February 4 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

____________

February 4 in history

____________

Birthdays

VIP

1947 – James Danforth "Dan" Quayle
      American sergeant, lawyer, and politician
      44th Vice President of the United States, 1989-1993
      U.S. Senator, R. IN, 1981-1989
      U.S. Representative, R. IN, 1977-1981


Notable

1505 – Mikołaj Rej, Polish poet and author (d. 1580)
1575 – Pierre de Bérulle  (d. 1629)
      French cardinal and theologian
      founded the French school of spirituality
1639 – Alessandro Melani, Italian composer (d. 1703)
1646 – Hans Erasmus Aßmann  (d. 1699)
      German poet and politician
1676 – Giacomo Facco, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1753)
1677 – Johann Ludwig Bach  (d. 1731)
      German violinist and composer
1688 – Pierre de Marivaux  (d. 1763)
      French author and playwright
1725 – Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (d. 1804)
1740 – Carl Michael Bellman  (d. 1795)
      Swedish poet and composer
1778 – Augustin Pyramus de Candolle  (d. 1841)
      Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic
1790:  John Bachman  (d. 24 Feb 1874)
      American Lutheran minister, social activist and naturalist
1799 – Almeida Garrett  (d. 1854)
      Portuguese journalist and author
1808 – Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech actor and playwright (d. 1856)
1831 – Oliver Ames  (d. 22 Oct 1895)
      American financier and politician
      35th Governor of Massachusetts
1842:  Georg Brandes   (d. 19 Feb 1927)
      Danish critic and scholar
1846 – Nikolay Umov  (d. 1915)
      Russian physicist and mathematician
1848 – Jean Aicard  (d. 1921)
      French poet, author, and playwright
1849 – Jean Richepin  (d. 1926)
      French poet, author, and playwright
1865 – Abe Isoo, Japanese minister and politician (d. 1949)
1870 – Constant van Langhendonck  (d. 1944)
      Belgian horse rider
1871 – Friedrich Ebert  (d. 1925)
      German politician, 1st President of Germany
1872 – Gotse Delchev, Greek activist and educator (d. 1903)
1873 – Étienne Desmarteau  (d. 1905)
      Canadian shot putter and discus thrower
1875 – Ludwig Prandtl  (d. 1953)
      German physicist and engineer
1877 – Eddie Cochems  (d. 1953)
      American football player and coach
1881 – Fernand Léger, French painter and sculptor (d. 1955)
1881 – Eulalio Gutiérrez  (d. 1939)
      Mexican revolutionary general and President of Mexico
1883 – Jakob Sildnik  (d. 1973)
      Estonian photographer and director
1887 – Anna Hedvig Büll  (d. 1981)
      Estonian-German missionary
1891 – M. A. Ayyangar  (d. 1978)
      Indian lawyer and politician
      2nd Speaker of the Lok Sabha
1892:  Ugo Betti  (d. 9 Jun 1953)
      Italian judge and playwright
1892 – Andrés Nin, Spanish politician (d. 1937)
1892 – E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and academic (d. 1964)
1895 – Nigel Bruce, English actor (d. 1953)
1896 – Friedrich Glauser, Austrian-Swiss author (d. 1938)
1896 – Friedrich Hund  (d. 1997)
      German physicist and academic
1897 – Ludwig Erhard  (d. 1977)
      German soldier and politician
      2nd Chancellor of West Germany
1900 – Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1902 – Charles Lindbergh  (d. 26 Aug 1974)
      American pilot and explorer
1902 – Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross  (d. 2003)
      German-English lawyer and politician
      Attorney General for England and Wales
1903 – Alexander Imich  (d. 2014)
      Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic
1904 – MacKinlay Kantor  (d. 1977)
      American author and screenwriter
1906 – Dietrich Bonhoeffer  (d. 9 Apr 1945)
      German pastor and theologian
1906 – Clyde Tombaugh  (d. 1997)
      American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto
1908 – Julian Bell, English poet and academic (d. 1937)
1912 – Ola Skjåk Bræk  (d. 1999)
      Norwegian banker and politician
      Norwegian Minister of Industry
1912 – Erich Leinsdorf  (d. 1993)
      Austrian-American conductor
1912 – Byron Nelson  (d. 26 Sep 2006)
      American golfer and sportscaster
1912 – Louis-Albert Vachon, Canadian cardinal (d. 2006)
1913 – Rosa Parks, American activist (d. 24 Oct 2005)
1913 – Richard Seaman, English race car driver (d. 1939)
1914 – Alfred Andersch  (d. 1980)
      German-Swiss author and publisher
1915 – Ray Evans, American songwriter (d. 2007)
1915 – William Talman  (d. 1968)
      American actor and screenwriter
1915 – Norman Wisdom, English comedian and actor (d. 2010)
1916:  Gavin Buchanan Ewart, British poet  (d. 25 Oct 1995)
1917 – Yahya Khan  (d. 1980)
      Pakistan general and politician, 3rd President of Pakistan
1918 – Ida Lupino  (d. 3 Aug 1995)
      English-American actress and director
1918 – Luigi Pareyson, Italian philosopher and author (d. 1991)
1920 – Janet Waldo, American actress and voice artist
1921 – Betty Friedan  (d. 2006)
      American author and feminist activist
1921 – Lotfi A. Zadeh
      Azerbaijani-American mathematician and computer scientist
1922:  William Phipps, American actor and producer
1923 – Bonar Bain, Canadian actor (d. 2005)
1923 – Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (d. 2013)
1925 – Russell Hoban  (d. 2011)
      American author and illustrator
1925 – Stanley Karnow  (d. 2013)
      American journalist and historian
1925 – Christopher Zeeman
      English mathematician and academic
1926:  Nancy Walker Bush Ellis
      sister of U.S. President George H. W. Bush
1926 – Gyula Grosics  (d. 2014)
      Hungarian footballer and manager
1926 – Dave Sands, Australian boxer (d. 1952)
1927:  Arthur Cohn, Swiss film producer
1927 – Rolf Landauer  (d. 1999)
      German-American physicist and academic
1927 – A. J. P. Ponrajah, Sri Lankan engineer (d. 1986)
1928 – Oscar Cabalén, Argentine racing driver (d. 1967)
1928 – Osmo Antero Wiio  (d. 2013)
      Finnish journalist, academic, and politician
1929 – Jerry Adler, American actor, director, and producer
1929 – Julien Chouinard, Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 1987)
1929 – Eduard Zimmermann, German journalist (d. 2009)
1930 – Tibor Antalpéter  (d. 2012)
      Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat
      Hungarian Ambassador to the United Kingdom
1930 – Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (d. 2015)
1931 – Isabel Martínez de Perón
      Argentinian politician, 41st President of Argentina
1932:  Robert Lowell Coover
      American author and professor
1933 – Igor Kvasha, Russian actor (d. 2012)
1935 – Wallis Mathias, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1994)
1935 – Ali Nassirian, Iranian actor and screenwriter
1935 – Martti Talvela, Finnish opera singer (d. 1989)
1936 – David Brenner  (d. 15 Mar 2014)
      American comedian, actor, and author
1936:  Gary Conway, American actor and screenwriter
1936 – Claude Nobs  (d. 2013)
      Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival
1937 – John Devitt, Australian swimmer
1937 – David Newman  (d. 2003)
      American director and screenwriter
1938 – Birju Maharaj, Indian dancer and choreographer
1940 – George A. Romero, American director and producer
1941:  Laisenia Qarase
      6th Prime Minister of Fiji, 2000-2006
1941 – Jiří Raška, Czech skier and coach (d. 2012)
1941 – John Steel, English drummer (The Animals)
1943 – Alberto João Jardim
      Portuguese journalist and politician
      2nd President of the Regional Government of Madeira
1943 – Wanda Rutkiewicz  (d. 1992)
      Lithuanian-Polish mountaineer
1943 – Ken Thompson
      American computer scientist
      co-developed the B programming language
1947 – Dennis C. Blair
      American admiral and politician
      3rd Director of National Intelligence
1948 – Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter and actor
1948 – Rod Grams, American journalist and politician (d. 2013)
1948 – Mienoumi Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler
1949 – Michael Beck, American actor
1949 – Rasim Delić, Bosnian general (d. 2010)
1951 – Patrick Bergin, Irish actor
1951 – Dariush Eghbali, Iranian singer-songwriter
1952 – Mervyn Cawston, English footballer
1952 – Lisa Eichhorn, American actress and producer
1952 – Jenny Shipley
      New Zealand educator and politician
      36th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1952 – Bolesław Proch, Polish motorcycle racer (d. 2012)
1952 – Li Yinhe, Chinese sociologist and sexologist
1953 – Kitarō (born Masanori Takahashi)
      Japanese keyboard player, composer, and producer
1954 – Shigeru Chiba, Japanese actor and voice actor
1955 – Mikuláš Dzurinda
      Slovak politician, Prime Minister of Slovakia
1957 – Don Davis, American composer and conductor
1957:  Evan Wolfson
      American attorney and gay rights advocate
1958 – Tomasz Pacyński, Polish journalist and author (d. 2005)
1958 – Saburō Tokitō, Japanese actor
1959 – Christian Schreier, German footballer and manager
1959 – Lawrence Taylor
      American football player and sportscaster
1960 – Tim Booth, English singer, dancer and actor (James)
1960 – Siobhan Dowd, British author and activist (d. 2007)
1960 – Jenette Goldstein, American actress
1960 – Adrienne King, American actress, dancer, and painter
1960 – Jonathan Larson  (d. 1996)
      American composer and playwright
1961:  Neal Asher, English science fiction writer
1961 – Denis Savard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 – Stewart O'Nan, American novelist
1962:  Clint Black
      American singer, songwriter, record producer,
            multi-instrumentalist, and actor
1962 – Stephen Hammond, English banker and politician
1962:  Jim O'Heir, American actor and comedian
1962 – Alfred Twardecki, Polish historian and curator
1963 – Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss skier
1964:  Ann Powers, American writer and pop music critic
1965:  Michael J. Saylor
      American entrepreneur, author, and business executive
      Co-founder of MicroStrategy
1965:  Patrick Whitesell, American talent agent
1966 – Tony Butterfield, Australian rugby league player
1966 – Viatcheslav Ekimov, Russian cyclist
1966 – Kyōko Koizumi, Japanese actress and singer
1966:  Guy Spier, Zurich-based investor and author
1967 – Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (d. 1995)
1967 – Christina Lampe Önnerud, Swedish chemist
1968 – Marko Matvere, Estonian actor
1968 – Kuranosuke Sasaki, Japanese actor
1969:  Joel Burns, American politician
1969 – Duncan Coutts
      Canadian bass player and songwriter (Our Lady Peace)
1969 – Dallas Drake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1970 – Gabrielle Anwar, English actress
1971 – Rob Corddry, American actor and comedian
1971 – Eric Garcetti
      American lieutenant and politician
      42nd Mayor of Los Angeles
1971:  Edward Kitsis
      American film and television writer and producer
1972 – Dara Ó Briain, Irish comedian and television host
1972 – Giovanni Silva de Oliveira
      Brazilian footballer and manager
1972:  Nicolle (Devenish) Wallace
      American author and political commentator
      White House Director of Communications, 2005-2006
1973 – Oscar De La Hoya, American boxer and singer
1973 – James Hird, Australian footballer and coach
1973 – Manny Legace
      Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1974 – Mijntje Donners, Dutch field hockey player
1974 – Urmila Matondkar, Indian actress
1975 – Natalie Imbruglia
      Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1976 – Cam'ron, American rapper, actor and entrepreneur
1977 – Gavin DeGraw, American singer-songwriter and actor
1978 – Shingo Kawaguchi, Japanese actor
1979 – Andrei Arlovski, Belarusian mixed martial artist and actor
1979 – Giorgio Pantano, Italian race car driver
1980 – Raimonds Vaikulis, Latvian basketball player
1981 – Jason Kapono, America basketball player
1981 – Johan Vansummeren, Belgian cyclist
1982 – Chris Sabin, American wrestler
1982 – Ivars Timermanis, Latvian basketball player
1982 – Tomas Vaitkus, Lithuanian cyclist
1982 – Kimberly Wyatt
      American singer-songwriter and dancer
      (The Pussycat Dolls and Her Majesty & the Wolves)
1983:  Hannibal Buress
      American stand-up comedian, actor, and television writer
1983 – Lee Stempniak, American ice hockey player
1984 – Sandeep Acharya, Indian singer (d. 2013)
1984 – Mauricio Pinilla, Chilean footballer
1986 – Mahmudullah Riyad, Bangladeshi cricketer
1987 – Darren O'Dea, Irish footballer
1988:  Carly Patterson
      American singer and gymnast
      2004 Olympic All-Around Champion
1989 – Shogo Suzuki, Japanese actor and musician
1990 – Haruka Tomatsu
      Japanese voice actress and singer (Sphere)
1993 – Grex, Chilean actor
1993 – Jack Wighton, Australian rugby league player
1997 – Ayami Nakajō, Japanese actress and model


Family



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Patricia Burbank
Linda Bach
Carolyn Rice Vannice
Don Zimmerman


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Deaths

VIP

2000 – Carl Albert  (b. 1908)
      American lawyer and politician
      54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

Notable

211 – Septimius Severus, Roman emperor (b. 145)
708 – Pope Sisinnius (b. 650)
856 – Rabanus Maurus, Frankish archbishop and theologian (b. 780)
1508 – Conrad Celtes, German poet and scholar (b. 1459)
1555 – John Rogers  (b. 1505)
      English clergyman, Bible translator and commentator
1590 – Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1517)
1615 – Giambattista della Porta, Italian playwright and scholar (b. 1535)
1617 – Lodewijk Elzevir  (b. 1546)
      Dutch publisher, co-founded the House of Elzevir
1713 – Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury  (b. 1671)
      English philosopher and politician
1774 – Charles Marie de La Condamine  (b. 1701)
      French mathematician and geographer
1799 – Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect and educator (b. 1728)
1781 – Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (b. 1737)
1843 – Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770)
1894 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian instrument maker, invented the Saxophone (b. 1814)
1905 – Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
1912 – Franz Reichelt, Austrian-French tailor (b. 1879)
1926 – İskilipli Mehmed Atıf Hoca, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
1928 – Hendrik Lorentz  (b. 1853)
      Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
1936 – Wilhelm Gustloff, Swiss politician (b. 1895)
1940 – Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
1943 – Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
1944 – Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
1945 – Cecil Kimber, English automobile engineer (b. 1888)
1958 – Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
1959 – Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880)
1968 – Neal Cassady, American author and poet (b. 1926)
1974 – Satyendra Nath Bose  (b. 1894)
      Indian physicist, mathematician, and academic
1975 – Louis Jordan  (b. 1908)
      American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (Tympany Five)
1982 – Georg Konrad Morgen, German lawyer and judge (b. 1909)
1983 – Karen Carpenter, American musician (The Carpenters) (b. 1950)
1984 – Patrick Nagel, American painter and illustrator (b. 1945)
1987 – Liberace, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and entertainer (b. 1919)
1987 – Meena Keshwar Kamal  (b. 1956)
      Afghan activist
      founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
1987 – Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (b. 1902)
1992 – John Dehner, American actor (b. 1915)
1994 – Fred De Bruyne, Belgian cyclist and manager (b. 1930)
1995 – Patricia Highsmith, American writer and novelist (b. 1921)
2001 – Mahmud Esad Coşan  (b. 1938)
      Turkish preacher, author, and academic author
2001 – J.J. Johnson, American trombonist and composer (b. 1924)
2001 – Pankaj Roy, Indian cricketer (b. 1928)
2001 – Iannis Xenakis, Greek-French composer and architect (b. 1922)
2002 – George Nader, American actor (b. 1921)
2002 – Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg (b. 1907)
2003 – Benyoucef Benkhedda, Algerian pharmacist and politician (b. 1920)
2003 – André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)
2005 – Ossie Davis, American actor, director, and playwright (b. 1917)
2006 – Betty Friedan, American author and feminist activist (b. 1921)
2007 – José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
2007 – Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian-English poet and translator (b. 1959)
2007 – Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (b. 1934)
2007 – Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-American painter and sculptor (b. 1922)
2008 – Augusta Dabney, American actress (b. 1918)
2008 – Stefan Meller  (b. 1942)
      Polish academic and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
2010 – Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher and author (b. 1924)
2011 – Martial Célestin  (b. 1913)
      Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Haiti
2011 – Tura Satana, American actress and dancer (b. 1938)
2012 – István Csurka, Hungarian journalist and politician (b. 1934)
2012 – Florence Green, English soldier (b. 1901)
2013 – Donald Byrd, American trumpet player (b. 1932)
2013 – Reg Presley, English singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
2014 – Eugenio Corti, Italian soldier, author, and playwright (b. 1921)
2014 – Dennis Lota, Zambian footballer (b. 1973)
2014 – Wu Ma, Chinese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)


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February 3 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

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February 3 in history

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Birthdays

VIP


1830:  Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury  (U.K. Prime Minister)  d. 22 Aug 1903
1862:  James Clark McReynolds  (Associate Justice, SCOTUS)  d. 24 Aug 1946


Notable

1338 – Joanna of Bourbon  (d. 6 Feb 1378)
      Queen consort of France
1392 – Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland  (d. 1458)
      English commander
1654 – Pietro Antonio Fiocco, Italian composer (d. 1714)
1677 – Jan Santini Aichel  (d. 1723)
      Czech architect, designed the Karlova Koruna Chateau
1689 – Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (d. 1741)
1690 – Richard Rawlinson  (d. 1755)
      English minister and historian
1721 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz  (d. 1773)
      Prussian general
1736 – Johann Georg Albrechtsberger  (d. 1809)
      Austrian composer and theorist
1747 – Samuel Osgood  (d. 1813)
      American soldier and politician
      1st United States Postmaster General
1757 – Joseph Forlenze  (d. 1833)
      Italian ophthalmologist and surgeon
1777 – John Cheyne, Scottish physician and author (d. 1836)
1795 – Antonio José de Sucre  (d. 1830)
      Venezuelan general and politician
      2nd President of Bolivia
1807 – Joseph E. Johnston  (d. 21 Mar 1891)
      American general and politician
      Confederate General
      U.S. Representative, D. VA, 1879-1881
1808 – Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (d. 18 Jan 1877)
      Princess of Prussia
1809 – Felix Mendelssohn  (d. 4 Nov 1847)
      German pianist, composer, and conductor
1811 – Horace Greeley  (d. 29 Nov 1872)
      American journalist, editor, and politician
1816:  Frederick William Robertson  (d. 15 Aug 1853)
      English clergyman
1817 – Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse  (d. 1881)
      French geologist and mineralogist
1817 – Émile Prudent, French pianist and composer (d. 1863)
1819:  William Arthur  (d. 21 Mar 1901)
      Irish Wesleyan Methodist minister and author
1821 – Elizabeth Blackwell  (d. 31 May 1910)
      American physician and educator
1824 – Ranald MacDonald  (d. 1894)
      American explorer and educator
1826 – Walter Bagehot  (d. 24 Mar 1877)
      English journalist and businessman
1830 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil  (d. 1903)
      3rd Marquess of Salisbury
      English politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1842 – Sidney Lanier, American composer and poet (d. 1881)
1843 – Sir William Cornelius Van Horne  (d. 3 Feb 1915)
      American-Canadian businessman
1857 – Giuseppe Moretti  (d. 1935)
      Italian sculptor, designed the Vulcan statue
1859 – Hugo Junkers  (d. 1935)
      German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1
1862 – James Clark McReynolds  (d. 1946)
      American lawyer and judge
1871 – Jean-Baptiste Mimiague, French fencer (d. 1929)
1872 – Lou Criger
      American baseball player and manager (d. 1934)
1874 – Gertrude Stein  (d. 29 Jul 1946)
      American poet and art collector
1878 – Gordon Coates  (d. 1943)
      New Zealand soldier and politician
      21st Prime Minister of New Zealand
1887 – Georg Trakl, Austrian pharmacist and poet (d. 1914)
1889 – Artur Adson  (d. 1977)
      Estonian poet, playwright, and critic
1889 – Carl Theodor Dreyer  (d. 1968)
      Danish director and screenwriter
1890:  Larry MacPhail  (d. 1 Oct 1975)
      American lawyer and  Major League Baseball executive
1892 – Juan Negrín  (d. 1956)
      Spanish physician and politician
      67th Prime Minister of Spain
1893 – Gaston Julia  (d. 1978)
      Algerian-French mathematician and academic
1894 – Norman Rockwell  (d. 8 Nov 1978)
      American painter and illustrator
1898 – Alvar Aalto  (d. 1976)
      Finnish architect
      designed the Finlandia Hall and Aalto Theatre
1899 – Café Filho, Brazilian journalist  (d. 1970)
      lawyer, and politician, 18th President of Brazil
1899 – Lao She, Chinese author and playwright (d. 1966)
1901:  Rosamond Nina Lehmann  (d. 12 Mar 1990)
      British novelist
1903 – Douglas Douglas-Hamilton,
      14th Duke of Hamilton  (d. 1973)
      Scottish soldier, pilot, and politician
1904 – Luigi Dallapiccola, Croatian-Italian composer (d. 1975)
1904 – Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (d. 1934)
1905 – Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic (d. 1990)
1905 – Arne Beurling  (d. 1986)
      Swedish-American mathematician and academic
1906 – George Adamson  (d. 1989)
      British wildlife conservationist
1907:  William Hodding Carter II  (d. 4 Apr 1972)
      American progressive journalist and author
1907 – James A. Michener  (d. 16 Oct 1997)
      American author and philanthropist
1909 – André Cayatte, French lawyer and director (d. 1989)
1909 – Kurt Petter, German-Swedish physician (d. 1969)
1909 – Simone Weil  (d. 24 Aug 1943)
      French mystic and philosopher
1911 – Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (d. 1940)
1911 – Robert Earl Jones, American actor (d. 2006)
1912 – Jacques Soustelle  (d. 1990)
      French anthropologist and politician
1914 – Mary Carlisle, American actress and singer
1915 – Johannes Kotkas  (d. 1998)
      Estonian wrestler and hammer thrower
1917 – Shlomo Goren  (d. 1994)
      Polish-Israeli rabbi and general
1918 – Joey Bishop  (d. 17 Oct 2007)
      American entertainer and television presenter
1918 – Helen Stephens  (d. 1994)
      American runner, baseball player, and manager
1920 – Tony Gaze  (d. 2013)
      Australian race car driver and pilot
1920 – Henry Heimlich, American physician and author
1924 – E. P. Thompson  (d. 1993)
      English historian and author
1924 – Martial Asselin  (d. 2013)
      Canadian lawyer and politician
      25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
1925 – John Fiedler, American actor (d. 25 Jun 2005)
1926 – Shelley Berman, American actor and comedian
1926 – Hans-Jochen Vogel
      German soldier and politician; 8th Mayor of Berlin
1927 – Kenneth Anger
      American actor, director, and screenwriter
1927:  Joan Lowery Nixon, American Author  (d. 28 Jun 2003)
1927 – Blas Ople  (d. 2003)
      Filipino journalist and politician
      21st President of the Senate of the Philippines
1928 – Frankie Vaughan, English singer and actor (d. 1999)
1931:  Arthur Levitt, Jr.
      25th Chairman of the Securities and Exchange
            Commission, 1993-2001
1932 – Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (d. 1984)
1932 – Stuart Hall  (d. 2014)
      Jamaican-English sociologist and theorist
1933 – Paul Sarbanes, American lawyer and politician
1934 – Juan Carlos Calabró, Argentinian actor (d. 2013)
1935 – John "Johnny 'Guitar'" Watson, Jr.  (d. 17 May 1996)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1936:  Jeanine Basinger
      American film historian
1936 – Jim Marshall, American photographer and journalist (d. 2010)
1936 – Bob Simpson, Australian cricketer and coach
1937 – Billy Meier, Swiss author and photographer
1938 – Victor Buono, American actor (d. 1982)
1938 – Emile Griffith, American boxer and trainer (d. 2013)
1939 – Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1940 – Francis Asbury "Fran" Tarkenton
      American football player and sportscaster
1941 – Dory Funk, Jr., American wrestler and trainer
1943 – Neil Bogart, American record executive (d. 1982)
1943 – Blythe Danner, American actress
1943:  Dennis Edwards
      American soul and R&B singer (The Temptations)
1945 – Robert Allen "Bob" Griese
      American football player and sportscaster
1947 – Paul Auster, American author and poet
1947 – Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, East Timorese bishop
1947:  David Russell Gordon "Dave" Davies
      English singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Kinks)
1947 – Stephen McHattie, Canadian actor and director
1947 – Melanie Safka
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948 – Henning Mankell  (d. 2015)
      Swedish author and playwright
1949 – Hennie Kuiper, Dutch cyclist and manager
1950 – Morgan Fairchild, American actress
1951:  Hamilton E. James
      American business executive
      president and COO of The Blackstone Group L.P.
1951 – Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian footballer and manager
1951 – Michael Ruppert  (d. 2014)
      American journalist and author
1952 – Fred Lynn, American baseball player and sportscaster
1954 – Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1955 – Kirsty Wark, Scottish journalist
1956 – John Jefferson, American football player and coach
1956 – Nathan Lane, American actor and comedian
1956 – Lee Ranaldo
      American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1957 – Eric Lander, American educator and scientist
1957 – Chico Serra, Brazilian race car driver
1958 – Joe F. Edwards, Jr.
      American commander, pilot, and astronaut
1958 – Greg Mankiw, American economist and academic
1958:  Richard Paul "Rick" Reilly
      American sportswriter
1959 – Yasuharu Konishi
      Japanese DJ, producer, and songwriter (Pizzicato Five)
1959 – Ferzan Özpetek
      Turkish-Italian director and screenwriter
1959:  Rob Wittman
      American politician
      U.S. Representative, R. VA, 2007-present
1959 – Óscar Iván Zuluaga
      Colombian economist and politician
      67th Colombian Minister of Finance
1960 – Marty Jannetty, American wrestler and trainer
1960 – Joachim Löw, German footballer and manager
1963 – Raghuram Rajan, Indian economist and academic
1964 – Indrek Tarand
      Estonian historian, journalist, and politician
1965 – Kathleen Kinmont, American actress and screenwriter
1965 – Maura Tierney, American actress
1966 – Frank Coraci, American director and screenwriter
1966 – Danny Morrison, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
1966 – Kostas Patavoukas, Greek basketball player
1967 – Mixu Paatelainen, Finnish footballer and coach
1968 – Vlade Divac
      Serbian-American basketball player and sportscaster
1969 – Beau Biden  (d. 2015)
      American soldier, lawyer, and politician
      44th Attorney General of Delaware
1969 – Retief Goosen, South African golfer
1970 – Óscar Córdoba, Colombian footballer
1970 – Warwick Davis
       English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1971:  Sarah Kane, English playwright  (d. 20 Feb 1999)
1972:  Mitchell Joachim, American architect and designer
1972 – Jesper Kyd, Danish pianist and composer
1972 – Mart Poom, Estonian footballer
1973 – Ilana Sod, Mexican journalist and producer
1975 – Brad Thorn, New Zealand rugby player
1976 – Mathieu Dandenault, Canadian ice hockey player
1976:  Isla Fisher, Australian actress
1976:  Tim Heidecker
      American comedian, writer, director, actor and musician
1977:  Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez (bka Daddy Yankee)
      Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, producer and actor
1977 – Marek Židlický, Czech ice hockey player
1978 – Joan Capdevila, Spanish footballer
1979:  Becca Fitzpatrick, American author
1980 – Kim E-Z, South Korean singer (Baby V.O.X.)
1980 – Sarah Lewitinn
       American record producer, music critic, disc jockey, and blogger
1981:  Jose Antonio Vargas
      Born in the Philippines, raised in the U.S. from age twelve
      Journalist, filmmaker, and immigration rights activist
1982 – Marie-Ève Drolet, Canadian speed skater
1982:  Bridget Regan, American actress
1984 – Sara Carbonero, Spanish journalist
1984 – Kim Joon, South Korean actor and singer
1984:  Matthew Moy, American actor
1985 – Andrei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player
1986 – Lucas Duda, American baseball player
1986 – David Edwards, Welsh footballer
1986 – Mathieu Giroux, Canadian speed skater
1986 – Kanako Yanagihara, Japanese actress, comedian, and entertainer
1988 – Gregory van der Wiel, Dutch footballer
1989 – Slobodan Rajković, Serbian footballer
1990 – Sean Kingston, American-Jamaican singer-songwriter
1991 – Adrian Quaife-Hobbs, Welsh racing driver
1992 – Luke Keary, Australian rugby league player

1996:  Luis Miguel Coronel Gámez

      American Regional Mexican singer

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1944:  Carol Joplin Clapshaw
Dallas Isaak
George Sieg
Joseph Peterson
Beth Short


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1924 – Woodrow Wilson  (b. 1856)
      American historian, academic, and politician
      28th President of the United States
      Nobel Prize laureate

Notable

995 – William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)
699 – Werburgh, English nun and saint (b. 650)
1014 – Sweyn Forkbeard, Danish husband of Gunhild of Wenden (b. 960)
1116 – Coloman, King of Hungary (b. 1070)
1399 – John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster  (b. 1340)
      Belgian-English politician, Lord High Steward
1428 – Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)
1451 – Murad II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1404)
1468 – Johannes Gutenberg  (b. 1398)
      German publisher, invented the Printing press
1566 – George Cassander, Flemish theologian and author (b. 1513)
1618 – Philip II, Duke of Pomerania, German nobleman (b. 1573)
1619 – Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham  (b. 1564)
      English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
1737 – Tommaso Ceva, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1648)
1802 – Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanes, Spanish politician (b. 1723)
1813 – Juan Bautista Baigorria, Argentinian soldier
1813 – Juan Bautista Cabral, Argentinian sergeant (b. 1789)
1820 – Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1762)
1832 – George Crabbe, English surgeon and poet (b. 1754)
1862 – Jean-Baptiste Biot  (b. 1774)
      French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician
1866 – François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet, author, and historian (b. 1809)
1873 – Isaac Baker Brown, English gynecologist and surgeon (b. 1811)
1874 – Lunalilo of Hawaii (b. 1835)
1883 – Richard Wagner, German director and composer (b. 1813)
1889 – Belle Starr, American criminal (b. 1848)
1922 – John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
1929 – Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
1935 – Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
1936 – Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg (b. 1885)
1944 – Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
1945 – Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)
1950 – Sid Field, English actor (b. 1904)
1952 – Harold L. Ickes  (b. 1874)
      American journalist and politician
      32nd United States Secretary of the Interior
1955 – Vasili Blokhin, Russian general (b. 1895)
1956 – Émile Borel, French mathematician and academic (b. 1871)
1956 – Johnny Claes  (b. 1916)
      English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player
1959 – The Day the Music Died
The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1930)
Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
Ritchie Valens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
1960 – Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (b. 1921)
1961 – Sadettin Kaynak, Turkish composer (b. 1895)
1961 – William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil  (b. 1893)
      Scottish-Australian captain and politician
      14th Governor-General of Australia
1961 – Anna May Wong, American actress (b. 1905)
1964 – C. Sittampalam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1898)
1967 – Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
1969 – C. N. Annadurai  (b. 1909)
      Indian journalist and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Madras State
1969 – Eduardo Mondlane Mozambican activist and academic (b. 1920)
1975 – William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer (b. 1873)
1975 – Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1904)
1980 – Hanna Rovina, Israeli actress (b. 1893)
1985 – Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1912)
1989 – John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
1989 – Lionel Newman, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1916)
1991 – Nancy Kulp, American actress (b. 1921)
1993 – Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1927)
1993 – Karel Goeyvaerts, Belgian composer (b. 1923)
1999 – Gwen Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1950)
2003 – Lana Clarkson, American actress and model (b. 1962)
2005 – Zurab Zhvania  (b. 1963)
     Georgian biologist and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Georgia
2005 – Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist and ornithologist (b. 1904)
2006 – Al Lewis, American actor and comedian (b. 1923)
2007 – Pedro Knight, Cuban musician (b. 1921)
2009 – Sheng-yen  (b. 1930)
     Chinese monk and scholar, founded the Dharma Drum Mountain
2010 – Dick McGuire, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
2010 – Frances Reid, American actress (b. 1914)
2011 – Maria Schneider, French actress (b. 1952)
2012 – Toh Chin Chye  (b. 1921)
      Singaporean academic and politician
      1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
2012 – Ben Gazzara, American actor and director (b. 1930)
2012 – Raj Kanwar, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1961)
2012 – Zalman King, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1942)
2012 – Mart Port, Estonian architect (b. 1922)
2012 – Andrzej Szczeklik, Polish physician and academic (b. 1938)
2013 – Cardiss Collins, American politician (b. 1931)
2013 – Oscar Feltsman, Ukrainian-Russian composer and producer (b. 1921)
2013 – Jam Mohammad Yousaf  (b. 1954)
      Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan
2014 – Louise Brough, American tennis player (b. 1923)
2014 – Richard Bull, American actor (b. 1924)
2014 – Joan Mondale  (b. 1930)
      American artist and author, 42nd Second Lady of the United States
2015 – Mary Healy, American actress, singer and variety entertainer (b. 1918)
2015 – Charlie Sifford, American golfer (b. 1922)


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Notable

1208 – James I the Conqueror  (d. 27 Jul 1276)
      King of Aragon, 1213-1276
1455 – John, King of Denmark  (d. 20 Feb 1513)
      King of Denmark, 1481–1513
      King of Norway, 1483–1513
      King of Sweden (as John II), 1497–1501
1457 – Peter Martyr d'Anghiera  (d. 1526)
      Italian-Spanish historian and author
1494 – Bona Sforza   d. 1557
     Italian wife of Sigismund I the Old
1502 – Damião de Góis   (d. 1574)
      Portuguese philosopher and historian
1506 – René de Birague   (d. 1583)
      Italian-French cardinal and politician
1522 – Lodovico Ferrari  (d. 1565)
      Italian mathematician and academic
1600 – Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653)
1613 – Noël Chabanel, French missionary and saint (d. 1649)
1621 – Johannes Schefferus  (d. 1679)
      Swedish author and hymn-writer
1650 – Pope Benedict XIII  (d. 21 Feb 1730)
      245th Pope of Rome, 1724-1730
1650 – Nell Gwyn, English actress (d. 1687)
1669 – Louis Marchand  (d. 1732)
      French organist and composer
1677 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French composer (d. 1745)
1695 – William Borlase  (d. 1772)
      English geologist and archaeologist
1695 – François de Chevert, French general (d. 1769)
1700 – Johann Christoph Gottsched  (d. 1766)
      German author and critic
1711 – Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (d. 1794)
1714 – Gottfried August Homilius  (d. 1785)
      German organist and composer
1717 – Ernst Gideon von Laudon  (d. 1790)
      Austrian field marshal
1745:  Hannah More  (d. 7 Sep 1833)
      English religious writer and philanthropist
1754 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord  (d. 1838)
      French bishop, politician, and diplomat
      1st Prime Minister of France, 1815
1782 – Henri de Rigny  (d. 1835)
      French admiral and politician, French Minister of War
1786 – Jacques Philippe Marie Binet  (d. 1856)
      French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer
1802 – Jean-Baptiste Boussingault  (d. 1887)
      French chemist and academic
1803 – Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (d. 1862)
1807:  Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin  (d. 31 Dec 1974)
      French politician
1829 – Alfred Brehm  (d. 1884)
      German zoologist and illustrator
1829 – William Stanley  (d. 1909)
      English engineer and philanthropist
1841 – François-Alphonse Forel  (d. 1912)
      Swiss limnologist and hydrologist
1842 – Julian Sochocki  (d. 1927)
      Polish-Russian mathematician and academic
1843:  Knute Nelson
      Norwegian-American attorney and politician
      U.S. Senator, R. MN, 1895-1923
      12th Governor of Minnesota, 1893-1895
      U.S. Representative, R. MN, 1883-1889
1849 – Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav  (d. 1921)
      Slovak poet and playwright
1851 – José Guadalupe Posada  (d. 1913)
      Mexican illustrator and engraver
1859:  Havelock Ellis  (d. 8 Jul 1939)
      English physician, writer, progressive intellectual,
            and social reformer
1860 – Curtis Guild, Jr.  (d. 1915)
      American journalist and politician
      43rd Governor of Massachusetts
1861 – Solomon R. Guggenheim  (d. 1949)
      American businessman and philanthropist
      founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1862 – Émile Coste, French fencer (d. 1927)
1864:  Margot Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith
      Anglo-Scottish socialite, author and wit  (d. 28 Jul 1945)
1866 – Enrique Simonet  (d. 1927)
      Spanish painter and academic
1872 – Clara Butt, English contralto (d. 1936)
1873 – Leo Fall, Austrian composer (d. 1925)
1873 – Konstantin von Neurath  (d. 1956)
      German politician and diplomat
      13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs
1875 – Fritz Kreisler  (d. 1962)
      Austrian-American violinist and composer
1878 – Joe Lydon  (d. 1937)
      American boxer and soccer player
1880 – Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969)
1881 – Orval Overall  (d. 1947)
      American baseball player and manager
1882 – Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (d. 1944)
      House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
      father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
1882 – James Joyce, Irish novelist and poet (d. 13 Jan 1941)
1882:  James Stephens, Irish novelist and poet  (d. 26 Dec 1950)
1883 – Johnston McCulley  (d. 1958)
      American author and screenwriter, created Zorro
1886 – William Rose Benét  (d. 1950)
      American poet and author
1887 – Ernst Hanfstaengl, German businessman (d. 1975)
1887 – Pat Sullivan  (d. 1933)
      Australian-American animator and producer
1889 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (d. 1952)
1890 – Charles Correll, American comedian (d. 1972)
1892 – Tochigiyama Moriya  (d. 1959)
      Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna
1893 – Cornelius Lanczos  (d. 1974)
      Hungarian mathematician and physicist
1893 – Raoul Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1970)
1893 – Damdin Sükhbaatar  (d. 1924)
      Mongolian military leader
1895 – George Halas  (d. 1983)
      American football player and coach
1895 – Robert Philipp, American painter (d. 1981)
1895 – George Sutcliffe, Australian public servant (d. 1964)
1896 – Kazimierz Kuratowski  (d. 1980)
      Polish mathematician and logician
1897 – Howard Deering Johnson  (d. 1972)
      American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's
1900 – Willie Kamm  (d. 1988)
      American baseball player and manager
1901 – Jascha Heifetz  (d. 1987)
      Lithuanian violinist and educator
1902 – Newbold Morris  (d. 1966)
      American lawyer and politician
1904 – Bozorg Alavi, Iranian author and activist (d. 1997)
1905 – Ayn Rand  (d. 6 Mar 1982)
      born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum
      Russian-born American author and philosopher
1906:  Gale Gordon  (d. 30 Jun 1995
      born Charles Thomas Aldrich, Jr.
      American character actor
1906:  Harold Rosenberg  (d. 11 Jul 1978)
      American writer, educator, philosopher and art critic
1908 – Wes Ferrell  (d. 1976)
      American baseball player and manager
1909 – Frank Albertson, American actor and singer (d. 1964)
1912 – Millvina Dean  (d. 2009)
      English civil servant and cartographer
      last survivor of the RMS Titanic
1912 – Burton Lane  (d. 1997)
      American songwriter and composer
1913:  Masanobu Fukuoka  (d. 16 Aug 2008)
      Japanese agricultural scientist, farmer, philosopher,
            and author
1913 – Ohn Maung, Burmese martyr (d. 1947)
1913 – Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (d. 1985)
1914 – Eric Kierans  (d. 2004)
      Canadian economist and politician
      1st Canadian Minister of Communications
1915 – Abba Eban  (d. 2002)
      South African-Israeli politician and diplomat
      1st Israel Ambassador to the United Nations
1915 – Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (d. 2005)
1915 – Khushwant Singh  (d. 2014)
      Indian journalist and author
1916 – Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet and author (d. 1985)
1917 – Đỗ Mười
      Vietnamese politician
      5th Prime Minister of Vietnam
1918 – Hella Haasse, Indonesian-Dutch author (d. 2011)
1919 – Lisa Della Casa, Swiss soprano and actress (d. 2012)
1919 – Georg Gawliczek  (d. 1999)
      German footballer and manager
1921:  John Quinton  (d. 13 Aug 1951)
      British navigator and pilot
1923 – Jean Babilée  (d. 2014)
      French dancer and choreographer
1923 – James Dickey, American poet and author (d. 1997)
1923 – Bonita Granville  (d. 1988)
      American actress and producer
1923 – Red Schoendienst
      American baseball player, coach, and manager
1923 – Liz Smith, American journalist and author
1923 – Clem Windsor  (d. 2007)
      Australian rugby player and surgeon
1924 – Elfi von Dassanowsky  (d. 2007)
      Austrian-American singer, pianist, producer
1925 – Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (d. 2014)
1926 – Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
      French academic and politician
      20th President of France
1926:  Edmund Rouse  (d. 28 Jul 2002)
      Australian businessman and political figure
1927 – Stan Getz, American saxophonist (d. 1991)
1927 – Doris Sams, American baseball player (d. 2012)
1928 – Jay Handlan  (d. 2013)
      American basketball player and engineer
1928 – A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.  (d. 1998)
      American judge, author, and activist
1929 – Sheila Matthews Allen  (d. 2013)
      American actress and producer
1929 – George Band  (d. 2011)
      English engineer and mountaineer
1929 – Věra Chytilová  (d. 2014)
      Czech actress, director, and screenwriter
1929 – John Henry Holland  (d. 2015)
      American computer scientist
1931 – Dries van Agt
      Dutch lawyer, jurist, and politician
      Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1931 – Les Dawson, English comedian and author (d. 1993)
1931 – John Paul Harney, Canadian educator and politician
1931 – Judith Viorst, American journalist and author
1932 – Arthur Lyman, American vibraphone player (d. 2002)
1932 – Robert Mandan, American actor
1933 – M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
1933 – Tony Jay, English actor and singer (d. 2006)
1933 – Orlando "Cachaíto" López  (d. 2009)
      Cuban bassist (Buena Vista Social Club)
1933 – Than Shwe, Burmese politician
1934 – Khalil Ullah Khan, Bangladeshi actor (d. 2014)
1935 – Evgeny Velikhov, Russian physicist and academic
1936 – Metin Oktay, Turkish footballer and manager (d. 1991)
1937 – Don Buford, American baseball player and coach
1937 – Eric Arturo Delvalle  (d. 2015)
      Panamanian lawyer and politician, President of Panama
1937 – Anthony Haden-Guest British journalist, poet, and critic
1937 – Remak Ramsay, American actor
1937 – Tom Smothers
      American comedian, actor, and singer (Smothers Brothers)
1938 – Norman Fowler
      English journalist and politician
      Secretary of State for Transport
1938 – Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1995)
1939 – Mary-Dell Chilton
      American chemist and inventor and one of the founders
            of modern plant biotechnology
1939 – Dale T. Mortensen  (d. 2014)
      American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1940 – Alan Caddy, English guitarist and producer (d. 2000)
1940 – Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet (d. 2008)
1940 – Wayne Fontes, American football player and coach
1940 – David Jason, English actor, director, and producer
1941 – Terry Biddlecombe, English jockey (d. 2014)
1941 – Lee Redmond
      American woman with the longest fingernails
1942:  Barry Diller
      American businessman
      Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp
            and Expedia, Inc.
      media executive responsible for the creation of Fox
            Broadcasting Company and USA Broadcasting
1942 – Bo Hopkins, American actor
1942 – Graham Nash
      English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Jang Sung-taek, North Korean politician (d. 2013)
1944 – Andrew Davis, English organist and conductor
1944 – Karen Foss, American journalist
1944:  E. Gordon Gee
      American academic
1944 – Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (d. 2012)
1944 – Ursula Oppens, American pianist and educator
1945 – John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell
      English economist and academic
1946 – John Armitt, English engineer and businessman
1946 – Alpha Oumar Konaré
      Malian academic and politician, 3rd President of Mali
1946 – Constantine Papadakis  (d. 2009)
      Greek-American businessman and academic
1947 – Greg Antonacci
      American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1947 – Farrah Fawcett  (d. 25 Jun 2009)
      American actress and producer
1947:  Ellen Malcolm
      American activist
      Founder and Chair of the Board of EMILY's List
1948 – Ina Garten, American chef and author
1948 – Al McKay
      American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
      (Earth, Wind & Fire)
1948 – Roger Williamson, English race car driver (d. 1973)
1949 – Duncan Bannatyne
       Scottish businessman and philanthropist
1949 – Yasuko Namba, Japanese mountaineer (d. 1996)
1949 – Brent Spiner, American actor
1950 – Osamu Kido, Japanese wrestler
1950 – Libby Purves, English journalist and author
1950 – Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese wrestler
1951 – Vangelis Alexandris, Greek basketball player and coach
1952 – John Cornyn
      American lawyer and politician
      49th Attorney General of Texas
1952 – Rick Dufay, French-American guitarist and songwriter
1952:  Ralph Merkle, American computer scientist
1952 – Park Geun-hye
      South Korean politician, 11th President of South Korea
1952 – Carol Ann Susi, American actress (d. 2014)
1952 – Ralph Merkle, American computer scientist
1953 – Duane Chapman, American bounty hunter
1953:  Charles Petzold, American computer programmer
1953 – Jerry Sisk, Jr.  (d. 2013)
      American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television
1954 – Christie Brinkley, American model and actress
1954 – Hansi Hinterseer, Austrian skier, actor, and singer
1954 – John Tudor, American baseball player
1955 – Leszek Engelking, Polish poet and author
1955 – Bob Schreck, American author
1955 – Kim Zimmer, American actress
1956 – Adnan Oktar, Turkish theorist and author
1957 – Phil Barney, Algerian-French singer-songwriter
1958 – Michel Marc Bouchard, Canadian playwright
1958:  Douglas McGrath
      American screenwriter, film director, and actor
1959:  Mike Tice
      American football player and coach
1960 – Jari Porttila, Finnish journalist
1961 – Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (d. 2013)
1961 – Lauren Lane, American actress
1961 – Steve Penney, Canadian ice hockey player
1962 – Philippe Claudel
      French author, director, and screenwriter
1962 – Luke Johnson, English businessman
1962 – Paul Kilgus, American baseball player
1963 – Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (d. 1996)
1963 – Kjell Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
1963:  Andrej Kiska
      Slovak entrepreneur and philanthropist
      President of Slovakia, 2014-present
1963 – Stephen McGann, English actor
1963 – Vigleik Storaas, Norwegian pianist
1964 – Diane Charlemagne  (d. 2015)
      English singer-songwriter
      (52nd Street and Urban Cookie Collective)
1965 – Carl Airey, English footballer
1965 – Naoki Sano, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1966 – Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis player and coach
1966 – Robert DeLeo
      American bass player, songwriter, and producer
1966 – Michael Misick
      Caicos Islander politician
      Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
1966:  Rob Sheffield
      American music journalist and author
1967 – Artūrs Irbe, Latvian ice hockey player and coach
1967 – Laurent Nkunda, Congolese general
1968 – Sean Elliott
      American basketball player and sportscaster
1968 – Scott Erickson, American baseball player and coach
1968 – Thomas Teige, German martial artist and actor
1968 – Simon Wickham-Smith
      English singer, astrologer, and academic
1969 – Valeri Karpin, Estonian-Russian footballer and manager
1969:  Dambisa Moyo
      Zambian-born international economist and author
1970 – C. Ernst Harth, Canadian actor and producer
1970 – Roar Strand, Norwegian footballer
1970 – Jennifer Westfeldt, American actress, singer and writer
1971 – Rockwilder, American rapper and producer
1971 – Michelle Gayle, English singer-songwriter and actress
1971 – Isaac Kungwane  (d. 2014)
      South African footballer and sportscaster
1971 – Jason Taylor, Australian rugby league player and coach
1972 – Dana International, Israeli pop singer
1972 – Melvin Mora, Venezuelan baseball player
1972 – Aleksey Naumov, Russian footballer
1973 – Andrei Luzgin, Estonian tennis player and coach
1973 – Aleksander Tammert, Estonian discus thrower
1973 – Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress and singer
1975 – Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Donald Driver, American football player
1975 – Naomi Grossman, American actress
1975 – Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
1976 – Ryan Farquhar, Northern Irish motorcycle racer
1976 – James Hickman, English swimmer
1976 – Ana Roces, Filipino actress
1977 – Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (bka Shakira)
      Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1977 – Libor Sionko, Czech footballer
1978 – Eden Espinosa, American actress and singer
1978 – Annabel Ellwood, Australian tennis player
1978 – Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
1978 – Rich Sommer, American actor
1978 – Faye White, English footballer
1979 – Urmo Aava, Estonian race car driver
1979:  Andrew Mayer Cohen (bka Mayer Hawthorne)
      American singer, producer, songwriter, arranger, audio
            engineer, DJ, rapper, and multi-instrumentalist
1979 – Klaus Mainzer, German rugby player
1979 – Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
1980 – Angela Finger-Erben, German journalist
1980 – Teddy Hart, Canadian wrestler
1980 – Gucci Mane, American rapper, producer, and actor
1980 – Oleguer Presas, Spanish footballer
1981 – Salem al-Hazmi  (d. 2001)
      Saudi Arabian terrorist
      hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77
1981 – Emre Aydın, Turkish singer-songwriter
1981 – Michelle Bass, English model and singer
1981 – Gemma Collins, English television personality
1981:  Emily Rose, American actress
1982 – Sergio Castaño Ortega, Spanish footballer
1982 – Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
1983 – Ronny Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player
1983:  Nathan Fielder, Canadian writer and comedian
1983 – Carolina Klüft, Swedish heptathlete and jumper
1983 – Jordin Tootoo, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Vladimir Voskoboinikov, Estonian footballer
1984 – Brian Cage, American wrestler
1984 – Mao Miyaji, Japanese actress
1984 – Rudi Wulf, New Zealand rugby player
1985 – Masoud Azizi, Afghan sprinter
1985 – Renn Kiriyama, Japanese actor
1985 – Kristo Saage, Estonian basketball player
1985 – Silvestre Varela, Portuguese footballer
1986 – Gemma Arterton, English actress
1986 – Miwa Asao, Japanese volleyball player
1987 – Anthony Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
1987 – Saia Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
1987 – Athena Imperial
      Filipino journalist; Miss Earth-Water 2011
1987 – Mimi Page, American singer-songwriter and producer
1987 – Gerard Piqué, Spanish footballer
1987 – Javon Ringer, American football player
1987 – Jill Scott, English footballer
1988 – Zosia Mamet, American actress and singer
1991 – Nathan Delfouneso, English footballer
1991 – Gregory Mertens, Belgian footballer (d. 2015)
1991 – Shohei Nanba, Japanese actor
1992 – Joonas Tamm, Estonian footballer
1992 – Danielle White, American singer-songwriter and actress
1993 – Jake Cassidy, Welsh footballer
1993 – Ravel Morrison, English footballer
1995 – Paul Digby, English footballer
1995 – Aleksander Jagiełło, Polish footballer


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Andrea Zimmerman
Ryan Higginbotham
Michael Evans
Selma Miller
Kelley Morris
Stan Major


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619 – Laurence of Canterbury, English archbishop and saint
1124 – Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1064)
1218 – Konstantin of Rostov (b. 1186)
1250 – Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216)
1294 – Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1229)
1448 – Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1372)
1512 – Hatuey, Caribbean tribal chief
1529 – Baldassare Castiglione, Italian soldier and diplomat (b. 1478)
1580 – Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese daimyo (b. 1558)
1594 – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer and educator (b. 1525)
1648 – George Abbot, English author and politician (b. 1603)
1660 – Gaston, Duke of Orléans (b. 1608)
1660 – Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (b. 1615)
1661 – Lucas Holstenius, German geographer and historian (b. 1596)
1675 – Ivan Belostenec, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (b. 1594)
1688 – Abraham Duquesne, French admiral (b. 1610)
1704 – Guillaume de l'Hôpital, French mathematician and academic (b. 1661)
1712 – Martin Lister, English physician and geologist (b. 1639)
1714 – John Sharp, English archbishop (b. 1643)
1723 – Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist and physician (b. 1666)
1768 – Robert Smith, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1689)
1769 – Pope Clement XIII (b. 1693)
1802 – Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip  (b. 1713)
      English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies
1804 – George Walton  (b. 1749)
      American lawyer and politician, Governor of Georgia (b. 1749)
1904 – William Collins Whitney  (b. 1841)
      American financier and politician
      31st United States Secretary of the Navy
1904 – Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
1905 – Henri Germain  (b. 1824)
      French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais
1907 – Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
1909 – Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
1913 – Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)
1918 – John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
1919 – Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (b. 1894)
1925 – Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1867)
1925 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
1926 – Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (b. 1848)
1932 – Agha Petros, Assyrian general and politician (b. 1880)
1939 – Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (b. 1879)
1942 – Ado Birk  (b. 1883)
      Estonian lawyer and politician; 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia
1942 – Daniil Kharms, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1905)
1942 – Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (b. 1876)
1945 – Alfred Delp, German priest and philosopher (b. 1907)
1945 – Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German economist and politician (b. 1884)
1945 – Johannes Popitz, Prussian politician (b. 1884)
1948 – Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1870)
1948 – Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (b. 1894)
1950 – Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
1952 – Callistratus of Georgia, Georgian patriarch (b. 1866)
1954 – Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author and politician (b. 1886)
1956 – Charley Grapewin, American actor and singer (b. 1869)
1956 – Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (b. 1878)
1956 – Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
1957 – Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1890)
1960 – André Alerme, French actor (b. 1877)
1962 – Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-Israeli biochemist and academic (b. 1914)
1966 – Hacı Ömer Sabancı, Turkish businessman (b. 1906)
1968 – Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (b. 1878)
1969 – Boris Karloff, English actor and singer (b. 1887)
1970 – Lawrence Gray, American actor and singer (b. 1898)
1970 – Bertrand Russell  (b. 1872)
      English mathematician and philosopher; Nobel Prize laureate
1972 – Natalie Clifford Barney, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
1973 – Hendrik Elias
      Belgian academic and politician  (b. 1902)
      9th Mayor of Ghent
1974 – Imre Lakatos, Hungarian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1922)
1975 – Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1883)
1979 – Jim Burke, Australian cricketer (b. 1930)
1979 – Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (b. 1957)
1980 – William Howard Stein  (b. 1911)
      American biochemist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate
1982 – Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
1983 – Sam Chatmon, American singer and guitarist (b. 1897)
1986 – Anita Cobby, Australian murder victim (b. 1959)
1986 – Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957)
1987 – Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
1987 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish-German author and screenwriter (b. 1922)
1988 – Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
1989 – Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater and coach (b. 1951)
1989 – Arnold Nordmeyer  (b. 1901)
      New Zealand minister and politician
      30th New Zealand Minister of Finance
1990 – Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic (b. 1905)
1990 – Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (b. 1934)
1992 – Bert Parks, American actor, singer and television host (b. 1914)
1993 – François Reichenbach, French director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1995 – Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor (b. 1917)
1995 – Fred Perry, English-Australian tennis player (b. 1909)
1995 – Donald Pleasence, English actor (b. 1919)
1996 – Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1912)
1997 – Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (b. 1913)
1997 – Sanford Meisner, American actor and acting coach (b. 1904)
1998 – Haroun Tazieff, German-French geologist and cinematographer (b. 1914)
1999 – David McComb, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)
2002 – Paul Baloff, American singer-songwriter (Exodus) (b. 1960)
2002 – Claude Brown, American author (b. 1937)
2003 – Lou Harrison, American composer and educator (b. 1917)
2004 – Bernard McEveety, American film director and producer (b. 1924)
2005 – Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905)
2007 – Vijay Arora, Indian actor (b. 1944)
2007 – Billy Henderson, American singer (b. 1939)
2007 – Joe Hunter, American pianist (b. 1927)
2007 – Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (b. 1967)
2007 – Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (b. 1919)
2008 – Barry Morse, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
2008 – Katoucha Niane, Guinean model and author (b. 1960)
2011 – Edward Amy, Canadian soldier (b. 1918)
2011 – Margaret John, Welsh actress (b. 1926)
2012 – Joyce Barkhouse, Canadian author (b. 1913)
2012 – Frederick William Danker, American lexicographer and scholar (b. 1920)
2012 – George Esper, American journalist and academic (b. 1932)
2012 – Dorothy Gilman, American author (b. 1923)
2012 – James F. Lloyd, American pilot and politician (b. 1922)
2013 – Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (b. 1961)
2013 – John Kerr, American actor and lawyer (b. 1931)
2013 – Chris Kyle, American soldier and sniper (b. 1974)
2013 – Lino Oviedo, Paraguayan general and politician (b. 1943)
2013 – Pepper Paire, American baseball player (b. 1924)
2014 – Gerd Albrecht, German conductor (b. 1935)
2014 – Nicholas Brooks, English historian (b. 1941)
2014 – Eduardo Coutinho  (b. 1933)
      Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
2014 – Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1967)
2014 – Werner Husemann, German soldier and pilot (b. 1919)
2015 – Joseph Alfidi, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1949)
2015 – Dave Bergman, American baseball player (b. 1953)
2015 – The Jacka, American rapper and producer (Mob Figaz) (b. 1977)
2015 – Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)
2015 – Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (b. 1922)


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1261 – Walter de Stapledon  (d. 15 Oct 1326)
      English bishop and politician
      Bishop of Exeter, 1308–1326
      Lord High Treasurer of England, 1320 & 1322
1402 – Eleanor of Aragon  (d. 19 Feb 1445)
      Queen consort of Portugal, 1433-1438
1459 – Conrad Celtes, German poet and scholar (d. 1508)
1462 – Johannes Trithemius  (d. 1516)
      German lexicographer, historian, and cryptographer
1501 – Queen Munjeong  (d. 29 Dec 1565)
      Queen Consort of Korea
      Regent of Korea, 1545-1565
1552 – Sir Edward Coke  (d. 3 Sep 1634)
      English lawyer, judge, and politician
      Chief Justice of the King's Bench, 1613-1616
      Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 1606-1613
      Attorney General for England and Wales, 1594-1606
      Solicitor General for England and Wales, 1592-1594
1635 – Marquard Gude  (d. 1689)
      German archaeologist and scholar
1648 – Elkanah Settle, English poet and playwright (d. 1724)
1659 – Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (d. 1729)
1663 – Ignacia del Espíritu Santo  (d. 1748)
      Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary
1687 – Johann Adam Birkenstock  (d. 1733)
      German violinist and composer
1690 – Francesco Maria Veracini  (d. 1768)
      Italian violinist and composer
1701 – Johan Agrell  (d. 1765)
      Swedish-German pianist and composer
1710 – Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (d. 1771)
1761 – Christiaan Hendrik Persoon  (d. 1836)
      South African-French mycologist and academic
1763 – Thomas Campbell  (d. 1854)
      Irish minister and theologian
1764 – George Duff, Scottish captain (d. 1805)
1787:  Richard Whately  (d. 8 Oct 1863)
      English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian
      Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, 1831-1963
1796 – Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich  (d. 1865)
      Swiss minister, poet, and educator
1801: Thomas Cole, American artist  (d. 11 Feb 1848)
1801 – Émile Littré  (d. 1881)
      French lexicographer and philosopher
1820 – George Hendric Houghton  (d. 17 Nov 1897)
      American clergyman and theologian
1836 – Emil Hartmann  (d. 1898)
      Danish organist and composer
1841 – William Davenport, American magician (d. 1877)
1844 – G. Stanley Hall  (d. 1924)
      American psychologist and academic
1851 – Durham Stevens  (d. 1908)
      American lawyer and diplomat
1858 – Ignacio Bonillas  (d. 1942)
      Mexican diplomat chosen by Venustiano Carranza
            to succeed him
1859 – Victor Herbert  (d. 26 May 1924)
      Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor
1871 – Hellmer Hermandsen  (d. 1958)
      Norwegian target shooter
1872 – Jerome F. Donovan  (d. 1949)
      American lawyer and politician
1872 – Andrew Kehoe  (d. 1927)
      American mass murderer
1873 – Joseph Allard  (d. 1947)
      Canadian fiddler and composer
1873 – John Barry  (d. 1901)
      Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient
1874 – Hugo von Hofmannsthal  (d. 1929)
      Austrian author, poet, and playwright
1876:  Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn  (d. 4 Apr 1959)
      American poet
1878 – Alfréd Hajós  (d. 1955)
      Hungarian swimmer and architect
      designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika
1878 – Milan Hodža  (d. 1944)
      Slovak journalist and politician
      10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
1881 – Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (d. 1966)
1882 – Louis St. Laurent  (d. 25 Jul 1973)
      Canadian lawyer and politician
      12th Prime Minister of Canada
1884 – Bradbury Robinson  (d. 1949)
      American football player and physician
1884 – Yevgeny Zamyatin  (d. 1937)
      Russian journalist and author
1887 – Charles Nordhoff  (d. 1947)
      English-American lieutenant, pilot, and author
1888 – Charles January, American soccer player (d. 1970)
1890 – Nikolai Reek  (d. 1942)
      Estonian general and politician
      11th Estonian Minister of War
1894 – John Ford  (d. 31 Aug 1973)
      American director and producer
1894:  Herman Hupfeld  (d. 8 Jun 1951)
      American songwriter ("As Time Goes By")
1894 – James P. Johnson  (d. 1955)
      American pianist and composer
1895 – Conn Smythe, Canadian businessman (d. 1980)
1896:  Frank C. Lane  (d. 19 Mar 1981)
      American football player and baseball executive
1897 – Denise Robins  (d. 1985)
      English journalist and author
1898 – Leila Denmark  (d. 2012)
      American pediatrician and author
1900:  Stephen Potter, British author  (d. 2 Dec 1969)
1901 – Frank Buckles, American soldier (d. 2011)
1901 – Clark Gable, American actor (d. 16 Nov 1960)
1902 – Therese Brandl  (d. 1947)
      German concentration camp guard
1902 – Langston Hughes  (d. 22 May 1967)
      American poet and author
1904 – S.J. Perelman  (d. 1979)
      American author and screenwriter
1905 – Joan Morgan, English actress (d. 2004)
1905 – Emilio G. Segrè  (d. 1989)
      Italian-American physicist and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate
1906 – Hildegarde, American singer (d. 2005)
1906 – Adetokunbo Ademola  (d. 1993)
      Nigerian jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria
1907 – Günter Eich  (d. 1972)
      German author and songwriter
1907 – Camargo Guarnieri  (d. 1993)
      Brazilian pianist and composer
1908 – George Pal  (d. 1980)
      Hungarian-American animator and producer
1908 – Louis Rasminsky  (d. 1998)
      Canadian economist and banker
1909 – George Beverly Shea  (d. 16 Apr 2013)
      Canadian-American singer-songwriter
1910 – Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme  (d. 2009)
      Chinese general and politician
1915 – Stanley Matthews  (d. 2000)
      English footballer and manager
1915 – Alicia Rhett, American actress and painter (d. 2014)
1917 – A. K. Hangal, Indian actor (d. 2012)
1917 – José Luis Sampedro  (d. 2013)
      Spanish economist and author
1917 – Eiji Sawamura  (d. 1944)
      Japanese baseball player and soldier
1918 – Muriel Spark  (d. 13 Apr 2006)
      Scottish-Italian author and poet
1918 – Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (d. 2012)
1920 – Mike Scarry  (d. 2012)
      American football player and coach
1921 – Patricia Robins, English author
1921 – Peter Sallis, English entertainer
1921:  Thomas Edwin 'Peter' Utley  (d. 21 Jun 1988)
      British High Tory journalist
1922 – Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (d. 2004)
1923 – Ben Weider  (d. 2008)
      Canadian businessman
      co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding
            & Fitness
1924 – Richard Hooker, American novelist (d. 1997)
1924 – Emmanuel Scheffer  (d. 2012)
      German-Israeli footballer, coach, and manager
1925 – Giovanni Riggi, American mob boss (d. 2015)
1927 – Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (d. 2014)
1928 – Sam Edwards, Welsh physicist and academic (d. 2015)
1928 – Tom Lantos, Hungarian-American politician (d. 2008)
1928 – Stuart Whitman, American actor
1930 – Shahabuddin Ahmed
      Bangladeshi judge and politician
      12th President of Bangladesh
1930 – Mario Beaulieu  (d. 1998)
      Canadian lawyer and politician
1930 – Hussain Muhammad Ershad
      Indian-Bangladeshi general and politician
      10th President of Bangladesh
1930 – Peter Tapsell, English soldier and politician
1931 – Boris Yeltsin  (d. 23 Apr 2007)
      Russian politician, 1st President of Russia
1932:  David Antin
      American poet, critic and performance artist
1933: Reynolds Price  (d. 20 Jan 2011)
      American poet, novelist, dramatist, and essayist
      James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University
1934 – Nicolae Breban
      Romanian author, poet, and playwright
1934:  Robert Castle Schoen (bka Bob Shane)
      American singer and guitarist (The Kingston Trio)
1936 – Tuncel Kurtiz  (d. 2013)
       Turkish actor, playwright, and director
1936 – Azie Taylor Morton  (d. 2003)
      American educator and politician
      36th Treasurer of the United States
1937 – Don Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1937 – Garrett Morris, American comedian and actor
1937:  Ray "Eye Patch" Sawyer
      American singer (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)
1938:  Jimmy Carl Black  (d. 1 Nov 2008)
      born James Carl Inkanish, Jr.
      American drummer and vocalist
      (The Mothers of Invention)
1938 – Sherman Hemsley  (d. 24 Jul 2012)
      American actor and singer
1939 – Fritjof Capra, Austrian physicist, author, and academic
1939 – Claude François  (d. 1978)
      Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and dancer
1939 – Paul Gillmor  (d. 5 Sep 2007)
      American lawyer and politician
      U.S. Representative, R. OH, 1989-2007
1939 – Ekaterina Maximova  (d. 2009)
      Soviet and Russian ballerina
1939 – Yuri Rost
      Russian photographer, journalist, and traveler
1939 – Joe Sample, American musician and composer (d. 2014)
1941:  Bette Joy Senese Philbin
      American television personality
      wife of television personality Regis Philbin, 1970–present
1941 – Jerry Spinelli, American author
1942 – Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (d. 1996)
1942 – Terry Jones, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter
1942 – Masa Saito, Japanese wrestler and manager
1942 – David Sincock, Australian cricketer
1944 – Mike Enzi
      American soldier, accountant, and politician
1944:  Robert Higgs
      American economic historian and economist
1944 – Petru Popescu
      Romanian-American director, producer, and author
1944 – Dick Snyder, American basketball player
1944 – Burkhard Ziese  (d. 2010)
      German footballer and manager
1945 – Serge Joyal, Canadian lawyer and politician
1946 – Chris Clark, American singer
1946 – Elisabeth Sladen, English actress (d. 2011)
1947 – Mike Brant, Israeli singer (d. 1975)
1947 – Adam Ingram
      Scottish politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
1947 – Normie Rowe, Australian singer
1947 – Jessica Savitch, American journalist (d. 23 Oct 1983)
1947:  Frank Tipler
      American mathematical physicist and cosmologist
1948 – Rick James  (d. 2004)
      American singer-songwriter and producer
1948 – Ferruccio Mazzola  (d. 2013)
      Italian footballer and manager
1950 – Mike Campbell
      American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
      (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch)
1951 – Sonny Landreth, American guitarist and songwriter
1951 – Andrew Smith
      English politician
      Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
1952 – Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general (d. 2012)
1952 – Jenő Jandó, Hungarian pianist and educator
1954:  Charles William "Bill" Mumy, Jr.
      American actor, musician, pitchman, and instrumentalist
1957:  Dennis Emmanuel Brown  (d. 1 Jul 1999)
      Jamaican reggae singer
1957 – Mohammed Jamal Khalifa  (d. 2007)
      Saudi Arabian businessman
1957 – Gilbert Hernandez, American cartoonist
1958 – Luther Blissett
      Jamaican-English footballer and manager
1958 – Ryō Horikawa, Japanese voice actor
1958 – Eleanor Laing, Scottish lawyer and politician
1958 – Jackie Shroff, Indian actor, singer, and producer
1960:  Cindy Gallop, English advertising consultant
1961 – Volker Fried, German field hockey player and coach
1961 – Daniel M. Tani, American engineer and astronaut
1962 – José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (d. 2004)
1962 – Tomoyasu Hotei
      Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
      (Boøwy and Complex)
1962 – Takashi Murakami, Japanese painter and sculptor
1964 – Kiriko Isono
      Japanese comedian, entertainer, and actress
1964 – Jani Lane  (d. 2011)
      American singer-songwriter (Warrant)
1964 – Mario Pelchat, Canadian singer-songwriter
1964 – Linus Roache, English actor
1964 – Bugge Wesseltoft
      Norwegian pianist and record producer
      (Jazzland Recordings)
1965 – Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
      Stéphanie Marie Elisabeth Grimaldi
      Her Serene Highness Princess Stephanie of Monaco,
            Countess of Polignac, 1965-present
1965 – Sherilyn Fenn, American actress
1965 – Brandon Bruce Lee  (d. 31 Mar 1993)
      son of martial arts film actor Bruce Lee
      American actor and martial artist
1966 – Michelle Akers, American soccer player
1967 – Meg Cabot, American author and screenwriter
1968 – Cheb Hasni, Algerian musician
1968 – Lisa Marie Presley, American singer-songwriter
1968 – Mark Recchi, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968 – Pauly Shore
      American comedian, actor, director, and producer
1969 – Gabriel Batistuta, Argentinian footballer
1969 – Andrew Breitbart  (d. 1 Mar 2012)
      American journalist, author, and publisher
1969:  Bahman Ghobadi
      Iranian film director of Kurdish ethnicity
1969 – Brian Krause, American actor and screenwriter
1969 – Franklyn Rose, Jamaican cricketer
1970 – Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese race car driver
1970 – Malik Sealy  (d. 2000)
      American basketball player and actor
1970 – Asuman Dabak, Turkish actress
1971 – Harald Brattbakk, Norwegian footballer and pilot
1971 – Michael C. Hall, American actor
1971 – Tomomi Hayashi, Japanese-Estonian architect
1971 – Ajay Jadeja, Indian cricketer, sportscaster, and actor
1972:  Leymah Roberta Gbowee
      Liberian peace activist
      2011 Nobel Peace Prize
1972 – Ukyō Kamimura (bka Kami)  (d. 1999)
      Japanese drummer (Malice Mizer)
1973 – Andrew DeClercq
      American basketball player and coach
1973 – Yuri Landman, Dutch instrument maker
1973 – Makiko Ohmoto, Japanese voice actress
1973 – Óscar Pérez Rojas, Mexican footballer
1974 – Walter McCarty
      American basketball player and coach
1975 – Antwan André Patton (bka Big Boi)
      American rapper and producer
1975 – Martijn Reuser, Dutch footballer
1976 – Phil Ivey, American poker player
1976 – Mat Rogers, Australian rugby player
1977 – Lari Ketner, American football player (d. 2014)
1977 – Kevin Kilbane
      English-Irish footballer and sportscaster
1977 – Robert Traylor, American basketball player (d. 2011)
1978 – Tim Harding, Australian singer and actor (Hi-5)
1978:  Keinan Abdi Warsame (bka K'naan)
      Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter,
            and instrumentalist
1979 – Valentín Elizalde  (d. 2006)
      Mexican singer-songwriter
1979:  Michael Jason Isbell
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979:  Rachelle Lefevre, Canadian actress
1979:  Julie Roberts, American country music singer
1979 – Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
1979:  Rutina Wesley, American actress
1980 – Héctor Luna, Dominican baseball player
1980 – Moisés Muñoz, Mexican footballer
1980 – Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2005)
1981 – Rob Austin, English race car driver
1981:  John Gemberling, American actor
1981 – Christian Giménez, Argentinian footballer
1981:  Sean Hampton  (d. 2016)
       American actor, director, and producer
1981 – Graeme Smith, South African cricketer
1982 – Gavin Henson, Welsh rugby player
1982 – Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer
1983 – Kevin Martin, American basketball player
1983 – Anna Suzuki, Japanese actress and model
1983 – Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgian cyclist
1984 – Darren Fletcher, Scottish footballer
1984 – Abbi Jacobson
      American comedian, writer, actress, and illustrator
1984 – Sandra Seifert
      Filipino model and activist, Miss Earth-Air 2009
1984 – Lee Thompson Young, American actor (d. 2013)
1985 – Dean Shiels, Irish footballer
1986 – Jorrit Bergsma, Dutch speed skater
1986 – Lauren Conrad, American fashion designer and author
1986:  Justin Deeley, American model and actor
1987 – Sebastian Boenisch, Polish footballer
1987 – Moises Henriques, Portuguese-Australian cricketer
1987 – Wu Jingyu, Chinese martial artist
1987 – Heather Morris, American actress, singer, and dancer
1987 – Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer
1987 – Ronda Rousey
      American mixed martial artist and actress
1988 – Brett Anderson, American baseball player
1988 – Masahiro Higashide, Japanese actor and model
1989 – Ricky Pinheiro, Portuguese footballer
1990 – Dan Gosling, English footballer
1990:  Laura Marling
      English folk singer-songwriter and musician
1991 – Luca Caldirola, Italian footballer
1992 – Mao Ichimichi, Japanese actress and model
1993 – Diego Mella, Italian footballer
1994 – Anna-Lena Friedsam, German tennis player
1994:  Julia Garner, American actress
1994:  Skylar Laine (born Skylar Laine Harden)
      American singer-songwriter
1994 – Harry Styles, English singer-songwriter (One Direction)
1994 – Ryo Yoshizawa, Japanese actor
1995 – Márton Lorentz, Hungarian footballer
1995 – Jay Lelliott, English freestyle swimmer
1995 – Amy Kwan, Malaysian rhythmic gymnast
1996:  Dionne Bromfield
      British soul singer, songwriter, and TV presenter

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772 – Pope Stephen III (b. 720)
1248 – Henry II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1207)
1328 – Charles IV of France (b. 1294)
1542 – Girolamo Aleandro, Italian cardinal (b. 1480)
1563 – Menas of Ethiopia (b. 1559)
1590 – Lawrence Humphrey, English theologian and academic (b. 1527)
1691 – Pope Alexander VIII (b. 1610)
1718 – Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury  (b. 1660)
      English politician, Lord High Treasurer
1733 – Augustus II the Strong, Polish king (b. 1670)
1734 – John Floyer, English physician and author (b. 1649)
1743 – Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer (b. 1657)
1750 – Bakar of Georgia (b. 1699)
1761 – Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French priest and historian (b. 1682)
1768 – Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (b. 1685)
1793 – William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington  (b. 1717)
      English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
1832 – Archibald Murphey, American judge and politician (b. 1777)
1851 – Mary Shelley, English author and playwright (b. 1797)
1871 – Alexander Serov, Russian composer and music critic (b. 1820)
1893 – George Henry Sanderson  (b. 1824)
      American politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco
1897 – Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
1903 – Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet  (b. 1819)
      Irish-English physicist, mathematician, and politician
1907 – Léon Serpollet  (b. 1858)
      French industrialist and pioneer of steam automobiles
1908 – Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
1916 – Yusuf Izzettin Efendi, son of Sultan Abdul Aziz (b. 1857)
1922 – William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
1924 – Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)
1928 – Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
1936 – Georgios Kondylis  (b. 1878)
      Greek general and politician, 128th Prime Minister of Greece
1940 – Philip Francis Nowlan, American author, created Buck Rogers (b. 1888)
1940 – Zacharias Papantoniou, Greek journalist and critic (b. 1877)
1944 – Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (b. 1872)
1945 – Prince Kiril of Bulgaria (b. 1895)
1946 – Jenő Törzs, Hungarian actor (b. 1887)
1949 – Nicolae Dumitru Cocea, Romanian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1880)
1949 – Herbert Stothart, American conductor and composer (b. 1885)
1954 – Yvonne de Bray, French actress (b. 1889)
1957 – Friedrich Paulus, German general (b. 1890)
1958 – Clinton Davisson  (b. 1888)
      American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1959 – Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (b. 1873)
1966 – Hedda Hopper, American actress and gossip columnist (b. 1885)
1966 – Buster Keaton  (b. 1895)
      American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Jacob van der Hoeden, Dutch-Israeli scientist and academic (b. 1891)
1970 – Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1921)
1976 – Werner Heisenberg  (b. 1901)
      German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1976 – George Whipple  (b. 1878)
      American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1979 – Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist and activist (b. 1929)
1980 – Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist and painter (b. 1930)
1981 – Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.  (b. 1892)
      American businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company
1981 – Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1908)
1986 – Alva Myrdal  (b. 1902)
      Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
1987 – Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
1988 – Heather O'Rourke, American child actress (b. 1975)
1989 – Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic (b. 1918)
1991 – Jimmy MacDonald  (b. 1906)
      Scottish-American sound effects artist, voice actor
1992 – Jean Hamburger, French physician and surgeon (b. 1909)
1996 – Ray Crawford  (b. 1915)
      American racing driver, fighter ace, test pilot, and businessman
1997 – Herb Caen, American journalist and author (b. 1916)
1999 – Barış Manço  (b. 1943)
      Turkish singer-songwriter and producer (Moğollar and Kurtalan Ekspres)
1999 – Paul Mellon, American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1907)
2001 – André D'Allemagne, Canadian political scientist and educator (b. 1929)
2002 – Aykut Barka, Turkish geologist and academic (b. 1951)
2002 – Hildegard Knef, German actress and singer (b. 1925)
2003 – crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia
– Michael P. Anderson, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1959)
– David M. Brown, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1956)
– Kalpana Chawla, Indian-American engineer and astronaut (b. 1961)
– Laurel Clark, American captain, surgeon, and astronaut (b. 1961)
– Rick Husband, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1957)
– William C. McCool, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1961)
– Ilan Ramon, Israeli colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1954)
2003 – Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer and bandleader (b. 1922)
2004 – Suha Arın, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
2005 – John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1932)
2006 – Bryce Harland, New Zealand academic and diplomat (b. 1931)
2007 – Ahmad Abu Laban  (b. 1946)
      Egyptian-Danish religious leader
      founded The Islamic Society in Denmark
2007 – Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American playwright and composer (b. 1911)
2007 – Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dancer and choreographer (b. 1937)
2008 – Beto Carrero, Brazilian actor and businessman (b. 1937)
2010 – Jack Brisco, American wrestler and manager (b. 1941)
2010 – Justin Mentell, American actor (b. 1982)
2012 – Gerlando Alberti, Italian mobster (b. 1927)
2012 – Don Cornelius, American television host and producer (b. 1936)
2012 – Wisława Szymborska  (b. 1923)
      Polish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate
2013 – Ed Koch  (b. 1924)
      American lawyer, judge, and politician
      105th Mayor of New York City
2013 – Cecil Womack  (b. 1947)
      American singer-songwriter and producer
      (The Valentinos and Womack & Womack)
2014 – Luis Aragonés, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1938)
2014 – Vasily Petrov, Russian marshal (b. 1917)
2014 – Rene Ricard, American poet, painter, and critic (b. 1946)
2014 – Maximilian Schell  (b. 1930)
      Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
2015 – Aldo Ciccolini, Italian-French pianist (b. 1925)
2015 – Monty Oum, American animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1981)


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