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Births

885 - Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930)

1543 - Alfonso Ferrabosco (I), Italian composer (d. 1588)

1641 - François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French war minister (d. 1691)

1672 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)

1688 - Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)

1689 - Montesquieu, French writer (d. 1755)

1779 - Peter Roget, British lexicographer (d. 1869)

1782 - Daniel Webster, American statesman (d. 1852)

1813 - Joseph Glidden, American farmer who patented barbed wire (d. 1906)

1840 - Henry Austin Dobson, English poet (d. 1921)

1842 - Albert Alonzo Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis (d. 1911)

1848 - Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925)

1849 - Edmund Barton, first Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1920)

 
 

1850 - Seth Low, American politician (d. 1916)

1854 - Thomas Watson, American telephone pioneer (d. 1934)

1877 - Samuel Zemurray, U.S. businessman (d.1961)

1879 - Henri Giraud, French general (d. 1949)

1882 - A. A. Milne, English author (d. 1956)

1888 - Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer (d. 1989)

1892 - Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (d. 1957)

1892 - Paul Rostock, German surgeon (d. 1956)

1904 - Cary Grant, English actor (d. 1986)

1905 - Joseph Bonanno, Italian-born gangster (d. 2002)

1908 - Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born mathematician, poet, and physicist (d. 1974)

1913 - Danny Kaye, American actor (d. 1987)

1914 - Arno Schmidt, German author (d. 1979)

 
 

1914 - William Stafford, American poet (d. 1993)

1922 - Bob Bell, American clown (d. 1997)

1931 - Chun Doo-hwan, President of South Korea

1932 - Robert Anton Wilson, American author

1933 - John Boorman, Irish film director

1934 - Raymond Briggs, English writer and illustrator

1937 - John Hume, Northern Irish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998

1938 - Curt Flood, baseball player (d. 1997)

1941 - David Ruffin, American singer (d. 1991)

1943 - Kay Granger, American politician

1944 - Paul Keating, twenty-fourth Prime Minister of Australia

1946 - Joseph Deiss, Swiss Federal Councilor

1947 - Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director

1949 - Philippe Starck, French designer

1950 - Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (d. 1982)

1952 - R. Stevie Moore, American singer, songwriter, and home recording pioneer

1953 - Brett Hudson, American actor

1955 - Kevin Costner, American actor

1956 - Sharon Mitchell, American actress

1956 - Tom Bailey, British singer (Thompson Twins)

1961 - Mark Messier, Canadian hockey player

1962 - Jeff Yagher, American actor

1964 - Jane Horrocks, British actress

1965 - Dave Attell, American writer and comedian

1966 - David Bautista, American professional wrestler

1967 - Kim Perrot, American basketball player (d. 1999)

1967 - Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer

1968 - Frank Quitely, Scottish comic book artist

1969 - Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer

1970 - DJ Quik, American rapper

1971 - Jonathan Davis, American musician (Ko?n)

1971 - Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver

1972 - Mike Lieberthal, baseball player

1973 - Crispian Mills, British musician (The Jeevas and Kula Shaker)

1974 - Michael Tunn, Australian television and radio

1977 - Curtis Cregan, American actor

1979 - Brian Gionta, professional hockey player

1979 - Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer

1979 - Jay Chou, Taiwanese singer and producer

1980 - Julius Peppers, American football player

1982 - Quinn Allman, American musician (The Used)

1983 - Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress

1987 - Johan Djourou, Swiss footballer

 

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