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1485 – Catherine of Aragon (d. 7 Jan 1536)
Queen consort of England, 1509-1533
first wife of Henry VIII

1584 – John Selden, English jurist and scholar (d. 1654)

1614 – Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)

1716 – Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini (d. 1798)
French poet and diplomat

1717 – Elizabeth Carter, English poet and scholar (d. 1806)

1742 – Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (d. 1819)
German field marshal

1770: Ludwig van Beethoven (d. 26 Mar 1827)

German Composer

1940s - Jane Austen House
from whatwasthere.com

1775 – Jane Austen (d. 28 Jul 1817)

English author

1775 – François-Adrien Boieldieu (d. 1834)

French pianist and composer

1776 – Johann Wilhelm Ritter (d. 1810)

German chemist, physicist, and philosopher

1778 – John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (d. 1841)

1787 – Mary Russell Mitford (d. 1855)

English author and playwright

1790 – Leopold I of Belgium (d. 10 Dec 1865)

1st King of the Belgians, 1831-1865

1804 – Viktor Bunyakovsky (d. 1889)

Russian mathematician and academic

1834 – Léon Walras (d. 1910)

French-Swiss economist and theorist

1836 – Ernst von Bergmann (d. 1907)

Latvian-German surgeon and academic

1857: Edward Emerson Barnard (d. 6 Feb 1923)

American astronomer

1859: Francis Thompson (d. 13 Nov 1907)

English poet and ascetic

1861 – Antonio de La Gándara (d. 1917)

French painter and illustrator

1863: Ralph Adams Cram (d. 22 Sep 1942)

American architect

1863 – George Santayana (d. 26 Sep 1952)

Spanish philosopher and author

1865 – Olavo Bilac, Brazilian journalist and poet (d. 1918)

1866 – Wassily Kandinsky (d. 1944)

Russian-French painter and theorist

1867 – Amy Carmichael (d. 1951)

Anglo-Irish missionary and humanitarian in India

1869 – Hristo Tatarchev (d. 1952)
Bulgarian physician and activist
co-founded Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization

1872 – Anton Denikin, Russian general (d. 1947)

1882 – Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (d. 1963)

1882 – Zoltán Kodály (d. 1967)

Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist

1882 – Walther Meissner (d. 1974)
German physicist and engineer

1883 – Károly Kós (d. 1977)
Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician

1883 – Max Linder (d. 1925)
French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1884 – Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor (d. 1987)

1888 – Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)

1888 – Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general (d. 1967)

1889 – Kim Chwa-chin, South Korean guerrilla leader (d. 1930)

1892 – Ivar Wester, Swedish sport shooter (d. 1967)

1895 – Marie Hall Ets (d. 1984)
American author and illustrator

1899 – Noël Coward (d. 26 Mar 1973)
English actor, playwright, and composer

1900 – Horatio Fitch, American sprinter (d. 1985)

1900 – Lucille Lortel (d. 1999)
American actress, artistic director and productor

1900 – V. S. Pritchett, English author and critic (d. 1997)

1901 – Margaret Mead (d. 15 Nov 1978)
American anthropologist and author

1902 – Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1999)

1903 – Hardie Albright, American actor (d. 1975)

1903 – Harold Whitlock (d. 1985)

English race walker and coach

1905 – Piet Hein (d. 1996)

Danish mathematician, author, and poet

1907 – Barbara Kent, Canadian-American actress (d. 2011)

1908: Remedios Varo (d. 8 Oct 1963)

Spanish-Mexican para-surrealist painter and anarchist

1910 – Freddie Brown (d. 1991)

Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster

1913 – George Ignatieff (d. 1989)

Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat

8th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations

1913 – Salik Lucknawi, Indian journalist and poet (d. 2013)

1914: O. Winston Link (d. 30 Jan 2001)

American photographer

1915 – Turk Murphy (d. 1987)

American trombonist and singer

1916 – Birgitta Valberg, Swedish actress (d. 2014)

1917 – Nabi Bux Khan Baloch (d. 2011)

Pakistani author and scholar

1917 – Pete T. Cenarrusa (d. 2013)

American soldier, pilot, and politician

Secretary of State of Idaho

1917 – Arthur C. Clarke (d. 19 Mar 2008)

English-Sri Lankan soldier and author

1917 – Ruth Johnson Colvin

American author and educator

founded ProLiteracy Worldwide

1917: Murray Kempton (d. 5 May 1997)

American journalist and social and political commentator

1918 – Pierre Delanoë, French songwriter (d. 2006)

1918 – Vida Hope, English actress (d. 1963)

1920 – Frederick Rotimi Williams

Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2005)

1921 – Eulalio González (d. 2003)

Mexican actor, humorist, singer-songwriter, screenwriter,

announcer, director and producer

1922 – Cy Leslie (d. 2008)

American record producer, founded Pickwick Records

1923 – Menahem Pressler

German-American pianist (Beaux Arts Trio)

1923 – Ernst Florian Winter (d. 2014)

Austrian-American historian and political scientist

1924 – Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator (d. 1993)

1926 – James McCracken, American tenor and actor (d. 1988)

1926 – A. N. R. Robinson

Trinidadian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)

3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago

1926 – Jeffrey Stone (d. 2012)

American actor and voice-over artist

1927 – Peter Dickinson, English author and poet

1927 – Randall Garrett, American author and poet (d. 1987)

1928 – Terry Carter, American actor, director, and producer

1928 – Philip K. Dick (d. 1982)

American philosopher and author

1929 – Nicholas Courtney, Egyptian-English actor (d. 2011)

1930 – Bill Brittain, American author (d. 2011)

1930 – Sam Most (d. 2013)

American flute player and saxophonist

1930 – Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (d. 2013)

1931 – Karl Denver, Scottish-English singer (d. 1998)

1932 – Rodion Shchedrin, Russian pianist and composer

1932 – Quentin Blake, English author and illustrator

1934 – Louis Waldon, American actor (d. 2013)

1936 – Morris Dees

American lawyer and activist

co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center

1936: Maurice Setters, English footballer and manager

1937 – Joyce Bulifant, American actress and singer

1937 – Edward Ruscha, American artist

1938 – Frank Deford, American journalist and author

1938 – Liv Ullmann

Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter

1939 – Philip Langridge, English tenor and actor (d. 2010)

1939 – Gordon Miller, English high jumper

1940: Norm Dicks

American politician

U.S. Representative, D. WA, 1977-2013

1941 – Robert Kerman, American porn actor and producer

1941 – Lesley Stahl, American journalist and actress

1941 – Roger Neil Wheeler, English general

1942 – Donald Carcieri

American educator and politician

73rd Governor of Rhode Island

1942: Dennis Conner, American yachtsman

1942 – Eugene Robert Glazer, American actor

1942: Dick Murphy

American politician

33rd Mayor of San Diego, 2000-2005

1943 – Steven Bochco, American screenwriter and producer

1944: John Abercrombie

American jazz guitarist, composer and bandleader

1944: Jim Gibbons

American attorney, aviator, geologist, hydrologist,

and politician

28th Governor of Nevada, 2007-2011

U.S. Representative, R. NV, 1997-2006

1944 – Jeff Kanew, American director and screenwriter

1944 – Don Meyer (d. 2014)

American basketball player and coach

1945 – Patti Deutsch, American actress

1945 – Bobby George, English darts player and sportscaster

1945 – Yukio Hattori, Japanese television host

1945 – Tony Hicks, English singer and guitarist (The Hollies)

1946 – Benny Andersson

Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

(ABBA and Hep Stars)

1946 – Charles Dennis

Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1946 – Christopher Ellison, English actor

1946 – Terence Knox, American actor

1946 – Trevor Pinnock

English harpsichord player and conductor

1946: Barbara Smith

American activist, critic, lecturer, author, and publisher

1946 – Tom Stern, American cinematographer

1947 – Ben Cross, English actor

1947 – Vincent Matthews, American sprinter

1947 – Martyn Poliakoff, English chemist and academic

1948 – Christopher Biggins, English actor

1948: Pat Quinn

American politician

41st Governor of Illinois, 2009-2015

45th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 2003-2009

1949 – Billy Gibbons

American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor

(ZZ Top and Moving Sidewalks)

1949 – Heather Hallett, English lawyer and judge

1950 – Claudia Cohen, American journalist (d. 2007)

1950 – Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (d. 2006)

1951 – Sally Emerson, English author and poet

1951 – Mike Flanagan (d. 2011)

American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster

1951 – Robben Ford

American guitarist and songwriter

(L.A. Express and Yellowjackets)

1951 – Mark Heard (d. 1992)

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1951 – Shinji Yamashita, Japanese actor

1952: Susan Estrich

American lawyer, professor, author, political operative,

feminist advocate, and political commentator

1952 – Joel Garner, Barbadian cricketer and manager

1952 – Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer and manager

1953 – Rebecca Forstadt

American voice actress and screenwriter

1954: Howard Graham Buffett

American businessman, former politician, philanthropist,

photographer, farmer, and conservationist

middle son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett

1955 – Xander Berkeley, American actor and producer

1955 – Carol Browner

American lawyer and environmentalist

8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

1955 – Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este

1955 – Chiharu Matsuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter

1956 – Spagna, Italian singer-songwriter

1957 – H. D. Kumaraswamy

Indian social worker and politician

18th Chief Minister of Karnataka

1957 – Antonio Vega (d. 2009)

Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nacha Pop)

1958 – Katie Leigh, American voice actress

1958 – Bart Oates, American football player and lawyer

1959 – Alison LaPlaca, American actress

1959 – Alexander Lebedev, Russian businessman and politician

1959 – Steve Mattsson, American author and illustrator

1959 – Larry Poindexter, American actor and singer

1960 – Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer and manager

1961 – LaChanze, American actress, singer, and dancer

1961 – André Andersen

Russian-Danish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

(Royal Hunt)

1961 – Shane Black, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1961 – Bill Hicks (d. 1994)

American comedian, actor, and singer

1961 – Gretchen Palmer, American actress

1961 – Sam Robards, American actor

1961 – Jon Tenney, American actor and director

1962 – Maruschka Detmers, Dutch-French actress

1962 – William Perry, American football player and wrestler

1962 – Melanie Smith, American actress

1963 – Benjamin Bratt, American actor and producer

1963 – Jeff Carson, American singer-songwriter

1963 – James Mangold

American director, producer, and screenwriter

1964 – Heike Drechsler, German sprinter and long jumper

1964 – Gail Harris, English actress and producer

1964 – Georgie Parker, Australian actress

1964 – Billy Ripken, American baseball player and sportscaster

1964 – Paul Vogt, American actor

1964 – Todd Glass, American comedian and actor

1965: Ellen Gallagher, American artist

1965 – Chris Jones, American baseball player and manager

1965 – Melanie Sloan, American lawyer and activist

1965 – Nancy Valen, American actress and producer

1966 – Clifford Robinson, American basketball player

1966: Jerry Angelo Brooks (bka JB Smoove)

American actor, writer, and comedian

1966 – Dennis Wise, English footballer and manager

1967 – Donovan Bailey, Canadian sprinter and sportscaster

1967 – Indrek Kaseorg, Estonian decathlete

1967 – Miranda Otto, Australian actress and singer

1968 – Peter Dante, American actor and singer

1968 – Lalah Hathaway

American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

1968 – Greg Kovacs, Canadian bodybuilder (d. 2013)

1968: Peter R. Orszag, American economist

1968 – Mark Dean Schwab (d. 2008)

American rapist and murderer

1969 – Simon Grayson, English footballer and manager

1969: Lei Jun, Chinese businessman

1969 – Florencia Lozano, American actress

1969 – Adam Riess

American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic

Nobel Prize laureate

1969 – Dmitri Tymoczko, American composer and theorist

1969 – Craig White, English cricketer and coach

1970 – Valerie Chow, Canadian-Hong Kong actress

1970 – Daniel Cosgrove, American actor

1971 – Shigeki Hosokawa, Japanese actor

1971 – Seyhan Kurt, French-Turkish poet and sociologist

1971 – Michael McCary

American singer-songwriter (Boyz II Men)

1971 – Paul van Dyk, German DJ and producer

1972 – Charles Gipson, American baseball player

1972 – Željko Kalac, Australian footballer and coach

1972 – Paul Leyden, Australian actor

director, producer, and screenwriter

1972 – Travis Morrison

American singer-songwriter (The Dismemberment Plan)

1973 – Sarah Kozer, American model and actress

1973 – Themba Mnguni, South African footballer

1973 – Jason Molina

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)

1973 – Luisa Ranieri, Italian actress

1973 – Scott Storch

American songwriter and producer

founded Storch Music Company

1974 – Frida Hallgren, Swedish actress

1975 – Valentin Bădoi, Romanian footballer and manager

1975 – Nao Kawakita

Japanese drummer (Maximum the Hormone)

1975 – Benjamin Kowalewicz

Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Billy Talent)

1975 – Paul Maynard, English politician

1975 – Jonathan Scarfe, Canadian actor

1976 – Jen Golbeck, American computer scientist

1976 – Emiri Henmi, Japanese actress and singer

1977 – Éric Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player

1977 – Sylvain Distin, French footballer

1977: Rene Redzepi, Danish chef and restaurateur

1978 – Joe Absolom, English actor

1978: Marc Forgione, American chef and restaurateur
1978 – Satoshi Matsuda, Japanese actor

1978 – John Morris, Canadian curler and firefighter

1979: Tramar Lacel Dillard (bka Flo Rida), American rapper

1978 – Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer and manager

1979 – Luke Harper, American wrestler

1979 – Trevor Immelman, South African golfer

1979 – Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer-songwriter

1979 – Jessie Ward, American wrestler and producer

1980 – Danish Kaneria, Pakistani cricketer

1981 – Imran Nazir, Pakistani cricketer

1981 – Krysten Ritter, American model, actress, and producer

1981 – Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer

1982 – Garnon Davies, Welsh actor

1982 – Justin Mentell, American actor (d. 2010)

1982 – Antrel Rolle, American football player

1982: Chris Scruggs

American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

1982 – Stanislav Šesták, Slovakian footballer

1982 – Hanna Syedokova

Ukrainian-American singer and actress (Nu Virgos)

1983 – Kelenna Azubuike, American basketball player

1983 – Frankie Ballard

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1983 – Mika Kikuchi, Japanese actress and voice actress

1983 – Danielle O'Hara

English model and actress, Miss Great Britain 2006

1983: Joshua Roman, American cellist
1984 – Theo James, English-American actor and singer

1985 – Rachel Bright, English actress

1985 – Stanislav Manolev, Bulgarian footballer

1985 – James Nash, English racing driver

1985 – Amanda Setton, American actress

1985 – Keita Tachibana, Japanese singer and dancer (W-inds)

1986 – Candice Crawford

American model and journalist, Miss Missouri USA 2008

1986 – Alcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player

1986 – Zoltán Kovács, Hungarian footballer (d. 2013)

1986 – Pärt Uusberg, Estonian actor, composer, and conductor

1987 – Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer

1987 – Beau Dowler, Australian footballer

1987 – Hallee Hirsh, American actress

1988 – Mats Hummels, German footballer

1988 – Edita Janeliunaite, Lithuanian cyclist

1988 – Nitya Krishinda Maheswari, Indonesian badminton player

1988 – Anna Popplewell, English actress

1988 – Park Seo-joon, South Korean model and actor

1989 – Mirei Kiritani, Japanese actress, model, and news anchor

1992 – Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player

1992 – Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer

1992 – Moe Miura, Japanese model, actress, and singer (9nine)

1992 – Pietro Perdichizzi, Belgian footballer

1992 – Tom Rogić, Australian footballer

1993 – Jyoti Amge, Indian actress

1993: Stephan James, Canadian film and television actor

1993 – Rikako Sakata, Japanese model and actress

1994 – Elliot Lee, English footballer

1994 – Nicola Murru, Italian footballer

1994 – José Rodríguez Martínez, Spanish footballer

1994 – Stephen Sutton, English activist and blogger (d. 2014)

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