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Births

146 - Septimius Severus, Roman Emperor (d. 211)

1357 - King John I of Portugal "the One With Good Memory" (d. 1433)

1374 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (d. 1398)

1492 - Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549)

1592 - John Eliot, English statesman (d. 1632)

1705 - William Cookworthy, English chemist (d. 1780)

1721 - David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (d. 1808)

1722 - Christopher Smart, English poet (d. 1771)

1755 - James Parkinson, English physician (d. 1824)

1769 - Jean Lannes, French marshal (d. 1809)

1798 - Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (d. 1854)

1810 - Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, English soldier and orientalist (d. 1895)

1819 - Charles Hallé, German pianist and conductor (d. 1895)

 
 

1825 - Ferdinand Lassalle, German politician (d. 1864)

1852 - Cap Anson, American baseball player (d. 1922)

1862 - Charles Evans Hughes, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1948)

1867 - Dr. Mark Keppel, County Superintendent of Los Angeles County Schools from 1902-1928 (d. 1928)

1869 - Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (d. 1943)

1876 - Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (d. 1958)

1883 - Hozumi Shigeto, Japanese author (d. 1951)

1889 - Nick LaRocca, American musician (d. 1961)

1890 - Donna Rachele Mussolini, Italian, wife of Benito Mussolini (d. 1979)

1893 - Dean Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State (d. 1971)

1900 - Sandor Marai, Hungarian writer (d. 1989)

1906 - Dale Messick, American cartoonist (d. 2005)

1908 - Leo Rosten, American humorist and author (d. 1997)

 
 

1910 - António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician (d. 1996)

1911 - Stanislawa Walasiewicz, Polish-born runner (d. 1980)

1913 - Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (d. 2006)

1914 - Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2003)

1916 - Alberto Ginastera, Argentine composer (d. 1983)

1917 - David Westheimer, American novelist (d. 2005)

1928 - Ethel Kennedy, wife of Robert F. Kennedy

1930 - Anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan (d. 1997)

1931 - Johnny Sheffield, American actor

1932 - Joel Grey, American singer and actor

1935 - Richard Berry, American singer, and composer (d. 1997)

1935 - Richard Kuklinski, mafia hitman (d. 2006)

1938 - Kurt Moll, German bass

1939 - Louise Lasser, American actress

1944 - John Milius, American director and writer

1946 - Bob Harris, British disc jockey and presenter

1947 - Peter Riegert, American actor

1947 - Meshach Taylor, American actor

1949 - Bernd Eichinger, German film producer

1951 - Doris McGowen Beck Angleton, American socialite (d. 1997)

1951 - James Patrick Kelly, American author

1953 - Andrew Wiles, British mathematician

1953 - Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium

1955 - Kevin Brady, American politician

1955 - Michael Callen, American singer and songwriter (d. 1993)

1958 - Stuart Adamson, British musician (Big Country) (d. 2001)

1959 - Frank C Scott, Australian photo-journalist

1960 - Jeremy Clarkson, British journalist

1961 - Doug Hopkins, American musician

1962 - Vincent Gallo, American actor

1963 - Chris Ferguson, American poker player

1966 - Mason Reese, American actor

1966 - Lisa Stansfield, English singer

1968 - Sergey Lukyanenko, Russian author

1970 - Trevor Linden, Canadian professional hockey player

1971 - Oliver Riedel, German musican (Rammstein)

1972 - Jason Varitek, American baseball player

1974 - Trot Nixon, American baseball player

1974 - Tricia Helfer, Canadian supermodel and actress

1975 - Walid Soliman, Tunisian author

1979 - Malcolm Christie, English footballer

1980 - Mark Teixeira, American baseball player

1981 - Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model

1982 - Ian Bell, English cricketer

1984 - Kelli Garner, American actress

1987 - Joss Stone, English singer

 

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