Cronkite  [American journalist, voice actor, and producer] (d. 17 Jul 2009)

1916 – Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created Barbie (d. 2002)

1918 – Art Carney, American actor and singer (d. 2003)

1918 – Cameron Mitchell, American actor (d. 1994)

1919 – Martin Balsam, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1996)

1919 – Shirley Mitchell, American actress (d. 2013)

1919 – Eric Thompson, English book dealer and race car driver (d. 2015)

1921 – Mary Sherman Morgan, American rocket fuel scientist (d. 2004)

1922 – Benno Besson, Swiss-German actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)

1923 – Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (d. 2002)

1923 – Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician

1923 – Eugene Sledge, American soldier, academic, and author (d. 2001)

1925 – Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist and diplomat (d. 2013)

1925 – Doris Roberts, American actress

1925 – Ritwik Ghatak, Bangladeshi-Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1976)

1926 – Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Cuban-American conga player and composer (d. 2007)

1928 – Larry Bunker, American drummer and vibraphone player (d. 2005)

1928 – Hannah Weiner, American poet and author (d. 1997)

1929 – Anastasios of Albania, Greek-Albanian archbishop

1929 – Emilio Aragón Bermúdez, Spanish clown, singer, and accordion player (d. 2012)

1929 – Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (d. 2013)

1929 – Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor and screenwriter (d. 1987)

1929 – Dickie Valentine, English singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 1971)

1930 – James E. Brewton, American painter (d. 1967)

1930 – Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Indian pharmacologist (d. 2015)

1930 – Dick Groat, American baseball player and sportscaster

1930 – John Hahn-Petersen, Danish actor (d. 2006)

1930 – Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (d. 2012)

1930:  Kate Reid  [English-born Canadian actress] (d. 27 Mar 1993)

1931 – Bernard Francis Law, Mexican-American cardinal

1932 – Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician and diplomat (d. 2004)

      10th President of Austria

1932 – Tommy Makem, Irish-American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)

      (The Clancy Brothers)

1933 – Tito Francona, American baseball player

1933 – Charles K. Kao, Chinese physicist and engineer

      Nobel Prize laureate

1933 – C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Nigerian colonel and politician (d. 2011)

      President of Biafra

1935 – Elgar Howarth, English conductor and composer

1936 – C. K. Williams, American poet, critic, and translator (d. 2015)

1937 – Loretta Swit  [American actress and singer]

1937 – Michael Wilson, Canadian academic and politician

      31st Canadian Minister of Finance

1939 – Gail E. Haley, American author and illustrator

1939 – Michael Meacher, English academic and politician  (d. 2015)

      Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

1940 – Delbert McClinton, American singer-songwriter

1941 – Lyndall Gordon, South African-English author and academic

1941:  Edward Whitacre, Jr.  [American businessman]

1942 – Patricia Bath, American ophthalmologist and academic

1943 – Clark Graebner, American tennis player

1943 – Marlène Jobert, French actress, singer, and author

1943 – Bob Wollek, French race car driver (d. 2001)

1944 – Linda Gary, American voice actress (d. 1995)

1944 – Scherrie Payne, American singer (The Supremes)

1946 – Laura Bush, American educator

      45th First Lady of the United States

1946:  John Callen  [English-born New Zealand actor]

1946 – Frederick Elmes, American cinematographer

1946 – Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (d. 1989)

1946:  Alex Shoumatoff  [American journalist and author]

1947 – Jerry Fleck, American actor, director, and production manager (d. 2003)

1947 – Rod Marsh, Australian cricketer and coach

1947 – Toshiyuki Nishida, Japanese actor

1947 – Ludmila Velikova, Russian figure skater and coach

1947:  John Yarmuth  [American politician]

      U.S. Representative, D. KY, 2007-present

1948 – Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (d. 2014)

1948 – Amadou Toumani Touré, Malian soldier and politician

      President of Mali

1950 – Charles Frazier, American author

1950 – Markie Post, American actress

1950 – Nik Powell, English film producer

      co-founder of the Virgin Group

1951 – Traian Băsescu, Romanian captain and politician

      4th President of Romania

1951 – Cosey Fanni Tutti, English singer-songwriter

      (Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey)

1952 – Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria

      118th Pope of Alexandria, 2012-present

1953 – Mick Buckley, English footballer (d. 2013)

1953 – P. J. Carey, American baseball player and manager (d. 2012)

1953 – Rick Green, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter

1953 – Carlos Gutierrez, Cuban-American businessman and politician

      35th U.S. Secretary of Commerce

1953 – Peter Lord, English animator, director, and producer

      co-founded Aardman Animations

1953 – Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver

1953 – Marvel Williamson, American nurse and academic

1954 – Chris Difford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

      (Squeeze and Difford & Tilbrook)

1955:  Steve Mariucci  [American football coach]

1955 – Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah, Indian author, poet, and scholar

1955 – Matti Vanhanen, Finnish journalist and politician

      40th Prime Minister of Finland

1956 – Tom Greenhalgh, Swedish singer-songwriter

      (The Mekons)

1956 – James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter

      (The Pretenders) (d. 1982)

1956 – Jordan Rudess, American keyboard player and songwriter

      (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, and Dixie Dregs)

1957 – Tony Abbott, English-Australian scholar and politician

      28th Prime Minister of Australia

1957 – Richard Harrington, English businessman and politician

1957 – Alexander Vasilyevich Tkachyov, Russian gymnast and coach

1958 – Lee Jasper, English activist and politician

1958 – Anne Sweeney, American businesswoman

1959 – Ken Kirzinger, Canadian actor and stuntman

1960 – Marc Awodey, American painter and poet

1960 – Kathy Griffin, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter

1960 – Frl. Menke, German singer

1961 – Daron Hagen, American pianist, composer, and conductor

1961 – Edward Knight, American composer and academic

1961 – Ralph Macchio, American actor

1961 – Jeff Probst, American television host and producer

1961 – Steve Rotheram, English politician

      Lord Mayor of Liverpool

1961 – Les Sampou, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1961 – Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer and manager

1962 – Arvo Volmer, Estonian conductor

1963 – Marc Déry, Canadian singer and guitarist (Zébulon)

1963 – Rosario Flores, Spanish singer and actress

1963 – Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1963 – Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and television host (d. 1999)

1964 – Kurt Krakowian, American actor

1964:  Douglas Wilson  [American actor and designer]

1965:  John Battelle  [American entrepreneur, author, and journalist]

1965 – Malandra Burrows, English actress and singer

1965 – Pata (pseudonym of Tomoaki Ishizuka) [Japanese guitarist]

      (X Japan and Rain)

1965 – Jeff Scott Soto, American singer-songwriter

      (Talisman and Soul SirkUS)

1965 – Wayne Static, American singer-songwriter and guitarist  (d. 2014)

      (Static-X)

1965 – Kiersten Warren, American actress

1967 – Eric Karros, American baseball player and sportscaster

1968 – Matthew Tobin Anderson, American author, critic, and educator

1968 – Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach

1968 – Miles Long, American porn actor, director, and producer

1969 – Sean Combs, American rapper, producer, and actor

      (Diddy – Dirty Money)

1969 – Matthew McConaughey, American actor and producer

1970 – Lauri Aus, Estonian cyclist (d. 2003)

1970 – Tim DeBoom, American triathlete

1970 – Malena Ernman, Swedish soprano

1970 – Bethenny Frankel, American actress, talk show host, and author

1970 – Tony Sly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist  (d. 2012)

      (No Use for a Name and Scorpios)

1971 – Tabu, Indian actress and singer

1972 – Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer and sportscaster

1974 – Cedric Bixler-Zavala, American singer-songwriter and drummer

      (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Anywhere, De Facto, and The Fall on Deaf Ears)

1974 – Louise Redknapp (née Nurding) [English singer and actress] (Eternal)

1974 – Mirai Yamamoto, Japanese actress

1975:  Warren Christie  [Northern Ireland-born Canadian actor]

1975 – Éric Fichaud, Canadian ice hockey player

1975 – Eduard Koksharov, Russian handball player

1975 – Mikki Moore, American basketball player

1975 – Orlando Pace, American football player

1975 – Curtis Stone, Australian chef and author

1975 – Heather Tom, American actress

1975 – Lorenzen Wright, American basketball player (d. 2010)

1976 – Daniel Bahr, German banker and politician

      German Federal Minister of Health

1976 – Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian race car driver

1976 – Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer

1976 – Peter Van Houdt, Belgian footballer

1977 – Larry Bigbie, American baseball player

1977 – Tonicha Jeronimo, English actress

1977 – Hannelore Knuts, Belgian model and actress

1977 – So Ji-sub, South Korean actor and rapper

1978 – John Grabow, American baseball player

1978 – Danny Salomon, American actor

1979 – Jesse Camp, American television host, singer, and actor

1979 – Trishelle Cannatella, American model and actress

1979 – Audrey Hollander, American porn actress and director

1980 – Jerry Collins, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player (d. 2015)

1980 – Richard Owens, American football player

1980 – Marcy Rylan, American actress

1981 – Guy Martin, English motorcycle racer

1981 – Machiko Ono, Japanese actress

1981 – Vince Wilfork, American football player

1982 – Devin Hester, American football player

1982 – Travis Van Winkle, American actor

1983 – Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (d. 2014)

1984 – Dustin Brown, American ice hockey player

1984 – French Montana, Moroccan-American rapper

1984 – Ayila Yussuf, Nigerian footballer

1985 – Marcell Jansen, German footballer

1985 – Miki Miyamura, Japanese tennis player

1985 – Ryan Nemeth, American wrestler

1985 – Victoria Leigh Soto, American educator (d. 2012)

1985 – Sammy thrashLife, American painter and writer

1986 – Suhas Gopinath, Indian businessman

1986 – Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

1986 – Angelica Panganiban, Filipino actress

1986 – Szymon Pawłowski, Polish footballer

1986 – Adrian Zaugg, South African race car driver

1987 – Tim Breukers, Dutch footballer

1987 – Laura Geitz, Australian netball

1987 – Artur Jędrzejczyk, Polish footballer

1987 – T.O.P, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (Big Bang)

1988 – Michelle Madrigal, Filipino actress

1990:  Jean-Luc Bilodeau  [Canadian actor]

1991 – Lesley Kerkhove, Dutch tennis player

1992 – Julian Wießmeier, German footballer

1993 – Elisabeth Seitz, German gymnast

1996 – Kaitlin Hawayek, American ice dancer

1996 – Michael Christian Martinez, Filipino figure skater

1997 – Bea Binene, Filipino actress, singer, and dancer

1997 – Sandra Samir, Egyptian tennis player

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1411 – Khalil Sultan of Timurid (b. 1384)
1428 – Sophia of Bavaria (b. 1376)
1652 – Jean-Charles della Faille, Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1597)
1658 – Antoine Le Maistre, French lawyer and author (b. 1608)
1669 – Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1603)
1698 – Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625)
1702 – John Benbow, English admiral (b. 1653)
1704 – Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist and scholar (b. 1654)
1781 – Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet and songwriter (b. 1721)
1801 – William Shippen, American physician and anatomist (b. 1712)
1847 – Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1809)
1847 – Thiệu Trị, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1807)
1856 – Paul Delaroche, French painter and educator (b. 1797)
1893 – Pierre Tirard, Swiss-French engineer and politician (b. 1827)
      54th Prime Minister of France
1895 – Eugene Field, American journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
1906 – John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (b. 1832)
1918 – Wilfred Owen, English soldier and poet (b. 1893)
1924 – Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
1924 – Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1845)
1930 – Buddy Bolden, American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1877)
1931 – Luigi Galleani, Italian theorist and activist (b. 1861)
1940 – Arthur Rostron, English captain (b. 1869)
1946 – Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (b. 1865)
1948 – Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician (b. 1874)
      Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1950 – Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach (b. 1887)
1955 – Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1896)
1955 – Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (b. 1867)
1956 – Freddie Dixon, English motorcycle racer and racing driver (b. 1892)
1957 – Shoghi Effendi, Israeli religious leader (b. 1897)
1968 – Horace Gould, English racing driver (b. 1918)
1968 – Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter and soldier (b. 1892)
1969 – Carlos Marighella, Brazilian author and activist (b. 1911)
1974 – Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (b. 1909)
1975 – Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic (b. 1893)
1975 – Izzat Husrieh, Syrian journalist, historian, and academic (b. 1914)
1976 – Toni Ulmen, German racing driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1906)
1977 – Tom Reamy, American author and illustrator (b. 1935)
1980 – Elsie MacGill, Canadian-American engineer (b. 1905)
1982 – Dominique Dunne, American actress (b. 1959)
1982 – Gil Whitney, American journalist (b. 1940)
1986 – Kurt Hirsch, German-English mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
1988 – Kleanthis Vikelidis, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1916)
1989 – Trevor Kent, Australian actor (b. 1940)
1992 – George Klein, Canadian engineer, invented the motorized wheelchair (b. 1904)
1994 – Sam Francis, American soldier and painter (b. 1923)
1994 – Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1949)
      (MC5 and Sonic's Rendezvous Band)
1995 – Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher and scholar (b. 1925)
1995 – Paul Eddington, English actor (b. 1927)
1995 – Eddie Egan, American actor and police officer (b. 1930)
1995 – Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician (b. 1922)
      5th Prime Minister of Israel
      Nobel Prize laureate
1995 – Morrie Schwartz, American sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1916)
1997 – Richard Hooker, American surgeon and author (b. 1924)
1998 – Nagarjun, Indian poet and author (b. 1911)
1999 – Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian cricketer and coach (b. 1958)
2002 – Nakis Avgerinos, Greek politician (b. 1911)
2003 – Charles Causley, Cornish author and poet (b. 1917)
2003 – Ken Gampu, South African actor (b. 1929)
2003 – Richard Wollheim, English philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1923)
2005 – Nadia Anjuman, Afghan journalist and poet (b. 1980)
2005 – Sheree North, American actress and singer (b. 1932)
2006 – Dajan Ahmet, Estonian actor and director (b. 1962)
2006 – Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician (b. 1915)
2006 – Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American author (b. 1908)
2007 – Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (b. 1926)
2007 – Peter Viertel, German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2008 – Michael Crichton, American author, physician, producer, director and screenwriter (b. 1942)
2008 – Juan Camilo Mouriño, French-Mexican economist and politician (b. 1971)
      Mexican Secretary of the Interior
2009 – Hubertus Brandenburg, German bishop (b. 1923)
2010 – Sparky Anderson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1934)
2010 – Eugénie Blanchard, French super-centenarian (b. 1896)
2010 – Michelle Nicastro, American actress and singer (b. 1960)
2011 – Arnold Green, Latvian-Estonian politician (b. 1920)
2011 – Andy Rooney, American journalist and author (b. 1919)
2012 – Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni, Indian chef and television host (b. 1974)
2012 – Ted Curson, American trumpet player (b. 1935)
2012 – Jim Durham, American sportscaster (b. 1947)
2012 – Mike L. Fry, American television host, producer, and author (b. 1960)
2012 – Frances Hashimoto, American businesswoman (b. 1943)
2012 – David Resnick, Brazilian-Israeli architect, designed Yad Kennedy (b. 1924)
2013 – Viktor Dolnik, Russian ornithologist and author (b. 1938)
2013 – John D. Hawk, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1924)
2013 – Leonid Stolovich, Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (b. 1929)
2013 – Georg Wahl, German horse rider and coach (b. 1920)
2013 – Ray Willsey, Canadian-American football player and coach (b. 1928)
2014 – Jeremy Dale, American illustrator (b. 1979)
2014 – Enrique Olivera, Argentinian politician (b. 1940)
      2nd Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires
2014 – Richard Schaal, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2014 – S. Donald Stookey, American chemist, invented CorningWare (b. 1915)
2014 – Eddie Stuart, South African-Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1931)

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