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Births

1578 - Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and music theorist (d. 1640)

1694 - William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771)

1703 - Ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759)

1710 - Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)

1738 - Richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775)

1754 - William Cooper, American judge

1760 - John Breckinridge, American politician (d. 1806)

1817 - Heinrich von Sybel, German historian (d. 1895)

1825 - Emperor Pedro II of Brazil (d. 1891)

1846 - Pierre Marie René Ernest Waldeck-Rousseau, French statesman (d. 1904)

1859 - Georges Seurat, French painter (d. 1891)

1863 - Charles Ringling, American circus owner (d. 1926)

1885 - George Richards Minot, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize (d. 1950)

 
 

1886 - Harry Burleigh, American composer (d. 1949)

1891 - Otto Dix, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1969)

1892 - Leo Ornstein, Russian-born composer and pianist (d. 2002)

1895 - Harriet Cohen, British pianist (d. 1967)

1898 - Indra Lal Roy, Indian pilot (d. 1918)

1899 - John Barbirolli, British conductor (d. 1970)

1901 - Raimundo Orsi, Argentine-born footballer (d. 1986)

1906 - Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-born recording engineer (d. 1977)

1914 - Adolph Green, American composer (d. 2002)

1914 - Ray Walston, American actor (d. 2001)

1923 - Maria Callas, American soprano (d. 1977)

1924 - Alexander M. Haig, Jr., American soldier and politician

1925 - Julie Harris, American actress

 
 

1930 - Gary Becker, American economist, recipient of the Bank of Sweden Prize

1931 - Edwin Meese, American politician

1933 - Michael Larrabee, American athlete (d. 2003)

1933 - K. Veeramani, Indian anti-caste activist

1934 - Andre Rodgers, baseball player (d. 2004)

1935 - David Hackett Fischer, American historian

1939 - Yael Dayan, Israeli writer and politician

1939 - Harry Reid, American politician

1943 - Wayne Allard, American politician

1944 - Ibrahim Rugova, first President of Kosovo (d. 2006)

1944 - Botho Strauÿ, German author

1945 - Penelope Spheeris, American film director

1946 - Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (d. 1997)

1950 - Bob Kevoian, American radio personality

1954 - Dan Butler, American actor

1954 - Stone Phillips, American television journalist

1957 - Dagfinn Høybråten, Norwegian politician

1958 - Uladzimir Parfianovich, Belarusian canoer

1958 - Eric L. Harry, American novelist

1960 - Rick Savage, British bassist (Def Leppard)

1966 - Jinsei Shinzaki, Japanese professional wrestler

1968 - Lucy Liu, American actress

1968 - Nate Mendel, American bassist (Foo Fighters)

1968 - Chris Wedge, American animator

1970 - Sarah Silverman, American comedian

1971 - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, American actor

1972 - Sergei Zholtok, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2004)

1973 - Monica Seles, Yugoslavian-born tennis player

1973 - Jan Ullrich, German cyclist

1978 - Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer and songwriter

1978 - Chris Wolstenholme, British bassist (Muse)

1979 - Yvonne Catterfeld, German singer and actress

1981 - Britney Spears, American singer

1982 - Matt Ware, American football player

1987 - Teairra Mari, African-American R&B singer

1988 - Alfred Enoch, British actor

 

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