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808 – Emperor Ninmyō of Japan (d. 850)
823 – Ermentrude of Orléans, Frankish queen (d. 869)
1271 – Wenceslaus II, Bohemian king (d. 1305)
1275 – John II, Duke of Brabant (d. 1312)
1389 – Cosimo de' Medici, Italian ruler (d. 1464)
1544 – Takenaka Shigeharu, Japanese samurai (d. 1579)
1601 – Louis XIII of France (d. 1643)
1627 – Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (d. 1704)
1643 – Solomon Stoddard, American pastor (d. 1729)
1657 – Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia (d. 1704)
1677 – Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1754)
1696 – Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (d. 1787)
1719 – Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (d. 1800)
      German mathematician and epigrammatist
1722 – Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician (d. 1803)
      4th Governor of Massachusetts
1729 – Michael Denis, Austrian lepidopterist, author, and poet (d. 1800)
1739 – Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, Irish politician (d. 1767)
1765 – Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille, French general (d. 1794)
1772 – Martha Jefferson Randolph (d. 1836)
      American wife of Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr.
1803 – Samuel Francis Du Pont, American admiral (d. 1865)
1805 – George Müller, German-English evangelist and missionary (d. 1898)
      founded the Ashley Down Orphanage
1818 – Hermann Kolbe, German chemist and academic (d. 1884)
1821 – Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Swiss philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 11 May 1881)
1824 – William "Bull" Nelson, American general (d. 1862)
1830 – William Babcock Hazen, American general (d. 1887)
1838 – Lawrence Sullivan Ross, American general and politician (d. 1898)
      19th Governor of Texas
1840 – Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (d. 1914)
1840 – Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (d. 1902)
1842 – Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and petrographer (d. 1903)
1843 – Gaston Tarry, French mathematician and academic (d. 1913)
1861 – Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, American poet and author (d. 1933)
1864 – Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest and politician (d. 1938)
1866 – Eurosia Fabris, Italian saint (d. 1932)
1871 – Grazia Deledda, Italian author and poet (d. 1936)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1871 – George Ducker, Canadian soccer player (d. 1952)
1874:  Myrtle Reed  [American author] (d. 17 Aug 1911)
1879 – Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1934)
1879 – Frederick Schule, American hurdler and coach (d. 1962)
1879 – Cyril Scott, English poet and composer (d. 1970)
1885 – Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965)
1885 – Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1964)
1894 – Olive Tell, American actress and singer (d. 1951)
1894 – Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1922)
1895 – Woolf Barnato, English race car driver and financier (d. 1948)
1896 – Gilbert Ashton, English cricketer (d. 1981)
1896 – Sam Ervin, American politician (d. 1985)
1898:  Clementine Paddleford  [American food writer] (d. 13 Nov 1967)
1898 – Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (d. 1946)
1904 – Edvard Kocbek, Slovenian poet and politician (d. 1981)
1905 – Conrad Heidkamp, German footballer and manager (d. 1994)
1906 – William Empson, English poet and critic (d. 1984)
1906 – Jim Thompson, American author and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1906 – Sergei Varshavsky, Russian art collector and author (d. 1980)
1907 – Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and theorist (d. 2003)
1907 – Bernard Miles, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1907:  Bhagat Singh  [Indian socialist revolutionary] (d. 23 Mar 1931)
1911 – John Harvey, English actor (d. 1982)
1911 – Marcey Jacobson, American-Mexican photographer (d. 2009)
1913 – Albert Ellis, American psychologist and author (d. 24 Jun 2007)
1916 – S. Yizhar, Israeli academic and politician (d. 2006)
1917 – Louis Auchincloss, American lawyer, historian, and author (d. 2010)
1917 – Carl Ballantine, American magician and actor (d. 2009)
1917 – William T. Orr, American actor and producer (d. 2002)
1918 – Martin Ryle, English astronomer and author (d. 1984)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1919 – Charles H. Percy, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2011)
1919 – James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1986)
1919 – Jayne Meadows, Chinese-American actress and author (d. 26 Apr 2015)
1920 – William Conrad, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1994)
1921 – Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian director and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1921 – Milton Subotsky, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1991)
      co-founded Amicus Productions
1921 – Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (d. 2013)
1922 – Sammy Benskin, American pianist and bandleader (d. 1992)
1922 – Arthur Penn, American director and producer (d. 2010)
1924 – Ernest Becker, American-Canadian anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1974)
1924 – Bud Powell, American pianist (d. 1966)
1924 – Fred Singer, Austrian-American physicist and academic
1924 – Josef Škvorecký, Czech-Canadian author and publisher (d. 2012)
1925 – Robert Edwards, English physiologist and academic (d. 2013)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1925 – George Gladir, American author (d. 2013)
1927 – Chrysostomos I of Cyprus (d. 2007)
1927 – Red Rodney, American trumpet player (d. 1994)
1927 – Romano Scarpa, Italian author and illustrator (d. 2005)
1927 – Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006)
1927 – Sada Thompson, American actress (d. 2011)
1928 – Margaret Rule, English archaeologist and historian (d. 2015)
1929 – Calvin Jones, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2004)
1929 – Bruno Junk, Estonian race walker (d. 1995)
1929 – Barbara Murray, English actress (d. 2014)
1930 – Paul Reichmann, Austrian-Canadian businessman (d. 2013)
      founded Olympia and York
1931 – Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer, guitarist, and actor
1932 – Geoff Bent, English footballer (d. 1958)
1932 – Roger C. Carmel, American actor (d. 1986)
1932 – Yash Chopra, Pakistani-Indian director and producer (d. 2012)
1932 – Michael Colvin, English politician (d. 2000)
1932 – Gabriel Loubier, Canadian politician
1932 – Oliver E. Williamson, American economist and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Rodney Cotterill, Danish-English physicist and neuroscientist (d. 2007)
1933 – Paul Goble, English-American author and illustrator
1933 – Greg Morris, American actor (d. 1996)
1933 – Will Sampson, American actor (d. 1987)
1934 – Wilford Brimley, American actor
1934 – Claude Jarman, Jr., American actor and producer
1934 – Dick Schaap, American sportscaster (d. 2001)
1935 – Al MacNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1936 – Don Cornelius, American television host and producer (d. 2012)
      created Soul Train
1936 – Gordon Honeycombe, English actor, playwright, and author
1937 – Vasyl Durdynets, Ukrainian politician and diplomat
      8th Prime Minister of Ukraine
1938 – Jean-Loup Dabadie, French journalist, songwriter, and screenwriter
1939 – Nicholas Haslam, English interior designer and author
1939 – Carol Lynn Pearson, American author, poet, and playwright
1939 – Kathy Whitworth, American golfer
1940 – Josephine Barstow, English soprano
1940 – Benoni Beheyt, Belgian cyclist
1941 – Peter Bonetti, English footballer and coach
1941 – Gay Kayler, Australian singer
1941 – Serge Ménard, Canadian lawyer and politician
1941 – Don Nix, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
      (The Mar-Keys)
1942:  Arthur Blank  [American businessman]
      co-founder of The Home Depot
1942 – Dith Pran, Cambodian photographer and journalist (d. 2008)
1942 – Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (d. 2014)
1943 – Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta
1943 – Randy Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Guess Who, Ironhorse, Bachman–Turner Overdrive,
            Bachman & Turner, and Brave Belt)
1943 – Max Boyce, Welsh comedian and singer
1944 – Ian Garnett, English admiral
1944 – Angélica María, American-Mexican actress and singer-songwriter
1944 – Gary Sutherland, American baseball player
1945 – Jack Goldstein, Canadian-American painter (d. 2003)
1945 – Bob Spiers, Scottish-English director and producer (d. 2008)
1946 – Nicos Anastasiades, Cypriot lawyer and politician
      7th President of Cyprus
1946 – T. C. Cannon, American painter (d. 1978)
1946 – Robin Nedwell, English actor (d. 1999)
1947 – Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
1947 – Denis Lawson, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter
1947 – Meat Loaf (born Michael Lee Aday)
      American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1947:  Vic Snyder  [American politician]
      U.S. Represenative, D, AR, 1997-2011

1947 – Liz Torres, American actress and singer
1948 – Tom Braidwood, Canadian actor, director, and producer
1948 – Les Chapman, English footballer and manager
1948 – Michele Dotrice, English actress
1948 – Duncan Fletcher, Rhodesian-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
1948 – Robin Jackson, Irish soldier (d. 1998)
1948 – A Martinez, American actor and singer
1949 – Graham Richardson, Australian journalist and politician
      39th Australian Minister for Health
1949 – Mike Schmidt, American baseball player and coach
1949 – Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950 – Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese-American actor and martial artist
1951 – Paul Craig, English academic and author
1951 – Anthony Laciura, American tenor and actor
1951 – Ren Osugi, Japanese actor
1951 – Michel Rivard, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Beau Dommage)
1951 – Jim Shooter, American author and illustrator
1951 – David Starobin, American guitarist, producer, and director
1951 – Steve Soper, English race car driver
1952:  Ed Case  [American politician]
      U.S. Represenative, D, HI, 2002-2007
1952 – Katie Fforde, English author
1952 – Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian pilot, engineer, and astronaut
1952 – André Viger, Canadian wheelchair racer (d. 2006)
1953 – Diane Abbott, English politician
1953 – Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian guru and saint
1953 – Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer and manager
1953 – Greg Ham, Australian musician and actor (d. 2012)
      (Men at Work)
1954 – Ray Hadley, Australian radio and television host
1954 – Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Russian violinist and conductor
1954 – Larry Wall, American computer programmer and author
1955 – Richard Bucher, Swiss ice hockey player (d. 2012)
1956 – Steve Archibald, Scottish footballer and manager
1957 – Bill Athey, English cricketer, footballer, and coach
1957 – John Inverdale, English radio and television host
1957 – Peter Sellars, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1958 – Shaun Cassidy, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
1958:  Anne-Marie Slaughter  [American academic and foreign policy analyst]
      President and CEO of the New America Foundation, 2013-present
      Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department, 2009-2011
1958 – Irvine Welsh, Scottish author and playwright
1959 – Beth Heiden, American speed skater
1960 – Jean-Marc Barr, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Christopher Cousins, American actor
1961 – Andy Lau, Hong Kong singer, actor, and producer
1962 – Kimberly Carson, American porn actress
1962 – Gavin Larsen, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
1963 – Marc Maron, American comedian, actor, and radio host
1964 – Predrag Brzaković, Serbian footballer (d. 2012)
1964 – Tracy Camp, American computer scientist
1964 – Johnny du Plooy, South African boxer (d. 2013)
1964 – Stephan Jenkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Third Eye Blind)
1965 – Robert Baldwin, Canadian-Japanese actor
1965 – Ricky Fuji, Japanese wrestler
1965 – Steve Kerr, American basketball player and sportscaster
1965 – Bernard Lord, Canadian politician
      30th Premier of New Brunswick
1965 – Peter MacKay, Canadian lawyer and politician
      50th Canadian Minister of Justice
1965 – Alexis Stewart, American radio and television host
1966 – Don Jamieson, American comedian and television host
1966 – Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian footballer
1966 – Debbie Wasserman Schultz, American politician
1966 – Stephanie Wilson, American engineer and astronaut
1967 – Debi Derryberry, American voice actress
1968 – Mari Kiviniemi, Finnish politician
      41st Prime Minister of Finland
1968 – Patrick Muldoon, American actor, singer, and guitarist
1969 – Sofia Milos, Swiss-American actress
1970 – Yoshiharu Habu, Japanese chess player
1970 – Tamara Taylor, Canadian actress
1971 – Amanda Detmer, American actress
1971 – Agata Kulesza, Polish actress
1971 – Horacio Sandoval, Mexican illustrator
1971 – Li Yapeng, Chinese actor
1972 – Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player and coach
1972 – Lhasa de Sela, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2010)
1972 – Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist
1972 – Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress and singer
1972 – Craig L. Rice, American politician
1974 – Carrie Brownstein, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
      (Wild Flag and Sleater-Kinney)
1974 – Sascha Licht, German footballer
1975:  Tucker Max  [American author]
1975 – Thanos Petrelis, Greek singer
1976 – Matt Harding, American video game designer and dancer
1976:  Luca Parmitano  [Italian astronaut]
1976 – Jason Phillips, American baseball player and coach
1976 – Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
1977:  Josh Mandel  [American public servant]
1977 – Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower
1978 – Ani Lorak, Ukrainian singer-songwriter and actress
1978 – Jon Rauch, American baseball player
1978 – Mihaela Ursuleasa, Romanian pianist (d. 2012)
1979 – Jon Garland, American baseball player
1979 – La'Myia Good, American singer and actress (Isyss)
1979 – Zita Görög, Hungarian model and actress
1979 – Christian Jones, Australian race car driver
1979 – Steve Simpson, Australian rugby player
1980 – Asashōryū Akinori, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 68th Yokozuna
1980 – Ehron VonAllen, American singer-songwriter and producer
1981 – Cytherea, American pornographic actress
1981 – Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
1981 – Sophie Crumb, American illustrator
1981 – Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer
1982 – Anna Camp, American actress
1982 – Jon McLaughlin, American singer-songwriter
1982 – Markus Rosenberg, Swedish footballer
1982 – Lil Wayne, American rapper, producer, and actor
      (The B.G.'z, Hot Boys, and Cash Money Millionaires)
1982 – Darrent Williams, American football player (d. 2007)
1982:  Jason Wu  [Taiwanese Canadian fashion designer]
1983 – Jeon Hye-bin, South Korean actress and singer (LUV)
1983 – Shermon Tang, Hong Kong actress
1984 – Paul Bevan, Australian footballer
1984 – Davide Capello, Italian footballer
1984 – John Lannan, American baseball player
1984 – Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
1984 – Abhinav Shukla, Indian actor
1985 – Massimo Bertocchi, Canadian decathlete
1985 – Grace Helbig, American actress and blogger
1985 – Daniel Pudil, Czech footballer
1985:  Dylan Smith  [American businessman]
      Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer of Box
1985 – Ibrahim Touré, Ivorian footballer (d. 2014)
1986 – Vin Mazzaro, American baseball player
1986 – Ricardo Risatti, Argentinian race car driver
1987 – Ádám Bogdán, Hungarian footballer
1987 – Austin Carlile, American singer-songwriter
      (Attack Attack! and Of Mice & Men)
1987 – Olga Puchkova, Russian tennis player
1988 – Lisa Ryzih, German pole vaulter
1988 – Asami Tada, Japanese model
1989 – Mikiho Niwa, Japanese actress, model, and singer
1989 – Park Tae-hwan, South Korean swimmer
1991 – Ousmane Barry, Guinean footballer
1991 – Simona Halep, Romanian tennis player
1991 – Anete Paulus, Estonian footballer
1991 – Rio Uchida, Japanese model and actress
1992 – Jake Burbage, American actor
1992 – Luc Castaignos, Dutch footballer
1992 – Pak Kwang-ryong, North Korean footballer
1992 – Ryan O'Shaughnessy, Irish singer-songwriter and actor
1992 – Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira, Brazilian footballer
1992 – Granit Xhaka, Swiss footballer
1993 – Lisandro Magallán, Argentinian footballer
1993 – Patrick Mölleken, German actor
1993 – Mónica Puig, Puerto Rican tennis player
1993 – Vinnie Sunseri, American football player
1994 – Cindy Bruna, French model
1995 – Lina Leandersson, Swedish actress
1995 – Anderson Lim, Bruneian swimmer
1996 – Iman bint Abdullah, Jordanian princess
2011 – Giorgi Bagrationi, Spanish-Georgian son of David Bagration of Mukhrani

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1249 – Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse (b. 1197)
1404 – William of Wykeham, English bishop (b. 1320)
1557 – Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1497)
1590 – Pope Urban VII (b. 1521)
1651 – Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1573)
1660 – Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (b. 1581)
1674 – Thomas Traherne, English clergyman, poet, and theologian (b. 1637)
1700 – Pope Innocent XII (b. 1615)
1719 – George Smalridge, English bishop (b. 1662)
1730 – Laurence Eusden, English poet (b. 1688)
1735 – Peter Artedi, Swedish ichthyologist and zoologist (b. 1705)
1737 – John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester (b. 1680)
      English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kent
1742 – Hugh Boulter, Irish archbishop (b. 1672)
1783 – Étienne Bézout, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1730)
1832 – Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author (b. 1781)
1833 – Ram Mohan Roy, Indian humanitarian and reformer (b. 1772)
1838 – Bernard Courtois, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1777)
1876 – Braxton Bragg, American general (b. 1817)
1886 – Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist and politician (b. 1804)
1891 – Ivan Goncharov, Russian author and critic (b. 1812)
1911 – Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and academic (b. 1844)
1915 – Remy de Gourmont, French author, poet, and critic (b. 1858)
1917 – Edgar Degas, French painter and sculptor (b. 1834)
1921 – Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (b. 1854)
1940 – Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic (b. 1892)
1940 – Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and neuroscientist (b. 1857)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1944 – Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist (b. 1890)
      founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
1956 – Gerald Finzi, English composer and educator (b. 1901)
1956 – Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American basketball player and golfer (b. 1911)
1960 – Sylvia Pankhurst, English activist (b. 1882)
1965 – Clara Bow, American actress and singer (b. 1905)
1965 – William Stanier, English engineer (b. 1876)
      co-designed the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1967 – Felix Yusupov, Russian aristocrat, prince, and count (b. 1887)
      husband of Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia
1972 – S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician, librarian, and academic (b. 1892)
1974 – Silvio Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and academic (b. 1907)
1975 – Jack Lang, Australian politician (b. 1876)
      23rd Premier of New South Wales
1979 – Gracie Fields, English-Italian actress and singer (b. 1898)
1979 – Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
      (One in a Million, Small Faces, Wings, Thunderclap Newman, and The Dukes)
1981 – Robert Montgomery, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1904)
1983 – Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (b. 1911)
1984 – Chronis Exarhakos, Greek actor (b. 1932)
1985 – Lloyd Nolan, American actor and singer (b. 1902)
1986 – Cliff Burton, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1962)
      (Metallica, EZ-Street, and Trauma)
1991 – Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1904)
1991 – Oona O'Neill, English-Swiss actress (b. 1926)
1993 – Jimmy Doolittle, American general (b. 1896)
      Medal of Honor recipient
1993 – Fraser MacPherson, Canadian saxophonist (b. 1928)
1996 – Mohammad Najibullah, Afghan physician and politician (b. 1947)
      7th President of Afghanistan
1997 – Walter Trampler, American viola player and educator (b. 1915)
1998 – Narita Brian, Japanese race horse (b. 1991)
1998 – Shawn Phelan, American actor (b. 1975)
1998 – Doak Walker, American football player (b. 1927)
2003 – Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1925)
2004 – John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1929)
2005 – Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor (b. 1929)
2006 – Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and Action T4 perpetrator (b. 1910)
2007 – Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
2007 – Kenji Nagai, Japanese photographer and journalist (b. 1957)
2008 – Mahendra Kapoor, Indian singer (b. 1934)
2008 – Henri Pachard, American film director (b. 1939)
2009 – Ivan Dykhovichny, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1947)
2009 – Charles Houston, American physician and mountaineer (b. 1913)
2009 – William Safire, American author and journalist (b. 1929)
2010 – George Blanda, American football player (b. 1927)
2010 – Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician (b. 1955)
      Minister of Foreign Affairs for Singapore
2010 – Trevor Taylor, English race car driver (b. 1936)
2011 – David Croft, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2011 – Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
      (Jimmy & Johnny)
2012 – Eddie Bert, American trombonist (b. 1922)
2012 – R. B. Greaves, Guyanese-American singer (b. 1943)
2012 – Herbert Lom, Czech-English actor and singer (b. 1917)
2012 – John Silber, American academic and politician (b. 1926)
2012 – Sanjay Surkar, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1959)
2012 – Frank Wilson, American songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
2013 – Gates Brown, American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)
2013 – Oscar Castro-Neves, Brazilian-American musician (b. 1940)
2013 – Elvin R. Heiberg III, American general (b. 1932)
2013 – Tuncel Kurtiz, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2013 – A. C. Lyles, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
2013 – Albert Naughton, English rugby player (b. 1929)
2013 – Jay Robinson, American actor (b. 1930)
2014 – Gaby Aghion, French fashion designer, founded Chloé (b. 1921)
2014 – Eugie Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1971)
2014 – Taylor Hardwick, American architect (b. 1925)
      designed Haydon Burns Library and Friendship Fountain Park
2014 – Wally Hergesheimer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
2014 – Abdelmajid Lakhal, Tunisian actor and director (b. 1939)
2014 – Sarah Danielle Madison, American actress (b. 1974)
2014 – James Traficant, American lawyer and politician (b. 8 May 1941) 

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1329 – Anne of Bavaria (d. 1353)
1711 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (d. 1779)
      First Lord of the Admiralty
1733:  Abraham Whipple  [American revolutionary] (d. 27 May 1819)
      commander in the Continental Navy
1750 – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (d. 1810)
1758 – Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician (d. 1820)
1767 – Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1835)
1774 – Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (d. 1845)
1790:  Nassau William Senior  [English lawyer and economist] (d. 4 Jun 1864)
1791 – Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (d. 1824)
1792 – William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician (d. 1842)
      1st Governor of New Zealand
1820 – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (d. 1891)
      Indian philosopher, painter, and academic
1833:  Charles Bradlaugh  [English atheist and political activist] (d. 30 Jan 1891)
      founded the National Secular Society, 1866
1840 – Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1923)
      8th Premier of Quebec
1843 – Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (d. 1912)
1848 – Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1931)
1849 – Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician (d. 1936)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1865 – Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (d. 1937)
1867 – Winsor McCay, American illustrator and animator (d. 1934)
1869 – Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer (d. 1935)
1870 – Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947)
1872 – Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (d. 1945)
1873 – Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator (d. 1940)
1873 – Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect (d. 1949)
      designed Lenin's Mausoleum
1874 – Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist (d. 1940)
1875 – Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor and singer (d. 1959)
1876 – Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author (d. 1957)
1876 – Philip Kassel, American gymnast (d. 1959)
1876 – Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician (d. 1952)
1877 – Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (d. 1963)
1877 – Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1962)
1878 – Walter Steinbeck, German actor (d. 1942)
1881 – Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (d. 1966)
1884 – Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1951)
1886 – Archibald Hill, English physiologist, academic, and politician (d. 1977)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1887 – Edwin Keppel Bennett, English author and poet (d. 1958)
1887 – Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (d. 1967)
1887 – Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer (d. 1979)
      invented the Bouncing bomb
1888 – J. Frank Dobie, American journalist and author (d. 1964)
1888 – T. S. Eliot  [American-English publisher, playwright, and critic] (d. 4 Jan 1965)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1889 – Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (d. 1946)
1889 – Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (d. 26 May 1976)
1890 – Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (d. 1959)
1891 – Charles Münch, French violinist and conductor (d. 1968)
1892 – Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (d. 1970)
1893 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress (d. 1929)
1895 – Jürgen Stroop, German SS officer (d. 1952)
1897:  Michael Joseph  [British publisher and writer] (d. 15 Mar 1958
1897 – Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917)
1898 – George Gershwin, American pianist and composer (d. 1937)
1900 – Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer (d. 1983)
1901 – George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1980)
1905 – Millito Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2011)
1905 – Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach (d. 1996)
1907 – Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (d. 1983)
1907 – Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (d. 1992)
1909 – Bill France, Sr., American race car driver, founded NASCAR (d. 1992)
1909 – A. P. Hamann, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1977)
1911 – Al Helfer, American sportscaster (d. 1975)
1913 – Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1913 – Dorothy Sloop, American jazz musician (d. 1998)
1914 – Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer (d. 2009)
1914 – Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (d. 2011)
1917 – Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1976)
1917 – Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (d. 1993)
1918 – Eric Morley, English TV host (d. 2000)
      founder of the Miss World pageant
1918 – John Rankine, Welsh author (d. 2013)
1918 – John Zacherle, American television host, voice actor, and singer
1919 – Barbara Britton, American actress (d. 1980)
1919 – Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (d. 2012)
1922 – Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (d. 1985)
1922 – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (d. 2014)
1923 – Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1923 – Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths (d. 2015)
      English cricketer, lawyer, and judge
1923 – James Hennessy, English businessman and diplomat
1925 – Norm Dussault, American-Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2012)
1925 – Marty Robbins, American musician, actor, and race car driver (d. 1982)
1926 – Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000)
1926 – Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist and academic (d. 2011)
1927 – Robert Cade, American physician and educator (d. 2007)
      co-invented Gatorade
1927 – Patrick O'Neal, American actor (d. 1994)
1927 – Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2010)
1928 – Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor
1928 – Wilford White, American football player (d. 2013)
1930 – Philip Bosco, American actor
1930 – Joe Brown, English mountaineer and author
1930 – Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor and actor (d. 1966)
1931 – Kenneth Parnell, American sex offender (d. 2008)
1932 – Richard Herd, American actor
1932 – Donna Douglas, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1932 – Joyce Jameson, American actress (d. 1987)
1932 – Vladimir Voinovich, Russian author and poet

1932 – Manmohan Singh, Indian economist and politician
      13th Prime Minister of India

1932:  Donna Douglas (born Doris Smith) [American actress] (d. 1 Jan 2015)

1934 – Neil Coles, English golfer and architect
1935 – Lou Myers, American actor (d. 2013)
1935 – Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (d. 2007)
1936 – Leroy Drumm, American songwriter (d. 2010)
1936:  Sue W. Kelly  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, R. NY, 1995-2007
1936 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African academic and politician
1937 – Valentin Pavlov, Russian banker and politician (d. 2003)
      11th Premier of the Soviet Union
1937 – Jerry Weintraub, American film producer and talent agent (d. 2015)
1938 – Lucette Aldous, New Zealand-Australian ballerina and educator
1938 – Lars-Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (d. 2010)
1939 – Ricky Tomlinson, English actor and screenwriter
1941 – Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor
1941 – Martine Beswick, Jamaican-English model and actress

1941:  David Frizzell  [American Musician]
1942:  Gloria E. Anzaldúa  [American author, poet, and activist] (d. 15 May 2004)

1942 – Kent McCord, American actor
1943 – Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1943 – Tim Schenken, Australian race car driver
1944 – Jan Brewer, American politician
      22nd Governor of Arizona, 2009-2015
1944 – Keith O'Nions, English geologist and academic
1944 – Anne Robinson, English journalist and game show host
1945 – Louise Beaudoin, Canadian academic and politician
1945 – Gal Costa, Brazilian singer and actress
1945 – Bryan Ferry, English singer-songwriter
      (The Bryan Ferry Orchestra and Roxy Music)
1946 – Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author (d. 9 Apr 2005)
1946 – John MacLachlan Gray, Canadian actor, playwright, and composer
1946:  Mary Beth Hurt  [American actress]
1946 – Togo Igawa, Japanese actor
1946 – Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician
1946 – Louise Simonson, American author
1946 – Christine Todd Whitman, American politician
      50th Governor of New Jersey, 1994-2001
1947 – Lynn Anderson, American singer and actress (d. 2015)
1947 – Philippe Lavil, French singer and actor
1948 – Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1948 – John Foxx  [English musician, photographer, and educator]
      (Ultravox, Tiger Lily, and John Foxx and the Maths)

1949 – Clodoaldo, Brazilian footballer
1949 – Wendy Saddington, Australian singer (d. 2013)
      (Chain and James Taylor Move)
1949 – Jane Smiley, American author
1949 – Marie Tifo, Canadian actress
1949 – Minette Walters, English author
1951 – Ronald DeFeo, Jr., American murderer
1951 – Stuart Tosh, Scottish singer-songwriter and drummer
      (10cc and Pilot)
1952:  James Keane  [American actor] IMDb
1952 – Predrag Miletić, Serbian actor and singer
1953 – Joe Benigno, American radio host
1953 – Dolores Keane, Irish singer and actress (De Dannan)
1953 – Douglas A. Melton, Biologist
1953 – Paul Stephenson, English police officer
1954 – Craig Chaquico, American guitarist
      (Jefferson Starship)
1954 – Kevin Kennedy, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1954:  Cesar Rosas  [Mexican musician]
1955 – Carlene Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Steve Butler, American race car driver
1956 – Linda Hamilton, American actress

1957 – Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager
1957 – Michael Dweck, American visual artist and filmmaker
1958 – Darby Crash, American singer-songwriter (d. 1980)
      (Germs and Darby Crash Band)
1958 – Robert Kagan, Greek-American historian and author
1958 – Richard B. Weldon, Jr., American sailor and politician
1958 – Rudi Cerne, German figure skater and journalist
1959 – Rich Gedman, American baseball player and coach
1959 – Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator (d. 2007)
1960 – Uwe Bein, German footballer and manager
1960 – Jouke de Vries, Dutch academic and politician
1961 – Charlotte Fich, Danish actress
1961 – Marianne Mikko, Estonian journalist and politician
1961 – Ken Mitsuishi, Japanese actor
1961 – Oliver Peyton, Irish businessman
1961 – Will Self, English journalist and author
1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson, American-Canadian actress
1962 – Peter Foster, Australian criminal
1962 – Mark Haddon, English author and poet
1962 – Lawrence Leritz, American actor, singer, and dancer
1962 – Al Pitrelli, American guitarist and songwriter
      (Megadeth, Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and Asia)
1962 – Jacky Wu, Taiwanese singer, television host and actor
1963 – Lysette Anthony, English actress and producer
1963 – Joe Nemechek, American race car driver
1964 – Nicki French, English singer and dancer
1964 – Dave Martinez, American baseball player and coach
1964 – John Tempesta, American drummer
      (White Zombie, Helmet, Testament, The Cult, and Scum of the Earth)
1965 – Cindy Herron, American singer and actress (En Vogue)
1965 – Alexandra Lencastre, Portuguese actress
1965:  Alexei Mordashov  [Russian businessman]
1965 – Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian businessman and politician
      5th President of Ukraine
1965:  Jill Soloway  [American Writer, Producer, Director, and Comedian]
1966 – Dean Butterworth, English-American drummer
      (Good Charlotte and Sugar Ray)
1966 – Christos Dantis, Greek singer-songwriter and producer
1966 – Craig Heyward, American football player (d. 2006)
1966 – Jillian Reynolds, Canadian actress and sportscaster
1967 – Bruno Akrapović, Bosnian footballer
1967 – Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
      (Blind Melon)
1968 – Jim Caviezel, American actor
1968 – Tricia O'Kelley, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1968:  Anthony Shadid  [American journalist] (d. 16 Feb 2012)
1968 – Ben Shenkman, American actor

1969 – Anthony Kavanagh, Canadian comedian, actor, and singer
1969 – Andy Petterson, Australian footballer
1969 – David Slade, English director and producer
1969 – Holger Stanislawski, German footballer and manager
1969 – Paul Warhurst, English footballer and manager
1970 – Sheri Moon Zombie, American actress and fashion designer
1970 – David Parland, Swedish guitarist (d. 2013)
      (Dark Funeral, War, Necrophobic, and Infernal)
1971:  Susan Smith  [American criminal]
1972 – Ras Kass, American rapper, producer, and actor (The Hrsmn)
1972:  Beto O'Rourke  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, D. TX, 2013-present
1972 – Melanie Paxson, American actress
1972 – Shawn Stockman, American singer and actor (Boyz II Men)

1973 – Marty Casey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Lovehammers)
1973 – Julienne Davis, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Mizuki Sano, Japanese actor
1973 – Chris Small, Scottish snooker player
1973 – Olga Vasdeki, Greek triple jumper
1974 – Boris Cepeda, German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat
1974 – Gary Hall, Jr., American swimmer
1974 – Martin Müürsepp, Estonian basketball player and coach
1975 – Emma Härdelin, Swedish singer and violinist
      (Garmarna and Triakel)
1975 – Jake Paltrow, American director and screenwriter
1975 – Chiara Schoras, German actress
1976 – Michael Ballack, German footballer
1976 – Tyler Denk, American model and actor
1976 – Sami Vänskä, Finnish bass player
      (Nightwish and Nattvindens Gråt)
1977 – Kaylynn, American porn actress
1978 – Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner
1979 – Jon Harley, English footballer
1979 – Simon Kirch, German sprinter
1979 – Naomichi Marufuji, Japanese wrestler
1979 – Fuifui Moimoi, Tongan-New Zealand rugby player
1979 – Jaycie Phelps, American gymnast
1979 – Taavi Rõivas, Estonian politician
      16th Prime Minister of Estonia
1979 – Jacob Tierney, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1980 – Patrick Friesacher, Austrian race car driver
1980 – Brooks Orpik, American ice hockey player
1980 – Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
1980 – Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
1981 – Aras Baskauskas, American reality show contestant
      winner of Survivor: Panama
1981 – Yao Beina, Chinese singer (d. 2015)
1981 – Christina Milian, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1981 – Ayumi Tsunematsu, Japanese voice actress
1981 – Collien Ulmen-Fernandes, German actress
1981 – Serena Williams, American tennis player

1982 – Rob Burrow, English rugby player
1982:  Jessie Pavelka  [American fitness expert and television host]
1982 – Simon Picone, Italian rugby player
1982 – Miguel Alfredo Portillo, Argentinian footballer
1982 – Jon Richardson, English comedian and radio host
1983 – Samantha Hammel, American actress, singer, and producer
1983 – D'Qwell Jackson, American football player
1983 – Archimede Morleo, Italian footballer
1983 – Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer
1984 – Thore Schölermann, German actor
1984 – Nev Schulman, American photographer, television host, and producer
1985 – Rina Akiyama, Japanese actress and model
1985 – Lenna Kuurmaa, Estonian musician and actress
      (Vanilla Ninja)
1985 – Talulah Riley, English actress
1986 – Ashley Leggat, Canadian actress, singer, and dancer
1986 – Rebecca Lim, Singaporean actress
1987 – Rosanna Munter, Swedish singer-songwriter and actress (Play)
1988 – James Blake, English singer-songwriter
1988 – Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater
1988 – Marina Kuroki, Japanese actress and singer
1988 – Mark Simpson, English clarinet player
1989 – Nesma Mahgoub, Egyptian singer
1989 – Emma Rigby, English actress
1989 – Chinami Suzuki, Japanese model, television host, and actress
1990 – Pavel Avdeyev, Russian footballer
1991 – Alma Jodorowsky, French model, actress, and singer
1991 – Dan Preston, English footballer
1994 – Lucas Gafarot, Spanish footballer
1995 – Miloš Veljković, Serbian footballer
2000 – Princess Salma bint Abdullah of Jordan

2014:  Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky  [granddaughter of Bill & Hillary Clinton]

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1417 – Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal (b. 1360)
1425 – Sophia of Bavaria, Queen of Bohemia (b. 1376)
1468 – Juan de Torquemada, Spanish cardinal (b. 1388)
1501 – Džore Držić, Croatian poet and playwright (b. 1461)
1620 – Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582)
1623 – Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent, English peer (b. 1540s)
1626 – Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese daimyo (b. 1554)
1716 – Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666)
1764 – Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro (b. 1676)
      Spanish monk and scholar
1800 – William Billings, American composer (b. 1746)
1802 – Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer (b. 1754)
1820 – Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)
1868 – August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
1877 – Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
1902 – Levi Strauss, German-American businessman (b. 1829)
      founded Levi Strauss & Co.
1904 – Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author (b. 1850)
1904 – John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
1908 – Samuel Duvall, American archer (b. 1836)
1935 – Andy Adams, American author (b. 1859)
1935 – Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)
1937 – Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894)
1945 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1881)
1946 – William Strunk, Jr., American author and educator (b. 1869)
1947 – Hugh Lofting, English-American author and poet (b. 1886)
1951 – Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (b. 1885)
1952 – George Ducker, Canadian soccer player (b. 1871)
1952 – George Santayana, Spanish-American philosopher and author (b. 1863)
1953 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator (b. 1895)
1954 – Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868)
1957 – Arthur Powell Davies, American minister and author (b. 1902)
1959 – Leslie Morshead, Australian general (b. 1889)
1959 – Teodor Ussisoo, Estonian furniture designer and educator (b. 1878)
1963 – Otto Christman, Canadian soccer player (b. 1880)
1965 – James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (b. 1898)
1968 – Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin (b. 1902)
      Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician
1968 – Daniel Johnson, Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1915)
      20th Premier of Quebec
1968 – Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (b. 1918)
1972 – Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1890)
1973 – Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author (b. 1891)
1973 – Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1923)
1973 – Anna Magnani, Italian actress and singer (b. 1908)
1976 – Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1887)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1977 – Uday Shankar, Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1900)
1978 – Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1886)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1979 – Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (b. 1910)
1982 – Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)
1983 – Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (b. 1907)
1984 – Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948)
1984 – John Facenda, American sportscaster (b. 1913)
1987 – Ramang, Indonesian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
1987 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, journalist, and mountaineer (b. 1912)
1988 – Branko Zebec, Croatian football player and coach (b. 1929)
1989 – Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay (b. 1920)
      Indian singer-songwriter and producer
1990 – Alberto Moravia, Italian author and critic (b. 1907)
1991 – Billy Vaughn, American singer and bandleader (b. 1919)
      (The Hilltoppers)
1995 – Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player (b. 1931)
1996 – Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (b. 1951)
1998 – Betty Carter, American singer (b. 1930)
1999 – Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (b. 1908)
1999 – Bernadette O'Farrell, Irish-Monacan actress (b. 1924)
2000 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932)
2000 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (b. 1937)
2003 – Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1963)
      (Black Oak Arkansas)
2003 – Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
      (The Power Station and Vinegar Joe)
2004 – Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (b. 1969)
2005 – Helen Cresswell, English author and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2006 – Byron Nelson, American golfer and coach (b. 1912)
2006 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American typist and broadcaster (b. 1916)
2007 – Bill Wirtz, American businessman (b. 1929)
2008 – Marc Moulin, Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (b. 1942)
      (Aksak Maboul and Telex)
2008 – Paul Newman, American actor, filmmaker, and businessman (b. 1925)
      co-founded Newman's Own
2010 – Terry Newton, English rugby player (b. 1978)
2010 – Gloria Stuart, American actress and singer (b. 1910)
2011 – Bob Cassilly, American sculptor (b. 1949)
      founded the City Museum
2012 – M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (b. 1933)
2012 – Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician (b. 1927)
      17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
2012 – Johnny Lewis, American actor (b. 1983)
2012 – Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (b. 1929)
2013 – Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician (b. 1944)
      10th Menteri Besar of Kedah
2013 – Seánie Duggan, Irish hurler (b. 1922)
2013 – Mario Montez, Puerto Rican-American actor (b. 1935)
2013 – Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (b. 1929)
2014 – Gerald Neugebauer, American astronomer and physicist (b. 1932)

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