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Births
1355 - Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster
1378 - Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)
1557 - Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602)
1596 - Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)
1645 - Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (d. 1696)
1650 - Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopedist (d. 1718)
1682 - Louis, Duke of Burgundy, heir to the throne of France (d. 1712)
1832 - Wilhelm Wundt, German psychologist (d. 1920)
1845 - Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1921)
1860 - Jules Laforgue, French poet (d. 1887)
1862 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, American coach (d. 1965)
1868 - Bernarr McFadden, American publisher (d. 1955)
1884 - Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher (d. 1967)
1884 - Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (d. 1942)
1888 - T. E. Lawrence, English writer and soldier (d. 1935)
1888 - Armand J. Piron, American musician (d. 1943)
1892 - Otto Messmer, American cartoonist (d. 1983)
1894 - George Meany, American labor union leader (d. 1980)
1895 - Albert Cohen, Swiss novelist (d. 1981)
1895 - Liane Haid, Austrian actress (d. 2000)
1902 - Georgette Heyer, English novelist (d. 1974)
1904 - Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
1911 - E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (d. 1977)
1912 - Ted Drake English footballer (d. 1995)
1913 - Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1992)
1920 - Charles Bukowski, American poet (d. 1994)
1923 - Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian cartoonist and playwright
1924 - Fess Parker, American actor
1925 - Willie Jones, baseball player (d. 1983)
1928 - Ann Blyth, American actress
1929 - Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. 2003)
1930 - Robert Culp, American actor
1930 - Frank Gifford, American football player and announcer
1931 - Eydie Gorme, American singer
1933 - Julie Newmar, American actress
1934 - Diana Wynne Jones, British author
1937 - David Anderson, Canadian politician
1939 - Trevor Mcdonald OBE, Television Newsreader
1940 - Bruce Beresford, Australian film director
1946 - Massoud Barzani, Iraqi Kurdish politician
1946 - Lesley Ann Warren, American actress
1950 - Hasely Crawford, Trinidad and Tobago athlete
1952 - Reginald VelJohnson, American actor
1953 - Kathie Lee Gifford, French-born singer and actress
1954 - James Cameron, Canadian film director
1958 - Angela Bassett, American actress
1958 - Madonna, American singer and actress
1960 - Timothy Hutton, American actor
1963 - Steve Carell, American actor and comedian
1964 - Jimmy Arias, American tennis player
1967 - Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish-born television personality
1968 - Mateja Svet, Slovenian alpine skier
1972 - Stan Lazaridis, Australian footballer
1973 - Damian Jackson, baseball player
1974 - Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer
1976 - Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer
1978 - Eddie Gill, American basketball player
1979 - Michael Stahlman, American rower and coach
1980 - Vanessa Carlton, American singer, songwriter, and pianist
1980 - Robert Hardy, English bassist (Franz Ferdinand)
1981 - Taylor Rain, American actress
1987 - Kyal Marsh, Australian actor
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