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Births

1267 - King James II of Aragon (d. 1327)

1296 - John I, Count of Luxemburg (d. 1346)

1360 - Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)

1397 - Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)

1489 - Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553)

1520 - Madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)

1560 - Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (d. 1629)

1645 - Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (d. 1711)

1737 - Anton Losenko, Russian painter (d. 1773)

1821 - Jay Cooke, American financier (d. 1905)

1839 - Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (d. 1896)

1845 - Abai Kunanbaev, Kazak poet (d. 1904)

1856 - William Willett, English inventor of Daylight Saving Time (d. 1915)

 
 

1860 - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (d. 1936)

1869 - Laurence Binyon, British poet (d. 1943)

1872 - Bill Johnson, American musician (d. 1972)

1874 - Herbert Hoover, President of the United States (d. 1964)

1877 - Frank Marshall, American chess player (d. 1944)

1878 - Alfred Döblin, German writer (d. 1957)

1880 - Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1964)

1884 - Panait Istrati, Romanian writer (d. 1935)

1890 - Angus L. MacDonald, Canadian politician (d. 1954)

1898 - Jack Haley, American actor (d. 1979)

1900 - Arthur Espie Porritt, New Zealand politician and athlete (d. 1994)

1902 - Norma Shearer, Canadian actress (d. 1983)

1902 - Curt Siodmak, German-born author (d. 2000)

 
 

1902 - Arne Tiselius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)

1905 - Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (d. 1986)

1909 - Leo Fender, American luthier (d. 1991)

1912 - Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist (d. 2001)

1913 - Wolfgang Paul, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)

1914 - Jeff Corey, American actor (d. 2002)

1923 - Rhonda Fleming, American actress

1927 - Vernon Washington, American actors (d. 1988)

1928 - Jimmy Dean, American singer

1928 - Gus Mercurio, American-born Australian actor

1928 - Eddie Fisher, American singer and actor

1933 - Doyle Brunson, American poker player

1939 - Kate O'Mara, British actress

1940 - Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (d. 2003)

1943 - Ronnie Spector, American singer (Ronettes)

1945 - Harriet Miers, White House counsel

1947 - Ian Anderson, Scottish musician (Jethro Tull)

1947 - Anwar Ibrahim, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

1952 - Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor

1959 - Rosanna Arquette, American model and actress

1960 - Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor

1963 - Andrew Sullivan, English-born journalist

1965 - Claudia Christian, American actress

1965 - Mike Smith, American jockey

1965 - John Starks, American basketball player

1966 - Hansi Kürsch, German singer

1967 - Riddick Bowe, American boxer

1967 - Mart Sander, Estonian singer and actor

1971 - Roy Keane, Irish footballer

1971 - Mario César Kindelán Mesa, Cuban amateur boxer

1971 - Justin Theroux, American actor

1971 - Sal Fasano, American baseball player

1972 - Angie Harmon, American model and actress

1972 - Christofer Johnsson, Swedish heavy metal musician

1973 - Lisa Raymond, American tennis player

1974 - David Sommeil, French footballer

1977 - Danny Griffin, Northern Irish footballer

1981 - Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer and actress

1982 - Devon Aoki, American supermodel and actress

 

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