1051 – Bertha of Savoy, German queen and Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1087)
1328 – Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)
1372 – Frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40)
1411 – Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (d. 1460)
1415 – Frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493)
1428 – Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)
1452 – Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence (1494-98)
1527 – Matthaus Ludecus, composer
1629 – Philip Cardinal Howard, English Catholic cardinal (d. 1694)
1645 – Louis Joliet, Canadian explorer (d. 1700)
1706 – Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer
1706 – Polyxena Christina of Hesse-Rotenburg, queen of Sardinia (d. 1735)
1728 – Louis Emmanuel Eadin, composer
1737 – Francis Hopkinson, US, writer/lawyer (helped design Stars & Stripes)
1752 – Louise MC, countess of Albany
1756 – John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface (asphalt)
1758 – Christopher Gore, 8th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1827)
1760 – Gaetano Valeri, composer
1760 – Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman (d. 1837)
1788 – Margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady (1849-50)
1817 – Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Major General (Confederate Army)
1817 – Charles Balmer, composer
1819 – Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France (d. 1864)
1820 – Williams Carter Wickham, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1824 – Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1827 – Michael Corcoran, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1832 – Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer
1832 – Samuel Sprigg Carroll, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893
1833 – Josef Richard Rozkosny, composer
1840 – Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876)
1842 – Abd-ul-Hamid II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1918)
1843 – David Emlyn Evans, composer
1849 – Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son)
1849 – Maurice Barrymore, Indian-born patriarch of the Barrymore family (d. 1905)
1853 – Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (liquid helium, Nobel 1913)
1859 – Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (Sursum Corda, Ace Knave)
1862 – James E. Talmage, LDS apostle and author (d. 1933)
1863 – John Bunny, American film comedian (d. 1915)
1866 – Charles Jean Henri Nicolle France, bacteriologist (Nobel-1928)
1866 – H. G. Wells, English writer (d. 1946)
1867 – Henry Lewis Stimson, US minister of War (1911-13)
1869 – Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer
1871 – Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier
1873 – Papa Jack Laine, American musician (d. 1966)
1874 – Gustav Theodore Holst, Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets)
1880 – Henry Louis Mencken, US essayist/critic (American Mercury)
1882 – Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer
1884 – Hugh “Shorty” Ray, supervisor of NFL officials, HOF member
1885 – Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer
1886 – Teiichi Igarashi, Japan, climed Mt Fuji at age 99
1887 – Lodewijk de Vocht, composer
1889 – Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist
1893 – Moses Pergament, composer
1894 – Tullio Carminati, Zara Dalmatia Italy, actor (Roman Holiday)
1895 – Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (d. 1925)
1898 – Tushar Kanti Ghosh, world’s oldest/longest serving newspaper Editor
1899 – Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre)
1899 – Frederick Coutts, the 8th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1986)
1901 – Adele Bochner
1902 – Allen Lane, English publisher/founder (Penguin Books)
1902 – Learie [Nicholas] Constantine, Trinidad cricket player
1902 – Limari Salminen, Finland, 10K run (Olympic-gold-1936)
1904 – Hans Hartung, German/French painter
1905 – Robert Lebel, French Canadian ice hockey executive (d. 1999)
1906 – Derrick De Marney, London England, actor (Inheritance)
1906 – Henry Beachell, American plant breeder (d. 2006)
1907 – Helen Foster Snow, writer
1907 – Lloyd Gough, actor (Mike Axford-Green Hornet)
1912 – Chuck Jones, animator (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck)
1912 – György Sándor, Hungarian pianist (d. 2005)
1913 – Ulrich Ernst Simon, theologian
1914 – John Kluge, Chemnitz Germany, media CEO (Metromedia)/billionaire
1916 – Jagernath Lachmon, premier Suriname
1916 – Françoise Giroud, French journalist and politician (d. 2003)
1917 – Phyllis Nicolson, British mathematician (d. 1968)
1918 – Rand Brooks, LA California, actor (Cpl Boone-Rin Tin Tin)
1919 – Aya Zikken, author (Atlasvlinder, Rameh)
1919 – Mario Bunge, Argentine philosopher and physicist
1919 – Fazlur Rahman, Pakistani scholar (d. 1988)
1920 – Jay Ward, cartoonist (Rocky & his Friends, Bullwinkle)
1922 – Lode Backx, Flemish pianist
1923 – Harry JN Vane 11th Lord Barnard, English large landowner
1924 – Gail Russell, Chicago IL, actress (Uninvited, Moonrise, Unseen)
1926 – Donald A Glaser, physicist (Nobel-1960)
1926 – Noor Jehan, Pakistani singer and actress (d. 2000)
1929 – Bernard Williams, English philosopher (d. 2003)
1929 – Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (d. 1979)
1930 – Dawn Addams, Felixstown Engl, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens)
1931 – Larry Hagman, Fort Worth Tx, TV actor (I Dream of Jeannie, JR-Dallas)
1932 – Don Preston, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
1932 – Melvin Van Peebles, US, playwright/director (Watermelon Man)
1934 – Leonard Cohen, Montreal, singer/songwriter (Death of Ladies Man)
1935 – Henry Gibson, Germantown Pa, comedian (Nashville, Laugh-In’s poet)
1935 – Jimmy Armfield, Former English Footballer and Manager
1936 – Yuriy Luzhkov, Russian politician, mayor of Moscow
1936 – Dickey Lee, American singer and songwriter
1938 – Atli Heimir Sveinsson, composer
1938 – Yuji Takahashi, composer
1940 – Bill Kurtis, Pensacola Fla, newscaster (American Parade)
1940 – Hermann Knoflacher, Austrian civil engineer
1941 – Tony Moon, rocker
1941 – R. James Woolsey, Jr., Central Intelligence Agency director
1941 – Jack Brisco, American professional wrestler
1942 – Ann Elder, Cleve Oh, comedienne (Smothers Brothers Show, Laugh-In)
1943 – Dickey Lee, [Dick Lipscomb], rocker
1944 – Fannie Flagg, Birmingham Ala, actress/comediene (Candid Camera)
1944 – Hamilton Jordan, political advisor (Crisis, Last Year of Carter Pres)
1944 – Susan Maureen Fleetwood, Scotland, actress (Krays, Sacrifice)
1944 – Steve Beshear, Democratic Governor of Kentucky.
1945 – Bjarni V Tryggvason, Reykjavik Iceland, astronaut (STS 85)
1945 – Ombrettqa Colli, Italian entertainer
1945 – Richard Childress, NASCAR team owner
1945 – Shaw Clifton, the 18th General of The Salvation Army
1946 – Moritz Leuenberger, Swiss Federal Councilor
1947 – Don Felder, Gainesville Florida, American rocker (Eagles)
1947 – Stephen [Edwin] King, US, sci-fi author (Carrie, Shining, Kujo)
1947 – Marsha Norman, American playwright
1948 – Artis Gilmore, ABA all star (Kentucky Colonels)
1948 – Michael Finneran, diver (1st perfect 10 on 10m platform)
1950 – Bill Murray, Evanston Ill, comedian (SNL, What About Bob, Stripes)
1950 – Charles Clarke, British politician
1951 – Bob Franks, (Rep-R-NJ)
1951 – Bruce Arena, Bkln NY, soccer coach (Olympics-gold-96)
1951 – Henk Hofstede, Dutch singer/guitarist/keyboardist (Nits)
1951 – Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen rebel leader (d. 2005)
1952 – Anneliese Michel, German exorcism victim (d. 1976)
1953 – Betty Wright, rocker
1953 – John Mengatti, NYC, actor (Nick-White Shadow, For Love & Honor)
1954 – Philthy Animal, [Philip Taylor], rock drummer (Motorhead)
1954 – Shinzo Abe, Japanese politician
1955 – Rebecca Balding, Little Rock Ark, actress (Carla-Lou Grant, Soap)
1955 – Richard J Hieb, Jamestown ND, astronaut (STS 39, 49, 65)
1955 – Mika Kaurismäki, Finnish director
1956 – Jack Givens, American basketball player
1956 – Marta Kauffman, American television producer
1957 – Ethan Coen, Minneapolis Mn, producer (Miller’s Crossing, Barton Fink)
1957 – Lynette Love, US tai kwan do champ 1987/(Olympics 1988)
1957 – Kevin Rudd, Australian politician
1958 – Rick Mahorn, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons)
1958 – Bruno Fitoussi, French poker player
1959 – Corrinne Drewery, rocker (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out)
1959 – David Coulier, Detroit, actor (Joey Gladstone-Full House)
1960 – David James Elliott, Toronto, actor (Seinfeld, Lt Harmon Rabb-Jag)
1961 – Michel R Vassallucci, French/Neth publisher (Arena)
1961 – Nancy Travis, NYC, actress (Kim-Almost Perfect, Chaplin, 8 Men Out)
1962 – Grant Fuhr, Edmonton Alberta, NHL goalie (Oilers)
1962 – Rob Morrow, New Rochelle NY, actor (Dr Fleishman-Northern Exposure)
1963 – Cecil Fielder, LA California, infielder (Detroit Tigers, NY Yankees)
1963 – Curtly Ambrose, Antiguan West Indies cricketer
1963 – Angus Macfadyen, Scottish actor
1964 – Danny Hoekman, soccer player (NEC)
1964 – Danny Villa, NFL guard (KC Chiefs)
1964 – Jorge Drexler, Uruguayan singer and composer
1965 – Richard Brown, NFL linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
1966 – Ronna Reeves, Big Spring TX
1967 – Andrea Thies, Irvington NY, rower (Olympics-92, 96)
1967 – Romeo van Aerde, soccer player (RKC)
1967 – Faith Hill, American singer
1967 – Tyler Stewart, Canadian drummer (Barenaked Ladies)
1968 – Ricki Lake, NYC, actress (Hairspray)/talk show host (Ricki)
1968 – Trugoy, rocker (De La Soul)
1969 – Jason Christiansen, Omaha NE, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1969 – Lia Biehl, LPGA golfer
1969 – Randal Hill, NFL wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
1970 – Michael O’shea, CFL linebacker (Toronto Argonauts)
1970 – John Cudia, American actor
1971 – Alfonso Ribeiro, NYC, actor/pianist (Alfonso-Silver Spoons)
1971 – John Crawley, English cricketer
1971 – Luke Wilson, American actor
1972 – Alicia Rickter, Long Beach CA, playmate (Oct, 1995)
1972 – Brooke Bushnell, LA California, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
1972 – Jon Kitna, NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks)
1972 – Liam Gallagher, English singer (Oasis)
1972 – David Silveria, American drummer (KoЯn)
1973 – Virginia Ruano-Pascual, Madrid Spain, tennis star
1973 – Oswaldo Sanchez, Mexican footballer
1973 – Vanessa Grigoriadis, American journalist
1974 – Taral Hicks, American musician
1974 – Andy Todd, English footballer
1975 – Doug Davis, American baseball player
1976 – Adrian Olivo, Arlington Va, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1976 – Jana Kandarr, tennis star
1976 – Poul Hübertz, Danish footballer
1976 – Jonas Bjerre, Danish singer and guitarist (Mew)
1977 – Brian Tallet, American baseball player
1978 – Doug Howlett, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1979 – Richard Dunne, Irish footballer
1979 – Chris Gayle, Jamaican West Indies cricketer
1979 – Julian Gray, English footballer
1979 – Jaymee Ong, Chinese-Australian model
1980 – Raegan Tomaster, East Patgchogue NY, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
1980 – Robert Hoffman, American actor
1980 – Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress
1980 – Nyree Lewis, British Paralympic swimmer
1980 – Aleksa Palladino, American actress
1980 – Autumn Reeser, American actress
1980 – Tomas Scheckter, South African racing driver
1981 – Nicole Richie, American socialite
1981 – Rimi Sen, Indian actress
1981 – Meilinda Soerjoko, Indonesian-Australian actress
1982 – Eduardo Azevedo, Brazilian racing driver
1982 – Danny Kass, American snowboarder
1982 – Marat Izmailov, Russian footballer
1982 – Rowan Vine, English footballer
1983 – Joseph Mazzello, actor (Internal Affairs)
1983 – Fernando Cavenaghi, Argentinian footballer
1983 – Maggie Grace, American actress
1983 – Anna Meares, Australian cyclist
1984 – Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner, American swimmer
1985 – Maryam Hassouni, Dutch actor
1986 – Faris Rotter, English vocalist (The Horrors)
1987 – Jimmy Clausen, American football player
1987 – Courtney Paris, American basketball player
1987 – Ashley Paris, American basketball player
1988 – Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistani politician
1989 – Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins, American skateboarder
1990 – Allison Scagliotti, American actress
1990 – Christian Serratos, American actress
1991 – Jordan Hasay, American track and field athlete
1992 – Caroline Suratno, an extraordinary-dentist-gonna-be little girl 😀 *blog owner*
1998 – Brino quadruplets, American actor/actresses
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