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1735 – John Adams  [American lawyer, author, statesman, and diplomat] (d. 4 Jul 1826)

      2nd President of the United States, 1797-1801
      1st Vice President of the United States, 1789-1797

Notable

39 BC – Julia the Elder, Roman daughter of Caesar Augustus (d. 14)
1218 – Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (d. 1234)
1513 – Jacques Amyot, French bishop (d. 1593)
1624 – Paul Pellisson, French historian and author (d. 1693)
1668 – Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (d. 1 Feb 1705)
1748 – Martha Jefferson, American wife of Thomas Jefferson (d. 6 Sep 1782)
1751 – Richard Brinsley Sheridan  (d. 1816)
      Irish-English poet, playwright, and politician
      Treasurer of the Navy
1762 – André Chénier, Turkish-French poet and playwright (d. 1794)
1786 – Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (d. 1871)
1799 – Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (d. 1885)
1825:  Adelaide Anne Procter  [Adelaide Anne Procter] (d. 2 Feb 1864)
1829:  Roscoe Conkling  [American politician] (d. 18 Apr 1888)
      U.S. Senator, R. NY, 1867-1881
      U.S. Representative, R. NY, 1859-1863, 1865-1867
1839 – Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (d. 1899)
1857:  Gertrude Atherton  [American author] (d. 14 Jun 1948)
1857 – Georges Gilles de la Tourette  (d. 1904)
      French-Swiss physician and neurologist
1861 – Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (d. 1929)
1871 – Buck Freeman, American baseball player (d. 1949)
1871 – Paul Valéry, French poet and philosopher (d. 20 Jul 1945)
1873 – Francisco I. Madero, Mexican businessman and politician (d. 1913)
      33rd President of Mexico
1877 – Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician  (d. 1941)
      former Prime Minister of Latvia
1877:  Irma S. Rombauer  [American cookbook author] (d. 14 Oct 1962)
      best known for The Joy of Cooking (1931)
1881 – Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author (d. 1941)
1882 – Oldřich Duras, Czech chess player and composer (d. 1957)
1882 – William Frederick Halsey, Jr., American admiral (d. 18 Aug 1959)
1882 – Günther von Kluge, Polish-German field marshal (d. 1944)
1885 – Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (d. 1 Nov 1972)
1886 – Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1958)
1887 – Sukumar Ray, Indian-Bangladeshi author, poet, and playwright (d. 1923)
1888 – Louis Menges, American soccer player, soldier, and politician (d. 1969)
1888 – Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek high jumper (d. 1913)
1893 – Charles Atlas, Italian-American bodybuilder (d. 1972)
1893 – Roland Freisler, German soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 1945)
1894 – Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (d. 4 Sep 1977)

1894 – Peter Warlock, English composer and critic (d. 1930)
1895 – Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist (d. 1964)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1895 – Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist (d. 1973)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1896 – Ruth Gordon, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1985)
1896 – Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet and educator (d. 1928)
1896 – Harry Randall Truman, American soldier (d. 1980)
1896 – Antonino Votto, Italian conductor (d. 1985)
1897 – Rex Cherryman, American actor (d. 1928)
1897 – Agustín Lara, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1970)
1898 – Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (d. 1989)
1900 – Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish physiologist and academic (d. 1991)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1905 – Johnny Miles, English-Canadian runner (d. 2003)
1906 – Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (d. 1966)
1906 – Hermann Fegelein, German general (d. 1945)
1906 – Alexander Gode, German-American linguist and translator (d. 1970)
1907 – Sol Tax, American anthropologist and academic (d. 1995)
1908 – Patsy Montana, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1996)
1908 – U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian politician (d. 1963)
1908 – Peter Smith, English cricketer (d. 1967)
1909 – Homi J. Bhabha, Indian-French physicist and academic (d. 1966)
1910 – Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian-Monacan organist and composer (d. 1994)
1911 – Ruth Hussey, American actress (d. 2005)
1913 – Hans Berndt, German footballer (d. 1988)
1914 – Richard E. Holz, American minister and composer (d. 1986)
1914 – Leabua Jonathan, Basotho politician (d. 1987)
      2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho
1914:  James Laughlin  [American poet and literary book publisher] (d. 12 Nov 1997)
      founded New Directions Publishing (1936)
1914 – Anna Wing, English actress (d. 2013)
1915 – Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud, French sculptor (d. 1923)
1915 – Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and producer (d. 1998)
1915 – Jane Randolph, American-Swiss actress and singer (d. 2009)
1916 – Leon Day, American baseball player (d. 1995)
1917 – Bobby Bragan, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2010)
1917 – Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian field marshal (d. 1994)
1917 – Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. 2005)
1919 – David Werdyger, Polish-American singer (d. 2014)
1921:  Myron Tribus  [American organizational theorist]
      director of the Center for Advanced Engineering Study at MIT, 1974-1986
1922 – Jane White, American actress and singer (d. 2011)
1924 – John P. Craven, American scientist (d. 2015)
1923 – Gloria Oden, American poet and academic
1925 – Tommy Ridgley, American singer (d. 1999)
1926 – Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver (d. 2010)
1926:  Lois Wyse  (d. 6 Jul 2007)
      American advertising executive, author and columnist
1927 – Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999)
1928 – Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic  (d. 1999)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1929 – Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress (d. 2012)
1930 – Néstor Almendros, Spanish-American director and cinematographer (d. 1992)
1930 – Christopher Foster, English economist and academic
1930 – Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1956)
1930 – Don Meineke, American basketball player (d. 2013)
1931 – Vince Callahan, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2014)
1931 – David M. Wilson, Manx archaeologist, historian, and curator
1932 – Barun De, Indian historian and author (d. 2013)
1932 – Louis Malle, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1933 – Col Campbell, New Zealand gardener and television host (d. 2012)
1934 – Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor (d. 2014)
1935 – Robert Caro, American journalist and author
1935 – Agota Kristof, Hungarian-Swiss author (d. 2011)
1935 – Jim Perry, American baseball player
1935 – Michael Winner, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1936 – Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast and trainer (d. 2005)
1936 – Dick Vermeil, American football player and coach
1937:  Rudolfo Anaya  [American author]
1937 – Claude Lelouch, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1938 – Morris Lurie, Australian novelist, writer, and playwright (d. 2014)
1939 – Jean Chapman, English author
1939 – Harvey Goldstein, English statistician and academic
1939 – Leland H. Hartwell, American biologist and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate
1939 – Eddie Holland, American singer-songwriter and producer
1939 – Grace Slick, American singer-songwriter and model
      (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and The Great Society)
1940 – Ed Lauter, American actor (d. 2013)
1941 – Marcel Berlins, French-English lawyer, journalist, and academic
1941 – Aleksandr Dulichenko, Russian-Estonian linguist and academic
1941 – Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – Otis Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer
      (The Temptations)
1941 – Bob Wilson, English footballer and sportscaster
1942 – Sven-David Sandström, Swedish composer and historian
1943 – Joanna Shimkus, Canadian-American actress
1943 – David Triesman, Baron Triesman, English union leader and politician
1944:  Ahmed Chalabi  [Iraqi politician]
      President of the Governing Council of Iraq, 1 Sep 2003-30 Sep 2003
1945 – Henry Winkler, American actor, director, and producer
1946 – Robert L. Gibson, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1946:  Andrea Mitchell  [American television journalist]
      Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent for NBC News, 1994-present
1946 – Anthony Shorrocks, English economist, author, and academic
1946 – Chris Slade, Welsh drummer
      (Asia, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, AC/DC, and Uriah Heep)
1947 – Glenn Andreotta, American soldier (d. 1968)
1947 – Timothy B. Schmit, American singer-songwriter and bass player
      (Eagles and Poco)
1947 – Herschel Weingrod, American screenwriter and producer
1948 – Richard Alston, English dancer and choreographer
1948 – Rusty Goffe, English actor
1948 – Garry McDonald, Australian actor and screenwriter
1949:  Jorge Bucay
      Argentine gestalt psychotherapist, psychodramatist, and writer
1950:  John Doolittle  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, R. CA, 1991-2009
1951 – Trilok Gurtu, Indian drummer and songwriter
      (Oregon and Tabla Beat Science)
1951:  Frank Pallone  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, D. NJ, 1988-present
1951 – Harry Robinson Hamlin, American actor
1951 – Poncho Sanchez, American singer and conga player
1953 – Pete Hoekstra, Dutch-American politician
1953 – Charles Martin Smith, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1954 – Mahmoud El Khatib, Egyptian footballer
1954 – Mario Testino, Peruvian-English photographer
1955 – Heidi Heitkamp, American lawyer and politician
      U.S. Senator, D. ND, 2013-present
      28th Attorney General of North Dakota, 1992-2000
1956 – Juliet Stevenson, English actress
1957:  Bruce Braley  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, D. IA, 2007-2015
1957 – Shlomo Mintz, Israeli violinist and conductor
1957 – Kevin Pollak, American actor, producer, and game show host
1958 – Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer  (d. 2014)
      (Bergen Big Band)
1958 – Joe Delaney, American football player (d. 1983)
1958 – Stefan Dennis, Australian actor and singer
1958 – Ramona d'Viola, American cyclist and photographer
1959 – Michael Fiedler, German footballer
1959 – Vincent Lagaf', French actor, singer, and game show host
1960 – Charnele Brown, American actress and singer
1960 – Diego Maradona, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
1961 – Scott Garrelts, American baseball player
1961:  Joe Heck  [American politician, physician, and U.S. Army Brigadier General]
      U.S. Representative, R. NV, 2011-present
1961 – Giorgos Papakonstantinou, Greek economist and politician
      Greek Minister of Finance
1961 – Larry Wilmore, American comedian and television host
1962 – Courtney Walsh, Jamaican cricketer
1963 – Michael Beach, American actor and producer
1963 – Rebecca Heineman, American video game designer and programmer
1963 – Andrew Solomon, American-English journalist and author
1963 – Kristina Wagner, American actress
1964 – Adnan Al Talyani, Emirati footballer
1964 – Humayun Kabir Dhali, Bangladeshi journalist and author
1964 – Howard Lederer, American poker player
1965 – Gavin Rossdale, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
      (Bush and Institute)
1966 – Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian terrorist (d. 2006)
1967 – Brad Aitken, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Karim el-Mejjati, Moroccan terrorist (d. 2005)
1967 – Leonidas Kavakos, Greek violinist and conductor
1968 – Emmanuelle Claret, French biathlete (d. 2013)
1968 – Jack Plotnick, American actor, director, and producer
1968 – Ken Stringfellow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Posies, The Orange Humble Band, and White Flag)
1969 – Stanislav Gross, Czech lawyer and politician (d. 2015)
      5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
1969 – Masanori Hikichi, Japanese composer
1969 – Vangelis Vourtzoumis, Greek basketball player
1970 – Ben Bailey, American comedian, actor, and game show host
1970 – Tory Belleci, American visual affects designer and television host
1970 – Christine Bersola-Babao, Filipino journalist and actress
1970 – Nia Long, American actress
1970 – Maja Tatić, Serbian singer
1970 – Ekaterini Voggoli, Greek discus thrower
1971 – Fredi Bobic, Slovenian-German footballer and manager
1971 – Tzanis Stavrakopoulos, Greek basketball player
1971 – Suzan van der Wielen, Dutch field hockey player
1973 – Edge, Canadian wrestler and actor
1973 – Silvia Corzo, Colombian lawyer and journalist
1973 – Michael Oakes, English footballer and manager
1975 – Xhavit Bajrami, Albanian-Swiss kick-boxer
1975 – Ian D'Sa, English-Canadian musician and producer
      (Billy Talent)
1975:  Steve Kazee  [American actor and singer]
1975 – Marco Scutaro, Venezuelan baseball player
1975 – Maria Thayer, American actress
1976 – Stephanie Izard, American chef
1976 – Stern John, Trinidadian footballer
1976:  Kassidy Osborn  [American musician]
      (The Osborn Sisters, SHeDAISY)
1976 – Ümit Özat, Turkish footballer and manager
1976 – Maurice Taylor, American basketball player
1978 – Martin Dossett, American football player
1978 – Matthew Morrison, American singer-songwriter and actor
1978 – Daniel Poulter, English politician
1978 – Amanda Swafford, American model
1978 – Derren Witcombe, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer
1979 – Jason Bartlett, American baseball player
1979 – Yukie Nakama, Japanese actress and singer
1980 – Sarah Carter, Canadian actress and singer
1980 – Jon Foo, English actor and martial artist
1980 – Choi Hong-man, South Korean wrestler and mixed martial artist
1980 – Kareem Rush, American basketball player
1980 – Rich Alvarez, Filipino-Japanese basketball player
1981 – Joshua Jay, American magician and author
1981 – Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean actress
1981 – Ayaka Kimura, Japanese singer and actress
      (Coconuts Musume and Petitmoni)
1981 – Shaun Sipos, Canadian actor
1981 – Ian Snell, American baseball player
1981 – Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman
1982 – Stalley, American rapper
1982 – Andy Greene, American ice hockey player
1982 – Manny Parra, American baseball player
1983 – Trent Edwards, American football player
1983 – Iain Hume, Scottish-Canadian footballer
1983 – Maor Melikson, Israeli footballer
1984:  Okky Madasari  [Indonesian author]
1984 – Eva Marcille, American model and actress
1984 – David Mooney, Irish footballer
1984 – Isaac Ross, New Zealand rugby player
1984 – Tyson Strachan, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Ragnar Klavan, Estonian footballer
1985:  Kathryn Minshew  [American entrepreneur]
      CEO and co-founder of The Muse
1986 – Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper
1986 – Keisuke Sohma, Japanese actor
1987 – Ali Riley, New Zealand footballer
1988 – Janel Parrish, American actress and singer
1989 – Seth Adkins, American actor
1989 – Ashley Barnes, Austrian-English footballer
1989 – Nastia Liukin, Russian-American gymnast and actress
1989 – Vanessa White, English singer-songwriter and dancer
      (The Saturdays)
1990 – Suwaibou Sanneh, Gambian sprinter
1991:  Brett Kelly  [Canadian actor]
1992 – MC Daleste, Brazilian rapper (d. 2013)
1992 – Tequan Richmond, American actor and rapper
1992 – Camila Silva, Chilean tennis player
1993 – Marcus Mariota, American football player
1996 – Mizuki Fukumura, Japanese singer and actress
      (Morning Musume and Shugo Chara Egg!)

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1912 – James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician  (b. 1855)
       27th Vice President of the United States

Notable

1459 – Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar and translator (b. 1380)
1522 – Jean Mouton, French composer and educator (b. 1459)
1553 – Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German politician (b. 1489)
1602 – Jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet and illustrator (b. 1528)
1611 – Charles IX of Sweden (b. 1550)
1626 – Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1580)
1632 – Henri II de Montmorency, French admiral and politician (b. 1595)
1654 – Emperor Go-Kōmyō of Japan (b. 1633)
1680 – Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic (b. 1616)
1685 – Michel Le Tellier, French lawyer and politician  (b. 1603)
      French Secretary of State for War
1757 – Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (b. 1684)
1809 – William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland  (b. 1738)
      English politician
      Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1816 – Frederick I of Württemberg (b. 1754)
1842 – Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (b. 1784)
1853 – Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (b. 1786)
1883 – Dayananda Saraswati, Indian philosopher and scholar (b. 1824)
1883 – Robert Volkmann, German pianist and composer (b. 1815)
1893 – John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician  (b. 1821)
      3rd Prime Minister of Canada
1894 – Honoré Mercier, Canadian lawyer and politician  (b. 1840)
      9th Premier of Quebec
1896 – Carol Benesch, Czech architect, designed Peleș Castle (b. 1822)
1899 – William H. Webb, American shipbuilder and philanthropist (b. 1816)
1910 – Henry Dunant, Swiss activist, founded the Red Cross  (b. 1828)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1912 – Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean colonel (b. 1840)
1915 – Charles Tupper, Canadian physician, lawyer, and politician  (b. 1821)
      6th Prime Minister of Canada
1917 – Talbot Mercer Papineau, Canadian lawyer and soldier (b. 1883)
1919 – Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (b. 1850)
1923 – Andrew Bonar Law, Canadian-English banker and politician  (b. 1858)
      Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1933 – Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (b. 1869)
1942 – Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and stockbroker  (b. 1872)
      co-founded Buckmaster & Moore
1957 – Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1880)
1961 – Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician  (b. 1874)
      2nd President of the Italian Republic
1963 – U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian politician (b. 1908)
1965 – Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., American historian and author (b. 1888)
1966 – Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (b. 1906)
1968 – Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (b. 1899)
1968 – Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (b. 1890)
1968 – Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (b. 1886)
1973 – Ants Lauter, Estonian actor and director (b. 1894)
1974 – Begum Akhtar, Indian singer (b. 1914)
1975 – Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic  (b. 1887)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1979 – Donna Rachele Mussolini  (b. 1890)
      Italian wife of Benito Mussolini
1979 – Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer  (b. 1887)
      invented the Bouncing bomb
1982 – Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian author (b. 1907)
1985 – Kirby Grant, American actor (b. 1911)
1987 – Joseph Campbell, American mythologist, scholar, and author (b. 1904)
1988 – T. Hee, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1911)
1990 – V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1901)
1992 – Joan Mitchell, American painter (b. 1925)
1993 – Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (b. 1911)
1996 – John Young, Scottish actor (b. 1916)
1997 – Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)
1999 – Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player (b. 1933)
2000 – Steve Allen, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
2002 – Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2002 – Aliki Diplarakou, Greek model and actress (b. 1912)
2002 – Jam Master Jay, American rapper and producer (Run–D.M.C.) (b. 1965)
2003 – Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (b. 1940)
2004 – Phyllis Frost, Australian philanthropist (b. 1917)
      founded Keep Australia Beautiful
2004 – Peggy Ryan, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1924)
2005 – Al López, American baseball player and manager (b. 1908)
2005 – Shamsher Singh Sheri, Indian politician (b. 1942)
2006 – Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and author (b. 1926)
2006 – Junji Kinoshita, Japanese playwright and scholar (b. 1914)
2007 – Washoe, American chimpanzee (b. 1965)
2007 – Robert Goulet, American actor and singer (b. 1933)
2007 – Linda S. Stein, American businesswoman and manager (b. 1945)
2007 – John Woodruff, American runner and colonel (b. 1915)
2007 – Karen Fraction American actress (My Brother & Me) and dancer (b. 1958)
2008 – Pedro Pompilio, Argentinian businessman (b. 1950)
2009 – Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist and ethnologist (b. 1908)
2010 – Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (b. 1927)
2012 – Franck Biancheri, French politician (b. 1961)
2012 – Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (b. 1961)
2012 – Leonard Termo, American actor (b. 1935)
2012 – Dan Tieman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)
2013 – Bill Currie, American baseball player (b. 1928)
2013 – Pete Haycock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist  (b. 1951)
      (Climax Blues Band and ELO Part II)
2013 – Michael Palmer, American physician and author (b. 1942)
2013 – Ralph Tarrant, English super-centenarian (b. 1903)
2013 – Frank Wess, American saxophonist and flute player  (b. 1922)
      (New York Jazz Quartet)
2014 – Elijah Malok Aleng, Sudanese general and politician (b. 1937)
2014 – Renée Asherson, English actress (b. 1915)
2014 – Juan Flavier, Filipino physician and politician (b. 1935)
2014 – Ida Elizabeth Osbourne, Australian actor and radio host (b. 1916)
2014 – Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (b. 1924)
2014 – Thomas Menino, American politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (b. 1942)

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