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630 – Constans II, Byzantine emperor (d. 668)

994 – Ibn Hazm, Arabian philosopher and scholar (d. 1069)

1619 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (d. 1692)

1650 – John Robinson, English bishop and diplomat (d. 1723)

1683 – Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman, author, and translator (d. 1748)

1687 – William Stukeley, English archaeologist and physician (d. 1765)

1706 – Carlo Cecere, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1761)

1728 – James Cook, English captain, navigator, and cartographer (d. 1779)

1750 – Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (d. 1819)

1800 – Platt Rogers Spencer, American calligrapher (d. 1864)

1801:  Robert Dale Owen  [Scottish-born American social reformer] (d. 24 Jun 1877)

      U.S. Representative, D. IN, 1843-1847

1805 – Thomas Brassey, English engineer (d. 1870)

1818 – Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physician and physiologist (d. 1896)

1832 – Andrew Dickson White, American historian, academic, and diplomat (d. 1918)

      co-founded Cornell University

1838 – Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author and playwright (d. 1889)

1846 – Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1907)

1851 – Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (d. 1913)

1858 – Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian academic and activist (d. 1932)

1860 – Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (d. 1936)

1860 – Paul Peel, Canadian painter and academic (d. 1892)

1861 – Jeff Milton, American police officer (d. 1947)

1864 – Atlee Hunt, Australian public servant (d. 1935)

1867 – Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist  (d. 4 Jul 1934)

      Nobel Prize laureate

1872 – Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (d. 1956)

1872 – Lucille La Verne, American actress (d. 1945)

1876 – Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1958)

1878 – Lise Meitner, Austrian-English physicist and academic (d. 1968)

1879 – King Baggot, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1948)

1879 – Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician  (d. 1940)

      founded the Red Army

1885:  Frank Knight  [American economist] (d. 15 Apr 1972)

1886 – Aron Nimzowitsch, Russian-Danish chess player (d. 1935)

1888 – C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic  (d. 1970)

      Nobel Prize laureate

1890 – Jan Matulka, Czech-American painter (d. 1972)

1893 – Leatrice Joy, American actress (d. 1985)

1893 – Margaret Leech, American historian and author (d. 1974)

1896 – Esdras Minville, Canadian economist and sociologist (d. 1975)

1897 – Herman J. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1953)
1897:  Ruth Pitter  [British poet] (d. 29 Feb 1992)

1897 – Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (d. 1976)

1898 – Margaret Morris, American actress (d. 1968)

1898 – Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic (d. 1963)

1899 – Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli journalist and poet (d. 1954)

1901 – Norah McGuinness, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 1980)

1903 – Ary Barroso, Brazilian pianist and composer (d. 1964)

1903 – Dean Jagger, American actor (d. 1991)

1903 – Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist  (d. 1989)

      Nobel Prize laureate

1903 – Grace Stafford, American actress (d. 1992)

1905 – William Alwyn, English composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1985)

1906 – Eugene Carson Blake, American minister and educator (d. 1985)

1906:  Viola Spolin  [American teacher and author] (d. 22 Nov 1994)

1908 – Marijac, French author and illustrator (d. 1994)

1909 – Ruby Hurley, American activist (d. 1980)

1910:  Edmund Leach  [British social anthropologist] (6 Jan 1989)

1912 – Victor Beaumont, German-English actor (d. 1977)

1913 – Albert Camus, French journalist, author, and philosopher  (d. 4 Jan 1960)

      Nobel Prize laureate

1913 – Alekos Sakellarios, Greek director and screenwriter (d. 1991)

1914 – Archie Campbell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1987)

1914 – R. A. Lafferty, American soldier, engineer, and author (d. 2002)

1915 – Philip Morrison, American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2005)

1915 – M. Athalie Range, American activist and politician (d. 2006)
1917:  Helen Suzman  [South African activist and politician] (d. 1 Jan 2009)

1917 – Titos Vandis, Greek actor (d. 2003)

1918 – Paul Aussaresses, French general (d. 2013)

1918 – Billy Graham, American minister and author

1918 – Maria Teresa de Noronha, Portuguese singer (d. 1993)

1919 – Ellen Stewart, American director and producer (d. 2011)

1920 – Max Kampelman, American lawyer and diplomat (d. 2013)

1921 – Lisa Ben, American singer-songwriter and journalist

1921 – Jack Fleck, American golfer (d. 2014)

1922 – Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi politician (d. 2014)

1922 – Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 27 Apr 1999)

1923 – Gene Callahan, American art director and production designer (d. 1990)

1926 – Joan Sutherland, Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (d. 2010)

1927 – Ivor Emmanuel, Welsh singer and actor (d. 2007)

1927 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (d. 2013)

1928 – Richard G. Scott, American engineer and religious leader (d. 2015)

1929 – Jesús de Polanco, Spanish publisher and businessman (d. 2007)

1929 – Eric Kandel, Austrian-American neuroscientist and psychiatrist

      Nobel Prize laureate

1929 – Lila Kaye, British actress and singer (d. 2012)

1930 – Rudy Boschwitz, German-American soldier and politician

1931 – G. Edward Griffin, American director, producer, and author

1935:  Judy Parfitt  [English actress]

1935 – W. S. Rendra, Indonesian poet and playwright (d. 2009)

1936 – Gwyneth Jones, Welsh soprano

1937 – Mary Daheim, American author

1938 – Ian Balding American-English horse trainer

1938 – Dee Clark, American singer-songwriter (d. 1990)

1938 – Jake Gibbs, American baseball player and coach

1938 – Jim Kaat, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster

1938 – Barry Newman, American actor

1939 – Barbara Liskov, American computer scientist

1940 – Dakin Matthews, American actor, director, and playwright

1940 – Antonio Skármeta, Chilean author and academic

1941 – Madeline Gins, American poet and architect (d. 2014)

1941 – Angelo Scola, Italian cardinal
1942:  Helen Garner  [Australian novelist]

1942 – Tom Peters, American businessman and author

1942 – Johnny Rivers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1942 – Jean Shrimpton, English model and actress

1943 – Michael Byrne, English actor

1943 – Silvia Cartwright, New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician

      18th Governor-General of New Zealand

1943 – Stephen Greenblatt, American theorist, scholar, and critic

1943 – Boris Gromov, Russian general and politician

      Governor of Moscow Oblast

1943 – Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1943 – Michael Spence, American economist and academic

      Nobel Prize laureate

1944 – Waljinah, Indonesian singer

1944 – Luigi Riva, Italian footballer and manager

1944 – Peter Wilby, English journalist

1945 – Earl Boen, American actor

1945 – Joe Niekro, American baseball player (d. 2006)

1946 – John Aylward, American actor

1947 – Bob Anderson, English darts player

1947 – Rebecca Eaton, American television producer

1947 – Yutaka Fukumoto, Japanese baseball player and coach

1947:  Bernhard Goetz  [American subway shooter]

1947 – Sondhi Limthongkul, Thai journalist and politician

1947 – Holmes Osborne, American actor

1948 – Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint

      English businessman and politician

1948 – Buck Martinez, American baseball player and manager

1948 – Alex Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver

1949 – Stephen Bruton, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2009)

1949 – Su Pollard, English actress and singer

1949 – Steven Stucky, American composer and academic

1949 – David S. Ware, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2012)

1950 – Lindsay Duncan, Scottish actress

1951 – Gerard F. Gilmore

      Professor of Experimental Philosophy, in the Institute of Astronomy

            at the University of Cambridge

1951 – Lawrence O'Donnell, American journalist, actor, and producer

1951 – John Tamargo, American baseball player and coach

1952 – David Petraeus  [American general]

      Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 2011-2012

1952 – Modibo Sidibé, Sudanese-Malian police officer and politician

      Prime Minister of Mali

1952 – Valeriy Zuyev, Ukrainian footballer and manager

1953 – Maire Aunaste, Estonian journalist and author

1953 – Christopher Foster, English bishop

1953 – Lucinda Green, English horse rider and journalist

1953 – Erik Balke, Norwegian saxophonist

1954 – Robin Beck, American singer-songwriter

1954 – James Gray, Scottish politician

1954 – Guy Gavriel Kay, Canadian lawyer and author

1954 – Kamal Haasan, Indian actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter

1954 – Gil Junger, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1955 – Shirley Eikhard, Canadian singer-songwriter

1955 – Kitty Margolis, American singer and producer

1955 – Detlef Ultsch, German martial artist

1956 – Mikhail Alperin, Ukrainian pianist (Moscow Art Trio)

1956 – Denise Jannah, Dutch singer

1956 – Jonathan Palmer, English race car driver

1956 – Judy Tenuta, American actress, producer, screenwriter, and accordion player

1957 – John Benitez, American DJ, songwriter, and producer

1957 – King Kong Bundy, American wrestler and actor

1957 – Christopher Knight, American actor, singer, and producer

1957 – Tony Schiavone, American sportscaster

1958 – Rissei Ō, Japanese Go player

1958 – Lori Saldaña, American politician

1959 – Srinivas, Indian singer-songwriter

1959 – Billy Gillispie, American basketball player and coach

1959 – Alexandre Guimarães, Brazilian-Costa Rican footballer and manager

1960:  Charlie Bell  [Australian business executive] (d. 17 Jan 2005)

      president of McDonald's, 2002-2004

1960 – Tommy Thayer, American guitarist and songwriter

      (Kiss and Black 'n Blue)

1961 – Orlando Mercado, American baseball player and coach

1962 – Tracie Savage, American actress and journalist

1962 – Dirk Shafer, American model, actor, and director (d. 2015)

1963 – John Barnes, Jamaican-English footballer and manager

1963 – Sam Graves, American farmer and politician

1964 – Troy Beyer, American actress, director, and screenwriter

1964 – Gill Holland, Norwegian-American actor and producer

1964 – Philip Hollobone, English soldier and politician

1964 – Li Nanxing, Singaporean actor

1964 – Liam Ó Maonlaí, Irish keyboard player and songwriter

      (Hothouse Flowers)

1964 – Dana Plato, American actress (d. 1999)

1964 – Bonnie St. John, American skier and scholar

1965 – Sigrun Wodars, German runner and physiotherapist

1965 – Steve Parkin, English former footballer and manager

1966 – Calvin Borel, American jockey

1967 – Careena Collins, American porn actress and director

1967 – Steve DiGiorgio, American singer-songwriter and bass player

      (Death, Control Denied, Sadus, and Charred Walls of the Damned)

1967 – David Guetta, French DJ and producer

1967 – Hikaru Ijūin, Japanese radio personality, reviewer, and commentator

1967 – Julie Pinson, American actress

1967 – Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress (Texas)

1968 – Greg Tribbett, American singer and guitarist

      (Mudvayne and Hellyeah)

1968 – Mark Preston, Australian engineer

1968 – Russ Springer, American baseball player

1969 – Michelle Clunie, American actress

1969 – Hélène Grimaud, French pianist

1969:  Bryant H. McGill  [American author]

1969 – Michel Picard, Canadian ice hockey player

1970 – Vilis Daudziņš, Latvian actor

1970 – Neil Hannon, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist

      (The Divine Comedy and The Duckworth Lewis Method)

1970 – Andy Houston, American race car driver

1970 – Marc Rosset, Swiss-Monacan tennis player

1970 – Morgan Spurlock, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1970 – Paul Ware, English footballer (d. 2013)

1971 – Martin Björk. Swedish television host

1971 – Jamie Drummond, Scottish-Canadian journalist and critic

1971 – Robin Finck, American guitarist and songwriter

      (Nine Inch Nails and Guns N' Roses)

1971 – Matthew Ryan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

      (Strays Don't Sleep)

1971 – Trivikram Srinivas, Indian director and screenwriter

1972 – Christopher Daniel Barnes, American actor and singer

1972 – Mike Goldman, Australian radio and television host

1972 – Danny Grewcock, English rugby player

1972 – Jason London, American actor and producer

1972 – Jeremy London, American actor and producer

1972 – Hasim Rahman, American boxer

1972 – Marcus Stewart, English footballer and coach

1973 – Catê, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2011)

1973 – Yunjin Kim, South Korean-American actress

1973 – Martín Palermo, Argentinian footballer and manager

1974 – Kris Benson, American baseball player

1974 – Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Jamaican hurdler

1974 – Christian Gómez, Argentinian footballer

1974 – Chris Summers, Norwegian drummer

      (Turbonegro and Bigbang)

1975:  Marcus Luttrell  [American Navy SEAL]

1975 – Venkat Prabhu, Indian actor, singer, director, and screenwriter

1976 – Rob Caggiano, American guitarist and producer

      (Anthrax, Boiler Room, and The Damned Things)

1976 – Melyssa Ford, Canadian model and actress

1976 – Chang Hao, Chinese Go player

1976 – One Be Lo, American rapper (Binary Star)

1976 – Mark Philippoussis, Australian tennis player and model

1977 – Andres Oper, Estonian footballer

1977 – María Sánchez Lorenzo, Spanish tennis player

1977 – Lindsay Czarniak, American sports anchor

1977 – Anthony Thomas, American football player and coach

1978 – Mohamed Aboutrika, Egyptian footballer

1978 – Elisabeth Bachman, American volleyball player

1978 – Rio Ferdinand, English footballer

1978 – Tomoya Nagase, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (Tokio)

1978 – Barry Robson, Scottish footballer

1978 – Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer

1979 – Mike Commodore, Canadian ice hockey player

1979 – Will Demps, American football player

1979 – Danny Fonseca, Costa Rican footballer

1979 – Barney Harwood, English television host and actor

1979 – Jon Peter Lewis, American singer-songwriter and actor

1979 – Joey Ryan, American wrestler

1979 – Otep Shamaya, American singer-songwriter and actress (Otep)

1980 – Karthik, Indian singer-songwriter

1980 – Sergio Bernardo Almirón, Argentinian footballer

1980 – Gervasio Deferr, Spanish gymnast

1980 – James Franklin, New Zealand cricketer

1980 – Luciana Salazar, Argentinian model, actress, and singer

1981 – Muhammad Hassan, American wrestler and educator

1981 – Nana Katase, Japanese actress, singer, and model

1981 – Anushka Shetty, Indian actress

1981 – Rina Uchiyama, Japanese actress and model

1982 – Pascal Leclaire, Canadian ice hockey player

1983:  Adam DeVine  [American comedian, singer, writer, producer, and actor]

1983 – Forrest Kline, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

      (Hellogoodbye)

1983 – Esmerling Vásquez, Dominican baseball player

1984 – Mihkel Aksalu, Estonian footballer

1984 – Jonathan Bornstein, American soccer player

1984 – Gervais Randrianarisoa, Malagasy footballer

1984 – Amelia Vega, Dominican actress and singer, Miss Universe 2003

1985 – Sebastian Aldén, Swedish motorcycle racer

1985 – Lucas Neff, American actor and producer

1986 – Andy Hull, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

      (Manchester Orchestra, Bad Books, and Right Away, Great Captain!)

1986 – David Nelson, American football player

1986 – Doukissa Nomikou, Greek model and television host

1986 – Toro y Moi, American musician and producer

1987 – Marek Semjan, Slovak tennis player

1987 – Rachele Brooke Smith, American actress and dancer

1988 – Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukrainian tennis player

1988 – Simone Favaro, Italian rugby player

1988 – Thomas Schneider, German sprinter

1988 – Tinie Tempah, English rapper and producer
1989 – Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Russian singer and activist (Pussy Riot)

1990 – Daniel Ayala, Spanish footballer

1990 – Matt Corby, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1990 – David de Gea, Spanish footballer

1990 – Joelle Hadjia, Australian singer-songwriter

1994 – Haruna Iikubo, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume)

1995 – Bethany Mota, American video blogger

1996 – Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor (stage name Lorde)

      New Zealand singer-songwriter

1997 – Erika Hendsel, Estonian tennis player

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1962 – Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician  (b. 1884)

      39th First Lady of the United States

1967 – John Nance Garner, American lawyer and politician  (b. 1868)

      32nd Vice President of the United States

Notable

1225 – Engelbert II of Berg, German archbishop and saint (b. 1186)
1550 – Jón Arason, Icelandic bishop and poet (b. 1484)
1574 – Solomon Luria, Polish rabbi and educator (b. 1510)
1581 – Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar (b. 1505)
1599 – Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon and educator (b. 1546)
1627 – Jahangir, Mughal emperor (b. 1569)
1633 – Cornelis Drebbel, Dutch inventor, invented the submarine (b. 1572)
1639 – Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, English politician (b. 1560)
1642 – Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester  (b. 1563)
      English judge and politician
      Lord High Treasurer of The United Kingdom
1713 – Elizabeth Barry, English actress (b. 1658)
1837 – Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American minister and journalist (b. 1809)
1862 – Bahadur Shah II, Mughal emperor (b. 1775)
1872 – Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (b. 1833)
1881 – John MacHale, Irish archbishop (b. 1791)
1906 – Heinrich Seidel, German engineer and poet (b. 1842)
1913 – Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh-English biologist and geographer (b. 1823)
1916 – Henry Ward Ranger, American artist (b. 1858)
1919 – Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1863)
1922 – Sam Thompson, American baseball player (b. 1860)
1923 – Ashwini Kumar Dutta, Indian educator and philanthropist (b. 1856)
1930 – Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (b. 1878)
1933 – Harold Weber, American golfer (b. 1882)
1941 – Frank Pick, English lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
1943 – Dwight Frye, American actor (b. 1899)
1944 – Richard Sorge, Azerbaijani-German journalist and spy (b. 1895)
1944 – Hannah Szenes, Hungarian-Israeli soldier and poet (b. 1921)
1947 – K. Natesa Iyer, Indian-Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1887)
1959 – Victor McLaglen, English-American boxer and actor (b. 1883)
1965 – Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Pakistani caliph (b. 1889)
1966 – Rube Bressler, American baseball player (b. 1894)
1968 – Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1901)
1968 – Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician, cryptographer, and academic (b. 1906)
1974 – Eric Linklater, Welsh-Scottish author and academic (b. 1899)
1978 – Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian surgeon and politician  (b. 1887)
      6th Chief Minister of Gujarat
1978 – Gene Tunney, American boxer (b. 1897)
1980 – Steve McQueen, American actor and producer (b. 1930)
1981 – Will Durant, American historian and philosopher (b. 1885)
1983 – Germaine Tailleferre, French composer (b. 1892)
1986 – Tracy Pew, Australian bass player  (b. 1957)
      (The Birthday Party and The Saints)
1990 – Lawrence Durrell, Indian-French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1912)
1991 – Carter Cornelius, American singer  (b. 1948)
      (Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose)
1991 – Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator (b. 1920)
1992 – Alexander Dubček, Slovak soldier and politician (b. 1921)
1992 – Jack Kelly, American actor and politician (b. 1927)
1993 – Adelaide Hall, American-English singer, actress, and dancer (b. 1901)
1994 – Shorty Rogers, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1924)
1995 – Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and educator (b. 1942)
1996 – Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist and academic (b. 1939)
1996 – Jaja Wachuku, Nigerian lawyer and politician
      Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1918)
2000 – Ingrid of Sweden (b. 1910)
2000 – Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician  (b. 1950)
      Indian Minister of Defence
2000 – Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian publisher and politician  (b. 1910)
      Indian Minister of Defence
2001 – Nida Blanca, Filipino actress (b. 1936)
2002 – Rudolf Augstein, German journalist, co-founded Der Spiegel (b. 1923)
2004 – Howard Keel, American actor and singer (b. 1919)
2005 – Harry Thompson, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1960)
2006 – Aino Kukk, Estonian chess player (b. 1930)
2006 – Bryan Pata, American football player (b. 1984)
2006 – Johnny Sain, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
2006 – Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist and politician (b. 1924)
2007 – Earl Dodge, American activist and politician (b. 1932)
2007 – George W. George, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1920)
2010 – Smaro Stefanidou, Greek actress (b. 1913)
2011 – Joe Frazier, American boxer (b. 1944)
2012 – Carmen Basilio, American boxer (b. 1927)
2012 – Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., American author (b. 1950)
2012 – Sandy Pearson, Australian general (b. 1918)
2012 – Darrell Royal, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
2012 – Arthur K. Snyder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
2013 – John Cole, Irish-English journalist and author (b. 1927)
2013 – Ian Davies, Australian basketball player and coach (b. 1956)
2013 – Ron Dellow, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
2013 – Joey Manley, American publisher, founded Modern Tales (b. 1965)
2013 – Paul Mantee, American actor (b. 1931)
2013 – Jack Mitchell, American photographer and author (b. 1925)
2013 – Manfred Rommel, German lawyer and politician (b. 1928)
2014 – Solwhit, French-Irish race horse (b. 2004)
2014 – Lincoln D. Faurer, American general (b. 1928)
2014 – Rough Habit, New Zealand race horse (b. 1986)
2014 – Kajetan Kovič, Slovenian journalist and poet (b. 1931)
2014 – Allen Ripley, American baseball player (b. 1952)

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