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1949 – Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician
      9th Prime Minister of Israel

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1328 – Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)
1449 – George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence  (d. 1478)
      Irish-English son of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York
1527 – Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (d. 1578)
1581 – Domenichino, Italian painter (d. 1641)
1650 – Jean Bart, French admiral (d. 1702)
1675 – Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (d. 1710)
1687 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (d. 1759)
1712 – James Steuart, Scottish economist and author (d. 1780)
1725 – Franz Moritz von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (d. 1801)
1757 – Pierre Augereau, French general (d. 1816)
1762 – Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general, lawyer, and politician  (d. 1818)
      36th Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
1772 – Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, philosopher, and critic  (d. 25 Jul 1834)
1775 – Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest, composer, and critic (d. 1844)
1788:  George Combe  [Scottish-born phrenologist and writer] (d. 14 Aug 1858)
      founded the Edinburgh Phrenological Society, 1820
1790 – Alphonse de Lamartine, French poet and politician  (d. 1869)
      French Head of State
1811 – Filippo Colini, Italian opera singer (d. 1863)
1820:  John W. Dawson  [American lawyer, farmer, editor, and politician] (d. 10 Sep 1877)
      Governor of Utah Territory, 3 weeks in 1861
1821 – Sims Reeves, English tenor (d. 1900)
1833 – Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer  (d. 10 Dec 1896)
      invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize
1845 – Will Carleton, American poet and journalist (d. 1912)
1847 – Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian poet and playwright (d. 1906)
1851 – George Ulyett, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1898)
1884 – Claire Waldoff, German singer and actress (d. 1957)
1885:  Ernest Fremont Tittle  [American Methodist minister] (d. 3 Aug 1949)
1886 – Eugene Burton Ely, American soldier and pilot (d. 1911)
1887 – Mihkel Müller, Estonian wrestler (d. 1970)
1887 – Krishna Singh, Indian politician  (d. 1961)
      1st Chief Minister of Bihar

1891:  Leo Burnett  [American advertising executive] (d. 7 Jun 1971)
      founder of the Leo Burnett Company, Inc., aka Leo Burnett Worldwide
1891:  Ted Shawn (b. Edwin Myers Shawn)  [American dancer] (d. 9 Jan 1972)
1894 – Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic (d. 1965)
1895 – Paavo Johansson, Finnish javelin thrower and decathlete (d. 1983)
1895 – Edna Purviance, American actress (d. 1958)
1898:  Raphael Hurst  [British theosophist and spiritualist] (d. 27 Jul 1981)
      (pen name Paul Brunton)
1898 – Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and actor (d. 1960)
1904:  Patrick Kavanagh  [Irish poet and novelist] (d. 30 Nov 1967)
1907 – Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (d. 1985)
1911 – Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator (d. 1978)
1912 – Don Byas, American saxophonist (d. 1972)
1912 – Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1990)
1912 – Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor (d. 1997)
1914 – Martin Gardner, American mathematician and author (d. 2010)
1917 – Dizzy Gillespie, American musician (d. 6 Jan 1993)
1918 – Milton Himmelfarb, American sociographer and author (d. 2006)
1919 – Jim Wallwork, English-Canadian sergeant and pilot (d. 2013)
1921 – Malcolm Arnold, English composer (d. 2006)
1921 – Bruce Beeby, Australian-English actor (d. 2013)
1921 – Jim Shumate, American fiddler (d. 2013)
1921 – Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 2015)
1922 – Liliane Bettencourt, French businesswoman and philanthropist
1923 – Samuel Khachikian, Iranian director, screenwriter, and author (d. 2001)
1924 – Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer  (d. 2003)
      (Sonora Matancera)
1924 – Joyce Randolph, American actress
1924 – Julie Wilson, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1925 – Virginia Zeani, Romanian soprano and educator
1926 – Leonard Rossiter, English actor (d. 1984)
1927 – Fritz Wintersteller, Austrian mountaineer
1927 – Howard Zieff, American film director and photographer (d. 2009)
1928 – Whitey Ford, American baseball player and coach
1928 – Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1928 – Charles Ryskamp, American museum director and art collector (d. 2010)
1929 – Pierre Bellemare, French radio and television host
1929 – Fritz Hollaus, Austrian footballer (d. 1994)
1929 – Ursula K. Le Guin, American author and critic
1930 – Ivan Silayev, Russian engineer and politician
      19th Prime Minister of Russia
1931 – Shammi Kapoor, Indian actor and director (d. 2011)
1931 – Jim Parks junior, English cricketer
1931 – Vivian Pickles, English actress
1931 – Hugh Thomas, English historian and author
1932 – Pál Csernai, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1933 – Maureen Duffy, English author, poet, and playwright
1935 – Derek Bell, Irish harp player, pianist, and songwriter  (d. 2002)
      (The Chieftains)
1937:  Farooq Abdullah  [Indian politician]
1937 – Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, Russian spiritual leader and scholar (d. 2012)
1937 – Hank Nelson, Australian historian and academic (d. 2012)
1938 – Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2001)
1940 – Geoffrey Boycott, English cricketer and sportscaster
1940 – Frances FitzGerald, American journalist and author
1940 – Rhoda Gemignani, American actress
1940 – Manfred Mann, South African-English keyboard player
      (Manfred Mann, Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
            and Manfred Mann Chapter Three)
1940 – Marita Petersen, Faroese educator and politician  (d. 2001)
      Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
1941 – Steve Cropper, American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor
      (Booker T. & the M.G.'s, The Mar-Keys, and The Blues Brothers)
1942 – Elvin Bishop, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Allan Grice, Australian race car driver
1942 – Lou Lamoriello, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1942 – Judith Sheindlin (bka Judge Judy)  [American judge and television host]

1942 – Christopher A. Sims, American economist and statistician
      Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
      English police officer and academic
1943 – Tariq Ali, Pakistani historian and author
1944:  Bruce Lipton  [American biologist]
1944 – Ene Mihkelson, Estonian author and poet
1944 – Mandy Rice-Davies, English model and actress (d. 2014)
1944 – Michael Tugendhat, English lawyer and judge
1945 – Everett McGill, American actor
1945 – Michael White, English journalist
1946 – Jane Heal, English philosopher and academic
1946 – Jim Hill, American football player and sportscaster
1946 – Lux Interior, American singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
      (The Cramps)
1946 – Lee Loughnane, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player
      (Chicago)
1947 – Ai, American poet and educator (d. 2010)
1947 – Mary Pipher, American psychologist and author
1948 – Shaye J. D. Cohen, American historian and academic
1948 – Tom Everett, American actor and singer
1948 – Allen Henry Vigneron, American archbishop
1949 – Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1971)
1949 – Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1949:  LaTanya Richardson  [American actress and producer]
      wife of Samuel L. Jackson
1950 – Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (d. 1986)
1951 – Dmitry Gayev, Russian civil servant (d. 2012)
1952 – Trevor Chappell, Australian cricketer and coach
1952 – Patti Davis, American actress and author
1952 – Allen Hoey, American poet and author
1952:  Anne M. Mulcahy  [American businesswoman]
      CEO of Xerox, 2001-2009
1952 – Brent Mydland, German-American keyboard player (d. 1990)
      (Grateful Dead, Bobby and the Midnites, and Silver)
1953 – Charlotte Caffey, American guitarist and songwriter
      (The Go-Go's and The Graces)
1953 – Eric Faulkner, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Bay City Rollers)
1953 – Keith Green, American musician and minister (d. 1982)
1953 – Marc Johnson, American bassist, composer, and bandleader
1953 – Peter Mandelson, English politician
      Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1954 – Brian Tobin, Canadian journalist and politician
      6th Premier of Newfoundland
1955 – Dick DeVos, American businessman
1955:  Catherine Hardwicke  [American filmmaker]
1955 – Fred Hersch, American pianist and composer
1955:  Darius Khondji  [Iranian-French cinematographer]
1955 – Rich Mullins, American singer-songwriter  (d. 1997)
      (A Ragamuffin Band)
1956 – Carrie Fisher, American actress and screenwriter

1956 – Mike Tully, American pole vaulter
1957 – Julian Cope, English singer-songwriter
      (The Teardrop Explodes, Crucial Three, Black Sheep,
            Brain Donor, and Queen Elizabeth)
1957 – Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate
1957 – Steve Lukather, American musician (Toto)
1958 – Andre Geim, Russian-English physicist and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate
1959 – George Bell, Dominican baseball player
1959 – Tony Ganios, American actor
1959 – Rose McDowall, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Strawberry Switchblade, Spell, and Current 93)
1959 – Andy Picheta, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1959 – Kevin Sheedy, Welsh-Irish footballer and manager
1959 – Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor and producer
1962 – David Campese, Australian rugby player and coach
1962:  Pat Tiberi  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, R. OH, 2001-present
1964 – Jon Carin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Pink Floyd, The Who, and Industry)
1965 – Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, Spanish footballer and manager
1965 – Horace Hogan, American wrestler
1965 – Hisashi Imai, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Buck-Tick, Schaft, and Schwein)
1966 – Phillip Price, Welsh golfer
1966 – Igor Prins, Estonian footballer and manager
1966 – Arne Sandstø, Norwegian footballer and manager
1967 – Georgi Dakov, Bulgarian high jumper (d. 1996)
1967 – Paul Ince, English footballer and manager
1967 – Gavin Lovegrove, New Zealand javelin thrower and graphic designer
1968 – Alexandros Alexandris, Greek footballer and manager
1968 – Kerstin Andreae, German politician
1968 – Melora Walters, Saudi Arabian-American actress
1969 – Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini prince
1969 – Michael Hancock, Australian rugby league player
1969 – Mo Lewis, American football player
1970 – Louis Koo, Hong Kong actor and singer
1971 – Hal Duncan, Scottish author and poet
1971 – Jade Jagger, French-English model and jewellery designer
1971 – Damien Martyn, Australian cricketer
1971 – Nick Oliveri, American singer-songwriter and bass player
      (Mondo Generator, Kyuss, and Queens of the Stone Age)
1971 – Conor O'Shea, Irish rugby player and coach
1971 – Paul Telfer, Scottish footballer and coach
1971 – Thomas Ulsrud, Norwegian curler
1972 – Felicity Andersen, Australian actress
1972 – Matthew Friedberger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Fiery Furnaces)
1972 – Masakazu Morita, Japanese voice actor
1972 – Orlando Thomas, American football player (d. 2014)
1972 – Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian scholar and academic
1973 – Lera Auerbach, Russian-American pianist and composer
1973 – Sasha Roiz, Israeli-Canadian actor
1973 – Charlie Lowell, American pianist and songwriter
      (Jars of Clay)
1974 – Costel Busuioc, Romanian tenor
1975 – Toby Hall, American baseball player
1975 – Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer
1976 – Henrik Gustavsson, Swedish footballer
1976 – Jeremy Miller, American actor and singer
1976 – Lavinia Miloșovici, Romanian gymnast
1976 – Josh Ritter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 – Andrew Scott, Irish actor
1976 – Mélanie Turgeon, Canadian skier
1977 – Julieta Cardinali, Argentinian actress
1977:  Jane McGonigal  [American game designer and author]
1977 – David Clayton Rogers, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1978 – Will Estes, American actor
1978 – Joey Harrington, American football player and sportscaster
1978 – Henrik Klingenberg, Finnish singer and keyboard player
      (Sonata Arctica and Silent Voices)
1978:  Michael McMillian  [American actor and writer]
1979 – Khalil Greene, American baseball player
1979 – Gabe Gross, American baseball player
1979 – Karl Harris, English motorcycle racer (d. 2014)
1980 – Kim Kardashian, American model, actress, and fashion designer
1980 – Brian Pittman, American bass player
      (Relient K and Inhale Exhale)
1981 – Carmella Bing, American porn actress and model
1981 – Martin Castrogiovanni, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
1981 – Nemanja Vidić, Serbian footballer
1982 – Matt Dallas, American actor
1982 – Jim Henderson, American baseball player
1982 – Antony Kay, English footballer
1982:  Hari Kondabolu  [American stand-up comic]
1982 – Ray Ventrone, American football player
1982 – Lee Chong Wei, Malaysian badminton player
1982 – James White, American basketball player
1982 – Tim Wildsmith, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1983 – Casey Fien, American baseball player
1983 – Zack Greinke, American baseball player
1983 – Gonzalo Klusener, Argentinian footballer
1983:  Amber Levonchuck (bka Amber Rose)
      American hip hop model, artist, fashion designer, and actress.
1983 – Andy Marte, Dominican baseball player
1983 – Chris Sherrington, English-Scottish martial artist
1983 – Charlotte Sullivan, Canadian actress
1983 – Ninet Tayeb, Israeli singer and actress
1983 – Aaron Tveit, American actor and singer
1983 – Shelden Williams, American basketball player
1984 – Anna Bogdanova, Russian heptathlete
1984 – Tom Brandstater, American football player
1984 – Kenny Cooper, American soccer player
1984 – Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Canadian speed skater
1984 – José Lobatón, Venezuelan baseball player
1984 – Jessica Michibata, Argentine-Japanese model
1984 – Marvin Mitchell, American football player
1984 – Kieran Richardson, English footballer
1985 – Simone Bracalello, Italian footballer
1986 – Almen Abdi, Swiss footballer
1986 – Chibuzor Chilaka, Nigerian footballer
1986 – Scott Rendell, English footballer
1986 – Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Russian-American terrorist (d. 2013)
1986 – Christopher von Uckermann, Mexican musician and actor (RBD)
1987 – Justin De Fratus, American baseball player
1987 – Andrey Grechin, Russian swimmer
1988 – Ricki Olsen, Danish footballer
1988 – Daniel Schorn, Austrian cyclist
1989 – May'n, Japanese singer
1989 – Mads Dahm, Norwegian footballer
1989 – Luke Murphy, English footballer
1989 – Jonathan Viera, Spanish footballer
1989 – Sam Vokes, English-Welsh footballer
1990 – Bengali-Fodé Koita, French footballer
1990 – Mathieu Peybernes, French footballer
1990 – Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player
1991 – Tom Eastman, English footballer
1991 – Geoffry Hairemans, Belgian footballer
1991 – Vadaine Oliver, English footballer
1991 – Harry Pell, English footballer
1992 – Bernard Tomic, Australian tennis player
1994 – DeAndre Brackensick, American singer
1995 – Cameron Burgess, Scottish-born, Australian footballer
1995 – Antoinette Guedia Mouafo, Cameroonian swimmer
1995 – Shannon Magrane, American singer-songwriter
1998 – Ryoka Oshima, Japanese idol and singer (AKB48)

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Kristen Horter
Yvaughnie Carstensen
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1125 – Cosmas of Prague, Bohemian priest and historian (b. 1045)
1204 – Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English politician
1221 – Alix, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1201)
1266 – Birger Jarl, Swedish politician (b. 1210)
1422 – Charles VI of France (b. 1368)
1500 – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442)
1505 – Paul Scriptoris, German mathematician and educator (b. 1460)
1558 – Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (b. 1484)
1600 – Shima Sakon, Japanese samurai (b. 1540)
1600 – Toda Katsushige, Japanese daimyo (b. 1557)
1623 – William Wade, English politician and diplomat (b. 1546)
      Lieutenant of the Tower of London
1662 – Henry Lawes, English pianist and composer (b. 1595)
1687 – Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (b. 1606)
1765 – Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (b. 1691)
1775 – Peyton Randolph, American lawyer and politician (b. 1721)
      1st President of the Continental Congress
1777 – Samuel Foote, English actor and playwright (b. 1720)
1805 – John Cooke, English captain (b. 1763)
1805 – George Duff, Scottish captain (b. 1764)
1805 – Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (b. 1758)
1821 – Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (b. 1752)
1835 – Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (b. 1775)
1872 – Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)
1873 – Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)
1896 – James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
1903 – Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler  (b. 1829)
      the 12th Yokozuna
1904 – Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
1907 – Jules Chevalier, French priest (b. 1824)
      founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
1931 – Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
1938 – Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
1940 – William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1866)
      18th Governor of West Virginia
1944 – Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877)
1945 – Lionel Martin, co-founder of Aston Martin (b. 1878)
1952 – Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (b. 1871)
1963 – Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (b. 1918)
1965 – Bill Black, American bass player (b. 1926)
      (The Blue Moon Boys)
1969 – Jack Kerouac, American author and poet (b. 1922)
1969 – Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1882)
1973 – Nasif Estéfano, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1932)
1975 – Charles Reidpath, American runner and general (b. 1887)
1978 – Anastas Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian politician (b. 1895)
1980 – Hans Asperger, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1906)
1982 – Radka Toneff, Norwegian singer (b. 1952)
1982 – Keith Green, American singer, songwriter, musician, minister (b. 1953)
1984 – François Truffaut, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
1985 – Dan White, American sergeant and politician (b. 1946)
1986 – Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and politician  (b. 1922)
      22nd Attorney-General of Australia
1987 – Salme Rootare, Estonian chess player (b. 1913)
1989 – Jean Image, Hungarian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1990 – Dany Chamoun, Lebanese politician (b. 1934)
1990 – Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1921)
1991 – Lorenc Antoni, Albanian composer, conductor, and musicologist (b. 1909)
1992 – Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (b. 1921)
1993 – Sam Zolotow, American journalist and critic (b. 1899)
1995 – Maxene Andrews, American singer (b. 1916)
      (The Andrews Sisters)
1995 – Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1919)
1995 – Nancy Graves, American artist (b. 1939)
1995 – Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)
      (Blind Melon)
1996 – Georgios Zoitakis, Greek general (b. 1910)
1998 – Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician  (b. 1915)
      64th Governor of Massachusetts
1999 – Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (b. 1924)
2003 – Fred Berry, American actor and dancer (b. 1951)
2003 – Louise Day Hicks, American lawyer and politician (b. 1916)
2003 – Luis A. Ferré, Puerto Rican engineer and politician  (b. 1904)
      3rd Governor of Puerto Rico
2003 – Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1969)
      (Heatmiser)
2006 – Sandy West, American singer-songwriter and drummer  (b. 1959)
      (The Runaways)
2007 – Paul Fox, English singer-songwriter and guitarist  (b. 1951)
      (The Ruts)
2010 – A. Ayyappan, Indian poet and translator (b. 1949)
2011 – Hikmet Bilâ, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1954)
2011 – Aleksandr Olerski, Estonian footballer (b. 1973)
2011 – Tone Pavček, Slovenian poet and author (b. 1928)
2012 – Yash Chopra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
2012 – Antoni Dobrowolski, Polish educator (b. 1904)
2012 – Jaroslav Kozlík, Czech volleyball player and educator (b. 1907)
2012 – Alf Kumalo, South African photographer and journalist (b. 1930)
2012 – George McGovern, American historian, lieutenant, and politician (b. 1922)
2013 – Bud Adams, American businessman (b. 1923)
2013 – Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1924)
2013 – Rune T. Kidde, Danish author, poet, and illustrator (b. 1957)
2013 – Colonel Robert Morris, American singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1954)
2013 – Major Owens, American librarian and politician (b. 1936)
2013 – Tony Summers, Welsh swimmer (b. 1924)
2013 – Oscar Yanes, Venezuelan journalist and author (b. 1927)
2014 – Benjamin C. Bradlee  [American journalist and author] (b. 26 Aug 1921)
      executive editor of The Washington Post, 1968-1991
2014 – Lilli Carati, Italian model and actress (b. 1956)
2014 – Johnny Lee Clary, American wrestler and Ku Klux Klan leader (b. 1959)
2014 – Nelson Bunker Hunt, American businessman (b. 22 Feb 1926)
2014 – Seth Gaaikema, Dutch comedian and author (b. 1939)
2014 – Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Iranian cleric and politician  (b. 1931)
      Prime Minister of Iran
2014 – Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician  (b. 1916)
      21st Prime Minister of Australia

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