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65 BC – Quintus Horatius Flaccus (aka Horace) (d. 8 BC)

Roman soldier and poet

1412 – Astorre II Manfredi (d. 12 Mar 1468)

lord of Imola from 1439 and of Faenza from 1443

1542 – Mary I of Scotland (d. 8 Feb 1587)

Queen of Scotland, 1542-1567

Queen consort of France, 1559-1560

1574 – Maria Anna of Bavaria (d. 8 Mar 1616)

German princess of the House of Wittelsbach by birth

Archduchess of Innes Austria by marriage

1678 – Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole (d. 5 Feb 1757)

English politician and diplomat

British Ambassador to France

1699 – Maria Josepha of Austria (d. 17 Nov 1757)

Queen consort of Poland

Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania

Electress consort of Saxony

1708 – Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 18 Aug 1765)

Holy Roman Emperor; King of Germany, 1745-1765

Archduke of Austria, 1740-1765

Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1727-1765

Duke of Lorraine, 1729-1737

1724 – Claude Balbastre (d. 1799)

French organist and composer

1728: Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann (d. 7 Oct 1795)

Swiss philosophical writer, naturalist, and physician.

1730 – Jan Ingenhousz (d. 1799)

Dutch physician, physiologist, and botanist

1731 – František Xaver Dušek (d. 1799)

Czech pianist and composer

1756 – Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (d. 26 Jul 1801)

Archbishop and Elector Spiritual of Cologne, 1784-1801

1765 – Eli Whitney (d. 8 Jan 1825)

American engineer, invented the cotton gin

1795 – Peter Andreas Hansen (d. 1874)

Danish astronomer and mathematician

1815 – Adolph Menzel (d. 1905)

German painter and illustrator

1816 – August Belmont (d. 1890)

Prussian-American financier and diplomat

16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands

1817 – Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (d. 1896)

Danish politician, 10th Prime Minister of Denmark

1818 – Charles III, Prince of Monaco (d. 1889)

1822 – Jakov Ignjatović (d. 1889)

Hungarian-Serbian author

1829: Henry Timrod (d. 7 Oct 1867)

American poet

1832 – Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (d. 1910)

Norwegian-French author and playwright

Nobel Prize laureate

1859: William Henry O'Connell (d. 22 Apr 1944)

American Roman Catholic cardinal

2nd Archbishop of Boston, 1907-1944

1860 – Amanda McKittrick Ros (d. 1939)

Irish author and poet

1861 – William C. Durant (d. 1947)

American businessman

founded General Motors and Chevrolet

1861 – Aristide Maillol, French sculptor and painter (d. 1944)

1861 – Georges Méliès (d. 1938)

French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1862 – Georges Feydeau, French playwright (d. 1921)

1864 – Camille Claudel (d. 1943)

French illustrator and sculptor

1865 – Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (d. 1946)

1865 – Jacques Hadamard (d. 1963)

French mathematician and academic

1865 – Jean Sibelius (d. 1957)

Finnish pianist and composer

1868: George Norman Douglas (d. 7 Feb 1952)

British writer

1874 – Ernst Moro (d. 1951)

Austrian physician and pediatrician

1875 – Frederik Buch, Danish actor and screenwriter (d. 1925)

1877 – Paul Ladmirault (d. 1944)

French pianist, violinist, and composer

1880 – Johannes Aavik (d. 1973)

Estonian linguist and philologist

1884 – Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour (d. 1965)

English Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army

and colonial administrator

1886 – Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and educator (d. 1957)

1886 – Albert Üksip, Estonian actor and botanist (d. 1966)

1889: William Hervey Allen (d. 28 Dec 1949)

American author

1890 – Bohuslav Martinů (d. 1959)

Czech-American pianist and composer

1892 – Marcus Lee Hansen (d. 1938)

American historian, author, and academic

1894 – E. C. Segar (d. 1938)

American cartoonist, created Popeye

1894 – James Thurber (d. 1961)

American author and illustrator

1894 – Marthe Vinot, French actress (d. 1974)

1899 – Arthur Leslie, British actor and playwright (d. 1970)

1899 – John Qualen (d. 1987)

Canadian-American actor and singer

1900 – Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician (d. 1990)

1900 – Ants Oras (d. 1982)

Estonian-American author and academic

1902 – Wifredo Lam, Cuban-French painter (d. 1982)

1906: Richard Dafydd Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd (d. 30 No 1983)

British novelist, pen name Richard Llewellyn

1908 – Concha Piquer, Spanish singer and actress (d. 1990)

1908 – John A. Volpe (d. 1994)

American soldier and politician

61st Governor of Massachusetts

1909 – Lesslie Newbigin (d. 1998)

English bishop and theologian

1909 – Gratien Gélinas

Canadian actor, director, and producer

1911 – Lee J. Cobb, American actor (d. 11 Feb 1976)

1911 – Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter (d. 1992)

1913 – Delmore Schwartz, American poet and author (d. 1966)

1913: Caitlin (Macnamara) Thomas (d. 31 Jul 1994)

British author

wife of poet and writer Dylan Thomas

1915 – Ernest Lehman (d. 2005)

American director, producer, and screenwriter

1916 – Richard Fleischer (d. 2006)

American director, producer, and screenwriter

1918 – Gérard Souzay, French actor and singer (d. 2004)

1919 – Peter Tali Coleman (d. 1997)

Samoan-American lawyer and politician

43rd Governor of American Samoa

1919 – Julia Robinson (d. 1985)

American mathematician and theorist

1919 – Kateryna Yushchenko (d. 2001)

Ukrainian computer scientist

1920 – McDonald Bailey (d. 2013)

Trinidadian-English sprinter and rugby player

1922 – Lucian Freud (d. 2011)

German-English painter and illustrator

1922 – Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)

1923 – Rudolph Pariser

Chinese-American soldier and chemist

1924 – Lionel Gilbert (d. 2015)

Australian historian, author, and academic

1925 – Sammy Davis, Jr. (d. 16 May 1990)

American actor, singer, and dancer

1925 – Carmen Martín Gaite (d. 2000)

Spanish author and poet

1925 – Jimmy Smith, American organist (d. 2005)

1927 – Ferdie Pacheco, American physician and author

1927 – Vladimir Shatalov

Kazakhstani general, pilot, and astronaut

1928 – Bill Hewitt (d. 1996)

Canadian journalist and sportscaster

1928 – Ulric Neisser (d. 2012)

German-American psychologist, neuroscientist, and academic

1929 – Paddy O'Byrne (d. 2013)

Irish radio host and actor

1930 – Julian Critchley (d. 2000)

English journalist and politician

1930: Sherwin Bernard Nuland (d. 3 Mar 2014)

American surgeon, writer, and educator

1930 – Maximilian Schell (d. 2014)

Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1931 – Bob Arum

American boxing promoter, founded Top Rank

1933 – Flip Wilson (d. 25 Nov 1998)

American actor and screenwriter

1935 – Dharmendra, Indian actor, producer, and politician

1935 – Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Russian-Israeli chess player

1936 – David Carradine (d. 3 Jun 2009)

American actor, director, and producer

1936 – Michael Hobson, American publisher

1937 – James MacArthur, American actor (d. 28 Oct 2010)

1937 – Arne Næss, Jr. (d. 2004)

German-Norwegian mountaineer and businessman

1938: John Kufuor

Ghanaian lawyer, businessman, politician, and statesman

2nd President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, 2001-2009

1939: Mary Catherine Bateson

American writer and cultural anthropologist

1939 – Red Berenson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1939 – Jerry Butler (The Impressions)

American singer-songwriter and producer

1939 – James Galway, Northern Irish musician

1939 – Dariush Mehrjui

Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter

1939 – Soko Richardson (d. 2004)

American drummer

(Kings of Rhythm and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)

1940 – Brant Alyea, American baseball player

1941 – Ed Brinkman (d. 2008)

American baseball player and coach

1941 – Bob Brown, American football player

1941 – Duke Cunningham, American commander and politician

1941 – Bobby Elliott, English drummer (The Hollies)

1941 – Geoff Hurst, English footballer and manager

1943 – Larry Martin (d. 2013)

American paleontologist and ornithologist

1943 – Jim Morrison (d. 3 Jul 1971)

American singer-songwriter and poet

(The Doors and Rick & the Ravens)

1943 – James Tate, American poet and academic (d. 2015)

1943 – Bodo Tümmler, German runner

1943 – Mary Woronov

American actress, director, and screenwriter

1944 – George Baker, Dutch singer-songwriter

1944 – Bertie Higgins, American singer-songwriter

1944 – Ted Irvine, Canadian ice hockey player

1944 – Vince MacLean, Canadian educator and politician

1945 – John Banville, Irish author and journalist

1946 – John Rubinstein

American actor, director, and composer

1946 – Sharmila Tagore, Indian actress

1947 – Chava Alberstein

Polish-born Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist

1947 – Gregg Allman

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

(The Allman Brothers Band and Hour Glass)

1947 – Gérard Blanc (d. 2009)

French singer, guitarist, and actor

1947: Drew Busby

Scottish footballer

1947 – Thomas R. Cech

American chemist and academic

Nobel Prize laureate

1947 – Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Finnish author and poet

1947 – Margaret Geller, American astrophysicist

1947 – Bruce Kimmel, American actor, director, and producer

1948 – Luis Caffarelli

Argentinian-American mathematician and academic

1949 – Mary Gordon, American author and academic

1949 – Nancy Meyers

American director, producer, and screenwriter

1949 – Ray Shulman

English violinist, guitarist, and producer

(Simon Dupree and the Big Sound and Gentle Giant)

1949 – Robert Sternberg

American psychologist and academic

1950 – Rick Baker, American actor and makeup artist

1950 – Tim Foli

American baseball player, coach, and manager

1950 – Dan Hartman (d. 1994)

American singer-songwriter and producer

(Edgar Winter Group)

1951 – Bill Bryson, American author and academic

1951 – Richard Desmond

English publisher and businessman

founded Northern & Shell

1951 – Jan Eggum

Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1952 – Khaw Boon Wan

Malayan-Singaporean politician

Singaporean Minister of Health

1952 – Steve Atkinson, English cricketer

1953: Tom Barrett

American politician
44th Mayor of Milwaukee, 2004-present

U.S. Representative, D. WI, 1993-2003

1953 – Kim Basinger, American actress, singer, and producer

1953 – Roy Firestone, American sportscaster and journalist

1953 – Norman Finkelstein

American author, academic, and activist

1953 – Sam Kinison, American comedian and actor (d. 1992)

1953 – Władysław Kozakiewicz, Lithuanian-Polish pole vaulter

1953 – Steve Yates, English footballer

1954: Louis de Bernieres

British novelist

1954 – Harold Hongju Koh

American lawyer, academic, and politician

1954 – Frits Pirard, Dutch cyclist

1954 – Gama Singh, Indian-Canadian wrestler

1955 – Kasim Sulton

American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

(Blue Öyster Cult, Utopia, and The New Cars)

1955 – Milenko Zablaćanski (d. 2008)

Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter

1956 – Warren Cuccurullo

American guitarist

(Duran Duran, Missing Persons, TV Mania, and Chicanery)

1956 – Andrew Edge

English drummer

(Thompson Twins, Uropa Lula, and Savage Progress)

1956 – Andrius Kubilius

Lithuanian academic and politician

9th Prime Minister of Lithuania

1957: Cai Guo-Qiang
Chinese contemporary artist

1957 – James Cama (d. 2014)

American martial artist and educator

1957 – Phil Collen

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

(Def Leppard, Girl, Man Raze, Tush, and Dumb Blondes)

1957 – José Luis González, Spanish runner

1957 – Kenneth "Ken" Johnson (bka Slick)
American wrestler and manager

1958 – Rob Byrnes, American author and blogger

1958 – Rob Curling, Malayan-English journalist

1958 – Jan Eggum

Norwegian singer-songwriter (Gitarkameratene)

1958 – Michel Ferté, French race car driver

1958 – Bob Greene, American physiologist and author

1958 – Thongchai McIntyre, Thai singer and actor

1958 – Mirosław Okoński, Polish footballer

1959 – Stephen Jefferies, South African cricketer and coach

1959 – Mark Steyn, Canadian-American author and critic

1960 – Aaron Allston (d. 2014)

American game designer and author

1960 – Lim Guan Eng

Malaysian accountant and politician

4th Chief Minister of the State of Penang

1961 – Ann Coulter, American lawyer, journalist, and author

1961 – Mikey Robins, Australian comedian and television host

1962 – Berry van Aerle, Dutch footballer

1962 – Steve Elkington, Australian-American golfer

1962 – Marty Friedman

American-Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and television host

(Megadeth, Cacophony, and Hawaii)

1962 – Nikos Karageorgiou, Greek footballer and manager

1962 – Wendell Pierce, American actor and producer

1963 – Greg Howe

American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

1963 – Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese wrestler

1964 – James Blundell

Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1964 – Teri Hatcher, American cheerleader and actress

1964 – Chigusa Nagayo, Japanese wrestler

1964 – Mike Ruiz

Canadian-American model, actor, and photographer

1965 – David Harewood, English actor

1965 – Carina Lau, Chinese actress and singer

1965 – Theo Maassen, Dutch actor, producer, and screenwriter

1966 – Les Ferdinand, English footballer and coach

1966 – Tyler Mane, Canadian wrestler and actor

1966 – Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter

1967 – Jeff George, American football player

1967 – Andy Kapp, German curler

1967: Raul Labrador

American politician

U.S. Representative, R. ID, 2011-present

1967 – Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese voice actress and singer

1967 – Darren Sheridan, English footballer and manager

1967 – Junkie XL, Dutch keyboard player and producer

1968 – Michael Cole, American journalist and sportscaster

1968: Wendi Deng Murdoch

Chinese-born American businesswoman

1968 – Mike Mussina, American baseball player and coach

1968 – Doriano Romboni, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2013)

1969 – Steve Van Wormer, American actor

1970 – Me Phi Me, American rapper

1970 – Emi Wakui, Japanese actress

1971 – Abdullah Ercan, Turkish footballer and manager

1972 – Marco Abreu, Angolan footballer

1972 – Indrek Allmann, Estonian architect

1972 – Édson Ribeiro, Brazilian sprinter

1972 – Frank Shamrock

American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer

1972: Rachel Sklar

Canadian lawyer, CNN contributor, and media blogger

1973 – Doron Bell, Canadian actor

1973 – Corey Taylor

American singer-songwriter

(Slipknot, Stone Sour, and Junk Beer Kidnap Band)

1974 – Cristian Castro, Mexican singer

1974 – Tony Simmons, American football player and coach

1974 – Nick Zinner

American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

(Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Head Wound City)

1975 – Kevin Harvick, American race car driver

1976 – Brettina Lorena Robinson (bka Brettina)

Bahamian-American singer-songwriter and actress

1976 – Reed Johnson, American baseball player

1976 – Dominic Monaghan

German-English actor and producer

1977 – Elsa Benítez, Mexican model and television host

1977 – Sébastien Chabal, French rugby player

1977 – Priit Narusk, Estonian skier

1977 – Ryan Newman, American race car driver

1977 – Aleksandra Olsza, Polish tennis player

1977: Matthias Schoenaerts

Belgian actor and graffiti artist

1977 – Anita Weyermann, Swiss runner and journalist

1978 – John Oster, English-Welsh footballer

1978 – Frédéric Piquionne, French footballer

1978 – Anwar Siraj, Ethiopian footballer

1978 – Ian Somerhalder, American actor

1978 – Vernon Wells, American baseball player

1979 – Daniel Fitzhenry, Australian rugby player

1979 – Johan Forssell, Swedish politician

1979 – Raymond Lam, Chinese actor and singer

1979 – Ingrid Michaelson

American singer-songwriter and pianist

1979 – José Peña, Venezuelan sprinter

1979 – Christian Wilhelmsson, Swedish footballer

1980 – Lisa Kelly, American truck driver

1980 – Yuliya Krevsun, Ukrainian runner

1981 – Jeremy Accardo, American baseball player

1981 – Azra Akın

Dutch-Turkish model and actress, Miss World 2002

1981 – Simon Finnigan, English rugby player

1981: Clayton "The Carpenter" Guida

American mixed martial artist,

1981 – Philip Rivers, American football player

1982 – Alfredo Aceves, American baseball player

1982 – Halil Altıntop, Turkish footballer

1982 – Hamit Altıntop, Turkish footballer

1982 – Chrisette Michele, American singer-songwriter
1982 – Nicki Minaj, Trinidadian-American rapper and actress

1982 – Noelle Pikus-Pace, American skeleton racer

1982 – Jimmy Rave, American wrestler

1982 – DeeDee Trotter, American runner

1983: Utkarsh Ambudkar

American actor, singer, and rapper of Indian descent

1983 – Neel Jani, Swiss race car driver

1983 – Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2014)

1983 – Liu Song, Chinese snooker player

1984 – Emma Green Tregaro, Swedish high jumper

1984 – Greg Halford, English footballer

1984 – Badr Hari, Dutch kick-boxer

1984 – Sam Hunt, American singer-songwriter

1985 – Meagan Duhamel, Canadian figure skater

1985 – Dwight Howard, American basketball player

1985 – Oleksiy Pecherov, Ukrainian basketball player

1985 – Josh Donaldson, American baseball player

1986 – Amir Khan, English boxer

1986: Peta Todd
English glamour model and Page 3 girl
1986 – Kate Voegele

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

1987 – Jana Juricová, Slovak tennis player

1989 – Drew Doughty, Canadian ice hockey player

1989 – Alonso Edward, Panamanian sprinter

1989 – Jen Ledger, English singer and drummer (Skillet)

1992 – Katie Stevens, American actress and singer

1992 – Yui Yokoyama, Japanese singer and actress

(AKB48, NMB48, and Not Yet)

1993 – Janari Jõesaar, Estonian basketball player

1993 – Jordan Obita, English footballer

1993 – AnnaSophia Robb, American actress and singer

1994 – Conseslus Kipruto, Kenyan runner

1994 – Aika Ota, Japanese singer

(HKT48, AKB48, and Watariroka Hashiritai)

1994 – Raheem Sterling, English footballer

1994 – Suzuran Yamauchi, Japanese singer

(SKE48 and AKB48)

1995 – Jordon Ibe, English footballer

1996 – Teala Dunn, American actress

2001 – Tylen Jacob Williams, American actor

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