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521 – Columba, Irish missionary, monk, and saint (d. 9 Jun 597)

903 – Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (d. 986)

Persian astronomer and author

1302 – Azzone Visconti, Italian ruler, founded Milan (d. 1339)

1545 – Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (d. 1567)

English-Scottish husband of Mary, Queen of Scots

1561 – Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyo (d. 1625)

1598 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini (d. 1680)

Italian sculptor and painter

1643 – Giovanni Battista Falda (d. 1678)

Italian architect and engraver (d. 1678)

1637 – Bernardo Pasquini (d. 1710)

Italian organist and composer

1724 – Louise of Great Britain (d. 1751)

1764 – Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (d. 1841)

French general and politician, French Minister of War

1784 – Allan Cunningham (d. 1842)

Scottish author and poet

1785: Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (d. 12 Feb 1860)

Irish soldier in the British Army and military historian

1791 – Ferenc Novák (d. 1836)

Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet

1792 – Abraham Jacob van der Aa (d. 1857)

Dutch author and academic

1801 – Johann Nestroy (d. 1862)

Austrian actor and playwright

1810 – Josef Hyrtl (d. 1894)

Hungarian-Austrian anatomist and biologist

1810 – Theodor Schwann (d. 1882)

German physiologist and biologist

1823 – Leopold Kronecker (d. 1891)

Polish-German mathematician and academic

1838 – Thomas Bent (d. 1909)

Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria

1847: Solomon Schechter (d. 19 Nov 1915)

Moldavian-born Romanian rabbi, academic scholar, and educator

founder and President of the United Synagogue of America

President of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1902-1915

1847 – Deacon White (d. 1939)

American baseball player and manager

1860 – Joseph Cook (d. 1947)

English-Australian miner and politician

6th Prime Minister of Australia

1862 – Paul Adam, French author (d. 1920)

1863 – Felix Calonder (d. 1952)

Swiss soldier and politician

36th President of the Swiss Confederation

1863 – Pietro Mascagni (d. 1945)

Italian composer and conductor

1863 – Richard Warren Sears (d. 28 Sep 1914)

American businessman, co-founded Sears

1872; Johan Huizinga (d. 1 Feb 1945)

Dutch historian

1873 – Willa Cather, American author and poet (d. 24 Apr 1947)

1879 – Rudolf Friml (d. 1972)

Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic

1884 – John Carpenter, American sprinter (d. 1933)

1885: Zechariah Chafee, Jr.

American professor of law, judicial philosopher,

and civil rights advocate.

1885 – Mason Phelps, American golfer (d. 1945)

1885 – Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter (d. 1919)

1886 – Ronald Fellowes, 2nd Baron Ailwyn (d. 1936)

English peer

1887 – Ernst Toch (d. 1964)

Austrian-American composer and songwriter

1888: Heywood Campbell Broun, Jr. (d. 18 Dec 1939)
American journalist
1888 – Joyce Cary, Irish author and painter (d. 1957)

1888 – Hamilton Fish III (d. 1991)

American captain and politician

1889: Gabriel Marcel (d. 8 Oct 1973)

French philosopher, playwright, music critic,

and leading Christian existentialist

1892 – Stuart Davis, American painter (d. 1964)

1893 – Fay Bainter, American actress and singer (d. 1968)

1894 – Freddie Adkins, English author and illustrator (d. 1986)

1902 – Hilda Taba (d. 1967)

Estonian architect, author, and educator

1903 – Danilo Blanuša (d. 1987)

Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic

1904 – Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer (d. 1985)

1904 – Konstantin Sokolsky, Russian-Latvian singer (d. 1991)

1905 – Gerard Kuiper (d. 1973)

Dutch-American astronomer and academic

1907 – Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician and spy (d. 1983)

1909 – Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet and author (d. 1942)

1910 – Duncan McNaughton

Canadian high jumper and geologist (d. 1998)

1910 – Louis Prima (d. 1978)

American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor

1910 – Edmundo Ros (d. 2011)

Trinidadian-English singer-songwriter and bandleader

1912 – Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer (d. 1993)

1913 – Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet (d. 1986)

1915 – Leigh Brackett (d. 1978)

American author and screenwriter

1915 – Eli Wallach, American actor (d. 24 Jun 2014)

1916 – Jean Carignan, Canadian fiddler and composer (d. 1988)

1919 – Lis Løwert, Danish actress (d. 2009)

1920 – Tatamkulu Afrika (d. 2002)

South African poet and author

1920 – Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (d. 2012)

1920 – Walter Nowotny (d. 1944)

Austrian-German soldier and pilot

1921 – Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian guru and scholar

1923 – Intizar Hussain, Indian-Pakistani author and scholar

1923 – Ted Knight, American actor (d. 1986)

1924 – Jovanka Broz, Croatian-Serbian colonel (d. 2013)

1924 – John Love, Zimbabwean race car driver (d. 2005)

1924 – Mário Soares

Portuguese historian, lawyer, and politician

17th President of Portugal

1925 – Hermano da Silva Ramos

French-Brazilian race car driver

1926: Victor Kiam (d. 27 May 2001)

American entrepreneur

Chairman, President and spokesman of Remington Products

owner of the New England Patriots football, 1988–1991

1926 – Leon Kossoff, English painter

1926 – William John McNaughton

American priest, 1st Bishop of Incheon

1927 – Jack S. Blanton (d. 2013)

American businessman and philanthropist

1927: Henepola Gunaratana

Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist monk

1927 – Helen Watts, Welsh opera singer (d. 2009)

1928 – Noam Chomsky, American linguist and philosopher

1930 – Christopher Nicole, Guyanese-English author

1930 – Hal Smith, American baseball player

1931 – Allan B. Calhamer (d. 2013)

American game designer, created Diplomacy

1932 – Curt Brasket, American chess player (d. 2014)

1932 – Ellen Burstyn, American actress and singer

1932 – Paul Caponigro, American photographer and pianist

1932 – Rosemary Rogers

Sri Lankan-American journalist and author

1932 – J. B. Sumarlin

Indonesian economist and politician

17th Indonesian Minister of Finance

1933 – Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (d. 2013)

1937 – Thad Cochran
American soldier, lawyer, and politician
U.S. Senator, R. MS, 1978-present
U.S. Representative, R. MS, 1973-1978

1937 – Stan Boardman, English comedian and actor

1937 – Kenneth Colley, English actor, director, and screenwriter

1938 – Bud Spangler (d. 2014)

American drummer, composer, and producer

1939 – Blackie Dammett, American actor and author

1940 – Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1940: Michael Steinhardt

American hedge fund manager, financier, investor, newspaper

publisher, and philanthropist active in Jewish causes

1941 – Melba Pattillo Beals, American journalist and activist

1942 – Harry Chapin (d. 16 Jul 1981)

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1942 – Alex Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2015)

1942 – Peter Tomarken (d. 2006)

American game show host and producer

1943 – Susan Isaacs, American author and screenwriter

1943 – Nick Katz, American mathematician and academic

1943 – Göran Lennmarker, Swedish politician

1943 – Bernard C. Parks, American police officer and politician

1943 – John Bennett Ramsey, American businessman and pilot

1944 – Jamiel Chagra, American drug trafficker (d. 2008)

1944 – Daniel Chorzempa, American organist and composer

1944 – Miroslav Macek, Czech dentist and politician

1945: W. D. Richter

American screenwriter, film director, and producer

1945 – Marion Rung, Finnish singer

1946 – Kirsti Sparboe, Norwegian singer and actress

1947 – Johnny Bench

American baseball player and sportscaster

1947 – Anne Fine, English author

1947 – James Keach, American actor, producer, and director

1947 – Tony Thomas, American screenwriter and producer

1947 – Garry Unger

Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

1948: Pearl Cleage
African-American author

1948 – Gary Morris, American singer and actor

1948 – Mads Vinding, Danish bassist

1949: Michael Terry "Mike" Duke

American businessman

4th CEO of Walmart, 2009-2013

1949 – James Rivière, Italian sculptor and jeweler

1950: Radhanath Swami (born Richard Slavin)

American born guide, community builder, activist, author,

and Bhakti Yoga practitioner and spiritual teacher

1949 – Tom Waits

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

1950 – Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1952 – Susan Collins, American politician

1952 – Georges Corraface, French actor and producer

1952 – Eckhard Märzke, German footballer and manager

1952: William C. "Bill" Stone
  American engineer, caver and explorer
1953: Jonathan M. Tisch
American businessman
  Chairman of Loews Hotels
  Co-Chairman of the Board and Member of the Office
of the President of Loews Corporation

1954 – Mary Fallin

American politician

27th Governor of Oklahoma

1954 – Mark Hofmann, American murderer

1954 – Mike Nolan, Irish singer (Bucks Fizz and Brooks)

1955 – Priscilla Barnes, American actress and producer

1955 – John Watkins

Australian educator and politician

14th Deputy Premier of New South Wales

1956 – Larry Bird, American basketball player and coach

1956: Susan Minot

American novelist and short story writer

1956: Iveta Radičová

Slovak politician

Prime Minister of Slovakia, 2010-2012

1957: Terri Blackstock

American Christian fiction writer

1957 – Tom Winsor, English lawyer and civil servant

1958 – Tim Butler

English bass player and songwriter

(The Psychedelic Furs and Love Spit Love)

1958 – Lillie McCloud, American singer-songwriter

1958 – Rick Rude, American wrestler (d. 1999)

1959 – Barbara Wilshere, English actress

1960 – Craig Scanlon

English guitarist and songwriter (The Fall)

1960: Matthew Shipp

American pianist, composer and bandleader

1961 – Dawn Sears, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)

1962 – Alain Blondel, French decathlete

1962 – Grecia Colmenares, Venezuelan-Argentinian actress

1962 – Jeffrey Donaldson

Northern Irish politician and political activist

1962 – Imad Mughniyah, Lebanese activist (d. 2008)

1963 – Theo Snelders, Dutch footballer and coach

1963 – Barbara Weathers, American singer (Atlantic Starr)

1964 – Roberta Close, Brazilian model and actress

1964 – Patrick Fabian, American actor

1964 – Peter Laviolette

American ice hockey player and coach

1964: J. R. Moehringer

American novelist and journalist

1965 – Dorien de Vries, Dutch sailor

1965 – Colin Hendry, Scottish footballer and manager

1965 – Teruyuki Kagawa, Japanese actor

1965 – Toshinori Omi, Japanese actor

1965 – Jeffrey Wright, American actor

1966 – C. Thomas Howell

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1966 – Shinichi Ito, Japanese motorcycle racer

1966 – Kazue Itoh, Japanese actress

1966 – Andres Kasekamp

Canadian-Estonian historian and academic

1967 – Tino Martinez

American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster

1967 – Katsuya Terada, Japanese illustrator

1968 – Mark Geyer, Australian rugby player and sportscaster

1969 – Andrea Claudio Galluzzo

Italian historian and archaeologist

1969 – Patrice O'Neal, American comedian and actor (d. 2011)

1970 – Carmen Campuzano, Mexican model and actress

1971 – Vladimir Akopian, Azerbaijani-Armenian chess player

1971 – Chasey Lain, American porn actress

1972: Christa Campbell

American actress and producer

1972 – Hermann Maier, Austrian skier

1972 – Tammy Lynn Sytch, American wrestler and manager

1973 – Terrell Owens, American football player and actor

1973 – Fabien Pelous, French rugby player and coach

1973 – Damien Rice

Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

(Juniper and Bell X1)

1973 – Charles Carl Roberts, American murderer (d. 2006)

1974 – Nicole Appleton

Canadian singer and actress (All Saints and Appleton)

1974 – Kang Full, South Korean illustrator

1974 – Panagiotis Liadelis, Greek basketball player

1974 – Kristie Lu Stout

Chinese-American journalist and news anchor

1974 – Voldemārs Lūsis, Latvian javelin thrower

1974 – Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez

Spanish shot putter and actor

1975 – Jamie Clapham, English footballer and coach

1976: Mark Duplass

American film director, film producer, actor, musician,

and screenwriter

1976 – Alan Faneca, American football player

1976 – Ivan Franceschini, Italian footballer

1976: Duncan D. Hunter

American politician

U.S. Representative, R. CA, 2009-present

1976 – Brent Johnson, Canadian football player

1976 – Georges Laraque

Canadian ice hockey player and politician

1976 – Vanessa Lorenzo, Spanish model

1976 – Derek Ramsay

Filipino-English actor, model, VJ, and host

1976 – Sunny Sweeney

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1976 – Benoît Tréluyer, French race car driver

1977 – Eric Chavez, American baseball player

1977 – Luke Donald, English golfer

1977 – Dominic Howard

English drummer and producer (Muse)

1978 – Donny Alamsyah, Indonesian actor

1978 – Shiri Appleby

American actress, director, and producer

1978 – Chad Dukes, American radio host

1978 – Francisco Javier Bautista, Jr. (bka Frankie J)

Mexican-American singer-songwriter and producer

(Kumbia Kings)

1978 – Denaun Porter (aka Mr. Porter)

American rapper and producer (D12)

1979 – Sara Bareilles

American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress

1979 – Jennifer Carpenter, American actress

1979 – Lampros Choutos, Greek-Italian footballer

1979 – Ayako Fujitani, Japanese actress

1980 – John Terry, English footballer
1982 – Chrysanthi-Pagona Pitiropoulou (bka Chrispa)

Greek singer

1982 – Jack Huston, English actor
1982: Jesse Johnson
American actor

1983 – Mike Mucitelli, American mixed martial artist

1984 – Aaron Gray, American basketball player

1984 – Robert Kubica, Polish race car driver

1984 – Milan Michálek, Czech ice hockey player

1984 – Luca Rigoni, Italian footballer

1985 – Dean Ambrose, American wrestler

1986 – Billy Horschel, American golfer
1987 – Aaron Carter

American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

1988 – Nathan Adrian, American swimmer

1988 – Emily Browning, Australian actress and singer

1988 – Angelina Gabueva, Russian tennis player

1988 – Asia Ray Smith, American actress

1988 – Butsakon Tantiphana, Thai actress and singer

1989 – Nicholas Hoult, English actor
1989 – Caleb Landry Jones, American actor

1989 – Alessandro Marchi, Italian footballer

1990 – Aleksandr Menkov, Russian long jumper

1990 – Yasiel Puig, Cuban baseball player

1990 – Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player

1991 – Eugenio Pisani, Italian race car driver

1991 – Dori Sakurada, Japanese actor, singer, and dancer

1994 – Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater

1994 – Myrtle Sarrosa

Filipino actress, model, VJ, and cosplayer

1998 – Tony Yike Yang, Canadian concert pianist

2003 – Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange

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