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Births
599 BC - Mahavira, Indian founder of Jainism (d. 527 BC)
812 - Muhammad at-Taqi, Arabian Shia Imam (d. 835)
1484 - Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)
1500 - Joachim Camerarius, German classical scholar (d. 1574)
1526 - Muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)
1550 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604)
1577 - King Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)
1713 - Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (d. 1796)
1722 - Pietro Nardini, Italian composer (d. 1793)
1724 - Dr. Lyman Hall, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1790)
1726 - Charles Burney, English music historian (d. 1814)
1748 - Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (d. 1836)
1777 - Henry Clay, American statesman and five-time Presidential candidate (d. 1852)
1794 - Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (d. 1847)
1799 - Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1855)
1823 - Alexandr Ostrovsky, Russian dramatist (d. 1886)
1839 - Nikolai Przhevalsky, Russian explorer (d. 1888)
1848 - José Gautier BenÃtez, Puerto Rican poet
1856 - William Martin Conway, English art critic and mountaineer (d. 1937)
1868 - Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese naval commander (d. 1918)
1869 - Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (d. 1922)
1884 - Otto Meyerhof, German-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1951)
1887 - Harold Lockwood, American silent film actor (d. 1918)
1888 - Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet pianist (d. 1964)
1892 - Johnny Dodds, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1940)
1893 - Robert Harron, American actor (d. 1920)
1898 - Lily Pons, American soprano (d. 1976)
1901 - Lowell Stockman, American representative
1902 - Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)
1903 - Sally Rand, American dancer and actress (d. 1979)
1903 - Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1994)
1907 - Felix de Weldon, Austrian-born sculptor (d. 2003)
1912 - Walt Gorney, American actor (d. 2004)
1916 - Beverly Cleary, American writer
1916 - Benjamin Libet, American scientist
1917 - Helen Forrest, American singer (d. 1999)
1921 - James Dougherty, first husband of Marilyn Monroe (d. 2005)
1922 - Tiny Tim, American musician (d. 1996)
1923 - Ann Miller, American actress and dancer (d. 2004)
1924 - Peter Safar, Austrian physician (d. 2003)
1928 - Hardy Krüger, German actor
1928 - Jean-François Paillard, French conductor
1932 - Dennis Banks, American activist
1932 - Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan Politician (assassinated) (d. 2005)
1933 - Montserrat Caballé, Catalan soprano
1935 - Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player
1939 - Alan Ayckbourn, English writer
1940 - Herbie Hancock, American pianist and composer
1941 - Bobby Moore, English footballer (d. 1993)
1944 - John Kay, German-born musician (Steppenwolf)
1946 - Ed O'Neill, American actor
1947 - Tom Clancy, American author
1947 - David Letterman, American talk show host
1947 - Woody Johnson, owner of the New York Jets
1948 - Jeremy Beadle, British television presenter
1948 - Joschka Fischer, Foreign Minister of Germany
1948 - Sandra "Lois" Reeves, American singer (Martha & the Vandellas)
1949 - Scott Turow, American writer
1950 - David Cassidy, American singer and actor
1950 - Kari Palaste, Finnish architect
1952 - Ralph Wiley, American sports journalist (d. 2004)
1954 - Pat Travers, Canadian musician
1956 - Andy Garcia, Cuban-born actor
1956 - Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer, pianist, and actor
1957 - Vince Gill, American musician
1961 - Lisa Gerrard, Australian singer and film composer
1961 - D.D. Verni, American musician, (Overkill)
1962 - Art Alexakis, American musician (Everclear)
1962 - Takada Nobuhiko, Japanese professional wrestler
1964 - Amy Ray, American musician (Indigo Girls)
1970 - Nick Hexum, American musician (311)
1971 - Nicholas Brendon, actor
1971 - Shannen Doherty, American actress
1973 - J. Scott Campbell, American comic book artist
1974 - Marley Shelton, American actress
1976 - Brad Miller, American Basketball player
1978 - Guy Berryman, British musician (Coldplay)
1978 - Riley Smith, American actor
1979 - Claire Danes, American actress
1979 - Mateja Ke?man, Serbian footballer
1982 - Deen, Bosnian singer
1985 - Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
1985 - Jeisa Chiminazzo, Brazilian supermodel
1987 - Brendon Urie, American singer (Panic! At the Disco)
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