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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 Dalí, 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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