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1555 – Heinrich Meibom, German poet and historian (d. 1625)
1585 – John Cotton  (d. 1652)
      English-American minister and theologian
1595 – Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (d. 1674)
1646 – Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon  (d. 1730)
      French field marshal
1647 – Daniel Eberlin, German soldier and composer (d. 1715)
1660 – André Campra, French composer and conductor (d. 1744)
1667 – Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, French composer (d. 1737)
1670 – John Aislabie  (d. 1742)
      English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
1711 – Barbara of Portugal (d. 27 Aug 1758)

      Queen consort of Spain

1713 – Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (d. 1786)

1777 – Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (d. 1849)

1795 – Thomas Carlyle  (d. 5 Feb 1881)

      Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic

1798 – Jules Armand Dufaure  (d. 1881)

      French politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France

1817 – Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet (d. 1845)

1835 – Samuel Butler  (d. 18 Jun 1902)
      English author and critic

1844 – Franz Xavier Wernz  (d. 1914)

      German religious leader

      25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus

1860:  Lillian Russell  (d. 6 Jun 1922)
      born Helen Louise Leonard

      American actress and singer

1861 – Hannes Hafstein  (d. 1922)

      Icelandic poet and politician

      1st Prime Minister of Iceland

1861 – Lillian Russell, American actress and singer (d. 1922)

1865 – Edith Cavell, English nurse (d. 1915)

1868 – Jesse Burkett  (d. 1953)

      American baseball player, coach, and manager

1875 – Joe Corbett  (d. 1945)

      American baseball player and coach

1875 – Rainer Maria Rilke  (d. 29 Dec 1926)

      Austrian poet and author

1878 – Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (d. 13 Jun 1918)

      youngest son of Emperor Alexander III of Russia

1880 – Tom Taylor, Canadian soccer player (d. 1945)

1881 – Erwin von Witzleben, Polish-German field marshal (d. 1944)

1883 – Katharine Susannah Prichard  (d. 1969)

      Australian author and playwright

1886 – Jan Thomée, Dutch footballer (d. 1954)

1889 – Lloyd Bacon, American actor and director (d. 1955)

1892 – Francisco Franco  (d. 20 Nov 1975)

      Spanish general and politician

      Prime Minister of Spain

1892 – Liu Bocheng  (d. 1986)

      Chinese commander and politician

1893 – Herbert Read, English poet and critic (d. 1968)

1894:  Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby  (d. 14 Feb 1957)

      British politician

      Home Secretary, 1954-1957

1895 – Feng Youlan  (d. 1990)

      Chinese philosopher and academic

1899 – Karl-Günther Heimsoth  (d. 1934)

      German physician and politician

1899 – Charlie Spencer  (d. 1953)

      English footballer and manager

1903 – Anna van der Vegt, Dutch gymnast (d. 1983)

1903 – Cornell Woolrich, American author (d. 1968)

1904 – Albert Norden, German politician (d. 1982)

1908 – Alfred Day Hershey  (d. 1997)

      American bacteriologist and geneticist

      Nobel Prize laureate

1909 – Jimmy Jewel, English actor and singer (d. 1995)

1910 – Alex North, American composer (d. 1991)

1910 – R. Venkataraman  (d. 2009)

      Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India

1912 – Pappy Boyington  (d. 11 Jan 1988)

      American colonel and pilot

      Medal of Honor recipient

1913 – Mark Robson  (d. 1978)

      Canadian-American director and producer

1914 – Rudolf Hausner  (d. 1995)

      Austrian painter and sculptor

1914 – Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (d. 1993)

1915 – Eddie Heywood  (d. 1989)

      American pianist and composer

1916 – Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr.  (d. 1994)

      American journalist and author

1917:  Jane Aiken Hodge  (d. 17 Jun 2009)

      American-born British writer

1919 – I. K. Gujral  (d. 2012)

      Indian poet and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India

1920 – Nadir Afonso  (d. 2013)

      Portuguese painter and architect

1920 – Michael Bates, Indian-born English actor (d. 1978)

1920 – Jeanne Manford  (d. 2013)

      American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG

1921 – Deanna Durbin  (d. 2013)

      Canadian-French actress and singer

1922 – Gérard Philipe, French actor (d. 1959)

1923 – Charles Keating  (d. 2014)

      American lawyer and financier

1923 – Eagle Keys  (d. 2012)

      American-Canadian football player and coach

1923 – John Krish, English director and screenwriter

1924 – John C. Portman, Jr.

      American architect

      designed the Renaissance Center and Tomorrow Square

1924:  Frank Press

      American geophysicist

1925 – Albert Bandura

      Canadian-American psychologist and academic

1925 – Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (d. 2009)

1926 – Monty M. Wyche  (d. 2014)

      American soldier, lawyer, and judge

1927 – Barbara Knudson, American actress (d. 2014)

1927 – William Labov, American linguist and academic

1927 – Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe  (d. 2004)

      Swedish silversmith and jeweler

1928 – Dena Dietrich, American actress

1929:  Jerry Bridges

      American evangelical Christian author

1930 – Ronnie Corbett, Scottish actor

1930 – Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (d. 2013)

1931 – Alex Delvecchio

      Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

1931 – Wally George  (d. 2003)

      American radio and television host

1932 – Roh Tae-woo

     South Korean general and politician

      6th President of South Korea

1933 – Wink Martindale

      American game show host and producer

1933 – Horst Buchholz, German actor (d. 2003)

1934 – Victor French, American actor and director (d. 1989)

1935 – Paul O'Neill

      American businessman and politician

      72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury

1935 – Robert Vesco, American financier (d. 2007)

1936 – Bernie McInerney, American actor

1936:  Grace Napolitano

      U.S. Representative, D. CA, 1999-present

1937 – Max Baer, Jr., American actor, director, and producer

1938 – Andre Marrou, American politician

1938 – Yvonne Minton, Australian soprano

1939 – Joan Brady, American-English author

1939 – Freddy Cannon, American singer and guitarist

1940 – Gerd Achterberg, German footballer and manager

1940:  Barbara Amiel, Baroness Black of Crossharbour

      British journalist, writer, and socialite

1940 – Gary Gilmore, American murderer (d. 1977)

1942 – Gemma Jones, English actress and singer

1944 – Chris Hillman

      American singer-songwriter and guitarist

      (The Byrds, The Hillmen, The Flying Burrito Brothers,

            and Manassas)

1944 – Anna McGarrigle

      Canadian singer-songwriter

      (Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Mountain City Four)

1944 – François Migault, French race car driver (d. 2012)

1944 – Dennis Wilson  (d. 1983)

      American singer-songwriter, producer, and drummer

      (The Beach Boys)

1945 – Roberta Bondar

      Canadian neurologist, academic, and astronaut

1946 – Geert Mak, Dutch journalist and author

1947 – Jane Lubchenco

      American ecologist, academic, and diplomat

1947 – Terry Woods

      Irish guitarist

      (The Pogues, Steeleye Span, Sweeney's Men, The Bucks,

            and Dr. Strangely Strange)

1948 – Southside Johnny

      American singer-songwriter

      (Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes)

1949 – A. Scott Berg, American journalist and author

1949 – Jeff Bridges, American actor, singer, and producer

1949 – Paula England, American sociologist and academic

1949 – Pamela Stephenson

      New Zealand-Australian actress and psychologist

1949 – Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup

      English air marshal and politician

1950 – Bjørn Kjellemyr, Norwegian bassist

1951 – Gary Rossington

      American guitarist

      (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington Collins Band,

            and The Rossington Band)

1951 – Patricia Wettig, American actress and playwright

1953 – Gwen Humble, American actress

1953 – Rick Middleton

      Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

1954 – Tony Todd, American actor and producer

1955 – Philip Hammond

      English politician

      Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

1955 – Dave Taylor, Canadian-American ice hockey player

1955 – Cassandra Wilson

      American singer-songwriter and producer (M-Base)

1956 – Nia Griffith, Irish-Welsh educator and politician

1956 – Bernard King

      American basketball player and sportscaster

1957 – Raul Boesel, Brazilian race car driver

1957 – Eric S. Raymond

      American computer programmer and author

1958 – Tim Hutchings, English runner

1959:  Colin Camerer

      American behavioral economist

1959 – Susan W. Krebs, American accountant and politician

1959 – Paul McGrath, English-Irish footballer

1959 – Christa Luding-Rothenburger

      German speed skater and cyclist

1960 – David Green, Nicaraguan-American baseball player

1960 – Glynis Nunn, Australian heptathlete and hurler

1961 – Frank Reich, American football player and coach

1962 – Nixon Kiprotich, Kenyan runner

1962 – Julie Lemieux, Canadian voice actress and singer

1962 – Kevin Richardson, English footballer and manager

1963 – Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter

1964 – Sertab Erener, Turkish singer-songwriter

1964 – Jonathan Goldstein, American actor and director

1964 – Scott Hastings, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster

1964 – Chelsea Noble, American actress

1964 – Marisa Tomei, American actress

1965 – Álex de la Iglesia

      Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter

1965 – Shaun Hollamby

      English racing driver and businessman

1966 – Masta Ace, American rapper (eMC and Juice Crew)

1966 – Fred Armisen, American actor and screenwriter

1966 – Andy Hess, American bass player

      (Gov't Mule and The Black Crowes)

1966 – Suzanne Malveaux, American journalist

1966 – Chris Shepherd

      English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter

1968 – Mike Barrowman, Paraguayan-American swimmer

1968 – Dionne Farris

      American singer-songwriter, producer and actress

1969 – Shawn Corey Carter (stage name Jay Z)

      American rapper, producer, and actor

      co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records

1969 – Plum Sykes, English journalist and author

1970 – Kevin Sussman, American actor

1970 – Sylvester Terkay

      American wrestler and mixed martial artist

1971 – Shannon Briggs, American boxer and actor

1972 – Jassen Cullimore, Canadian ice hockey player

1972 – Yūko Miyamura, Japanese voice actress and singer

1972 – Nikki Tyler, American porn actress and model

1973 – Tyra Banks, American model, actress, and producer

1973 – Frank Boeijen, Dutch keyboard player (The Gathering)

1973 – Michael Jackson, English footballer

1973 – Mina Caputo

      American singer-songwriter and keyboard player

      (Life of Agony)

1973 – Ferry Corsten

      Dutch DJ and producer (Gouryella and Veracocha)

1973 – Steven Menzies, Australian rugby league player

1973 – Kate Rusby

      English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Poozies)

1973 – Racci Shay

      American drummer

      (Murderdolls, Synical, Dope, and Genitorturers)

1973 – Atsushi Tamura, Japanese actor and singer (Jealkb)

1974:  Ryan Kavanaugh

      American film producer

1974 – Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player

1976 – Amie Comeaux, American singer (d. 1997)

1976 – Kristina Groves, Canadian speed skater

1976:  Joshua Waitzkin

      American chess player, martial arts competitor, and author

1977 – Darvis Patton, American sprinter

1977 – Big Pokey, American rapper (Screwed Up Click)

1977 – Morten Veland

      Norwegian guitarist and songwriter

      (Sirenia, Tristania, and Mortemia)

1978 – Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer and actress

1979 – Ysabella Brave, American singer-songwriter

1979 – Jay DeMerit, American soccer player

1980 – Rick Victor, Canadian wrestler

1981 – Brian Vandborg, Danish former road bicycle racer

1981 – Courtney Cummz, American porn Actress and director

1981 – Lila McCann, American singer and actress

1982 – Nathan Douglas, English triple jumper

1982 – Waldo Ponce, Chilean footballer

1982 – Ho-Pin Tung, Dutch-Chinese race car driver

1982 – Nick Vujicic, Australian evangelist

1983 – Jimmy Bartel, Australian footballer

1983:  Charity Shea

      American actress

1984 – Brooke, American wrestler and model

1984 – Lindsay Felton, American actress

1984 – Marco Giambruno, Italian footballer

1984 – Anna Petrakova, Russian basketball player

1984 – Joe Thomas, American football player

1985 – Andrew Brackman, American baseball player

1985 – Carlos Gómez, Dominican baseball player

1985 – Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, English Actor

1985 – Stephen Dawson, Irish footballer

1986 – Kaija Udras, Estonian skier

1986 – Martell Webster, American basketball player

1987 – Orlando Brown, American actor and rapper
1987:  Dree Hemingway
      American fashion model and actress

1987 – Yukina Kinoshita

      Japanese model, actress, singer, and television personality

      (Shuchishin)

1987 – Kethy Õunpuu, Estonian footballer

1988 – Mario Maurer, Thai model and actor

1988 – Andriy Pylyavskyi, Ukrainian footballer

1989 – Jen Da Silva, Filipino model

1990 – Lukman Haruna, Nigerian footballer

1990 – Igor Sjunin, Estonian triple jumper

1990 – Cindy Yang, Taiwanese model and actress (d. 2015)

1992 – Jean-Claude Iranzi, Rwandan footballer

1992 – Līna Mūze, Latvian javelin thrower

1992 – Guan Xueting, Chinese ice dancer

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530 BC – Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Empire

749 – John of Damascus, Syrian priest and saint (b. 676)

771 – Carloman I, Frankish king (b. 751)

1075 – Anno II, German archbishop and saint (b. 1010)

1131 – Omar Khayyám  (b. 1048)
      Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher

1214 – William the Lion, Scottish king (b. 1143)

1270 – Theobald II of Navarre (b. 1238)

1334 – Pope John XXII (b. 1249)

1340 – Henry Burghersh, English bishop (b. 1292)
1459 – Adolphus VIII, Count of Holstein (b. 1401)
1576 – Georg Joachim Rheticus  (b. 1514)
      Austrian-Slovak mathematician and cartographer
1585 – John Willock, Scottish minister and reformer (b. 1515)

1609 – Alexander Hume, Scottish poet (b. 1560)

1642 – Cardinal Richelieu, French clergyman (b. 1585)

1649 – William Drummond of Hawthornden (b. 1585)

1679 – Thomas Hobbes  (b. 1588)

      English philosopher and author

1680 – Thomas Bartholin  (b. 1616)
      Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian
1696 – Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624)
1732 – John Gay, English poet and playwright (b. 1685)
1798 – Luigi Galvani  (b. 1737)
      Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher
1828 – Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool  (b. 1770)
      English politician
      Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1841 – David Daniel Davis  (b. 1777)
      Welsh-English physician and academic
1850 – William Sturgeon  (b. 1783)
      English physicist, invented the electric motor
1893 – John Tyndall  (b. 1820)
      Irish-English physicist and chemist
1897 – Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
1902 – Charles Dow  (b. 1851)
      American journalist and publisher
      co-founded the Dow Jones & Company
1926 – Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
1933 – Stefan George  (b. 1868)
      German-Swiss poet and translator
1935 – Johan Halvorsen  (b. 1864)
      Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor
1935 – Charles Richet  (b. 1850)
      French physiologist and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate
1938 – Tamanishiki San'emon  (b. 1903)
      Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna
1942 – Juhan Kukk  (b. 1885)
      Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia
1944 – Roger Bresnahan  (b. 1879)
      American baseball player and manager
1945 – Thomas Hunt Morgan  (b. 1866)
      American geneticist and biologist
      Nobel Prize laureate
1948 – Frank Benford  (b. 1883)
      American physicist and engineer
1955 – József Galamb  (b. 1881)
      Hungarian-American engineer
1967 – Bert Lahr, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
1969 – Fred Hampton, American activist (b. 1948)
1971 – Shunryu Suzuki
      Japanese-American monk and educator
      founded the San Francisco Zen Center (b. 1904)
1975 – Hannah Arendt  (b. 1906)
      German-American historian, theorist, and academic
1976 – Tommy Bolin  (b. 1951)
      American guitarist and songwriter
      (Zephyr, James Gang, and Deep Purple)
1976 – Benjamin Britten  (b. 1913)
      English pianist, composer, and conductor
1976 – W. F. McCoy  (b. 1886)
      Irish soldier, lawyer, and politician
1980 – Francisco de Sá Carneiro  (b. 1934)
      Portuguese lawyer and politician
      111th Prime Minister of Portugal
1980 – Stanisława Walasiewicz  (b. 1911)
      Polish-American runner
1980 – Don Warrington, Canadian football player (b. 1948)
1984 – Jack Mercer  (b. 1910)
      American animator, screenwriter, voice actor, and singer
1987 – Arnold Lobel, American author and illustrator (b. 1933)
1987 – Rouben Mamoulian  (b. 1897)
      Georgian-American director and screenwriter
1988 – Osman Achmatowicz  (b. 1899)
      Polish chemist and academic
1990 – Edward Binns, American actor (b. 1916)
1992 – Henry Clausen, American lawyer and author (b. 1905)
1993 – Margaret Landon  (b. 1903)
      American missionary and author
1993 – Frank Zappa  (b. 1940)
      American composer, guitarist, and record producer
      (The Mothers of Invention)
1995 – Lionel Giroux, Canadian wrestler (b. 1935)
1997 – Richard Vernon, English actor (b. 1925)
1999 – Rose Bird  (b. 1936)
      American academic and judge
      25th Chief Justice of California
2000 – Henck Arron  (b. 1936)
      Surinamese banker and politician
      1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname
2003 – Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916)
2004 – Teo Peter, Romanian bass player (b. 1954)
2004 – Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (b. 1943)
2005 – Errol Brathwaite  (b. 1924)
      New Zealand soldier and author
2005 – Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b. 1963)
2005 – Gloria Lasso, Spanish-Mexican singer (b. 1922)
2006 – K. Ganeshalingam
      Sri Lankan accountant and politician
      Mayor of Colombo (b. 1938)
2006 – James Kim  (b. 1971)
      American television host and blogger
2006 – Ross A. McGinnis  (b. 1987)
      American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
2007 – Chad Lamont Butler (stage name Pimp C) (b. 1973)
      American rapper and producer (UGK)
2007 – Norval Morrisseau, Canadian painter (b. 1932)
2007 – Chip Reese, American poker player (b. 1951)
2009 – Umaga, American wrestler (b. 1973)
2009 – Liam Clancy  (b. 1935)
      Irish singer, guitarist, and actor (The Clancy Brothers)
2011 – Sócrates, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1954)
2011 – Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist (b. 1931)
2011 – RJ Rosales, Filipino singer (b. 1974)
2012 – Vasily Belov  (b. 1932)
      Russian author, poet, and playwright
2012 – Jack Brooks  (b. 1922)
      American colonel, lawyer, and politician
2012 – Miguel Calero  (b. 1971)
      Colombian footballer and manager
2012 – Besse Cooper, American super-centenarian (b. 1896)
2012 – Anthony Deane-Drummond, English general (b. 1917)
2012 – Carroll E. Lanier  (b. 1926)
      American sailor and politician
2013 – Robert Allman, Australian actor and singer (b. 1927)
2013 – Charles Grigg, English illustrator (b. 1916)
2013 – Paddy O'Byrne, Irish radio host and actor (b. 1929)
2013 – Joana Raspall i Juanola  (b. 1913)
      Spanish author and poet
2014 – Claudia Emerson  (b. 1957)
      American poet and academic
2014 – V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (b. 1914)
2014 – Lynne Kosky  (b. 1958)
      Australian social worker and politician
2014 – Vincent L. McKusick  (b. 1921)
      American lawyer and judge
2014 – Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (b. 1929)

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1997 – Walter T. Steinmetz (b. 11 Jun 1906)

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