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Births

1485 - Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (d. 1536)

1584 - John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)

1614 - Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)

1714 - George Whitefield, British-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)

1716 - Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)

1717 - Elizabeth Carter, British writer (d. 1806)

1742 - Gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819)

1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (d. 1827)

1775 - Jane Austen, British writer (d. 1817)

1775 - François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (d. 1834)

1776 - Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810)

1790 - King Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)

1834 - Léon Walras, French economist (d. 1910)

 
 

1861 - Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917)

1863 - George Santayana, Spanish philosopher and writer (d. 1952)

1865 - Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet (d. 1918)

1866 (N.S.) - Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-born French abstract painter (d. 1944)

1867 - Amy Carmichael - a missionary in Dohnavur, India

1869 - Hristo Tatarchev - Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1952)

1872 - Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (d. 1947)

1882 - Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (d. 1967)

1882 - Walther Meissner, German physicist (d. 1974)

1882 - Sir Jack Hobbs, English test cricketer (d. 1963)

1888 - King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)

1899 - Sir Noel Coward, British playwright, actor and composer (d. 1973)

1901 - Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (d. 1978)

 
 

1905 - Piet Hein, Danish mathematician and inventor (d. 1996)

1917 - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, British writer

1926 - James McCracken, American tenor (d. 1988)

1927 - Randall Garrett, American writer

1928 - Philip K. Dick, American writer (d. 1982)

1929 - Nicholas Courtney, British actor

1932 - Rodion Shchedrin, Soviet-born Russian composer

1938 - Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress

1941 - Lesley Stahl, American journalist

1943 - Steven Bochco, American television producer and writer

1945 - Yukio Hattori, Japanese Iron Chef commentator

1946 - Benny Andersson, Swedish musician, singer and songwriter (ABBA)

1946 - Trevor Pinnock, British conductor and harpsichordist

1947 - Vincent Matthews, American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist

1949 - Billy Gibbons, American guitarist (ZZ Top)

1951 - Robben Ford, American guitarist

1952 - Joel Garner, West Indian test cricketer

1955 - Xander Berkeley, American actor

1961 - Bill Hicks, American comedian (d. 1994)

1962 - William Perry, American football player

1963 - Benjamin Bratt, American actor

1964 - Heike Drechsler, East German-born German sprinter

1964 - Billy Ripken, former American baseball player.

1966 - Denis Wise, British soccer player

1967 - Donovan Bailey, Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter

1970 - Nancy Valen, American actress

1975 - Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian singer (Billy Talent)

1977 - Sylvain Distin, French footballer

1978 - Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer

1979 - Mihai Tr?istariu, Romanian singer

1981 - Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer

1981 - Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer

1983 - Kelenna Azubuike, Basketball player

1985 - Keita Tachibana, Japanese singer

1987 - Hallee Hirsh, American actress

1988 - Anna Popplewell, British actress

1989 - Chen Yaoye, professional Go player

 

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