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1925 – Robert Francis Kennedy  (d. 6 Jun 1968)

      American soldier, lawyer, and politician

      64th United States Attorney General, 1961-1964

      U.S. Senator, D. NY, 1965-1968

1942 – Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.

      American lawyer and politician

      46th President of the United States, 2021-present

      47th Vice President of the United States, 2009-2017

      U.S. Senator, D. DE, 1973-2009

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270 – Maximinus II, Roman emperor (d. 313)

1602 – Otto von Guericke, German physicist and politician (d. 1686)

1620 – Avvakum, Russian priest and saint (d. 1682)

1625 – Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)

1660 – Daniel Ernst Jablonski  (d. 1741)

      Czech-German theologian and reformer

1739:  Jean-François de La Harpe  (d. 11 Feb 1803)

      French playwright, writer and critic

1750 – Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)

1761 – Pope Pius VIII (d. 1830)

1765 – Thomas Fremantle, English admiral and politician (d. 1819)

1781 – Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German captain and jurist (d. 1854)

1813 – Franc Miklošič, Slovenian linguist and philologist (d. 1891)

1839 – Christian Wilberg, German painter and illustrator (d. 1882)

1841 – Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (d. 1901)

1841 – Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician  (d. 1919)

      7th Prime Minister of Canada

1849 – R. A. Jones, English clock and watchmaker (d. 1925)

1851 – Margherita of Savoy (d. 1926)

1855:  Josiah Royce  [American philosopher] (d. 14 Sep 1916)

1858 – Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)

1866 – Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge (d. 1944)

1869 – Clark Griffith, American baseball player and manager (d. 1955)

1871:  Arthur Guiterman  [American writer] (d. 11 Jan 1943)

1874 – James Michael Curley, American politician  (d. 1958)

      53rd Governor of Massachusetts

1877 – Herbert Pitman, English ship officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1961)

1880 – Walter Brack, German swimmer (d. 1919)

1880 – George McBride, American baseball player and manager (d. 1973)

1881 – Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (d. 1968)

1882 – Andy Coakley, American baseball player and coach (d. 1963)

1884 – Norman Thomas, American minister and politician (d. 1968)

1886 – Bray Hammond, American historian and author (d. 1968)

1886 – Robert Hunter, American golfer (d. 1971)

1886 – Karl von Frisch   (d. 1982)

      Austrian-German ethologist and zoologist

      Nobel Prize laureate

1889 – Edwin Powell Hubble  (d. 28 Sep 1953)

      American astronomer and cosmologist

1892 – James Collip, Canadian biochemist and academic  (d. 1965)

      co-discovered insulin

1896 – Chiyono Hasegawa, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2011)

1900 – Chester Gould, American cartoonist  (d. 1985)

      created Dick Tracy

1903 – Alexandra Danilova  (d. 1997)

      Russian-American ballerina and choreographer

1905 – Minoo Masani, Indian politician (d. 1998)

1907 – Fran Allison, American actress and singer (d. 1989)

1907 – Henri-Georges Clouzot  (d. 1977)

      French director, producer, and screenwriter

1908 – Alistair Cooke  (d. 30 Mar 2004)

      English-American journalist and author

1910:  Pauli Murray  [American activist, lawyer, and author]

1910 – Willem Jacob van Stockum  (d. 1944)

      Dutch mathematician, pilot, and academic

1912 – Otto von Habsburg  (d. 2011)

      Austrian-German husband of Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen

1913 – Judy Canova, American actress and singer (d. 1983)

1913 – Kostas Choumis, Greek footballer (d. 1981)

1914 – Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer and politician (d. 1992)

1915 – Kon Ichikawa, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)

1916 – Michael J. Ingelido, American general (d. 2015)

1916 – Evelyn Keyes, American actress and singer (d. 2008)

1917 – Robert Byrd, American lawyer and politician (d. 2010)

1917 – Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987)

1918 – Corita Kent, American nun, illustrator, and educator (d. 1986)

1919 – Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (d. 2006)

1919 – Alan Brown, English racing driver (d. 2004)

1919 – Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (d. 2012)

1921 – Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (d. 1992)

1923 – Danny Dayton, American actor and television director (d. 1999)

1923 – Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist  (d. 2014)

      Nobel Prize laureate

1924 – Benoit Mandelbrot  (d. 2010)

      Polish-American mathematician and economist

1924 – Henk Vredeling, Dutch politician  (d. 14 Oct 2010)

      Dutch Minister of Defence

1925 – Kaye Ballard, American actress and singer

1925 – George Barris, American custom cars designer (d. 2015)

1925 – June Christy, American singer (d. 1990)

1925 – Maya Plisetskaya  (d. 2015)

      Soviet-born Lithuanian-Spanish ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director

1926 – John Gardner, English soldier and author (d. 2007)

1926 – Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (d. 2007)

1926 – Tôn Thất Đính, Vietnamese general (d. 2013)

1927 – Ed Freeman, American soldier and pilot  (d. 2008)

      Medal of Honor recipient

1927 – Estelle Parsons, American actress and director

1928 – Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor and director

1928 – Franklin Cover, American actor (d. 2006)

1928 – John Disley, Welsh horse racer

1929 – Penelope Hobhouse, Irish gardener, author, and educator

1929 – Don January, American golfer and architect

1930 – Bernard Horsfall, English-Scottish actor (d. 2013)

1932 – Richard Dawson  (d. 6 Jun 2012)

      English-American actor and game show host

1934:  R. W. Apple, Jr.  [American journalist] (d. 4 Oct 2006)

1935 – Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (d. 2011)

1936 – Don DeLillo, American novelist, playwright and essayist

1936 – Charles R. Larson, American admiral (d. 2014)

1936 – Bill Wallis, English actor (d. 2013)

1937 – Rhys Isaac, South African-Australian historian and author (d. 2010)

1937 – René Kollo, German tenor and actor

1937 – Ruth Laredo, American pianist and educator (d. 2005)

1937 – Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish skier (d. 2013)

1937 – Viktoriya Tokareva, Russian author and screenwriter

1939 – Dick Smothers, American actor and singer (Smothers Brothers)

1940 – Helma Sanders-Brahms  (d. 2014)

      German director, producer, and screenwriter

1940 – Ediz Hun, Turkish film actor and politician

1941 – Haseena Moin, Pakistani screenwriter and playwright

1941 – Oliver Sipple, American soldier and activist (d. 1989)

1942 – Robert Costanzo, American actor

1942 – Bob Einstein, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1942 – Norman Greenbaum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1942 – Meredith Monk, American composer and choreographer

1942 – Paulos Faraj Rahho, Iraqi archbishop (d. 2008)

1943 – Veronica Hamel, American actress and producer

1944 – Louie Dampier, American basketball player and coach

1944 – Mike Vernon, English record producer, founded Blue Horizon

1945:  Deborah Eisenberg  [American writer, actress, and teacher

1945 – Paul Langford, English historian and academic

1945 – Rick Monday, American baseball player and sportscaster

1945 – Nanette Workman, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

1945 – Emel Sayın, Turkish singer and movie actress

1946 – Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist  (d. 1971)

     (The Allman Brothers Band, Hour Glass, Derek and the Dominos, and The Allman Joys)

1946 – Greg Cook, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2012)

1946 – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow

1946 – Judy Woodruff, American journalist and educator

1947 – Joe Walsh, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

      (Eagles, James Gang, and Barnstorm)

1948 – John R. Bolton, American lawyer and diplomat

      25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations

1948 – Park Chul-soo, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)

1948 – Barbara Hendricks, American-Swedish soprano and actress

1948 – Richard Masur, American actor and director

1949 – Jeff Dowd, American film producer and activist

1949 – Thelma Drake, American politician

1950:  Li Yuanchao  [Chinese politician]

      Vice President of the People's Republic of China, 2013-present

1951 – Rodger Bumpass, American actor and singer

1951 – David Walters, American politician

      24th Governor of Oklahoma

1952 – John Van Boxmeer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1954 – Berit Andnor, Swedish politician

      Swedish Minister of Social Affairs

1954 – Steve Dahl, American radio host and actor

1954 – Chris McNeill, American ski jumper (d. 2011)

1956 – Gareth Chilcott, English rugby player

1956 – Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins)

      American actress and producer

1956 – Mark Gastineau, American football player and boxer

1956 – Natasha Vlassenko, Russian-Australian pianist and educator

1957 – Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (d. 1985)

1957 – Mike Craven, English footballer

1957 – John Eriksen, Danish footballer (d. 2002)

1957:  Goodluck Jonathan  [Nigerian politician]

      4th President of Nigeria, 2010-2015

1958 – Rickson Gracie, Brazilian mixed martial artist

1959 – Orlando Figes, English historian and academic

1959 – James McGovern, American politician

1959 – Sean Young, American actress and dancer

1960 – Marc Labrèche, Canadian actor

1961 – Jim Brickman, American singer-songwriter and pianist

1961 – Tim Harvey, English race car driver

1961 – Larry Karaszewski, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1961 – Dave Watson, English footballer and manager

1962:  Péng Lìyuán  [Chinese contemporary folk singer and performing artist]

1963 – Timothy Gowers, English mathematician and academic

1963 – Ming-Na Wen, Macanese-American actress

1963 – Wan Yanhai, Chinese-American activist

1964 – Boris Dežulović, Croatian journalist and author

1964 – Sophie Fillières, French director and screenwriter

1964 – Doug Ford, Jr., Canadian businessman and politician

1964 – John MacLean, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1964 – Mark Taylor, English footballer and physiotherapist

1965 – Yoshiki, Japanese drummer, songwriter, and producer

      (X Japan, S.K.I.N. and Globe)

1965 – Michael Diamond (bka Mike D)  [American rapper and drummer]

      (Beastie Boys and The Latch Brothers)

1965 – Sen Dog (born Senen Reyes)  [Cuban-American rapper]

      (Cypress Hill and SX-10)

1965 – Jimmy Vasser, American race car driver

1966 – Kevin Gilbert, American musician (d. 1996)

1966 – Jill Thompson, American author and illustrator

1967 – Teoman, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor

1967 – Chris Childs, American basketball player

1967 – Tarique Rahman, Bangladeshi businessman and politician

1968 – Tommy Asinga, Surinamese runner and veterinarian

1968 – Robin M. Canup, American astrophysicist

1968 – Chew Chor Meng, Singaporean actor

1968:  David Einhorn  [American businessman]

      founder and president of Greenlight Capital

1969 – Callie Thorne, American actress and producer

1970 – Matt Blunt, American lieutenant and politician

      54th Governor of Missouri

1970 – Delia Gonzalez, American boxer

1970 – Geoffrey Keezer, American pianist and educator

1970 – Sabrina Lloyd, American actress

1970 – Malik Isaac Taylor (bka Phife Dawg) [American rapper]

      (A Tribe Called Quest)

1970 – Joe Zaso, American actor and producer

1971 – Joey Galloway, American football player and sportscaster

1971 – Joel McHale, American comedian, actor, and producer

1974:  Marisa Ryan  [American actress]

1971 – Marco Oppedisano, American guitarist and composer

1972 – Sheema Kalbasi, Iranian poet and activist

1973 – Angelica Bridges, American actress and singer

1973 – Neil Hodgson, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster

1974 – Taavi Veskimägi, Estonian businessman and politician

1975 – Dierks Bentley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1975 – Ryan Bowen, American basketball player and coach

1975 – J. D. Drew, American baseball player

1975 – Joshua Gomez, American actor

1975 – Davey Havok, American singer-songwriter and actor

      (AFI, Blaqk Audio, and Son of Sam)

1976 – Dominique Dawes, American gymnast

1976 – Laura Harris, Canadian actress

1976 – Tusshar Kapoor, Indian actor

1976 – Jason Thompson, Canadian actor

1976 – Theodoros Velkos, Greek badminton player

1976 – Cemal Yıldız, Turkish footballer and manager

1976 – Mahmud A. Asrar, Turkish-born comic book artist

1977 – Rudy Charles, American wrestling referee

1977 – Daniel Svensson, Swedish drummer

      (In Flames and Diabolique)

1977 – Josh Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

1978 – Freya Lim, Taiwanese-Malaysian singer and radio host

1978 – Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model

1979 – Maree Bowden, New Zealand netball player

1979 – Joseph Hallman, American composer and academic

1979 – Jacob Pitts, American actor

1980 – James Chambers, English footballer

1980 – Eiko Koike, Japanese idol and actress

1981 – Carlos Boozer, American basketball player

1981 – Sam Fuld, American baseball player

1981 – Kimberley Walsh, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

      (Girls Aloud)

1981 – İbrahim Toraman, Turkish footballer

1982 – Margo Stilley, American model and actress

1983 – Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn (bka Future)  [American rapper]

1984 – Tashard Choice, American football player

1984 – Ferdinando Monfardini, Italian race car driver

1984 – Justin Hoyte, English footballer

1985 – Juan Cruz Álvarez, Argentinian race car driver

1985 – Dan Byrd, American actor

1985 – Aaron Yan, Taiwanese singer and actor (Fahrenheit)

1986 – Ashley Fink, American actress and singer

1986 – Özer Hurmacı, Turkish footballer

1986 – Oliver Sykes, English singer-songwriter

      (Bring Me the Horizon)

1988 – Max Pacioretty, American ice hockey player

1988 – Rhys Wakefield, Australian actor

1989 – Cody Linley, American actor

1989 – Agon Mehmeti, Swedish footballer

1989 – Sergei Polunin, Ukrainian ballet dancer

1990 – Mark Christian, Manx cyclist

1991 – Anthony Knockaert, French footballer

1992 – Maiha Ishimura, Japanese singer and actress

      (Berryz Kobo and Hello! Project Kids)

1992 – Gaku Matsuda, Japanese actor

1992 – Yen Santos, Filipino actress

1993 – Sumire Satō, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48)

2000 – Connie Talbot, English singer

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811 – Li Fan, Chinese politician (b. 754)
855 – Theoktistos, Byzantine courtier
869 – Edmund the Martyr, English king (b. 841)
1022 – Bernward of Hildesheim, English bishop and saint (b. 960)
1314 – Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1240)
1316 – John I of France (b. 1316)
1437 – Thomas Langley, English bishop (b. 1363)
1518 – Marmaduke Constable, English courtier and soldier (b. 1458)
1518 – Pierre de la Rue, Flemish composer (b. 1452)
1591 – Christopher Hatton, English academic and politician  (b. 1540)
      Lord Chancellor of England
1612 – John Harington, English courtier and author (b. 1561)
1651 – Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier (b. 1595)
1662 – Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (b. 1614)
1695 – Zumbi, Brazilian king (b. 1655)
1704 – Charles Plumier, French botanist and painter (b. 1646)
1737 – Caroline of Ansbach (b. 1683)
1742 – Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet (b. 1661)
1758 – Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish violinist and composer (b. 1694)
1764 – Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician and theorist (b. 1690)
1778 – Francesco Cetti, Italian priest, zoologist, and mathematician (b. 1726)
1856 – Farkas Bolyai, Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1775)
1864 – Albert Newsam, American painter and illustrator (b. 1809)
1886 – William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)
1894 – Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1829)
1898 – Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer (b. 1817)
1903 – Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat, French racing driver (b. 1867)
1908 – Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
1910 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright (b. 1828)
1922 – Peter Ratican, American soccer player (b. 1887)
1925 – Alexandra of Denmark (b. 1844)
1934 – Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1872)
1936 – Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish mechanic and activist (b. 1896)
1936 – José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
1938 – Maud of Wales (b. 1869)
1941 – Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1901)
1943 – Emil Kellenberger, Swiss target shooter (b. 1864)
1945 – Percy Perrin, English cricketer (b. 1876)
1945 – Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist  (b. 1877)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1950 – Francesco Cilea, Italian composer (b. 1866)
1951 – Thomas Quinlan, English businessman (b. 1881)
1954 – Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and aircraft designer  (b. 1879)
      founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation
1957 – Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1875)
1965 – Johannes Kaiv, Estonian soldier and diplomat (b. 1897)
1973 – Allan Sherman, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1924)
1975 – Francisco Franco, Spanish general and politician  (b. 1892)
      Prime Minister of Spain
1976 – Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (b. 1898)
1978 – Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1888)
1978 – Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian soldier and poet (b. 1890)
1980 – John McEwen, Australian politician  (b. 1900)
      18th Prime Minister of Australia
1983 – Marcel Dalio, French actor and playwright (b. 1900)
1984 – Kristian Djurhuus, Faroese politician  (b. 1895)
      2nd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
1984 – Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1911)
1992 – Raul Renter, Estonian economist and chess player (b. 1920)
1994 – Jānis Krūmiņš, Latvian basketball player (b. 1930)
1995 – Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (b. 1967)
1995 – Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist, and critic (b. 1919)
1997 – Dick Littlefield, American baseball player (b. 1926)
1998 – Galina Starovoytova, Russian ethnographer and politician (b. 1946)
1999 – Amintore Fanfani, Italian journalist and politician  (b. 1908)
      32nd Prime Minister of Italy
2000 – Mike Muuss, American computer programmer  (b. 1958)
      created Ping
2000 – Kalle Päätalo, Finnish author (b. 1919)
2003 – Robert Addie, English actor (b. 1960)
2003 – Loris Azzaro, Tunisian-French fashion designer (b. 1933)
2003 – David Dacko, African politician  (b. 1930)
      1st President of the Central African Republic
2003 – Eugene Kleiner, American businessman  (b. 1923)
      co-founded Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
2003 – Roger Short, English diplomat (b. 1944)
2003 – Jim Siedow, American actor (b. 1920)
2003 – Kerem Yılmazer, Turkish actor and singer (b. 1945)
2004 – David Grierson, Canadian radio host (b. 1955)
2004 – Jenny Ross, English singer-songwriter (Section 25) (b. 1962)
2005 – Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet (b. 1931)
2005 – Nora Denney, American actress (b. 1928)
2005 – James King, American tenor and educator (b. 1925)
2005 – Chris Whitley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)
2006 – Robert Altman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2006 – Zoia Ceaușescu, Romanian mathematician and academic (b. 1950)
2006 – Donald Hamilton, American author (b. 1916)
2006 – Andre Waters, American football player and coach (b. 1962)
2007 – Ian Smith, Rhodesian lieutenant and politician  (b. 1919)
      1st Prime Minister of Rhodesia
2008 – Bennie Gonzales, American architect  (b. 1924)
      designed the Heard Museum
2008 – Sven Inge, Swedish painter (b. 1935)
2009 – Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer and author (b. 1925)
2010 – Laurie Bembenek, American murderer (b. 1958)
2010 – Roxana Briban, Romanian soprano and actress (b. 1971)
2010 – Chalmers Johnson, American author and scholar (b. 1931)
2010 – Rob Lytle, American football player (b. 1954)
2010 – Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (b. 1932)
2012 – Kaspars Astašenko, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1975)
2012 – David C. Copley, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1952)
2012 – William Grut, Swedish pentathlete (b. 1914)
2012 – David O'Brien Martin, American soldier and politician (b. 1944)
2012 – Flora Martirosian, Armenian singer (b. 1957)
2013 – Pavel Bobek, Czech singer (b. 1937)
2013 – Sylvia Browne, American psychic and author (b. 1936)
2013 – Joseph Paul Franklin, American serial killer (b. 1950)
2013 – Peter Griffiths, English politician (b. 1928)
2013 – Dieter Hildebrandt, Polish-German actor and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2013 – Frank Lauterbur, American football player and coach (b. 1925)
2013 – Oleg Minko, Ukrainian painter and educator (b. 1938)
2013 – Klaus Praefcke, German chemist and academic (b. 1933)
2014 – Arthur Butterworth, English composer and conductor (b. 1923)
2014 – Ray Farabee, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
2014 – Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (b. 1926)
2014 – Jimmy Heung, Hong Kong director and producer (b. 1950)
2014 – Samuel Klein, Polish-Brazilian businessman and philanthropist  (b. 1923)
      founded Casas Bahia

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