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70 BC – Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro)  [Roman poet] (d. 21 Sep 19 BC)
1265 – Temür Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan (d. 1307)
1471 – Konrad Mutian, German epigrammatist and academic (d. 1526)
1608 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (d. 1647)
1686 – Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (d. 1758)
1701 – Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint (d. 1771)
      founded Grey Nuns
1711 – Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (d. 1741)
1762 – Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer and educator (d. 1820)
1784 – Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician  (d. 1849)
      Governor-General of Algeria
1785 – José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (d. 1821)
1814 – Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author, poet, and painter (d. 1841)
1818 – Alexander Dreyschock, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1869)
1825 – Marie of Prussia (d. 1889)
1829 – Asaph Hall, American astronomer and academic (d. 1907)
1830:  Helen Hunt Jackson  [American poet, writer, and activist] (d. 12 Aug 1885)
1836 – James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (d. 1902)
1840 – Honoré Mercier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician  (d. 1894)
      9th Premier of Quebec
1844 – Friedrich Nietzsche, German composer, poet, and philosopher (d. 25 Aug 1900)
1858 – John L. Sullivan, American boxer (d. 1918)
1865 – Charles W. Clark, American singer and educator (d. 1925)
1865 – Albert Heijn, Dutch businessman (d. 1945)
1871 – John McLaren, Australian public servant (d. 1958)
1872 – Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian educator and politician  (d. 1956)
      3rd President of Austria
1872 – August Nilsson  [Swedish athlete] (d. 1921)
1872:  Edith Wilson  (American First Lady) (d. 28 Dec 1961)

1874 – Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1899)
1878:  Elizabeth Daly  [American novelist] (d. 2 Sep 1967)
1878 – Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician (d. 1966)
      118th Prime Minister of France
1879 – Jane Darwell, American actress (d. 1967)
1880 – Herman Glass, American gymnast (d. 1961)
1880:  Marie Stopes  [British author] (d. 2 Oct 1958)
      palaeobotanist, academic, eugenicist, campaigner for women's rights,
            and pioneer in the field of birth control
1881 – P. G. Wodehouse, English-American author and playwright (d. 14 Feb 1975)
1882 – Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (d. 1941)
1884 – Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (d. 1910)
1887 – Frederick Fleet, English sailor (d. 1965)
1888 – S. S. Van Dine, American author and critic (d. 1939)
1890 – Álvaro de Campos, Portuguese poet and engineer (d. 1935)
1893 – Carol II of Romania (d. 1953)
1894 – Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician (d. 1965)
      2nd Prime Minister of Israel
1897 – Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician (d. 1960)
      Prime Minister of Estonia in exile
1897 – Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer Indian singer and musicologist (d. 1975)
1898 – Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian runner (d. 1951)
1899 – Adolf Brudes, German racing driver (d. 1986)
1900 – Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1987)
1905 – C. P. Snow, English chemist and author (d. 1980)
1906 – Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (d. 2004)
1906 – Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (d. 1963)
1906 – Victoria Spivey, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1976)
1906:  Godfrey Winn  [English journalist, writer and actor] (19 Jun 1971)
1907 – Varian Fry, American journalist and author (d. 1967)
1908 – Herman Chittison, American pianist (d. 1967)
1908 – John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat  (d. 29 Apr 2006)
      7th United States Ambassador to India
1909 – Jesse L. Greenstein, American astronomer and academic (d. 2002)
1909 – Robert Trout, American journalist (d. 2000)
1910 – Edwin O. Reischauer, Japanese-American scholar, diplomat, and educator  (d. 1990)
      United States Ambassador to Japan
1912 – Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (d. 2007)
1913 – Wolfgang Lüth, German naval officer (d. 1945)
1914 – Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghan king (d. 2007)
1916 – Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 2007)
1916 – George Turner, Australian author and critic (d. 1997)
1917:  Alan W. Livingston  [American businessman] (d. 13 Mar 2009)
1917 – Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004)
1917 – Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., American historian and critic (d. 28 Feb 2007)
1917 – Paul Tanner, American trombonist (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (d. 2013)
1919 – Malcolm Ross, American captain, balloonist, and physicist (d. 1985)
1920 – Chris Economaki, American sportscaster and actor (d. 2012)
1920 – Patricia Jessel, Hong Kong-English actress (d. 1968)
1920 – Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter (d. 2 Jul 1999)
1920 – Henri Verneuil, Turkish-French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1921 – Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian-Israeli table tennis player (d. 2006)
1922 – Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese author
1922 – Preben Munthe, Norwegian economist and politician (d. 2013)
      State Conciliator of Norway
1922 – William Y. Thompson, American historian and author (d. 2013)
1923 – Italo Calvino, Italian journalist and author (d. 1985)
1923 – Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and politician (d. 2010)
1923 – Eugene Patterson, American journalist and activist (d. 2013)
1924 – Marguerite Andersen, German-Canadian author and educator
1924 – Lee Iacocca, American businessman and author
1924 – Mark Lenard, American actor (d. 1996)
1924 – Frank X. McDermott, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
1924 – Warren Miller, American director and screenwriter
1925 – Mickey Baker, American-French guitarist (d. 2012)
      (Mickey & Sylvia)
1925 – Aurora Bautista, Spanish actress (d. 2012)
1925 – Tony Hart, English artist and children's television presenter (d. 2009)
1926 – James E. Akins, American diplomat  (d. 2010)
      United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
1926 – Agustín García Calvo, Spanish philosopher and poet (d. 2012)
1926 – Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (d. 26 Jun 1984)
1926 – Ed McBain (pen name of Evan Hunter) (d. 2005)
      American author and screenwriter
1926 – Jean Peters, American actress (d. 2000)
1926 – Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (d. 1981)
1927 – Jeannette Charles, English actress
1927 – Bob Elliott, Canadian politician (d. 2013)
1927 – Bill Henry, American baseball player (d. 2014)
1927 – B. S. Abdur Rahman, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015)
1930 – FM-2030 (born Fereidoun M. Esfandiary) (d. 8 Jul 2000)
      Belgian-Iranian basketball player, philosopher and diplomat (d. 2000)
1931 – Freddy Cole, American singer and pianist
1931 – Gail Harris, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
1931 – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian Aeronautical Engineer  (d. 2015)
      Rocket scientist, academician and politician
      11th President of India
1931 – Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark
      English academic and politician
1932 – Jaan Rääts, Estonian composer
1933 – Nicky Barnes, American drug lord
1933:  Leonard Peikoff  [Canadian-American philosopher]
1934 – Alan Elsdon, English trumpet player
1934 – N. Ramani, Indian flute player (d. 2015)
1935 – Dick McTaggart, Scottish boxer
1935 – Bobby Morrow, American sprinter
1935 – Willie O'Ree, Canadian ice hockey player
1936 – Michel Aumont, French actor
1936 – Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell
      South African-English businessman
1937 – Brad Corbett, American businessman (d. 2012)
1937 – Linda Lavin, American actress, singer, director, and producer
1937 – Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The New Christy Minstrels)
1937 – Biff Rose, American singer-songwriter and comedian
1938 – Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1993)
1938 – Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter and saxophonist (d. 1997)
1938 – Brice Marden, American painter
1938 – Robert Ward, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2008)
      (Ohio Players)
1940 – Tommy Bishop, English rugby player and coach
1940 – Peter C. Doherty, Australian surgeon and immunologist
      Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Hilo Chen, Taiwanese-American painter
1942 – Harold W. Gehman, Jr., American admiral
1942:  Jim Leach  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, R. IA, 1977-2007
1943 – Penny Marshall, American actress, director, and producer
1944 – Sali Berisha, Albanian cardiologist and politician
      2nd President of Albania
1944:  Steve Crocker  [American computer scientist]
1944 – Haim Saban, Egyptian-American businessman
      co-founded Saban Entertainment
1944 – David Trimble, Irish lawyer and politician
      3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland, Nobel Prize laureate
1945 – Simeon Nikolov Dimitrov  [Bulgarian patriarch]
      His Holiness Neophyte, Patriarch of Bulgaria and Metropolitan of Sofia
1945 – Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Spanish cardinal
1945:  Tom McMillan  [Canadian political scientist and politician]
1945 – Jim Palmer, American baseball player and sportscaster
1946 – Victor Banerjee, Indian actor and director
1946 – Richard Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and pianist
      (The Carpenters)
1946 – Palle Danielsson, Swedish bassist and composer
1946 – John Getz, American actor
1946 – Stewart Stevenson, Scottish engineer and politician
      Minister for Environment and Climate Change
1947 – Jaroslav Erno Šedivý, Czech drummer
      (The Primitives Group, Life After Life, and Energit)
1948 – Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist
      23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
1948 – Chris de Burgh, Argentinian-Irish singer-songwriter and pianist
1948:  Rush D. Holt, Jr.  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, D. NJ, 1999-2015
1949 – Laurie McBain, American author
1949 – Prannoy Roy, Indian journalist, economist, and broadcaster
      founded NDTV
1949:  Joni Eareckson Tada  [American author]

1950 – Candida Royalle, American porn actress, director, and producer (d. 2015)
1951 – Atoy Co, Filipino basketball player
1951 – Peter Richardson, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1951 – Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess player
1951 – A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Dutch author
1952:  Clifford Ross  [American artist]
1953 – Betsy Clifford, Canadian skier
1953 – Tito Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Jackson 5)
1953 – Larry Miller, American actor and screenwriter
1953 – Peter Phillips, English conductor and musicologist
      founded The Tallis Scholars
1953 – Walter Jon Williams, American author
1954 – Peter Bakowski, Australian poet and educator
1954 – Jere Burns, American actor
1954 – Princess Friederike of Hanover
1954 – Julia Yeomans, English physicist and academic
1955 – Kulbir Bhaura, Indian field hockey player
1955 – Emma Chichester Clark, English author and illustrator
1955 – Al Green, American wrestler (d. 2013)
1955:  Cathy Ladman  [American comedian, actress and writer]
1955 – Tanya Roberts, American actress
1957 – Michael Caton-Jones, Scottish actor, director, and producer
1957 – Mira Nair, Indian-American actress, director, and producer
1957 – Stacy Peralta, American skateboarder, director, producer, and businessman
      co-founded Powell Peralta
1958 – Stephen Clarke, English-French journalist and author
1958 – Renée Jones, American actress
1958 – Masako Katsuki, Japanese voice actress
1959 – Sarah, Duchess of York (born Sarah Margaret Ferguson)
1959 – Emeril Lagasse, American chef and author
1959 – Alex Paterson, English keyboard player
      (The Orb and Transit Kings)
1959 – Todd Solondz, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1960:  Michael Lewis  [American author and journalist]
1961 – Vyacheslav Butusov, Russian singer (Nautilus Pompilius)
1963 – Stanley Menzo, Dutch footballer and manager
1964 – Roberto Vittori, Italian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1965 – Nasser El Sonbaty, German bodybuilder (d. 2013)
1966 – Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer and manager
1966 – Bill Charlap, American pianist and composer
      (The Blue Note 7)
1966 – Ilse Huizinga, Dutch singer
1966 – Dave Stead, English drummer (The Beautiful South)
1967 – Götz Otto, German actor and screenwriter
1968 – Jyrki 69, Finnish singer-songwriter (The 69 Eyes)
1968 – Didier Deschamps, French footballer and manager
1968:  Kenneth C. Griffin  [American hedge fund manager]
1968 – Vanessa Marcil, American actress
1968 – Rod Wishart, Australian rugby league player
1969 – Vítor Baía, Portuguese footballer
1969 – Paige Davis, American actress
1969 – Dominic West, English actor
1970 – Eric Benét, American singer-songwriter and actor
1970 – Dalia El Behery, Egyptian model and actress, Miss Egypt 1990
1970 – Zak Orth, American actor
1971 – Joey Abs, American wrestler
1971 – Andy Cole, English footballer and coach
1971 – Lauri Pilter, Estonian author and translator
1972 – Karla Álvarez, Mexican actress (d. 2013)
1972 – Fred Hoiberg, American basketball player and coach
1972 – Matt Keeslar, American actor
1972 – Sandra Kim, Belgian singer
1973 – Dax Riggs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Acid Bath, Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets, Agents of Oblivion,
            and Deadboy & the Elephantmen)
1974 – Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress
1975 – Ginuwine, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1975 – Alessandro Doga, Italian footballer
1975 – Glen Little, English footballer
1975 – Michél Mazingu-Dinzey, German-Congolese footballer
1976 – Christian Allen, American video game designer
1976 – Manuel Dallan, Italian rugby player
1977 – Polow da Don, American rapper and producer
1977 – Masato Kawabata, Japanese race car driver
1977 – David Trezeguet, French footballer
1977 – Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer
1978 – Devon Gummersall, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1978 – Takeshi Morishima, Japanese wrestler
1979 – Bohemia, Pakistani-American rapper and producer
1979 – Blue Adams, American football player and coach
1979 – Jekaterina Golovatenko, Estonian figure skater
1979 – Paul Robinson, English footballer
1979 – Jaci Velasquez, American singer-songwriter
1979 – Māris Verpakovskis, Latvian footballer
1980 – Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist
1980 – Siiri Nordin, Finnish singer-songwriter (Killer)
1981 – Keyshia Cole, American singer-songwriter and producer
1981 – Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player
1981 – Abram Elam, American football player
1981 – Guo Jingjing, Chinese diver
1981 – Radoslav Židek, Slovak snowboarder
1982 – Paulini, Fijian-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
      (Young Divas)
1982 – Charline Labonté, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Yōko Maki, Japanese actress
1982:  Brandon Jay McLaren  [Canadian actor]
1982 – Sachiko Yamada, Japanese swimmer
1983 – Holly Montag, American model
1983 – Bruno Senna, Brazilian race car driver
1983 – Stephy Tang, Hong Kong singer and actress
      (Cookies)
1984 – Miri Hanai, Japanese model
1984 – Izale McLeod, English footballer
1984 – Johan Voskamp, Dutch footballer
1984 – Jessie Ware, English singer-songwriter
1985 – Arron Afflalo, American basketball player
1985 – Walter Alberto López, Uruguayan footballer
1985 – Marcos Martínez, Spanish race car driver
1986 – Lee Donghae, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
      (Super Junior, Donghae & Eunhyuk, and Super Junior-M)
1986 – Carlo Janka, Swiss skier
1987 – Jesse Levine, Canadian-American tennis player
1987 – Chantal Strand, Canadian voice actress and singer
1987 – Ott Tänak, Estonian race car driver
1988 – Mesut Özil, German footballer
1989 – Blaine Gabbert, American football player
1989 – Anthony Joshua, English boxer
1989 – Leandro Antonio Martínez, Argentinian-Italian footballer
1989 – Alen Pamić, Croatian footballer (d. 2013)
1990 – Jeon Ji-yoon, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
      (4minute and 2Yoon)
1990 – Kiko Mizuhara, American-Japanese model, actress, and singer
1992 – Vincent Martella, American actor and singer
1995 – Billy Unger, American actor
1996 – Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer (B.A.P)
1997:  Adora Svitak  [American child prodigy, activist, and author]
1999 – Bailee Madison, American actress
2005 – Prince Christian of Denmark

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Candy Oswald
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898 – Lambert II of Spoleto (b. 880)
912 – Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, Spanish emir  (b. 844)
1080 – Rudolf of Rheinfelden (b. 1025)
1174 – Petronilla of Aragon (b. 1135)
1326 – Walter de Stapledon, English bishop and politician  (b. 1261)
      Lord High Treasurer
1389 – Pope Urban VI (b. 1318)
1564 – Andreas Vesalius, Belgian-Greek anatomist, physician, and author (b. 1514)
1690 – Juan de Valdés Leal, Spanish painter and illustrator (b. 1622)
1715 – Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1675)
1788 – Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735)
1810 – Alfred Moore, American captain and judge (b. 1755)
1811 – Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (b. 1735)
1817 – Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish-Lithuanian general and engineer (b. 1746)
1819 – Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician  (b. 1744)
      War Governor of Saint Petersburg
1820 – Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (b. 1771)
1837 – Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician (b. 1760)
      Russian Minister of Justice
1891 – Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
1900 – Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer (b. 1850)
1910 – Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
1917 – Mata Hari, Dutch dancer (b. 1876)
1918 – Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
1930 – Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman  (b. 1866)
      founded the Dow Chemical Company
1934 – Emil Beyer, American gymnast (b. 1876)
1934 – Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician  (b. 1860)
      10th President of France
1945 – Pierre Laval, French lawyer and politician  (b. 1883)
      101st Prime Minister of France
1946 – Hermann Göring, German general and politician (b. 1893)
1948 – Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863)
1955 – Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
1959 – Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian political activist (b. 1909)
1959 – Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1880)
1960 – Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer (b. 1890)
1961 – Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Indian poet and author (b. 1896)
1963 – Horton Smith, American golfer and captain (b. 1908)
1964 – Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (b. 1891)
1965 – Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1891)
1966 – Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell (b. 1876)
      English lieutenant and politician
1968 – Virginia Lee Burton, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)
1976 – Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1902)
1980 – Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)
1980 – Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (b. 1896)
1981 – Philip Fotheringham-Parker, English race car driver (b. 1907)
1983 – Pat O'Brien, American actor (b. 1899)
1987 – Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe captain and politician (b. 1949)
      5th President of Burkina Faso
1987 – Donald Wandrei, American science fiction writer (b. 1908)
1988 – Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic (b. 1892)
1990 – Delphine Seyrig, Lebanese-born French actress and director (b. 1932)
1994 – Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (b. 1934)
1995 – Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1967)
1995 – Marco Campos, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1976)
1998 – Colette Darfeuil, French actress (b. 1906)
1999 – Josef Locke, Irish tenor (b. 1917)
2000 – Konrad Emil Bloch, Polish-American biochemist and academic  (b. 1912)
      Nobel Prize laureate
2000 – Vincent Canby, American journalist and critic (b. 1924)
2003 – Ben Metcalfe, Canadian journalist and activist (b. 1919)
2005 – Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)
2005 – Matti Wuori, Finnish politician (b. 1945)
2007 – Piet Boukema, Dutch jurist and politician (b. 1933)
2008 – Edie Adams, American actress and singer (b. 1927)
2008 – Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish soldier and poet (b. 1914)
2008 – Nathan Davis, American actor (b. 1917).
2008 – Jack Narz, American game show host and announcer (b. 1922).
2008 – Suzzanna, Indonesian actor (b. 1942)
2009 – Heinz Versteeg, Dutch-German footballer (b. 1939)
2010 – Richard C. Miller, American photographer (b. 1912)
2010 – Mildred Fay Jefferson, American physician and activist (b. 1926)
2010 – Johnny Sheffield, American actor (b. 1931)
2011 – Betty Driver, English actress, singer, and author (b. 1920)
2012 – Claude Cheysson, French lieutenant and politician (b. 1920)
      French Minister of Foreign Affairs
2012 – Erol Günaydın, Turkish actor (b. 1933)
2012 – Maria Petrou, Greek-English computer scientist and academic (b. 1953)
2012 – Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician (b. 1922)
      1st Prime Minister of Cambodia
2012 – Pat Ward, American politician (b. 1957)
2013 – Donald Bailey, American drummer (b. 1933)
2013 – El Brazo, Mexican wrestler (b. 1961)
2013 – Nevill Drury, English-Australian journalist and publisher (b. 1947)
2013 – Sean Edwards, English race car driver (b. 1986)
2013 – Cancio Garcia, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1937)
2013 – Gloria Lynne, American singer (b. 1931)
2013 – Rudy Minarcin, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)
2013 – Hans Riegel, German businessman (b. 1923)
2014 – Marie Dubois, French actress (b. 1937)
2014 – Giovanni Reale, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1931)
2014 – Jiří Reynek, Czech poet and graphic designer (b. 1929)
2014 – Robert Tiernan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
2014 – Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1926)

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