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Births
1521 - Pope Sixtus V (d. 1590)
1533 - King Eric XIV of Sweden (d. 1577)
1553 - King Henry IV of France (d. 1610)
1585 - William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)
1640 - Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)
1662 - Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)
1678 - Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)
1724 - Franz Aepinus, German scientist (d. 1802)
1784 - Archduke Louis of Austria (d. 1864)
1797 - Heinrich Heine, German poet (d. 1856)
1804 - Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (d. 1873)
1813 - David Spangler Kaufman, American politician (d. 1851)
1816 - Ernst Werner von Siemens, German engineer, inventor, and industrialist (d. 1892)
1818 - Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States (d. 1882)
1836 - Franz von Lenbach, German painter (d. 1904)
1854 - Thomas Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (d. 1934)
1856 - Svetozar Boroevi?, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1920)
1864 - Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee (d. 1947)
1867 - Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian explorer and scientist (d. 1917)
1874 - Josef Lhévinne, Russian-born pianist (d. 1944)
1883 - Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian, bibliographer and archivist (d. 1950)
1887 - George Polya, Hungarian-born mathematician (d. 1985)
1887 - Alvin York, American soldier & Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1964)
1897 - Drew Pearson, American journalist (d. 1969)
1903 - Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist (d. 1993)
1906 - Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (d. 1968)
1906 - Sir Laurens van der Post, Afrikaner-born South African author (d. 1996)
1910 - Van Heflin, American actor (d. 1971)
1911 - Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist and Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1999)
1911 - Kenneth Patchen, American poet and painter (d. 1972)
1913 - Archie Moore, American boxer and World Light-Heavyweight Champion (d. 1998)
1913 - Arnold Brown, the 11th General of The Salvation Army (d. 2002)
1915 - Curd Jürgens, German actor (d. 1982)
1915 - Ross Macdonald, American-born author (d. 1983)
1923 - Philip Warren Anderson, American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
1923 - Larry Doby, American baseball player (d. 2003)
1925 - Dick Van Dyke, American actor and comedian
1926 - George Rhoden, Jamaican athlete and Olympic gold medalist
1927 - Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor
1934 - Richard D. Zanuck, American film producer
1936 - His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan (Prince Karim El Husseni)
1939 - Eric Flynn, British actor and singer (d. 2002)
1942 - Anna Eshoo, American politician
1943 - Ferguson Jenkins, Canadian baseball player
1948 - Ted Nugent, American guitarist
1948 - Jeff Baxter, American guitarist (Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers)
1948 - Brian Wilson, British politician
1950 - Tom Vilsack, Governor of Iowa
1953 - Ben Bernanke, American economist
1953 - Bob Gainey, Canadian hockey player
1954 - John Anderson, American country musician
1957 - Steve Buscemi, American actor
1957 - Morris Day, American singer (The Time)
1957 - Jean-Marie Messier, French businessman
1958 - Lynn-Holly Johnson, American figure skater and actress
1959 - Nadia Russ, Soviet-born artist
1961 - Harry Gregson-Williams, British composer
1963 - Jake White, South African rugby union coach
1964 - hide, Japanese musician (X Japan) (d. 1998)
1965 - Marko Mäetamm, Estonian artist
1967 - Jamie Foxx, American actor
1969 - Sergei Fedorov, Russian hockey player
1973 - Christie Clark, American actress
1974 - Nicholas McCarthy, British-born guitarist (Franz Ferdinand)
1974 - Sara Cox, TV and Radio presenter
1975 - Tom Delonge, American guitarist (Blink-182)
1976 - Josh Fogg, American baseball player
1976 - Rados?aw Sobolewski, Polish footballer
1981 - Amy Lee, American singer (Evanescence)
1983 - Otylia J?drzejczak, Polish swimmer, FINA World Champion and Olympic gold medalist
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