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Births
1571 - Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)
1720 - Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (d. 1797)
1722 - Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist (d. 1789)
1752 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)
1763 - János Bacsanyi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)
1801 - Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)
1811 - Chang and Eng Bunker, Siamese Twins
1824 - Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)
1827 - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
1871 - Stjepan Radic, Croatian politician (d. 1928)
1881 - Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian physicist (d. 1963)
1887 - Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (d. 1961)
1888 - Irving Berlin, American composer (d. 1989)
1888 - Willis A. Lee, World War II U.S. naval admiral
1890 - Woodall Rodgers, mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1961)
1892 - Margaret Rutherford, English actress (d. 1972)
1894 - Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1991)
1895 - Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (d. 1986)
1896 - Josip ?tolcer-Slavenski Croatian composer (d. 1955)
1897 - Kurt Gerron German director (d. 1944)
1903 - Charlie Gehringer, baseball player (d. 1993)
1904 - Salvador DalÃ, Catalan painter (d. 1989)
1907 - Rose Ausländer, German poet (d. 1988)
1911 - Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (d. 1985)
1912 - Foster Brooks, American actor and comedian (d. 2001)
1913 - Robert Jungk, Austrian publicist (d. 1994)
1916 - Camilo José Cela, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
1918 - Richard Feynman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
1921 - Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician
1924 - Antony Hewish, English radio astronomer, Nobel laureate
1927 - Mort Sahl, Canadian comedian and political commentator
1928 - Yaacov Agam, Israeli sculptor
1930 - Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (d. 2002)
1933 - Louis Farrakhan, American Black Muslim leader
1935 - Doug McClure, American actor (d. 1995)
1938 - Carla Bley, American musician and composer
1940 - Juan Downey, Chilean video artist (d. 1993)
1941 - Eric Burdon, British singer (The Animals)
1941 - Graham Miles, English snooker player
1946 - Robert Jarvik, American physicist and inventor
1948 - Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese folk musician
1950 - Jeremy Paxman, British journalist and author
1952 - Renaud Séchan, French composer
1952 - Mike Lupica, American sports journalist
1952 - Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian actress
1952 - Frances Fisher, English-born actress
1954 - Lubomir Stoykov, Bulgarian journalist and broadcaster
1955 - John DeStefano, Jr., American politician
1956 - Theresa Burke, Canadian journalist
1956 - Alex Lester, British broadcaster
1957 - Peter North, Canadian porn star
1959 - Martha Quinn, American television personality
1963 - Natasha Richardson, English-born actress
1964 - John Parrott, English snooker player
1964 - Katie Wagner, American television reporter
1965 - Greg Dulli, American musician
1966 - Christoph Schneider, German drummer (Rammstein)
1972 - Anita Hegh, Australian actress
1977 - Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper
1978 - Laetitia Casta, French supermodel and actress
1979 - Erin Lang, Canadian musician
1981 - Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
1982 - Jonathan Jackson, American actor
1983 - Matt Leinart, American football player
1983 - Holly Valance, New Zealand-born actress and singer
1984 - Andres Iniesta, Spanish football player
1986 - Vassiriki Diaby, French footballer
1987 - Monica Ro?u, Romanian gymnast
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