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Births

871 – King Zwentibold of Lotharingia (d. 900)
1431 – Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)
1449 – Lorenzo de' Medici (d. 1492)
1467 – King Sigismund I the Old of Poland (d. 1548)
1484 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss religious figure (d. 1531)
1511 – Henry, Duke of Cornwall (d. 1511)
1516 – Margaret Leijonhufvud, Swedish noblewoman (d. 1551)
1557 – István Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (d. 1606)
1600 – Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (d. 1649)
1614 – John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (d. 1672)
1618 – Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, Spanish painter (d. 1682)
1628 – Christoph Bernhard, German composer (d. 1692)
1638 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
1648 – Elkanah Settle, English writer (d. 1724)
1655 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728)
1684 – Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1748)
1704 – Soame Jenyns, English writer (d. 1787)
1709 – Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz, German-Dutch organ builder (d. 1770)
1711 – Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749)
1714 – Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1780)
1714 – Giovanni Battista Mancini, Italian singer and author (d. 1800)
1735 – Paul Revere, American patriot (d. 1818)
1745 – Anthony Wayne, American general and politician (d. 1796)
1750 – Frederick Muhlenberg, American politician (d. 1801)
1752 – Betsy Ross, American seamstress (d. 1836)
1767 – Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish novelist (d. 1849)
1774 – André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)
1779 – William Clowes, English printer (d. 1847)
1803 – Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician (d. 1869)
1814 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (d. 1864)
1819 – Arthur Hugh Clough, English poet (d. 1861)
1823 – Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1849)
1833 – Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (d. 1902)
1834 – Ludovic Halévy, French playwright (d. 1908)
1848 – John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924)
1852 – Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (d. 1904)
1854 – Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (d. 1941)
1859 – Thibaw Min, King of Burma (d. 1916)
1860 – John Cassidy, Irish sculptor and painter (d. 1939)
1860 – Dan Katchongva, Native-American Hopi activist (d. 1972)
1860 – Michele Lega, Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 1935)
1860 – Dirk van Erp, Dutch American coppersmith (d. 1933)
1860 – Jan Vilímek, Czech illustrator and painter (d. 1938)
1863 – Pierre de Coubertin, French aristocrat (d. 1937)
1864 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (d. 1957)
1864 – Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (d. 1946)
1867 – Lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (d. 1941)
1868 – Snitz Edwards, American actor (d. 1937)
1871 – Montagu Toller, English cricket player (d. 1948)
1873 – Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (d. 1952)
1874 – Frank Knox, American politician (d. 1944)
1874 – Gustave Whitehead, German inventor (d. 1927)
1876 – Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933)
1878 – Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929)
1879 – E. M. Forster, English novelist (d. 1970)
1879 – William Fox, Hungarian-born American producer (d. 1952)
1881 – Vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)
1885 – Béla Balogh, Hungarian film director (d. 1945)
1887 – Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (d. 1945)
1888 – John Garand, American inventor (d. 1974)
1888 – Georgios Stanotas, Greek cavalry officer (d. 1965)
1889 – Charles Bickford, American film actor (d. 1967)
1890 – Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (d. 1966)
1892 – Artur Rodziński, Croatian conductor (d. 1958)
1892 – Manuel Roxas, Filipino statesman (d. 1948)
1893 – Mordehai Frizis, Greek Army officer (d. 1940)
1894 – Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974)
1894 – Shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007)
1895 – J. Edgar Hoover, American FBI director (d. 1972)
1900 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish musician (d. 1990)
1900 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)
1902 – Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (d. 1977)
1904 – Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (d. 1970)
1904 – Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (d. 1982)
1905 – Stanisław Mazur, Polish mathematician (d. 1981)
1906 – Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)
1908 – Bill Tapia, American musician (d. 2011)
1909 – Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)
1909 – Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist leader (d. 1959)
1911 – Basil Dearden, British film director (d. 1971)
1911 – Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1911 – Roman Totenberg, Polish-born American violinist (d. 2012)
1911 – Audrey Wurdemann, American poet (d.1960)
1912 – Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician (d. 1995)
1912 – Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988)
1912 – Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek writer and poet (d. 1991)
1914 – Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and SOE agent (d. 1944)
1917 – Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)
1917 – Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)
1918 – Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish hero (d. 2000)
1919 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer (d. 1990)
1919 – Carole Landis, American film actress (d. 1948)
1919 – J. D. Salinger, American novelist (d. 2010)
1919 – Yoshio Tabata, Japanese singer
1920 – Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (d. 2007)
1920 – Willie Fennell, Australian comedian, actor (d. 1992)
1920 – Virgilio Savona, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) (d. 2009)
1921 – Isma'il Raji al-Faruqi, Palestinian philosopher (d. 1986)
1921 – César Baldaccini, French sculptor (d. 1998)
1921 – Wadih El Safi, Lebanese singer and songwriter
1922 – Ernest Hollings, American politician
1922 – Jerry Robinson, American comic book artist (d. 2011)
1923 – Daniel Gorenstein, American mathematician (d. 1992)
1923 – Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 1999)
1924 – Charlie Munger, American philanthropist
1924 – Francisco Macías Nguema, Equatoguinean politician (d. 1979)
1925 – Matthew "Stymie" Beard, American actor (d. 1981)
1925 – Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and ambassador (d. 2005)
1925 – Valentina Cortese, Italian actress
1925 – Raymond Pellegrin, French actor (d. 2007)
1926 – Richard Verreau, French-Canadian tenor (d. 2005)
1927 – Maurice Béjart, French choreographer (d. 2007)
1927 – Pat Heywood, Scottish actress
1927 – Calum MacKay, Canadian hockey player (d. 2001)
1927 – Yvonne Sanson, Greek film actress (d. 2003)
1927 – Vernon L. Smith, American economist, Nobel laureat
1927 – Doak Walker, American football star (d. 1998)
1928 – Ernest Tidyman, American writer (d. 1984)
1928 – Gerhard Weinberg, German-American historian
1929 – Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer
1929 – Joseph Lombardo, American organized crime boss
1929 – Haruo Nakajima, Japanese actor
1930 – Gaafar al-Nimeiry, Sudanese politician (d. 2009)
1930 – Jean-Pierre Duprey, French poet and sculptor (d. 1959)
1930 – Ty Hardin, American film actor
1930 – Frederick Wiseman, American documentary filmmaker
1932 – Jackie Parker, American football player (d. 2006)
1932 – Giuseppe Patanè, Italian opera conductor (d. 1989)
1933 – James Hormel, American philanthropist and diplomat
1933 – Joseph Koo, Chinese composer
1933 – Frederick Lowy, Canadian educator
1933 – Joe Orton, English writer (d. 1967)
1933 – Norman Yemm, Australian actor
1934 – Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian diplomat
1935 – B. Kliban, American cartoonist (d. 1990)
1936 – Don Nehlen, American football player and coach
1936 – James Sinegal, American businessman
1937 – John Fuller, English poet
1937 – Petros Markaris, Greek writer
1937 – Matt Robinson, American actor (d. 2002)
1937 – Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg, Polish author (d. 1995)
1938 – Clay Cole, American television host and producer (d. 2010)
1938 – Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (d. 2005)
1938 – Frank Langella, American actor
1939 – Michèle Mercier, French actress
1941 – Asrani, Indian actor and comedian
1941 – Younoussi Touré, Malian prime minister
1942 – Dennis Archer, American politician
1942 – Martin Frost, American politician
1942 – Al Hunt, American reporter and news anchor
1942 – Country Joe McDonald, American musician (Country Joe and the Fish)
1942 – Alassane Ouattara, Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire
1942 – Gennadi Sarafanov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2005)
1942 – Judy Stone, Australian pop singer
1943 – Larry Clark, American director
1943 – Tony Knowles, American politician
1943 – Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Indian scientist
1943 – Don Novello, American actor
1943 – Ronald Perelman, American businessman
1944 – Omar al-Bashir, Sudanese politician, President of Sudan
1944 – Jimmy Hart, American wrestling manager
1944 – Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician
1945 – Peter Duncan, Australian politician
1945 – Jacky Ickx, Belgian race car driver
1945 – Max Julien, American actor
1946 – Carl B. Hamilton, Swedish economist and politician
1946 – Rick Hurst, American actor
1946 – Rivelino, Brazilian football player
1946 – Shelby Steele, American author and filmmaker
1946 – Susannah McCorkle, American writer and singer (d. 2001)
1946 – Alain Voss, Brazilian-French comics artist
1947 – Jon Corzine, American politician
1947 – James K. Glassman, American journalist and diplomat
1947 – Leon Patillo, American Contemporary Christian singer and evangelist
1947 – Leonard Thompson, American professional golfer
1947 – Paula Tsui, Hong Kong singer
1947 – Frances Yip, Hong Kong singer
1948 – Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish politician
1948 – Pavel Grachev, Russian general (d. 2012)
1948 – Joe Petagno, American artist
1948 – Ashok Saraf, Marathi/Hindi actor
1948 – Ismael Zambada García, Mexican drug lord
1948 – Ampon Tangnoppakul, Thai lèse majesté prisoner (d. 2012)
1949 – Max Azria, French fashion designer
1949 – Daniel E Gawthrop, American composer
1949 – Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian politician
1950 – Wayne Bennett, Australian rugby league coach
1950 – Morgan Fisher, English musician (Mott the Hoople)
1950 – Deepa Mehta, Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter
1951 – Ashfaq Hussain, Urdu poet
1951 – Nana Patekar, Indian actor
1951 – Hans-Joachim Stuck, German race car driver
1952 – Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Qatari ruler, Emir of Qatar
1952 – Stephanie Faracy, American actress
1952 – Rosario Marchese, Italian-Canadian politician
1952 – Shaji N Karun, Indian Filmmaker, cinematographer
1953 – Alpha Blondy, Ivorian reggae singer
1953 – Greg Carmichael, British guitarist (Acoustic Alchemy)
1953 – Gary Johnson, American politician
1953 – Lynn Jones, American baseball player
1954 – Richard Edson, American actor and musician (Sonic Youth, Konk])
1954 – Bob Menendez, American politician
1954 – Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek politician
1955 – LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player
1955 – Gennady Lyachin, Commanding officer of the Russian submarine Kursk (d. 2000)
1956 – Sergei Avdeyev, Russian cosmonaut
1956 – Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (d. 2000)
1956 – Sheila McCarthy, Canadian actress
1956 – Mike Mitchell, American basketball player (d. 2011)
1956 – Ziad Rahbani, Lebanese composer
1956 – Kōji Yakusho, Japanese actor
1957 – Mark Hurd, American businessman
1957 – Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish actress
1957 – Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician
1958 – Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian musician (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five)
1958 – Dave Silk, American ice hockey player
1958 – Ren Woods, American actress and singer
1959 – Abdul Ahad Momand, Afghan cosmonaut
1959 – Andy Andrews, American tennis player
1959 – Azali Assoumani, Comorian president
1959 – Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach
1959 – Michel Onfray, French philosopher
1960 – Rayo de Jalisco, Jr., Mexican wrestler
1960 – Leilani Kai, American wrestler
1960 – Michael Seibert, American ice dancer
1961 – Sergei Babayan, American classical pianist
1961 – Sam Backo, Australian rugby league footballer
1961 – Sam Palahnuk, American video game designer
1961 – Fiona Phillips, British television presenter
1961 – Mark Wingett, British actor
1962 – Ari Up, German musician (The Slits) (d. 2010)
1963 – Alberigo Evani, Italian footballer
1963 – Linda Henry, English actor
1963 – Lina Kačiušytė, Lithuanian swimmer
1963 – Dražen Ladić, Croatian footballer
1963 – Jean-Marc Gounon, French race car driver
1964 – Juliana Donald, American actress
1964 – Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress
1965 – John Sullivan, American politician
1965 – Andrew Valmon, American athlete
1966 – Anna Burke, Australian politician
1966 – Tina Landon, Mexican-American choreographer
1966 – Adam Paskowitz, American singer (The Flys)
1967 – John Digweed, English DJ
1967 – Tim Dog, American rapper
1967 – Gorsha Sur, Russian ice dancer
1967 – Derrick Thomas, American football player (d. 2000)
1967 – Spencer Tunick, American artist
1967 – Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Spanish film director
1968 – Felix Chong, Hong Kong screenwriter
1968 – Miki Higashino, Japanese composer
1968 – Joey Stefano, American actor (d. 1994)
1968 – Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer
1969 – Morris Chestnut, American actor
1969 – Nicolle Dickson, Australian actress
1969 – Melissa DiMarco, Canadian actress
1969 – Paul Lawrie, Scottish golfer
1969 – Christi Paul, American news anchor
1969 – Verne Troyer, American actor
1970 – Sergei Kiriakov, Russian footballer
1970 – Kimberly Page, American manager and actress
1971 – Sammie Henson, American wrestler
1971 – Bobby Holik, Czech ice hockey player
1971 – Phoebus, Greek songwriter
1971 – Juan Carlos Plata, Guatemalan soccer player
1971 – Chris Potter, American saxophonist
1971 – Scott Riggs, American racing driver
1971 – Fredro Starr, American rapper (Onyx)
1971 – Ezra Weisz, American voice actor
1972 – Garrett K. Gomez, American horse jockey
1972 – Yermakhan Ibraimov, Kazakh boxer
1972 – Neve McIntosh, Scottish actress
1972 – Barron Miles, American Canadian football player
1972 – Lilian Thuram, French footballer
1973 – Shelda Bede, Brazilian beach volleyball player
1973 – Li Fang, Chinese tennis player
1973 – Danny Lloyd, American actor
1973 – Anwar Mansoor Mangrio, Sindhi poet
1973 – Magnus Sahlgren, Swedish musician (Lake of Tears)
1973 – Bryan Thao Worra, Lao writer
1974 – Christian Paradis, Canadian politician
1974 – Hamilton Ricard, Colombian footballer
1974 – Giorgos Theodotou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
1975 – Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player
1975 – Sonali Bendre, Indian model and actress
1975 – Joe Cannon, American footballer
1975 – Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Eiichiro Oda, Japanese artist
1975 – Bengt Sæternes, Norwegian footballer
1975 – Fernando Tatis, Dominican baseball player
1975 – Mohamed Albuflasa, Bahraini dissident poet
1977 – Leoš Friedl, Czech tennis player
1977 – María de la Paz Hernández, Argentinian field hockey player
1977 – Robert Roode, Canadian wrestler
1977 – Hasan Salihamidžić, Bosnian footballer
1977 – Andrei Stoliarov, Russian tennis player
1977 – Jerry Yan, Taiwanese actor and singer (F4)
1978 – Vidya Balan, Indian model and actress
1978 – Nina Bott, German actress
1978 – Phillip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer
1978 – Tarik O'Regan, British composer
1979 – Matthew Barnson, American composer
1979 – Brody Dalle, Australian singer (The Distillers)
1979 – Koichi Domoto, Japanese artist
1979 – Fadi El Khatib, Lebanese basketball player
1980 – Lazaros Agadakos, Greek basketball player
1980 – Elin Nordegren, Swedish model
1981 – Jonas Armstrong, English actor
1981 – Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian racing driver
1981 – Abdülkadir Koçak, Turkish boxer
1981 – Mladen Petrić, Croatian footballer
1981 – Eden Riegel, American actress
1982 – David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player
1982 – Luke Rodgers, English footballer
1982 – Egidio Arévalo Ríos, Uruguayan footballer
1983 – Calum Davenport, English footballer
1983 – Thomas Morrison, English actor
1983 – Emi Kobayashi, Japanese model
1983 – Park Sung-Hyun, South Korean Olympic archer
1984 – Christian Eigler, German footballer
1984 – Mohammed Ghaddar, Lebanese footballer
1984 – José Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
1984 – Alok Kapali, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984 – Stefano Pastrello, Italian footballer
1984 – Michael Witt, Australian rugby league footballer
1984 – Cheung Kin Fung, Hong Kong footballer
1985 – Jeff Carter, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer
1985 – Tiago Splitter, Brazilian basketball player
1985 – Eyjólfur Héðinsson, Icelandic footballer and model
1986 – Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player
1986 – Glen Davis, American basketball player
1986 – James Davis, American football player
1986 – Colin Morgan, Irish actor
1986 – Sungmin, South Korean singer (Super Junior)
1987 – Gilbert Brule, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Chris Collins, American actor and comedian
1987 – Devin Setoguchi, Canadian ice hockey player
1988 – Ghazala Javed, Pakistani singer (d. 2012)
1988 – Grzegorz Panfil, Polish tennis player
1988 – Nelufar Hedayat, English-Afghanistani television personality
1990 – Safaa Rashed, Iraqi weightlifter
1990 – Serkan Kurtuluş, Turkish footballer
1991 – Berat Çetinkaya, Turkish footballer
1992 – René Binder, Austrian racing driver
1992 – He Kexin, Chinese gymnast
1992 – Tim Menzel, German rugby player
1992 – Jack Wilshere, English footballer
1992 – Daniel Kofi Agyei, Ghanaian footballer
1998 – Marlene Lawston, American actress