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1495 – John Bale, English bishop and historian (d. 1563)

1567 – Anne de Xainctonge, French saint  (d. 1621)

      founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin

1643 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle  (d. 1687)

      French-American explorer

1692 – Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (d. 1768)

1694 – Voltaire (born Francois-Marie Arouet)  (d. 30 May 1778)

      French historian, playwright, and philosopher

1718 – Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg  (d. 1795)

      German composer, critic, and theorist

1729 – Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician  (d. 1795)

      6th Governor of New Hampshire

1760 – Joseph Plumb Martin, American sergeant (d. 1850)

1761 – Dorothea Jordan, Irish-French actress (d. 1816)

1768 – Friedrich Schleiermacher  (d. 1834)

      German theologian, philosopher, and scholar

1787 – Samuel Cunard, Canadian businessman  (d. 1865)

      founded the Cunard Line

1787:  Bryan Procter  [English poet] (d. 5 Oct 1874)

1811 – Zeng Guofan, Chinese general and politician  (d. 1872)

      Viceroy of Liangjiang

1818 – Lewis H. Morgan  (d. 1881)

      American lawyer, anthropologist, and theorist

1835 – Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier (d. 1916)

1840 – Victoria, Princess Royal of England (d. 1901)

1851 – Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Belgian cardinal (d. 1926)

1852 – Francisco Tárrega, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1909)

1853 – Hussein Kamel of Egypt (d. 1917)

1854 – Pope Benedict XV (d. 1922)

1861 – Tom Horn, American police officer and murderer (d. 1903)

1863:  Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch  [British writer] (d. 12 May 1944)

1866 – Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Norwegian poet and author (d. 1900)

1866 – Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler  (d. 1914)

      the 17th Yokozuna

1870 – Alexander Berkman  (d. 1936)

      Lithuanian-American activist and author

1870 – Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (d. 1946)

1876 – Olav Duun, Norwegian author (d. 1939)

1877 – Sigfrid Karg-Elert, German composer and educator (d. 1933)

1878 – Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer and politician  (d. 1949)

      German Minister of Justice

1882 – Harold Lowe, Welsh officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1944)

1886 – Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (d. 1968)
1889:  Hugh Kingsmill (born Hugh Kingsmill Lunn) (d. 15 May 1949)
      British writer and journalist

1897 – Mollie Steimer, Russian-American activist (d. 1980)

1898 – René Magritte, Belgian painter (d. 15 Aug 1967)

1899 – Jobyna Ralston, American actress (d. 1967)

1899 – Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician  (d. 1987)

      1st Chief Minister of Odisha

1902 – Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (d. 1985)

1902 – Isaac Bashevis Singer  (d. 1991)

      Polish-American novelist and short story writer

      Nobel Prize laureate

1902 – Mikhail Suslov, Russian soldier, economist, and politician (d. 1982)

1904 – Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist (d. 1969)

1907:  Jim Bishop  [American journalist and author] (d. 26 Jul 1987)

1908 – Leo Politi, Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1996)

1908 – Elizabeth George Speare, American author (d. 1994)

1912 – Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (d. 1982)

1913 – John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985)

1913 – Roy Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)

1913 – Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician, author, and academic (d. 1975)

1914 – Henri Laborit, French physician and philosopher (d. 1995)

1914 – Nusret Fişek, Turkish physician and Minister of Health (d. 1990)

1916 – Sid Luckman, American football player and soldier (d. 1998)

1916 – Jadu Nath Singh, Indian soldier (d. 1948)

1919 – Paul Bogart, American director (d. 2012)

1919 – Steve Brodie, American actor (d. 1992)

1919 – Joe Kieyoomia, American soldier (d. 1997)

1920 – Ralph Meeker, American actor and singer (d. 1988)

1920 – Stan Musial, American baseball player and manager (d. 19 Jan 2012)

1922 – María Casares, Spanish-French actress (d. 1996)

1922 – Abe Lemons, American basketball player and coach (d. 2002)

1924 – Joseph Campanella, American actor

1924 – Milka Planinc, Croatian politician (d. 2010)

      28th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia

1924 – Christopher Tolkien, English author and academic

1925 – Xie Jin, Chinese director and screenwriter (d. 2008)

1925 – Veljko Kadijević, Croatian general and politician  (d. 2014)

      5th Federal Secretary of People's Defence

1926 – Odd Børretzen, Norwegian singer, author, and illustrator (d. 2012)

1926 – Prem Nath, Indian actor and director (d. 1992)

1926 – Matti Ranin, Finnish actor (d. 2013)

1926 – William Wakefield Baum, American cardinal (d. 2015)

1927 – Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman (d. 2008)

1929 – Marilyn French, American author and academic (d. 2009)

1929 – Laurier LaPierre, Canadian historian, journalist, and politician (d. 2012)

1930 – Marjan Rožanc, Slovenian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1990)

1931 – Lewis Binford, American archaeologist and academic (d. 2011)

1931 – Revaz Dogonadze, Georgian chemist and physicist (d. 1985)

1931 – Stanley Kalms, Baron Kalms, English businessman

1931 – Malcolm Williamson, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2003)

1932 – Beryl Bainbridge, English author (d. 2010)

1932 – Chronis Exarhakos, Greek actor (d. 1984)

1932 – Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish composer

1933 – Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2014)

1933 – Mikijirō Hira, Japanese actor

1933 – T. Rasalingam, Sri Lankan politician

1934 – Laurence Luckinbill, American actor

1935 – Fairuz, Lebanese singer

1936 – Victor Chang, Chinese-Australian surgeon (d. 1991)

1937 – Ingrid Pitt, Polish-English actress (d. 2010)

1937 – Marlo Thomas, American actress and producer

1938 – Helen, Burmese-Indian actress and dancer

1938:  Tamae Watanabe  [Japanese mountain climber]

1939 – R. Budd Dwyer, American educator and politician  (d. 1987)

      30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania

1940 – Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (d. 2010)

1940 – Richard Marcinko, American commander and author

1940 – Natalia Makarova, Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress

1940 – Malcolm John Rebennack (bka Dr. John)  [American musician]

1941 – İdil Biret, Turkish pianist and composer

1941 – Juliet Mills, English actress

1942 – Afa Anoaʻi, Samoan-American wrestler and manager

1942 – Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German educator and politician

1943 – Phil Bredesen, American businessman and politician

      48th Governor of Tennessee

1943 – Jacques Laffite, French race car driver

1943 – Larry Mahan, American rodeo performer

1944 – Dick Durbin, American lawyer and politician

1944 – Earl Monroe, American basketball player and sportscaster

1944:  Margaret D. Nadauld  [American LDS Church leader]
      11th Young Women General President, 1997-2002

1944 – Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)

1945 – Goldie Hawn, American actress, singer, and producer

1946 – Jacky Lafon, Belgian actress

1947 – Nickolas Grace, English actor

1947 – Tiny Ron Taylor, American actor and basketball player

1948 – Lonnie Jordan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (War)

1948 – Alphonse Mouzon, American drummer and songwriter

      (Weather Report and The Eleventh House)

1948 – Michel Suleiman, Lebanese general and politician

      16th President of Lebanon

1948 – George Zimmer, American businessman

      founded Men's Wearhouse

1950 – Hisham Barakat, Egyptian lawyer and judge (d. 2015)

1950 – Stephen Geyer, American composer

1950 – Gary Pihl, American guitarist (Boston)

1952 – Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch

      Welsh banker and politician

1952 – Janne Kristiansen, Norwegian lawyer and jurist

1952 – Lorna Luft, American actress and singer

1952 – Alper Görmüş, Turkish journalist and writer

1953 – Tina Brown, English-American journalist and author

1953:  Sheri L. Dew  [American author, publisher, and LDS Church leader]
      president and CEO of the Deseret Book Company
      Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency, 1997-2002

1954 – Thomas Rothman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1954 – Fiona Pitt-Kethley, English journalist, author, and poet

1955 – Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

1956:  Chaka Fattah (born Arthur Davenport) [American politician]

      U.S. Representative, D. PA, 1995-present

1956 – Cherry Jones, American actress

1958 – David Reivers, Jamaican-American actor and producer

1959 – Sergei Ratnikov, Estonian footballer and manager

1960 – Brian McNamara, American actor, director, and producer

1960 – Brian Ritchie, American bass player and songwriter

      (Violent Femmes)

1961 – João Domingos Pinto, Portuguese footballer and manager

1962 – Steven Curtis Chapman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

1963 – Dave Molyneux, Manx motorcycle sidecar racer

1963 – Nicollette Sheridan, English actress

1964:  Yvette Clarke  [American politician]

      U.S. Representative, D. NY, 2013-present

1964 – Shane Douglas, American wrestler and manager

1964 – Charles Dunstone, English businessman, co-founded Carphone Warehouse

1964 – Olden Polynice, Haitian-American basketball player and coach

1964 – Stefan Sonnenfeld, American businessman

1964 – Liza Tarbuck, English actress

1965 – Björk Guðmundsdóttir (bka Björk)
      Icelandic singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (The Sugarcubes)

1965 – Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (d. 1993)

1965:  Ira Sachs  [American filmmaker]

1965 – Alexander Siddig, Sudanese-English actor and director

1966 – Troy Aikman, American football player and sportscaster

1966 – Evgeny Bareev, Russian chess player

1966 – Andrew Caddick, New Zealand-English cricketer

1966 – Thanasis Kolitsidakis, Greek footballer

1967 – Ken Block, American race car driver

1967 – Tripp Cromer, American baseball player

1967 – Toshihiko Koga, Japanese martial artist

1967:  Kelly Wearstler  [American designer]

1968 – Inka Bause, German actress and singer

1968 – Alex James, English singer-songwriter, bass player

      (Blur, Fat Les, Me Me Me, and WigWam)

1968 – Christopher Noxon, American journalist and author

1968 – Sean Schemmel, American voice actor, director, and screenwriter

1968 – Antonio Tarver, American boxer

1969 – Ken Griffey Jr., American baseball player and actor

1970 – Karen Davila, Filipino journalist

1970 – Justin Langer, Australian cricketer and coach

1970:  Tom Rooney  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, R. FL, 2009-present

1971 – Michael Strahan, American football player, actor, and talk show host

1972 – Rich Johnston, English author and critic

1972 – Rain Phoenix, American actress and singer (The Causey Way)

1972 – David Tua, Samoan-New Zealand boxer

1973 – Brook Kerr, American actress

1973 – Marko Lelov, Estonian footballer and manager

1973 – Inés Sastre, Spanish model and actress

1974 – Karen Rolton, Australian cricketer

1975 – Cherie Johnson, American actress and producer

1975 – Chris Moneymaker, American poker player

1975:  Jimmi Simpson  [American actor and producer]

1975 – Aaron Solowoniuk, Canadian drummer (Billy Talent)

1976:  Thomas Pablo Croquet (bka Thomas Mars) [French musician]

1976 – Martin Meichelbeck, German footballer

1976 – Veronika Valk, Estonian architect

1976 – Daniel Whiston, English figure skater

1976 – Michael Wilson, Australian footballer

1976 – Saleem Elahi, Pakistani cricketer

1977 – Bruno Berner, Swiss footballer

1977 – Yolande James, Canadian lawyer and politician

1977 – Jonas Jennings, American football player

1977 – Tobias Sammet, German singer-songwriter (Edguy and Avantasia)

1978 – Chucks Nwoko, Maltese footballer and coach

1978 – Daniel Bradshaw, Australian footballer

1978 – Lucía Jiménez, Spanish actress and singer

1978 – Sara Tanaka, American actress and physician

1979 – Kim Dong-wan, South Korean singer and actor (Shinhwa)

1979 – Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer

1979 – Stromile Swift, American basketball player

1979 – Alex Tanguay, Canadian ice hockey player

1980 – Hank Blalock, American baseball player

1980 – Alec Brownstein, American author and director

1980 – Leonardo González, Costa Rican footballer

1980 – Elaine Yiu, Hong Kong actress

1981 – Wesley Britt, American football player

1981 – Ainārs Kovals, Latvian javelin thrower

1981 – Jonny Magallón, Mexican footballer

1981 – Piet Rinke, Zimbabwean cricketer

1982 – Ioana Ciolacu, Romanian fashion designer

1982 – Georgios Kalogiannidis, Greek archer

1982 – Ryan Starr, American singer-songwriter and actress

1983 – Jamie Langley, English rugby player

1984 – Álvaro Bautista, Spanish motorcycle racer

1984 – Hope Dworaczyk, American model and television host

1984 – Callum Ferguson, Australian cricketer

1984:  Lindsey Haun  [American actress and singer]

1984 – Jena Malone, American actress and singer

1984 – Willy Mason, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1985 – Carly Rae Jepsen, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

1985 – Jesús Navas, Spanish footballer

1985 – Nicola Silvestri, Italian footballer

1986 – Colleen Ballinger, American comedian, actress, and singer

1986 – Ben Bishop, American ice hockey player

1986 – Kristof Goddaert, Belgian cyclist (d. 2014)

1986 – Jordan Lloyd, American reality contestant, winner of Big Brother

1986:  Sam Palladio  [British actor and musician]

1987 – Brian Douwes, Dutch kick-boxer

1987 – Stefan Glarner, Swiss footballer

1987 – Eesha Karavade, Indian chess player

1988 – Len Väljas, Canadian skier

1988 – Preston Zimmerman, American soccer player

1989 – Will Buckley, English footballer

1989 – Dárvin Chávez, Mexican footballer

1989 – Fabian Delph, English footballer

1989 – Ejay Falcon, Filipino actor

1989 – Getter Laar, Estonian footballer

1989 – Adrian Robinson, American football player (d. 2015)

1989 – Justin Tucker, American football player

1990 – Dani King, English cyclist

1990 – Georgie Twigg, English field hockey player

1991 – Lewis Dunk, English footballer

1991 – Woohee, South Korean singer-songwriter, actress, and model (Dal Shabet)

1992 – Conor Maynard, English singer-songwriter

1992 – Rino Sashihara, Japanese singer (AKB48, HKT48, and Not Yet)

1993 – Elena Myers, American motorcycle racer

2001 – Samantha Bailey, American actress

2004 – Lyca Gairanod, Filipino singer and actress

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615 – Columbanus, Irish missionary and saint (b. 543)
1011 – Emperor Reizei of Japan (b. 950)
1136 – William de Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1070)
1150 – García Ramírez of Navarre (b. 1112)
1361 – Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1346)
1555 – Georgius Agricola, German mineralogist, philologist, and scholar (b. 1490)
1566 – Annibale Caro, Italian poet and author (b. 1507)
1579 – Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier (b. 1519)
1639 – Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent, English peer (b. 1583)
1652 – Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)
1695 – Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (b. 1659)
1730 – François de Troy, French painter and engraver (b. 1645)
1775 – John Hill, English botanist and author (b. 1719)
1782 – Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (b. 1709)
1811 – Heinrich von Kleist, German poet and author (b. 1777)
1844 – Ivan Krylov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1769)
1859 – Yoshida Shōin, Japanese academic and politician (b. 1830)
1861 – Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, French priest and activist (b. 1802)
1870 – Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech historian and poet (b. 1811)
1874 – Marià Fortuny, Spanish painter (b. 1838)
1881 – Ami Boué, German-Austrian geologist and ethnographer (b. 1794)
1899 – Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician (b. 1844)

      24th Vice President of the United States
1907 – Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)
1908 – Carl Friedrich Schmidt, German-Russian geologist and botanist (b. 1832)
1909 – Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (b. 1851)
1916 – Franz Joseph I of Austria (b. 1830)
1922 – Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican journalist and activist (b. 1874)
1924 – Florence Harding, American publisher, 36th First Lady of the United States (b. 1860)
1926 – Edward Cummins, American golfer (b. 1886)
1938 – Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1870)
1941 – Henrietta Vinton Davis, American actress and playwright (b. 1860)
1942 – Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician (b. 1863)

      Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary
1942 – J. B. M. Hertzog, South African general and politician (b. 1866)

      3rd Prime Minister of South Africa
1945 – Robert Benchley, American actor, singer, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1889)
1945 – Al Davis, American boxer (b. 1920)
1945 – Ellen Glasgow, American author (b. 1873)
1945 – Alexander Patch, American general (b. 1889)
1953 – Felice Bonetto, Italian racing driver (b. 1903)
1953 – Larry Shields, American clarinet player and composer (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (b. 1893)
1955 – Edward Dierkes, American soccer player (b. 1886)
1957 – Francis Burton Harrison, American politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines (b. 1873)
1958 – Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1909)
1959 – Max Baer, American boxer, referee, and actor (b. 1909)
1963 – Artur Lemba, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1885)
1963 – Robert Stroud, American ornithologist (b. 1890)
1967 – C. M. Eddy, Jr., American author (b. 1896)
1969 – Mutesa II of Buganda (b. 1924)
1970 – Newsy Lalonde, Canadian lacrosse and ice hockey player (b. 1887)
1970 – C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
1973 – Thomas Pelly, American politician (b. 1902)
1974 – John B. Gambling, American radio host (b. 1897)
1974 – Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (b. 1890)
1975 – Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic author (b. 1889)
1980 – Sara García, Mexican actress (b. 1895)
1981 – Harry von Zell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
1982 – John Hargrave, English activist and author (b. 1894)
1984 – Ben Wilson, American basketball player (b. 1967)
1986 – Jerry Colonna, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
1986 – Dar Robinson, American actor and stuntman (b. 1947)
1986 – Marcelino Sánchez, Puerto Rican-American actor (b. 1957)
1988 – Carl Hubbell, American baseball player and scout (b. 1903)
1988 – Pál Kalmár, Hungarian singer (b. 1900)
1989 – Harvey Hart, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
1989 – Margot Zemach, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)
1990 – Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler and referee (b. 1954)
1991 – Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1907)
1992 – Kaysone Phomvihane, Laotian politician, 2nd President of Laos (b. 1920)
1992 – Ricky Williams, American singer-songwriter and drummer (Crime, The Sleepers, Flipper, and Toiling Midgets) (b. 1956)
1993 – Bill Bixby, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1934)
1994 – Willem Jacob Luyten, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1899)
1995 – Peter Grant, English actor and manager (b. 1935)
1995 – Noel Jones, Indian-English diplomat, British ambassador to Kazakhstan (b. 1940)
1996 – Abdus Salam, Pakistani-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
1997 – Jack Purvis, English actor (b. 1937)
1999 – Quentin Crisp, English actor, author, and illustrator (b. 1908)
1999 – Ralph Foody, American actor (b. 1928)
2000 – Ernest Lluch, Spanish economist and politician (b. 1937)
2001 – Salahuddin of Selangor (b. 1926)
2002 – Hadda Brooks, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1916)
2005 – Alfred Anderson, Scottish soldier (b. 1896)
2005 – Hugh Sidey, American journalist and academic (b. 1927)
2006 – Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Somalian-Djiboutian politician  (b. 1916)

      1st President of Djibouti
2006 – Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese lawyer and politician (b. 1972)
2006 – Kathryn Johnston, American shooting victim (b. 1914)
2006 – Robert Lockwood, Jr., American guitarist (b. 1915)
2007 – Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2007 – Tom Johnson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1928)
2007 – Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1931)
2009 – Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1926)
2010 – Norris Church Mailer, American author (b. 1949)
2010 – David Nolan, American activist and politician (b. 1943)
2010 – Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American painter and author  (b. 1917)

      co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History
2011 – Anne McCaffrey, American-Irish author (b. 1926)
2012 – Mr. Food, American chef and author (b. 1931)
2012 – Ajmal Kasab, Pakistani terrorist (b. 1987)
2012 – Edwarda O'Bara, American coma patient (b. 1953)
2012 – Austin Peralta, American pianist and composer (b. 1990)
2012 – Deborah Raffin, American actress and producer (b. 1953)
2012 – Emily Squires, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)
2013 – John Egerton, American journalist and author (b. 1935)
2013 – Fred Kavli, Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist  (b. 1927)

      founded The Kavli Foundation
2013 – Dimitri Mihalas, American astronomer and author (b. 1939)
2013 – Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
2013 – Bernard Parmegiani, French composer (b. 1927)
2013 – Tôn Thất Đính, Vietnamese general (b. 1926)
2013 – Maurice Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1929)
2014 – J. C. Gilbert, American soldier, farmer, and politician (b. 1922)
2014 – Wang Kun, Chinese actress and singer (b. 1925)
2014 – John H. Land, American soldier and politician (b. 1920)
2014 – Robert Richardson, English general (b. 1929)

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