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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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