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1882 – Felix Frankfurter  [Austrian-American lawyer and jurist] (d. 22 Feb 1965)

      Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-1962

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459 – B'utz Aj Sak Chiik, Mayan king (d. 501)

1316 – John I of France (d. 1316)

1397 – Pope Nicholas V (d. 24 Mar 1455)

1498 – Eleanor of Austria (d. 25 Feb 1558)

1511 – Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet and author (d. 1536)

1556 – Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. 1618)

1607 – Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (d. 1701)

1660 – Hermann von der Hardt, German historian and orientalist (d. 1746)

1661 – Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss-American settler and author (d. 1743)

1688 – Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1757)

1692 – Eusebius Amort, German poet and theologian (d. 1775)

1708 – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English soldier and politician  (d. 11 May 1778)

      Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1738 – William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (d. 25 Aug 1822)

1741 – Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss poet and physiognomist (d. 2 Jan 1801)

1746 – Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1809)

1757 – Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher  (d. 1830)

      Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic

1784 – Jérôme Bonaparte, French husband of Catharina of Württemberg (d. 1860)

1791 – Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1869)

1793 – Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (d. 1880)

1849 – Mary E. Byrd, American educator and astronomer (d. 1934)

1852 – Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (d. 1892)

1859 – Christopher Hornsrud, Norwegian politician  (d. 1960)

      11th Prime Minister of Norway

1862 – Gerhart Hauptmann, German author, poet, and playwright  (d. 1946)

      Nobel Prize laureate

1867 – Emil Krebs, German polyglot and sinologist (d. 1930)

1868 – Emil Racoviță, Romanian biologist, zoologist, and explorer (d. 1947)

1873 – Sara Josephine Baker, American physician and academic (d. 1945)

1874 – Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (d. 1941)

1874 – August Krogh, Danish zoologist and physiologist  (d. 1949)

      Nobel Prize laureate

1879 – Lewis Stone, American actor (d. 1953)

1881 – Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (d. 1960)

1886 – René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (d. 1951)

1887 – Marianne Moore, American poet and author (d. 1972)

1887 – Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter (d. 6 Mar 1986)

1888 – Artie Matthews, American pianist and composer (d. 1958)

1890 – Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (d. 1969)

1891 – W. Averell Harriman, American businessman and politician (d. 26 Jul 1986)

      11th United States Secretary of Commerce

1891 – Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (d. 14 Oct 1944)

1892 – Naomi Childers, American actress (d. 1964)

1895 – Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)

1895 – Antoni Słonimski, Polish journalist, poet, and playwright (d. 1976)

1896 – Leonard Lord, English businessman (d. 1967)

1897 – Aneurin Bevan, Welsh journalist and politician (d. 1960)

      Secretary of State for Health

1897 – Sacheverell Sitwell, English author and critic (d. 1988)

1899 – Avdy Andresson, Estonian-American soldier and diplomat (d. 1990)

1901 – Elmar Kaljot, Estonian footballer (d. 1969)

1902:  Diego Giacometti  [Swiss sculptor and designer] (d. 15 Jul 1985)

1903 – Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach (d. 1974)

1905 – Mantovani, Italian conductor and composer (d. 1980)

1906 – Curtis LeMay, American general and politician (d. 1 Oct 1990)

1907 – Claus von Stauffenberg, German colonel (d. 1944)

1912 – Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2010)

1912 – Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (d. 1945)

1913 – Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist and poet (d. 2005)

1914 – V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (d. 2014)

1916 – Nita Barrow, Barbadian nurse and politician (d. 1995)

      7th Governor-General of Barbados

1916 – Bill Melendez, Mexican-American filmmaker (d. 2008)

1919 – Carol Bruce, American singer and actress (d. 2007)

1919 – Joseph Wapner, American lieutenant and judge

1920 – Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1999)

1920:  Wayne Thiebaud  [American painter]

1922 – Francis Brunn, German juggler (d. 2004)

1922 – David Sidney Feingold, American biochemist and academic

1922 – Francesco Rosi, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2015)

1923 – Văn Cao, Vietnamese composer, poet, and painter (d. 1995)

1923 – Samuel Klein, Polish-Brazilian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)

      founded Casas Bahia

1924 – Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer, conductor and music arranger (d. 2013)

1925 – Howard Baker, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat  (d. 2014)

      12th White House Chief of Staff

1925 – Yuli Daniel, Russian poet and author (d. 1988)

1926 – Thomas Williams, American author and academic (d. 1990)

1928 – C. W. McCall, American singer-songwriter and politician

1928 – John Orchard, English actor (d. 1995)

1928 – Seldon Powell, American saxophonist and flute player (d. 1997)

1929 – Ed Asner, American actor, singer, and producer

1929 – Joe Hinton, American singer (d. 1968)

1930 – J. G. Ballard, Chinese-English author (d. 2009)

1931 – John Kerr, American actor, singer, and lawyer (d. 2013)

1931 – Mwai Kibaki, Kenyan economist and politician

      3rd President of Kenya

1931 – Pascal Lissouba, Congolese politician

      President of the Republic of the Congo

1932 – Petula Clark, English singer-songwriter and actress

1932 – Clyde McPhatter, American singer (d. 1972)

      (Billy Ward and his Dominoes and The Drifters)

1932 – Alvin Plantinga, American philosopher, author, and academic

1932:  Luke Rhinehart  [American writer]

1933:  Jack Burns  [American Comedian]

1933 – Gloria Foster, American actress (d. 2001)

1933 – Theodore Roszak, American scholar and author (d. 2011)

1934 – Joanna Barnes, American actress and author

1934 – Peter Dickinson, English pianist and composer

1936 – H. B. Bailey, American race car driver (d. 2003)

1936 – Wolf Biermann, German singer-songwriter and guitarist

1936 – Tara Singh Hayer, Indian-Canadian journalist and publisher (d. 1998)

1937 – Little Willie John, American singer-songwriter (d. 1968)

1937 – Yaphet Kotto, American actor and screenwriter

1939 – Terry Bradbury, English footballer

1939 – Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde  (d. 2015)

      Finnish physician and parapsychologist

1940 – Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer

1940 – Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor and screenwriter

1940 – Hank Wangford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and physician

1940 – Sam Waterston, American actor and producer

1941 – Rick Kemp, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

      (Steeleye Span)

1941 – Daniel Pinkwater, American author and illustrator

1941:  Heathcote Williams  [English poet, actor and dramatist]

1942 – Daniel Barenboim, Argentinian-Israeli pianist and conductor

1945 – Roger Donaldson

      Australian-New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter

1945 – Bob Gunton, American actor and singer

1945 – Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Norwegian-Swedish singer (ABBA)

1946 – Vassilis Goumas, Greek basketball player

1946:  Jodi Rell  [American politician]

      87th Governor of Connecticut, 2004-2011

1947 – Malcolm Ranjith, Sri Lankan cardinal

1947 – Bill Richardson, American politician and diplomat

      21st United States Ambassador to the United Nations

1948:  Jimmy Choo  [Malaysian fashion designer]

1948 – Teodoro Locsin, Jr., Filipino politician, lawyer, and journalist

1950 – Egon Vaupel, German politician, 16th Mayor of Marburg

1951 – Beverly D'Angelo, American actress, singer, and producer

1951 – Billy McColl, Scottish-English actor (d. 2014)

1951 – Joe Puerta, American singer and bass player (Ambrosia)

1951:  Ellen Tauscher  [American politician]

      Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, 2009-2012

      U.S. Representative, D. CA, 1997-2009

1952 – Rick Atkinson, American journalist, historian, and author

1952 – Zoltán Buday, Hungarian-Canadian actor

1952 – Randy Savage, American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2011)

1953:  Alexander O'Neal  [American musician]

1953 – James Widdoes, American actor, director, and producer

1954 – Kevin S. Bright, American executive producer and director

1954 – Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Polish journalist and politician

      3rd President of Poland

1954 – Randy Thomas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

      (Sweet Comfort Band and Allies)

1955 – Buck Adams, American porn actor and director (d. 2008)

1956 – Michael Hampton, American guitarist and producer

      (Parliament-Funkadelic)

1956 – Brian Douglas Wells, American delivery man (d. 2003)

1957 – Kevin Eubanks, American guitarist and composer

      (Kevin Eubanks and The Tonight Show Band and The Tonight Show Band)

1957 – Harold Marcuse, American historian and educator

1957 – Ray McKinnon, American actor and director

1957 – Michael Woythe, German footballer and manager

1958 – Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Australian actor and director

1958 – Gu Kailai, Chinese lawyer and businesswoman

1959 – Tibor Fischer, English author

1960 – Dawn Airey, English broadcaster

1960 – Susanne Lothar, German actress (d. 2012)

1961 – Metin Kaçan, Turkish author (d. 2013)

1962 – Mark Acres, American basketball player and educator

1962 – Judy Gold, American comedian, actress, and producer

1962 – Maggie O'Neill, English actress

1963 – Andrew Castle, English tennis player and television host

1963 – Benny Elias, Lebanese-Australian rugby player and sportscaster

1963 – Kevin J. O'Connor, American actor

1964 – Stelios Aposporis, Greek footballer and manager

1964 – Mikhail Rusyayev, Russian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2011)

1964 – Tiit Sokk, Estonian basketball player and coach

1965 – Nigel Bond, English snooker player

1965:  Peter Middlebrook  [English economist, political scientist, and businessman]

1965 – Stefan Pfeiffer, German swimmer

1966 – Rachel True, American actress

1967 – E-40, American rapper (The Click)

1967 – Greg Anthony, American basketball player and sportscaster

1967 – Pedro Borbón, Jr., Dominican baseball player

1967:  Cynthia Breazeal  [computer scientist]

1967 – Wayne Harrison, English footballer (d. 2013)

1967 – Dom Joly, Lebanese-English comedian and journalist

1967 – François Ozon, French director, producer, and screenwriter

1967 – Gus Poyet, Uruguayan footballer and manager

1968 – Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper and producer

      (Wu-Tang Clan) (d. 2004)

1968 – Fausto Brizzi, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter

1968 – Jennifer Charles, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

      (Elysian Fields, Lovage, and La Mar Enfortuna)

1968 – Uwe Rösler, German footballer and manager

1968 – Teodoro Casiño, Filipino writer, politician, and journalist

1970 – Ilija Aračić, Croatian footballer and coach

1970 – Jack Ingram, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1970 – Alexander Kvitashvili, Georgian-Ukrainian politician

1970 – Patrick M'Boma, Cameroonian footballer

1971 – Jay Harrington, American actor

1971 – Martin Pieckenhagen, German footballer

1972 – Jessica Hynes, English actress, producer, and screenwriter

1972 – Jonny Lee Miller, English-American actor

1973 – Sydney Tamiia Poitier, American actress

1974 – Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

      (Nickelback)

1975 – Scott Henshall, English fashion designer

1975 – Yannick Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player

1975 – Boris Živković, Croatian footballer

1976 – Brandon DiCamillo, American comedian, actor, and stuntman

1976 – Virginie Ledoyen, French actress

1976 – Sule, Indonesian comedian

1977:  Jon Hurwitz  [American screenwriter]

1977 – Sean Murray, American actor

1977 – Peter Phillips, English businessman

1977 – Robaire Smith, American football player

1977 – Logan Whitehurst, American singer-songwriter and drummer  (d. 2006)

      (The Velvet Teen)

1978 – Floyd Womack, American football player

1979 – Josemi, Spanish footballer

1979 – Brooks Bollinger, American football player and coach

1979 – Brett Lancaster, Australian cyclist

1980 – Kevin Staut, French horse rider

1980 – Ace Young, American singer-songwriter and actor

1981 – Drew Hodgdon, American football player

1981 – Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer

1982:  Yaya DaCosta (born Camara DaCosta Johnson)

      American actress and model

1982 – D. J. Fitzpatrick, American football player

1982 – Rio Hirai, Japanese announcer

1982 – Joe Kowalewski, American football player

1982 – Benjamin Krause, German rugby player

1982 – Giaan Rooney, Australian swimmer

1982 – Lofa Tatupu, American football player

1982 – Kalu Uche, Nigerian footballer

1983 – Dominic Carroll, Gibraltarian runner

1983 – Sasha Pavlović, Serbian basketball player

1983 – DJ Skee, American DJ and producer

1983 – Laura Smet, French actress

1983 – Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player

1985 – Lily Aldridge, American model

1985 – Casnel Bushay, Vincentian sprinter

1985 – Charron Fisher, American basketball player

1985 – Simon Spender, Welsh footballer

1986 – Coye Francies, American football player

1986 – Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player

1986 – Jerry Roush, American singer-songwriter

      (Of Mice & Men, Sky Eats Airplane, and Glass Cloud)

1987 – Isaiah Osbourne, English footballer

1988 – B.o.B, American rapper and producer

1988 – Zena Grey, American actress

1988 – Morgan Parra, French rugby player

1988 – Billy Twelvetrees, English rugby player

1989 – Jonalyn Viray, Filipino singer and actress

1990 – Kanata Hongō, Japanese actor

1990 – Jonathan Wentz, American horse rider (d. 2012)

1990 – Erika Yazawa, Japanese model

1991 – Maxime Colin, French footballer

1991 – Shailene Woodley, American actress

1992 – Minami Minegishi, Japanese singer and actress

      (AKB48 and no3b)

1992 – Daniela Seguel, Chilean tennis player

1992 – Kevin Wimmer, Austrian footballer

1993 – Paulo Dybala, Argentine footballer

1993 – Saaya Irie, Japanese actress and singer (Sweet Kiss)

1994 – Saffron Coomber, English actress

1995 – Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player

1997 – Leelah Alcorn, American suicide victim (d. 2014)

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Johnny Graff

Katie Evans

Sue Lakoduk

Ghassan Hajjar

Helen Stevens

Estella Parry

Cherie Gwinn

Jaydin Ruby Prichard

Jim Stephens

Maguire Isaak

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Dean & Jonda Spurbeck

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Notable

655 – Penda of Mercia
1136 – Leopold III, Margrave of Austria (b. 1073)
1226 – Frederick of Isenberg (b. 1193)
1280 – Albertus Magnus, German bishop, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1193)
1463 – Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini  (b. 1386)
      Italian son of Mary of Enghien
1579 – Ferenc Dávid, Hungarian preacher  (b. 1510)
      founded the Unitarian Church of Transylvania
1628 – Roque González de Santa Cruz, Paraguayan missionary and martyr (b. 1576)
1630 – Johannes Kepler, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1571)
1670 – John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop, philosopher, and educator (b. 1592)
1691 – Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
1706 – 6th Dalai Lama (b. 1683)
1712 – James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton  (b. 1658)
      Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
1712 – Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (b. 1675)
1787 – Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (b. 1714)
1794 – John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic (b. 1723)
1795 – Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (b. 1719)
1819 – Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
1832 – Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and businessman (b. 1767)
1853 – Maria II of Portugal (b. 1819)
1892 – Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish-Canadian serial killer (b. 1850)
1908 – Empress Dowager Cixi of China (b. 1835)
1910 – Wilhelm Raabe, German author (b. 1831)
1916 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author  (b. 1846)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1917 – Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1858)
1919 – Mohammad Farid, Egyptian lawyer and politician (b. 1868)
1919 – Alfred Werner, French-Swiss chemist and academic  (b. 1866)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1922 – Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician  (b. 1866)
      94th Prime Minister of Greece
1922 – Petros Protopapadakis, Greek mathematician and politician  (b. 1854)
      107th Prime Minister of Greece
1922 – Nikolaos Stratos, Greek politician  (b. 1872)
      106th Prime Minister of Greece
1945 – Frank Chapman, American ornithologist and photographer (b. 1864)
1949 – Narayan Apte, Indian activist, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1911)
1949 – Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1910)
1951 – Frank Weston Benson, American painter (b. 1862)
1954 – Lionel Barrymore, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1878)
1958 – Tyrone Power, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1914)
1959 – Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist  (b. 1869)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1960 – Robert Raymond Cook, Canadian murderer (b. 1937)
1961 – Elsie Ferguson, American actress (b. 1883)
1961 – Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch plant pathologist (b. 1883)
1963 – Fritz Reiner, Hungarian-American conductor (b. 1888)
1966 – Dimitrios Tofalos, Greek weightlifter (b. 1877)
1966 – William Zorach, Lithuanian-American artist (b. 1887)
1967 – Michael J. Adams, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
1971 – Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher, English-Russian colonel (b. 1903)
1976 – Jean Gabin, French actor, singer, and producer (b. 1904)
1978 – Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
1980 – Bill Lee, American actor and singer (b. 1916)
1981 – Steve Macko, American baseball player and coach (b. 1954)
1981 – Enid Markey, American actress (b. 1894)
1981 – Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar (b. 1938)
1982 – Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian  (b. 1895)
      Bharat Ratna Awardee
1982 – Martín de Álzaga, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1901)
1982 – Dick Randall, Australian public servant (b. 1906)
1983 – John Grimaldi, English musician, songwriter and artist (Argent) (b. 1955)
1983 – Charlie Grimm, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
1983 – John Le Mesurier, English actor (b. 1912)
1985 – Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter, photographer, and poet (b. 1913)
1988 – Billo Frómeta, Dominican conductor and composer (b. 1915)
1988 – Ieronymos I of Athens, Greek archbishop (b. 1905)
1994 – Elizabeth George Speare, American author (b. 1908)
1996 – Alger Hiss, American lawyer and diplomat (b. 1904)
1997 – Saul Chaplin, American director and composer (b. 1912)
1998 – Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (b. 1941)
1998 – Ludvík Daněk, Czech discus thrower (b. 1937)
2003 – Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (b. 1910)
2003 – Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (b. 1933)
2003 – Laurence Tisch, American businessman  (b. 1923)
      co-founded the Loews Corporation
2004 – Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician  (b. 1909)
      30th Governor of Minnesota
2006 – David K. Wyatt, American historian and author (b. 1937)
2006 – Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian model (b. 1985)
2008 – Grace Hartigan, American painter (b. 1922)
2009 – Dennis Cole, American actor (b. 1940)
2009 – Patriarch Pavle of Serbia (b. 1914)
2010 – Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (b. 1932)
2011 – Oba Chandler, American murderer (b. 1946)
2012 – Théophile Abega, Cameroonian footballer and politician (b. 1954)
2012 – K. C. Pant, Indian politician  (b. 1931)
      18th Indian Minister of Defence
2012 – Frode Thingnæs, Norwegian trombonist, composer, and conductor (b. 1940)
2013 – Karla Álvarez, Mexican actress (b. 1972)
2013 – Glafcos Clerides, Cypriot lawyer and politician  (b. 1919)
      4th President of Cyprus
2013 – Raimondo D'Inzeo, Italian horse rider (b. 1925)
2014 – Lucien Clergue, French photographer (b. 1934)
2014 – Leslie Feinberg, American activist and author (b. 1949)
2014 – Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1983)

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