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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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