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1835 – Adlai Stevenson I  [American lawyer and politician] (d. 14 Jun 1914)
      23rd Vice President of the United States, 1893-1897
      U.S. Representative, D. OH, 1875-1877, 1879-1881

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64 BC – Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Roman general and politician (d. 12 BC)
1491:  Ignatius of Loyola  (d. 31 Jul 1556)
      Spanish-Basque knight, hermit, priest, and theologian
      founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
1516 – Charlotte of Valois (d. 1524)
1634 – Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1715)
1654 – Johann Bernhard Staudt, Austrian composer (d. 1712)
1698 – Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect  (d. 1782)
      designed the École Militaire
1705 – Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)
1713 – Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist, poet, and educator (d. 1778)
1715 – Peter II of Russia (d. 1730)
1752 – Maria Anna Adamberger, Austrian actress (d. 1804)
1762 – Samuel Morey, American engineer (d. 1843)
1766 – Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (d. 1847)
1773:  Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey  [Scottish judge] (d. 26 Jan 1850)
1790 – Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, lexicographer, and educator (d. 1860)
1796 – Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician (d. 1857)
1801 – Albert Lortzing, German actor, singer, and composer (d. 1851)
1805 – John Russell Bartlett, American linguist and historian (d. 28 May 1886)
1813 – Ludwig Leichhardt, German-Australian explorer (d. 1848)
1815 – João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe, Brazilian politician (d. 1889)
1817 – Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and author (d. 1875)
1844 – Robert Bridges, English poet and playwright (d. 21 Apr 1930)
1845:  George Saintsbury  [English writer] (d. 28 Jan 1933)
1857 – Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (d. 1899)
1865 – Neltje Blanchan, American historian and author (d. 1918)
1869 – John Heisman, American football player and coach (d. 3 Oct 1936)
1870 – Francis Kelley, Canadian-American bishop (d. 1948)
1873 – William D. Coolidge, American physicist and inventor (d. 1975)
1874 – Charles Kilpatrick, American runner (d. 1921)
1875 – Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist and academic (d. 1946)
1876 – Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician  (d. 1970)
      Reich Ministry of Justice
1880 – Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress and singer (d. 1959)
1885 – Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (d. 1970)
1888 – Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician (d. 1961)
      20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
1889:  William Havard  [Welsh bishop] (d. 17 Aug 1956)
      Bishop of St. Asaph, 1934-1950
      Bishop of St. David's, 1950-1956
1893 – Jean Acker, American actress (d. 1978)
1893 – Gummo Marx, American actor and agent (d. 1977)
1894 – Rube Bressler, American baseball player (d. 1966)
1894 – Emma Vyssotsky, American astronomer (d. 1975)
1896 – André Lévêque, French soldier and engineer (d. 1930)
1896 – Lilyan Tashman, American actress (d. 1934)
1897 – John Baker  [English military officer]  (d. 1961)
      Air Chief Marshal in the Royal Air Force
1897 – Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (d. 1958)
1900 – Douglas Jardine, Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1958)
1902 – Robert Eberan von Eberhorst, Austrian race car engineer (d. 1982)
1904 – Harvey Penick, American golfer and coach (d. 1995)
1905 – Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist and academic  (d. 1983)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1905 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (d. 2003)
1905 – Yen Chia-kan  [Taiwanese politician] (d. 1993)
       President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), 1975-1978
1908 – František Douda, Czech shot putter (d. 1990)
1908 – Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic  (d. 1990)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1909 – Zellig Harris, American linguist and methodologist (d. 1992)
1910 – Richard Mortensen, Danish painter and educator (d. 1993)
1910 – Hayden Rorke, American actor (d. 1987)
1911 – Jack Keller, American hurdler (d. 1978)
1918 – Augusta Dabney, American actress (d. 2008)
1918 – James Daly, American actor (d. 1978)
1918 – Peggy Moran, American actress and singer (d. 2002)
1918 – Paul Rudolph, American architect  (d. 1997)
      designed the Lippo Centre
1919 – Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist and academic (d. 1992)
1919 – Merih Sezen, Turkish fencer (d. 2011)
1920 – Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic (d. 1998)
1920 – Bob Montana, American illustrator (d. 1975)
1920:  Frank Rizzo  [American police officer and politician] (d. 16 Jul 1991)
      119th Mayor of Philadelphia, PA, 1972-1980
1922 – Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington, English politician
1922 – Coleen Gray, American actress (d. 2015)
1923 – Aslam Farrukhi, Indian-Pakistani linguist, author, and scholar
1923 – Ned Rorem, American composer and author
1923 – Frank Sutton, American actor (d. 1974)
1924 – Arthur Brittenden, English journalist (d. 2015)
1925 – Johnny Carson, American comedian and talk show host (d. 23 Jan 2005)

1925 – Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer and theorist (d. 1994)
1925 – Fred Shero, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1990)
1927 – Sonny Criss, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1977)
1927 – Dezső Gyarmati, Hungarian water polo player and coach (d. 2013)
1927 – Leszek Kołakowski, Polish-English historian and philosopher (d. 2009)
1928 – Bella Darvi, Polish-American actress (d. 1971)
1929 – Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (d. 2006)
1930:  Boozoo Chavis  [American zydeco musician] (d. 5 May 2001)
1930 – Eiji Maruyama, Japanese voice actor (d. 2015)
1931 – Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician
1931 – William P. Clark, Jr., American judge and politician  (d. 2013)
      12th United States National Security Advisor
1931 – Diana Dors, English actress and singer (d. 1984)
1932 – Vasily Belov, Russian poet and playwright (d. 2012)
1933 – Carol Fran, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1935 – Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Puerto Rican golfer
1936 – Charles Goodhart, English economist and academic
1936 – Philip Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1937 – Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (d. 1971)
1937 – Deven Verma, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
1938 – Alan Gilzean, Scottish footballer and manager
1939 – Stanley Anderson, American actor
1939 – C. V. Vigneswaran, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and politician
      1st Chief Minister of the Northern Province
1940 – Pelé, Brazilian footballer and actor
1940 – Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2009)
      (The Raindrops)
1940 – Jane Holzer, American model, actress, producer, and art collector
1941 – Mel Winkler, American actor
1941 – Igor Smirnov, Moldovan engineer and politician
      1st President of Transnistria
1942 – Michael Crichton, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 23 Oct 2008)
1942 – Douglas Dunn, Scottish poet, critic, and academic
1942 – Bernd Erdmann, German footballer and manager
1942 – Anita Roddick, English businesswoman and activist  (d. 2007)
      founder of The Body Shop
1943 – Alida Chelli, Italian actress and singer (d. 2012)
1944 – Mike Harding, English singer-songwriter and comedian
1945 – Maggi Hambling, English sculptor and painter
1945 – Kim Larsen, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gasolin')
1946 – Graeme Barker, English archaeologist and academic
1946 – Mel Martínez, American lawyer and politician
      12th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
1946 – Miklós Németh, Hungarian javelin thrower
1947 – Kazimierz Deyna, Polish footballer (d. 1989)
1948 – Hermann Hauser, Austrian-English businessman
      co-founded Acorn Computers and Olivetti Research Laboratory
1948 – Gerry Robinson, Irish businessman
1948 – Brian Ross, American journalist
1949 – Würzel, English singer and guitarist (Motörhead) (d. 2011)
1949 – Nick Tosches, American journalist, author, and poet
1950 – Maths O. Sundqvist, Swedish businessman (d. 2012)
1951 – Charly García, Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player
      (Sui Generis, Serú Girán, and La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros)
1951 – Fatmir Sejdiu, Kosovan academic and politician
      2nd President of Kosovo
1952 – Pierre Moerlen, French drummer (Gong) (d. 2005)
1952 – Ken Tipton, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1953 – Taner Akçam, Turkish sociologist and historian
1953:  Alex Gibney  [American filmmaker]
1954 – Ang Lee, Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1956 – Akie Asaka, Japanese comedian
1956 – Dianne Reeves, American singer
1956 – Dwight Yoakam, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1957 – Paul Kagame, Rwandan politician
      6th President of Rwanda
1957 – Martin Luther King III, American activist
1957:  Sunil Mittal  [Indian businessman]
1958 – Michael Eric Dyson, American activist, author, and academic
1958 – Rose Nabinger, German singer
1958 – Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Japanese actor
1958 – Frank Schaffer, German sprinter
1959 – Nancy Grace, American lawyer and journalist
1959 – Sam Raimi, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1959 – "Weird Al" Yankovic, American singer-songwriter, comedian, and actor
1960 – Mirwais Ahmadzaï, Swiss-French musician and producer
      (Taxi Girl and Y.A.S.)
1960 – Katoucha Niane, French model and actress (d. 2008)
1960 – Randy Pausch, American author and academic (d. 2008)
1960 – Wayne Rainey, American motorcycle racer
1961 – Laurie Halse Anderson, American author
1961 – Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer
1962 – Doug Flutie, American football player, sportscaster, and drummer
1963 – Gordon Korman, Canadian-American author
1964 – Robert Trujillo, American bass player and songwriter
      (Metallica, Black Label Society, Suicidal Tendencies, and Infectious Grooves)
1965 – Augusten Burroughs, American author and screenwriter
1965 – Al Leiter, American baseball player and sportscaster
1966:  Larry Dixon, Jr.  [American drag racer]
1966 – Alex Zanardi, Italian race car driver and cyclist
1967 – Dale Crover, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
      (Melvins, The Men of Porn, and Altamont)
1967 – Walt Flanagan, American actor and illustrator
1967 – Jaime Yzaga, Peruvian tennis player
1969 – Trudi Canavan, Australian author
1969:  Sanjay Gupta  [American neurosurgeon and journalist]
1969 – Bill O'Brien, American football player and coach
1969 – Brooke Theiss, American actress
1970 – Matthew Barzun, American diplomat
      United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
1970 – Grant Imahara, American engineer
1970 – Steve Wilder, American actor
1970 – Zoe Wiseman, American model and photographer
1971 – Carlo Forlivesi, Italian-Japanese composer and scholar
1971 – Chris Horner, American cyclist
1972:  Kate del Castillo  [Mexican actress]
1972 – Tiffeny Milbrett, American soccer player
1972 – Bryan Pratt, American lawyer and politician
1972 – Jasmin St. Claire, Virgin Islander porn actress and director
1972 – Jimmy Wayne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Christian Dailly, Scottish footballer
1973 – Emi Hashino, Japanese comedian and actress
1973:  Matthew Quick  [American writer]
1974 – Aravind Adiga, Indian journalist and author
1974 – Beatrice Faumuina, New Zealand discus thrower
1974 – DJ Spinbad, American DJ and producer
1974 – Sander Westerveld, Dutch footballer
1975 – Jessicka, American singer-songwriter
      (Jack Off Jill and Scarling.)
1975 – Michelle Beadle, American sportscaster
1975 – Odalys García, Cuban actress and singer
1975 – Yoon Son-ha, South Korean actress and singer
1975 – Keith Van Horn, American basketball player
1976 – Cat Deeley, English model, actress, and television host
1976 – Ryan Reynolds, Canadian-American actor and producer
1976 – Jon Huertas, American actor
1977 – Brad Haddin, Australian cricketer
1977 – Alex Tudor, English cricketer
1978 – Jimmy Bullard, English footballer
1978 – Steve Harmison, English cricketer and sportscaster
1978 – John Lackey, American baseball player
1978 – Wang Nan, Chinese table tennis player
1978 – Archie Thompson, New Zealand-Australian footballer
1979 – Ramón Castro, Venezuelan baseball player
1979 – Simon Davies, Welsh footballer
1979 – Jorge Solís, Mexican boxer
1979 – Prabhas, Indian actor
1979 – Bud Smith, American baseball player
1980 – Mate Bilić, Croatian footballer
1980 – Pedro Liriano, Dominican baseball player
1981 – Jeroen Bleekemolen, Dutch race car driver
1981 – Ben Francisco, American baseball player
1981 – Jackie Long, American actor
1981 – Huo Siyan, Chinese actress
1982 – Valentin Badea, Romanian footballer
1982 – Rickey Paulding, American basketball player
1982 – Kristjan Kangur, Estonian basketball player
1982 – Aleksandar Luković, Serbian footballer
1982 – Rodolfo Dantas Bispo, Brazilian footballer
1983 – Filippos Darlas, Greek footballer
1983 – Goldie Harvey, Nigerian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1983:  Matthew Shultz  [American musician]
1983 – Josh Strickland, American actor and singer
1984 – Martin Garcia, Mexican-American jockey
1984 – Izabel Goulart, Brazilian-American model and actress
1984 – Simone Masini, Italian footballer
1984 – Keiren Westwood, English footballer
1984 – Jeffrey Hoogervorst, Dutch footballer
1984 – Meghan McCain, American journalist and author
1984 – Michael Sim, Australian golfer
1985 – Mohammed Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer
1985 – Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American actress and poet
1985 – Chris Neal, English footballer
1985 – Miguel Pimentel, American singer, songwriter and producer
1985 – Luca Spinetti, Italian footballer
1985 – Panagiotis Vouis, Greek footballer
1986 – Briana Evigan, American actress and dancer
1986 – Jake Robinson, English footballer
1986 – Jessica Stroup, American actress
1987 – Robin Copeland, Irish rugby player
1987 – Felix Doubront, Venezuelan baseball player
1987 – Faye, Swedish singer-songwriter (Play)
1987 – Kyle Gibson, American baseball player
1987 – Miyuu Sawai, Japanese model and actress
1987 – Seo In-guk, South Korean singer and actor
1987 – Naomi Watanabe, Japanese actress and comedian
1988 – Jordan Crawford, American basketball player
1988 – Aleksandr Salugin, Russian footballer
1988 – Carolin Schiewe, German footballer
1989 – Anisya Kirdyapkina, Russian race walker
1989 – Viktor Agardius, Swedish footballer
1990 – Stevie Brock, American singer
1990 – Paradise Oskar, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1990 – Stan Walker, Australian-New Zealand singer and actor
1990 – Matt Angel, Australian actor
1991 – Princess Mako of Akishino
1992 – Álvaro Morata, Spanish footballer
1993 – Taylor Spreitler, American actress and singer
1993 – Josh Ruffels, English footballer
1995:  Ireland Baldwin  [American fashion model]
1997 – Daphne Blunt, American actress and singer
1998 – Amandla Stenberg, American actress
1999 – Joseph Andre Garcia, Filipino actor

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42 BC – Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger  (b. 85 BC)
      Roman general and politician
877 – Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople (b. 797)
891 – Yazaman al-Khadim, Arab general and politician
930 – Emperor Daigo of Japan (b. 885)
1456 – John of Capistrano, Italian priest and saint (b. 1386)
1550 – Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (b. 1480)
1581 – Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)
1616 – Leonhard Hutter, German theologian and academic (b. 1563)
1688 – Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange  (b. 1610)
      French philologist and historian
1730 – Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683)
1764 – Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte  (b. 1683)
      French admiral
1774 – Michel Benoist, French missionary and astronomer (b. 1715)
1867 – Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (b. 1791)
1869 – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby  (b. 1799)
      English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1872 – Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)
1885 – Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician  (b. 1829)
      Secretary of State of Texas
1893 – Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
1910 – Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)
1915 – W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (b. 1848)
1921 – John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman  (b. 1840)
      founded Dunlop Rubber
1934 – William Brennaugh, Canadian lacrosse player (b. 1877)
1935 – Charles Demuth, American painter (b. 1883)
1938 – Jean-Guy Gautier, French rugby player (b. 1875)
1939 – Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)
1942 – Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)
1943 – Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler  (b. 1876)
      the 21st Yokozuna
1944 – Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic  (b. 1877)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1944 – Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (b. 1931)
1950 – Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (b. 1886)
1953 – Adrien de Noailles  (b. 1869)
      French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles
1957 – Christian Dior, French fashion designer  (b. 1905)
      founded Christian Dior S.A.
1959 – George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885)
1959 – Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)
1964 – Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (b. 1886)
1978 – Maybelle Carter, American autoharp player (Carter Family) (b. 1909)
1983 – Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947)
1984 – James Petrillo, American union leader (b. 1892)
1984 – Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (b. 1922)
1986 – Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic  (b. 1893)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1988 – Asashio Tarō III, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1929)
      the 46th Yokozuna
1989 – Armida, Mexican-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
1990 – Thomas Williams, American author and academic (b. 1926)
1994 – Robert Lansing, American actor (b. 1928)
1996 – Bob Grim, American baseball player (b. 1930)
1997 – Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
1998 – Barnett Slepian, American physician (b. 1946)
2000 – Yokozuna, American wrestler (b. 1966)
2001 – Josh Kirby, English illustrator (b. 1928)
2001 – Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and historian (b. 1917)
2002 – Adolph Green, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1915)
2003 – Tony Capstick, English actor and singer (b. 1944)
2003 – Soong May-ling  (b. 1897)
      Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-shek
      2nd First Lady of the Republic of China
2004 – Robert Merrill, American actor and singer (b. 1919)
2004 – Bill Nicholson, English footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1919)
2005 – William Hootkins, American actor (b. 1948)
2005 – John Muth, American economist and academic (b. 1930)
2005 – Stella Obasanjo  (b. 1945)
      Nigerian wife of Olusegun Obasanjo
      10th First Lady of Nigeria
2006 – Lebo Mathosa, South African singer (Boom Shaka) (b. 1977)
2007 – John Ilhan, Turkish-Australian businessman  (b. 1965)
      founded Crazy John's
2007 – Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian-Chinese businessman (b. 1918)
2008 – Kevin Finnegan, English boxer (b. 1948)
2009 – Lou Jacobi, Canadian actor (b. 1913)
2010 – Fran Crippen, American swimmer (b. 1984)
2010 – Stanley Tanger, American businessman and philanthropist  (b. 1923)
      founded the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers
2011 – Herbert A. Hauptman, American chemist and mathematician  (b. 1917)
      Nobel Prize laureate
2011 – John McCarthy, American computer scientist  (b. 1927)
      developed the Lisp programming language
2011 – Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1987)
2012 – William Joel Blass, American lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
2012 – Wilhelm Brasse, Polish photographer (b. 1917)
2012 – Roland de la Poype, French soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
2012 – Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (b. 1934)
2012 – Michael Marra, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
2013 – Suleiman Arabiyat, Jordanian academic and politician (b. 1938)
2013 – Wes Bialosuknia, American basketball player (b. 1945)
2013 – Anthony Caro, English sculptor (b. 1924)
2013 – Niall Donohue, Irish hurler (b. 1990)
2013 – Gypie Mayo, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1951)
      (Dr. Feelgood and The Yardbirds)
2013 – Bill Mazer, Ukrainian-American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1920)
2014 – Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1922)
2014 – John Bramlett, American football player (b. 1941)
2014 – Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (b. 1929)
2014 – Joan Quigley, American astrologer and author (b. 1927)
2014 – Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1931)
2014 – Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (b. 1942)

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