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1050 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106)

1154 - King Sancho I of Portugal (d. 1212)

1155 - King Alfonso VIII of Castile (d. 1214)

1220 - Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (d. 1271)

1493 - Paracelsus, doctor (d. 1541)

1493 - Bernardo Tasso, Italian poet (d. 1569)

1599 - Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, Austrian field marshal (d. 1656)

1633 - George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, British statesman (d. 1695)

1668 - Johann Albert Fabricius, German classical scholar and bibliographer (d. 1736)

1743 - Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (d. 1828)

1744 - Abigail Adams, First Lady of the United States (d. 1818)

1748 - King Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819)

1764 - Barbara Juliana, Baroness von Krüdener, Russian writer (d. 1824)

 
 

1791 - Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1855)

1792 - Mary Anne Evans, English wife of Benjamin Disraeli (d. 1872)

1821 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (d. 1881)

1828 - Sri Deep Narayan Mahaprabhuji, Hindu saint (d. 1963)

1836 - Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet and novelist (d. 1907)

1852 - Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1925)

1858 - Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian painter (d. 1884)

1863 - Paul Signac, French painter (d. 1935)

1864 - Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1921)

1869 - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (d. 1947)

1882 - King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (d. 1973)

1883 - Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (d. 1969)

1885 - George Smith Patton, Jr., American general (d. 1945)

 
 

1887 - Roland Young, American actor (d. 1953)

1889 - Clifton Webb, American actor (d. 1966)

1891 - Rabbit Maranville, baseball player (d. 1954)

1898 - Rene Clair, French film director (d. 1981)

1899 - Pat O'Brien, American film actor (d. 1983)

1900 - Halina Konopacka, Polish athlete (d. 1989)

1901 - F. Van Wyck Mason, American author (d. 1978)

1903 - Sam Spiegel, Austrian-born film producer (d. 1985)

1904 - Alger Hiss, American government official and spy (d. 1994)

1904 - J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician (d. 1960)

1909 - Robert Ryan, American actor (d. 1973)

1912 - Thomas C. Mann, American diplomat (d. 1999)

1914 - Howard Fast, American author (d. 2003)

1914 - Henry Wade, American lawyer (d. 2001)

1915 - William Proxmire, U.S. Senator (d. 2005)

1918 - Stubby Kaye, American comic actor (d. 1997)

1919 - Martin Balsam, American actor (d. 1996)

1919 - Kalle Päätalo, Finnish novelist (d. 2000)

1920 - Roy Jenkins, British politician (d. 2003)

1921 - Terrell Bell, American politician

1922 - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., American novelist

1925 - June Whitfield, British comedienne

1925 - Jonathan Winters, American comedian and actor

1928 - LaVern Baker, American singer (d. 1997)

1928 - Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer

1929 - Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German writer

1937 - Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and diplomat

1938 - Ants Antson, Estonian speed skater

1938 - Haruhiro Yamashita, Japanese gymnast

1939 - Denise Alexander, American actress

1940 - Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senator

1943 - Doug Frost, Australian swimming coach

1944 - Jesse Colin Young, American musician (The Youngbloods)

1945 - Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua

1950 - Mircea Dinescu, Romanian poet

1951 - Kim Peek, American megasavant

1953 - Marshall Crenshaw, American musician

1959 - Lee Haney, American bodybuilder

1960 - Peter Parros, American actor

1960 - Stanley Tucci, American actor and film director

1961 - Corinne Hermès, French singer

1962 - Demi Moore, American actress

1962 - James Morrison, Australian musician

1964 - Judith Edelman, American musician

1964 - Calista Flockhart, American actress

1966 - Alison Doody, Irish actress

1967 - Gil de Ferran, Brazilian race car driver

1968 - David L Cook, American singer and comedian

1969 - Carson Kressley, American television personality

1970 - Lee Battersby, Australian author

1973 - Jason White, American musician (Green Day)

1974 - Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor

1974 - Wajahatullah Wasti, Pakistani cricketer

1976 - Mike Leon Grosch, German singer and finalist of Deutschland sucht den Superstar 3

1977 - Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (d. 2002)

1979 - Courtenay Semel, American reality TV star; daughter of Terry Semel

1980 - Willie Parker, American football player

1981 - Natalie Glebova, Russian-Canadian beauty queen

1981 - Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg

1982 - Brittny Gastineau, American socialite

1983 - Philipp Lahm, German footballer

1985 - Kalan Porter, Canadian singer

1989 - Reina Tanaka, Japanese singer (Morning Musume, Aa!, Elegies)

 

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