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1916 – François Mitterrand  [French lawyer and politician] (d. 8 Jan 1996)
      21st President of France, 1981-1995
1919 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi  (d. 27 Jul 1980)
      Shah of Iran, 1941-1979
1947 – Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton  [American lawyer and politician]
      67th United States Secretary of State, 2009-2013
      U.S. Senator, D. NY, 2001-2009
      44th First Lady of the United States, 1993-2001

Notable

1416 – Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent  (d. 1490)
      English administrator, nobleman and magnate
1427 – Sigismund, Archduke of Austria (d. 4 Mar 1496)
1474 – Friedrich of Saxony (d. 14 Dec 1510)
      Duke of Saxony; Teutonic Knight
1491 – Zhengde Emperor of China (d. 1521)
1529 – Anna of Hesse (d. 1591)
1564 – Hans Leo Hassler German organist and composer (d. 1612)
1609 – William Sprague, English-American colonist  (d. 26 Oct 1675)
      co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts
1673 – Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian geographer, historian, and philosopher (d. 1723)
1684 – Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (d. 1757)
1685 – Domenico Scarlatti, Italian harpsichord player and composer (d. 1757)
1694 – Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (d. 1758)
1697:  John Peter Zenger  [German American printer and journalist] (d. 28 Jul 1746)
1747 – Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1804)
1757 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1823)
1759 – Georges Jacques Danton  [French lawyer, politician, and revolutionary] (d. 1794)
      French Minister of Justice
1768 – Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (d. 1844)
1794 – Konstantin Thon  [Russian architect] (d. 1881)
      designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
1795 – Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (d. 1872)
1797 – Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (d. 1865)
1799 – Margaret Agnes Bunn, Scottish actress (d. 1883)
1800 – Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (d. 1891)
1802 – Miguel I of Portugal (d. 1866)
1803 – Joseph Hansom  [English architect] (d. 1882)
      designed Birmingham Town Hall
1842 – Vasily Vereshchagin, Russian soldier and painter (d. 1904)
1846:  C. P. Scott  [British journalist, publisher and politician] (d. 1 Jan 1932)
      editor of the Manchester Guardian (now The Guardian), 1872-1929
1849 – Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (d. 1917)
1850 – Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (d. 1909)
1854 – Charles William "C. W." Post  [American businessman] (d. 9 May 1914)
      founded Post Foods
1860 – Frank Eaton, American Deputy U.S. Marshal (d. 1958)
1865 – Benjamin Guggenheim  [[American businessman] (d. 15 Apr 1912)
1869 – Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician (d. 1957)
      13th President of Brazil
1871 – Guillermo Kahlo, German-Mexican photographer (d. 1941)
1872 – Harold Fraser, American golfer (d. 1945)
1873 – A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician (d. 1962)
      5th Pakistani Minister of Interior
1873 – Thorvald Stauning, Danish union leader and politician (d. 1942)
      24th Prime Minister of Denmark
1874 – Martin Lowry, English chemist and academic (d. 1936)
1874 – Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American philanthropist (d. 5 Apr 1948)
1880 – Andrei Bely, Russian author, poet, and critic (d. 1934)
1881 – Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (d. 1963)
1883 – Napoleon Hill, American philosopher and author (d. 8 Nov 1970)
1883 – Paul Pilgrim, American runner (d. 1958)
1884 – William Hogenson, American sprinter (d. 1965)
1890 – Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician (d. 1931)
1893 – Miloš Crnjanski, Serbian poet and author (d. 1977)
1893:  Oliver P. Smith  [American Marine Corps General] (d. 25 Dec 1977)
1899 – Judy Johnson, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
1902 – Beryl Markham, Kenyan horse trainer and author (d. 1986)
1902 – Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee (d. 1994)
1902 – Henrietta Hill Swope, American astronomer (d. 1980)
1903 – Mahn Ba Khaing, Burmese martyr (d. 1947)
1905 – George Bernard Flahiff, Canadian cardinal (d. 1989)
1906 – Primo Carnera, Italian boxer and actor (d. 1967)
1909 – Ignace Lepp, French psychologist and author (d. 1966)
1909 – Dante Quinterno, Argentinian author and illustrator (d. 2003)
1910 – John Krol, American cardinal (d. 1996)
1911 – Sid Gillman, American football player and coach (d. 2003)
1911 – Mahalia Jackson, American singer and actress (d. 27 Jan 1972)
1911 – Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet and educator (d. 1996)
1912 – Don Siegel, American director and producer (d. 1991)
1913 – Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991)
1914 – Jackie Coogan, American actor and director (d. 1984)
1915 – Joe Fry, English race car driver (d. 1950)
1916 – Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (d. 1942)
1918 – Diana Serra Cary, American actress
1919 – Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (d. 2010)
1919 – Edward Brooke, American captain and politician (d. 2015)
      47th Massachusetts Attorney General
1920 – Sarah Lee Lippincott, American astronomer
1921 – George Forrest, Northern Irish politician (d. 1968)
1922 – Madelyn Dunham  (d. 2 Nov 2008)
      American grandmother of Barack Obama
1922 – Fred Wood, English actor
1923 – Robert Hinde, English zoologist and academic
1924 – Shaw Taylor, English actor and television host (d. 2015)
1925 – Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor, painter, and author (d. 2007)
1926:  Robert Farrar Capon  [American Episcopal priest and author] (d. 5 Sep 2013)
1926 – Panos Gavalas, Greek singer (d. 1988)
1927 – Warne Marsh, American saxophonist (Supersax) (d. 1987)
1928 – Francisco Solano López, Argentinian illustrator (d. 2011)
1929 – Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (d. 2000)
1933 – Takis Kanellopoulos, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1933 – Andrew P. O'Rourke, American judge and politician (d. 2013)
1934 – Hot Rod Hundley, American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1934 – Hans-Joachim Roedelius, German keyboard player and producer
      (Cluster, Harmonia, Kluster, and Aquarello)
1935 – Mike Gray, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1935 – Gloria Conyers Hewitt, American mathematician and academic
1936 – Shelley Morrison, American actress
1936 – György Pauk, Hungarian violinist and educator
1940 – Eddie Henderson, American trumpet player and educator
1940 – John Horgan, Irish academic and politician
1941 – Steven Kellogg, American author and illustrator
1941 – Charlie Landsborough, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Bob Hoskins, English actor, singer, and director (d. 2014)
1942 – Milton Nascimento, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Clube da Esquina)
1942 – Zdenko Runjić, Croatian songwriter and producer (d. 2004)
1942 – Jonathan Williams, English race car driver
1944:  Emanuel Cleaver  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, D. MO, 2005-present
      51st Mayor of Kansas City, 1991-1999
1944 – Jim McCann, Irish singer and guitarist (d. 2015)
      (The Dubliners and The Ludlows)
1945 – Pat Conroy, American author
1945 – Demetris Th. Gotsis, Greek poet and author
1945 – Nancy Davis Griffeth, American computer scientist
1945 – Jaclyn Smith, American actress and producer
1946 – Sir Kevin Barron, English politician
1946 – Keith Hopwood, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Herman's Hermits)
1946 – Pat Sajak, American game show host
1946 – Holly Woodlawn, American performer
1947 – Ricardo Asch, Argentinian gynecologist and endocrinologist
1947 – Ian Ashley, German-English race car driver
1947 – Reg Empey, Irish businessman and politician
      Lord Mayor of Belfast
1947 – Trevor Joyce, Irish poet and scholar
1947 – Kenzo Kitakata, Japanese novelist
1948 – Toby Harrah, American baseball player and coach
1949 – Antonio Carpio, Filipino lawyer and jurist
      Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
1949 – Steve Rogers, American baseball player
1949 – Kevin Sullivan, American wrestler and booker
1951 – Bootsy Collins, American singer-songwriter and bass player
      (Parliament-Funkadelic and Praxis)
1951 – Tommy Mars, American keyboard player
1951:  Maggie Roche  [American Musician]
      (The Roches)
1951 – Julian Schnabel, American painter, director, and screenwriter
1952 – Bobby Bandiera, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes)
1952 – Edward Garnier, English lawyer and politician
      Solicitor General for England and Wales
1952:  Lars Peter Hansen  [American economist]
      Professor of economics, University of Chicago
1952 – Andrew Motion, English poet and author
1952 – David Was, American singer-songwriter and producer
      (Was (Not Was))
1953 – Roger Allam, English actor and singer
1953 – Tim Hely Hutchinson, English publisher
1953 – Joe Meriweather, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1953 – Keith Strickland, American guitarist and songwriter (The B-52's)
1953 – Maureen Teefy, American actress and singer
1953 – Lauren Tewes, American actress
1954:  Ben Brantley  [American journalist]
1954:  Stephen Carter  [American lawyer and author]
1954 – Vasilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer
1954 – Adam Mars-Jones, English author and critic
1954 – D. W. Moffett, American actor
1955:  Baltasar Garzon  [Spanish jurist]
1955:  Neil Meron  [American film producer]
1956 – Stephen Gumley, Australian engineer and businessman
1956 – Rita Wilson, American actress, singer, and producer
1957 – Julie Dawn Cole, English actress and singer
1957 – Bob Golic, American football player and radio host
1958:  Geoff Davis  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, R. KY, 2005-2012
1958 – Shaun Woodward, English politician
      Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1959 – Brian Bovell, English actor
1959 – François Chau, Cambodian-American actor
1959 – Paul Farmer, American anthropologist and physician
1959 – Andreas Hinze, German footballer
1959 – Marilyn Jess, French porn actress
1959 – Evo Morales, Bolivian politician, 80th President of Bolivia
1960 – Patrick Breen, American actor and screenwriter
1961 – Gerald Malloy, American lawyer and politician
1961 – Dylan McDermott, American actor
1961 – Stacy Schiff, American author and critic
1962:  Amy Chua  [American lawyer and writer]
1962 – Cary Elwes, English actor and producer
1963 – Ted Demme, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2002)
1963 – Natalie Merchant, American musician (10,000 Maniacs)
1964 – Tom Cavanagh, Canadian actor and producer
1965 – Aaron Kwok, Hong Kong singer, dancer, and actor
1965 – Kelly Rowan, Canadian actress and producer
1966 – Jane Hajduk, American actress
1966 – Masaharu Iwata, Japanese keyboard player and composer
1966 – Sverre Gjørvad, Norwegian drummer (Dingobats)
1966 – Steve Valentine, Scottish actor
1966 – Jeanne Zelasko, American journalist and sportscaster
1967 – Douglas Alexander, Scottish lawyer and politician
      Minister of State for Europe
1967 – Keith Urban, New Zealand-American musician (The Ranch)
1970 – Lisa Ryder, Canadian actress
1970 – Dian Bachar, American actor
1971 – Jim Butcher, American author
1971:  Rosemarie DeWitt  [American actress]
1971 – Audley Harrison, English boxer
1971 – Ronnie Irani, English cricketer
1971 – Anthony Rapp, American actor and singer
1972 – Daniel Elena, Monegasque race car driver
1972:  Shan Sa (born Yan Ni) [Chinese French author and painter]
1973 – Austin Healey, English rugby player and sportscaster
1973 – Seth MacFarlane, American filmmaker, screenwriter, actor and singer
     creator of the TV series Family Guy
1973 – Taka Michinoku, Japanese wrestler and trainer
1974 – Elizabeth Sakura Narita (bka Lisa)
      Japanese singer and producer (M-Flo)
1974 – Anita Rinaldi, Hungarian porn actress, director, and producer
1974 – Raveena Tandon, Indian actress and producer
1975:  Lennon Parham  [American actress and comedienne]
1975 – Ivo Posti, Estonian tenor
1976 – Miikka Kiprusoff, Finnish ice hockey player
1976 – Shinji Takao, Japanese Go player
1977 – Jon Heder, American actor and producer
1977:  Marisha Pessl  [American writer]
1978 – Sari Abacha, Nigerian footballer (d. 2013)
1978 – Jimmy Aggrey, English footballer and actor
1978 – Eva Kaili, Greek journalist and politician
1978 – CM Punk, American wrestler and actor
1978 – Dave Zastudil, American football player
1979 – Movsar Barayev, Chechen militia leader (d. 2002)
1979 – Josh Portman, American guitarist (Near Miss and Yellowcard)
1980 – Cristian Chivu, Romanian footballer
1980 – Claire Cooper, English actress
1980 – Koichi Watanabe, Japanese kick-boxer
1981 – Sam Brown, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1981 – Martina Schild, Swiss skier
1981 – Guy Sebastian, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1981 – Chou Ssu-Chi, Taiwanese baseball player
1981 – Girl Talk, American DJ and producer (Trey Told 'Em)
1982 – Nicola Adams, English boxer
1982 – Adam Carroll, Irish race car driver
1982 – Niña Dolino, Filipino actress
1983 – Francisco Liriano, Dominican baseball player
1983 – Dmitri Sychev, Russian footballer
1983 – Luke Watson, South African rugby player
1984 – Sasha Cohen, American figure skater
1984 – Adriano Correia, Brazilian footballer
1984 – Mathieu Crépel, French snowboarder
1984 – Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer
1984 – Amanda Overmyer, American singer-songwriter
1985 – Asin, Indian model and actress
1985 – Andrea Bargnani, Italian basketball player
1985 – Kafoumba Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer
1985 – Monta Ellis, American basketball player
1985 – Kieran Read, New Zealand rugby player
1985 – Soko, French singer and actress
1986 – Ibor Bakar, French footballer
1986 – Emilia Clarke, English actress
1986 – Quincey Hanley (bka Schoolboy Q)
      American rapper (Black Hippy)
1986 – Marco Ruben, Argentinian footballer
1986 – Jakub Rzeźniczak, Polish footballer
1987 – Abudramae Bamba, Ivorian footballer
1987 – Shawn Lauvao, American football player
1988 – Greg Zuerlein, American figure skater
1989 – Emil Sayfutdinov, Russian motorcycle racer
1990 – Mark Swanepoel, South African rugby player
1991 – Riho Iida, actress and model
1991 – Amala Paul, Indian actress
1991 – Shu Watanabe, Japanese actor
1994 – Allie DeBerry, American actress
1996 – Rebecca Tunney, English gymnast

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1797:  Antoine-Charles Taschereau  (d. 11 Jun 1862)
      2nd great grandfather

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Heather Wallace

Craig Miller

Callie Clark

Sandi Miller

Christopher Burch

George Lakinske

Darrick Phip

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Mr. & Mrs. Cody Zimbelman
Earl & Donna Dormaier
Patrick & Alysia Boub
Bruce & Bev Hetsler
Brian & Kristina Knopp

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664 – Cedd, English bishop (b. 620)

899 – Alfred the Great, English king (b. 849)

1440 – Gilles de Rais, French knight (b. 1404)
1633 – Horio Tadaharu, Japanese daimyo (b. 1596)
1671 – Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593)
1675 – William Sprague, English-American settler (b. 1609)
      co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts
1686 – John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1623)
      English captain and politician
      Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
1717 – Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (b. 1657)
1751 – Philip Doddridge, English minister and hymn-writer (b. 1702)
1764 – William Hogarth, English painter and engraver (b. 1697)
1773 – Amédée-François Frézier, French mathematician, engineer, and explorer (b. 1682)
1803 – Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford (b. 1721)
      English politician, Lord President of the Council
1806 – John Graves Simcoe, English general and politician (b. 1752)
      1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
1817 – Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (b. 1727)
1861 – Edward "Ned" Kendall American bugle player and bandleader (b. 1808)
1864 – William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838)
1866 – John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer  (b. 1803)
      founded the Labatt Brewing Company
1890 – Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1826)
1896 – Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour  (b. 1827)
      French philosopher, academic, and politician
      French Minister of Foreign Affairs
1902 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)
1909 – Itō Hirobumi, Japanese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)
1930 – Waldemar Haffkine, Russian-Swiss physician and microbiologist (b. 1860)
1930 – Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1872)
1931 – Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1859)
1932 – Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1867)
1937 – Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (b. 1867)
1941 – Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (b. 1904)
1943 – Aurel Stein, Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic (b. 1862)
1944 – Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857)
1944 – William Temple, English archbishop (b. 1881)
1945 – Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863)
1945 – Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878)
1946 – Ioannis Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician (b. 1878)
      Prime Minister of Greece
1947 – Edwin Sidney Savage, English cleric (b. 1862)
1949 – Lionel Halsey, English admiral and courtier (b. 1872)
1952 – Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer (b. 1895)
1956 – Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
1957 – Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist (b. 1896)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1957 – Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1883)
1962 – Louise Beavers, American actress and singer (b. 1902)
1963 – Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand paediatrician (b. 1879)
1965 – Sylvia Likens, American murder victim (b. 1949)
1966 – Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932)
1971 – Vincent Coleman, American actor (b. 1901)
1972 – Igor Sikorsky, Ukrainian-American aircraft designer (b. 1889)
      founded Sikorsky Aircraft
1974 – Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator (b. 1914)
1978 – Alexander Gerschenkron, Ukrainian-American historian, critic, and educator (b. 1904)
1979 – Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and politician (b. 1917)
      3rd President of South Korea
1984 – Gus Mancuso, American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)
1986 – Jackson Scholz, American runner (b. 1897)
1989 – Charles J. Pedersen, American chemist and academic (b. 1904)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1993 – Oro, Mexican wrestler (b. 1971)
1994 – Wilbert Harrison, American singer and guitarist (b. 1929)
1995 – Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1909)
1995 – Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1913)
1999 – Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938)
1999 – Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American author and educator (b. 1910)
1999 – Johannes Käbin, Estonian politician (b. 1905)
2002 – Movsar Barayev, Russian militia leader (b. 1979)
2002 – Jacques Massu, French general (b. 1908)
2004 – Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player and politician (b. 1924)
2005 – Keith Parkinson, American illustrator (b. 1958)
2005 – George Swindin, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
2006 – Tillman Franks, American bassist and songwriter (b. 1920)
2006 – Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and curator (b. 1924)
2007 – Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1947)
2007 – Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American chef and television host (b. 1943)
2007 – Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and academic (b. 1918)
      Nobel Prize laureate
2007 – Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (b. 1934)
2008 – Tony Hillerman, American journalist, author, and educator (b. 1925)
2008 – Delmar Watson, American actor and photographer (b. 1926)
2009 – Teel Bivins, American lawyer and politician (b. 1947)
      18th United States Ambassador to Sweden
2009 – George Naʻope, American singer and dancer (b. 1928)
2009 – Troy Smith, American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (b. 1922)
2010 – Glen Little, American clown (b. 1925)
2010 – Mbah Maridjan, Indonesian spiritual leader (b. 1927)
2010 – Paul the Octopus, English octopus (b. 2008)
2010 – Romeu Tuma, Brazilian police officer and politician (b. 1931)
2011 – Jona Senilagakali, Fijian physician and politician (b. 1929)
      7th Prime Minister of Fiji
2012 – Mac Ahlberg, Swedish-Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1931)
2012 – Arnold Greenberg, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1932)
2012 – John M. Johansen American architect (b. 1916)
      designed the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre
2012 – Alan Kirschenbaum, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1961)
2012 – Natina Reed, American rapper and actress (Blaque) (b. 1979)
2012 – Björn Sieber, Austrian skier (b. 1989)
2012 – Alan Stretton, Australian general (b. 1922)
2013 – Ritva Arvelo, Finnish actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2013 – Ron Davies, Welsh photographer (b. 1921)
2013 – Doug Ireland, American journalist and activist (b. 1946)
2013 – Al Johnson, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Unifics) (b. 1948)
2013 – Andries Maseko, South African footballer (b. 1955)
2013 – Gabriel of Komana (b. 1946)
2014 – Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist, and historian (b. 1923)
2014 – Mo Collins, American football player and coach (b. 1976)
2014 – Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1942)
2014 – Senzo Meyiwa, South African footballer (b. 1987)
2014 – Jeff Robinson, American baseball player (b. 1961)
2014 – Gordy Soltau, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925)
2014 – Oscar Taveras, Dominican baseball player (b. 1992)

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