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30 – Nerva, Roman emperor (d. 98)
1342 – Julian of Norwich, English mystic and saint (d. c. 1416)
1491 – Teofilo Folengo, Italian monk and poet (d. 1544)
1622 – Charles X Gustav of Sweden (d. 1660)
1656 – Edmond Halley, English astronomer and mathematician (d. 14 Jan 1742)
1706 – Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. 1772)
1710 – Sarah Fielding, English author (d. 1768)
1715 – Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (d. 1797)
1723 – John Byron  [English admiral and politician] (d. 1786)
      24th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland
1725 – Johann George Tromlitz, German flute player and composer (d. 1805)
1763 – Otto Wilhelm Masing, German-Estonian linguist and clergyman (d. 1832)
1768 – Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)
1772 – William Wirt  [American author and statesman]  (d. 1834)
      9th U.S. Attorney General, 1817-1929

1777 – Désirée Clary, French wife of Charles XIV John of Sweden (d. 1860)
1788 – Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene poet and educator (d. 1853)
1831 – Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (d. 1880)
      English poet and diplomat
      30th Governor-General of India
1836 – Milton Bradley, American businessman (d. 1911)
      founded the Milton Bradley Company
1837 – Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1907)
1847 – Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician  (d. 1907)
      6th President of France
1847 – Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish author and critic (d. 20 Apr 1912)
1848 – Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1925)
1854 – Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1919)
1866 – Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, English businessman
      founded the Austin Motor Company (d. 1941)
1868 – Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (d. 1942)
1881 – Clarence Gagnon, Canadian painter and illustrator (d. 1942)
1883 – Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (d. 1953)
1883 – Charles Demuth, American painter (d. 1935)
1884 – Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d. 1922)
1885 – George Bouzianis, Greek painter (d. 1959)
1885 – Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (d. 1951)
1885 – Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect and academic (d. 1966)
1885 – Eva Morris, English super-centenarian (d. 2000)
1885 – Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general and politician (d. 1946)
      4th Japanese Military Governors of the Philippines
1888 – David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1974)
1893 – Prajadhipok, Thai king (d. 1941)
1896 – Erika Abels d'Albert, Austrian artist (d. 1975)
1896 – Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager (d. 1977)
1897 – Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist (d. 1980)
1898 – Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1937)
1900 – Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (d. 16 Aug 1949)
1904 – Cedric Belfrage, English journalist and author (d. 1990)
      co-founded the National Guardian
1908 – Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author (d. 1998)
1808:  Raja Rao  [Indian writer] (d. 8 Jul 2006)
1910 – James McCormack, American general (d. 1975)
1911 – Robert Jackson, Australian public servant  (d. 12 Jan 1991)
      United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator
1912 – June Havoc, American actress, singer and dancer (d. 2010)
1912 – Stylianos Pattakos, Greek general and politician
      Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
1914 – Norman Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer
1918 – Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier (d. 1999)
1918 – Hermann Zapf, German typographer and calligrapher (d. 2015)
1919 – Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, Indian actor, screenwriter, and author (d. 2000)
1920 – Sitara Devi, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014)
1920 – Esther Rolle, American actress (d. 1998)
1920 – Eugênio Sales, Brazilian cardinal (d. 2012)
1921 – Douglas Townsend, American composer, musicologist, and academic (d. 2012)
1922 – Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon and academic (d. 2001)
1922 – Thea D. Hodge, American computer scientist (d. 2008)
1922 – Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1996)
1923 – Jack Kilby, American physicist and engineer
      Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
1924 – Johnny Bower, Canadian ice hockey player and soldier
1924 – Joe Flynn, American actor (d. 1974)
1924 – Robert V. Hogg, American statistician and academic (d. 2014)
1924 – Victorinus Youn Kong-hi, South Korean priest
      3rd Archbishop of Kwangju
1926 – Carroll E. Lanier, American sailor and politician (d. 2012)
1927 – L. K. Advani, Pakistani-Indian lawyer and politician
      7th Deputy Prime Minister of India
1927 – Chris Connor, American singer (d. 2009)
1927 – Ken Dodd, English singer-songwriter and actor
1927 – Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician (d. 2013)
      4th President of the Republic of Vietnam
1927 – Patti Page, American singer and actress (d. 2013)
1929 – Bobby Bowden, American football player and coach
1929 – António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese philosopher and academic
1931 – Darla Hood, American actress and singer (d. 1979)
1931 – Morley Safer, Canadian-American journalist and author
1932 – Stéphane Audran, French actress
1932 – Ben Bova, American journalist and author
1933 – Peter Arundell, English race car driver (d. 2009)
1935 – Alain Delon, French-Swiss actor, producer, screenwriter
1935 – Stratos Dionysiou, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
1935 – Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian cardinal (d. 2008)
1936 – Virna Lisi, Italian actress (d. 2014)
1938 – Driss Basri, Moroccan police officer and politician (d. 2007)
1938 – Richard Stoker, English composer, author, and poet
1939 – Elizabeth Dawn, English actress
1941 – Nerys Hughes, Welsh actress
1942 – Sandro Mazzola, Italian footballer and sportscaster
1943 – Martin Peters, English footballer and manager
1944 – Bonnie Bramlett, American singer and actress
      (Delaney & Bonnie)
1945 – Arduino Cantafora, Italian-Swiss architect, painter, and author
1945 – Vincent Nichols, English cardinal
1945 – Arnold Rosner, American composer (d. 2013)
1946 – Guus Hiddink, Dutch footballer and manager
1946 – Roy Wood, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move, Wizzard, and Wizzo Band)
1947 – Michael Perham, English bishop
1947 – Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
1947 – Margaret Rhea Seddon, American physician and astronaut
1947 – Lewis Yocum, American physician and surgeon (d. 2013)
1948 – Dale Gardner, American captain and astronaut (d. 2014)
1949 – Wayne LaPierre, American businessman, author, and activist
1949 – Bonnie Raitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950 – Mary Hart, American journalist and actress
1951 – Alfredo Astiz, Argentinian captain
1951 – Laura Cox, English lawyer and judge
1951 – Peter Suber, American philosopher and academic
1952 – Albert Bittlmayer, German footballer (d. 1977)
1952 – John Denny, American baseball player and coach
1952 – Christie Hefner, American publisher and businesswoman
1952 – Jan Raas, Dutch cyclist
1952 – Jerry Remy, American baseball player and sportscaster
1952 – Alfre Woodard, American actress and producer
1953 – Giorgos Foiros, Greek footballer and manager
1953 – John Musker, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
1953 – Nand Kumar Patel, Indian politician (d. 2013)
1953 – Petras Šiurskas, Lithuanian sprint canoer
1954 – David Bret, French-English journalist and author
1954 – Michael D. Brown, American lawyer and radio host
1954 – Timothy Egan, American journalist and author
1954 – Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-English author and screenwriter
1954 – Rickie Lee Jones, American singer-songwriter and producer
1954 – Ricky Lawson, American drummer and composer (d. 2013)
      (Yellowjackets)
1954 – Jeanette McGruder, American singer and actress
      (The Brides of Funkenstein)
1954 – Thanasis Pafilis, Greek jurist and politician
1955 – Patricia Barber, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1955 – Jeffrey Ford, American author and educator
1956 – Mari Boine, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
1956 – Richard Curtis, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1956 – Steven Miller, American record producer and engineer
1957 – Alan Curbishley, English footballer and manager
1957 – Porl Thompson, English guitarist
      (The Cure, Easy Cure, Malice, and Shelleyan Orphan)
1957 – Hardi Volmer, Estonian singer and director
      (Singer Vinger)
1958 – Don Byron, American clarinet player and composer
1958 – Ken Lamberton, American author and educator
1959 – Miroslav Janů, Czech footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1959:  Caroline Knapp  [American writer and columnist] (d. 3 Jun 2002)
1959 – Chi Chi LaRue, American drag queen performer and director
1960 – Oleg Menshikov, Russian actor, singer, and director
1960 – Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor
1961 – Micky Adams, English footballer and manager
1961 – Leif Garrett, American singer and actor
1961 – Enn Rajasaar, Estonian architect
1963 – Russell Malone, American guitarist
1963 – Paul McKenna, English hypnotist and author
1965 – Jeff Blauser, American baseball player and manager
1965 – Craig Chester, American actor and screenwriter
1965 – Mike Matarazzo, American bodybuilder and boxer (d. 2014)
1966 – Toralf Arndt, German footballer
1966 – Gordon Ramsay, Scottish chef and television host
1966 – Urmas Välbe, Estonian skier
1967 – Kamar de los Reyes, Puerto Rican-American actor
1967 – Henry Rodriguez, Dominican baseball player
1967 – Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress and singer
1968 – Keith Jones, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1968 – José Offerman, Dominican baseball player and manager
1968 – Sergio Porrini, Italian footballer and manager
1968 – Parker Posey, American actress and singer
1968 – Zara Whites, Dutch-French porn actress
1969 – Naw Kham, Burmese drug lord (d. 2013)
1969 – Roxana Zal, American actress and producer
1970 – Tom Anderson, American businessman
      co-founder of Myspace
1970 – Michael Jackson, Canadian actor
1970 – Diana King, Jamaican singer-songwriter
1970 – José Porras, Costa Rican footballer and coach
1971 – Carlos Atanes, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – Tech N9ne, American rapper
      (The Regime and K.A.B.O.S.H.)
1972 – Gretchen Mol, American model and actress
1973 – Sven Mikser, Estonian politician
      22nd Estonian Minister of Defence
1973 – David Muir, American journalist
1974 – Joshua Ferris, American author
1974 – Penelope Heyns, South African swimmer
1974 – Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese author and illustrator
      created Naruto
1974 – Seishi Kishimoto, Japanese illustrator
1975 – Angel Corella, Spanish dancer
1975 – Brevin Knight, American basketball player and sportscaster
1975 – José Manuel Pinto, Spanish footballer
1975 – Tara Reid, American actress and producer
1975 – Alena Vašková, Czech tennis player
1976 – Brett Lee, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1976 – Colin Strause, American filmmaker
1977 – Jully Black, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1977 – Bucky Covington, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977 – Nick Punto, American baseball player
1978 – Shyne, Belizean-American rapper
1978 – Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer
1978 – Maurice Evans, American basketball player
1978 – Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer and manager
1978 – Emma Lewell-Buck, English social worker and politician
1978 – Júlio Sérgio, Brazilian footballer
1979 – Andrea Benatti, Italian rugby player
1979 – Aaron Hughes, Irish footballer
1979 – Dania Ramirez, Dominican-American actress
1980 – Luís Fabiano, Brazilian footballer
1980 – Laura Jane Grace, American musician
      (Against Me!)
1980 – Ana Vidović, Croatian guitarist
1980 – Holly Walsh, English radio and television host
1981 – Joe Cole, English footballer
1981 – Yann Kermorgant, French footballer
1981 – Azura Skye, American actress
1982 – Ted DiBiase, Jr., American wrestler and actor
1982 – Ethan Juan, Taiwanese model and actor
1982 – Mika Kallio, Finnish motorcycle racer
1982 – Sam Sparro, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1983 – Katharina Molitor, German javelin thrower
1983 – Remko Pasveer, Dutch footballer
1983 – Pavel Pogrebnyak, Russian footballer
1983 – Nikola Rachelle, English-New Zealand singer-songwriter and producer
1983 – Chris Rankin, New Zealand actor
1983 – Blanka Vlašić, Croatian high jumper
1984 – Kuntal Chandra, Bangladeshi cricketer (d. 2012)
1984 – Yoko Mitsuya, Japanese model and actress
1984 – Steven Webb, English actor
1985 – Magda Apanowicz, Canadian actress
1985 – Jack Osbourne, English-American actor and producer
1986 – Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austrian tennis player
1986 – Jamie Roberts, Welsh rugby player
1986 – Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer and activist (d. 2013)
1987 – Édgar Benítez, Paraguayan footballer
1987 – Sam Bradford, American football player
1987 – Maryjun Takahashi, Japanese model and actress
1988 – Jessica Lowndes, Canadian actress and singer
1988 – Lucia Slaničková, Slovak heptathlete
1989 – Morgan Schneiderlin, French footballer
1989 – Giancarlo Stanton, American baseball player
1989 – Van Roxas, Filipino singer and actor
1990 – Anett Griffel, Estonian model
1990 – Ingrid Puusta, Estonian sailor
1991 – Riker Lynch, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor
1993 – Fraser Mullen, Scottish footballer
1994 – Lauren Alaina, American singer
1994 – Shane Feldman, Canadian actor and producer
2000 – Jade Pettyjohn, American actress
2000 – Jasmine Thompson, English singer
2003 – Lady Louise Windsor, English daughter of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex

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1939 –  Gerald J. Quinn Sr.

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Rondald & Joyce Kannenberg

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618 – Pope Adeodatus I
955 – Pope Agapetus II
1115 – Godfrey of Amiens, French bishop and saint (b. 1066)
1171 – Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (b. 1108)
1195 – Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine (b. 1135)
1226 – Louis VIII of France (b. 1187)
1246 – Berengaria of Castile (b. 1179)
1308 – Duns Scotus, Scottish priest, philosopher, and academic (b. 1266)
1517 – Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, Spanish cardinal (b. 1436)
1527 – Jerome Emser, German theologian and reformer (b. 1477)
1599 – Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer (b. 1528)
1600 – Natsuka Masaie, Japanese daimyō (b. 1562)
1605 – Robert Catesby, English conspirator  (b. 1573)
      leader of the Gunpowder Plot
1658 – Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch admiral (b. 1599)
1674 – John Milton, English poet and philosopher (b. 1608)
1719 – Michel Rolle, French mathematician and author (b. 1652)
1773 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721)
1817 – Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (b. 1754)
1830 – Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)
1873 – Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
1887 – Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
1890 – César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
1895 – Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
1905 – Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
1917 – Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
1921 – Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
1924 – Mike Merlo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1880)
1934 – Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
1944 – Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
1945 – August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)
1949 – Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (b. 1874)
1953 – Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
1953 – John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (b. 1887)
1959 – Frank S. Land, American activist (b. 1890)
      founded the DeMolay International
1965 – Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist and actress (b. 1913)
1966 – Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynecologist and academic (b. 1891)
1968 – Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (b. 1914)
1968 – Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician  (b. 1898)
      3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
1970 – Huw T. Edwards, Welsh poet and politician (b. 1892)
1974 – Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1914)
1975 – Jaime Montestrela, Portuguese-French poet and author (b. 1925)
1977 – Tasos Giannopoulos, Greek actor and producer (b. 1931)
1977 – Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager (b. 1896)
1978 – Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator (b. 1894)
1979 – Yvonne de Gaulle, French wife of Charles de Gaulle (b. 1900)
1983 – James Booker, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
1983 – James Hayden, American actor (b. 1953)
1983 – Mordecai Kaplan, Lithuanian-American rabbi and educator (b. 1881)
1985 – Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1899)
1985 – Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ukrainian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1915)
1986 – Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat  (b. 1890)
      Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Soviet Union
1992 – Larry Levan, American DJ and producer (b. 1954)
1994 – Michael O'Donoghue, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1940)
1997 – Henry Bland, Australian public servant (b. 1909)
1998 – Rumer Godden, English author and poet (b. 1907)
1998 – John Hunt, Baron Hunt, English colonel, mountaineer, and academic (b. 1910)
1998 – Jean Marais, French actor and director (b. 1913)
1999 – Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1941)
1999 – Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast and judge (b. 1898)
2000 – Marc Lifschey, American oboist (b. 1926)
2001 – Aristidis Moschos, Greek santouri player and educator (b. 1930)
2002 – Jon Elia, Pakistani poet, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1931)
2003 – Bob Grant, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1932)
2003 – C. Z. Guest, American actress, fashion designer, and author (b. 1920)
2003 – Guy Speranza, American singer-songwriter (Riot) (b. 1956)
2004 – Peter Mathers, English-Australian author and playwright (b. 1931)
2005 – Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director (b. 1928)
2005 – David Westheimer, American soldier and author (b. 1917)
2006 – Basil Poledouris, American composer and conductor (b. 1945)
2006 – Hannspeter Winter, Austrian physicist and academic (b. 1941)
2007 – Aad Nuis, Dutch journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1933)
2007 – Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician  (b. 1943)
      10th Filipino Secretary of Social Welfare and Development
2007 – Chad Varah, English priest  (b. 1911)
      founded The Samaritans
2009 – Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and astrophysicist   (b. 1916)
      Nobel Prize laureate
2010 – Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (b. 1961)
2010 – Alex Fagan, American police officer (b. 1950)
2010 – Jack Levine, American soldier and painter (b. 1915)
2010 – Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (b. 1925)
2011 – Heavy D, Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1967)
2011 – Bil Keane, American cartoonist (b. 1922)
2012 – Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (b. 1916)
2012 – Roger Hammond, English actor (b. 1936)
2012 – Lee MacPhail, American businessman (b. 1917)
2012 – Pete Namlook, German composer and producer (b. 1960)
2012 – Peggy Vaughan, American author (b. 1936)
2013 – Chitti Babu, Indian actor (b. 1964)
2013 – William C. Davidon, American physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1927)
2013 – Penn Kimball, American journalist and academic (b. 1915)
2013 – Arnold Rosner, American composer (b. 1945)
2013 – Chiyoko Shimakura, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1938)
2013 – Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam, Indian journalist and actor (b. 1957)
2014 – Phil Crane, American academic and politician (b. 1930)
2014 – Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
2014 – Meesai Murugesan, Indian actor and singer (b. 1930)
2014 – Don Paul, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925)
2014 – Hugo Sánchez Portugal, Spanish-Mexican footballer and sportscaster (b. 1984)
2014 – Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (b. 1928)

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