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1315 - Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)

1470 - Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal (d. 1547)

1554 - Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (d. 1594)

1660 - Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor (d. 1714)

1663 - William Bradford, British-born printer (d. 1752)

1706 - Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (d. 1777)

1726 - Francis Cotes, English painter (d. 1770)

1737 - William Petty Fitzmaurice, British statesman (d. 1805)

1759 - William Thornton, West Indian-born architect (d. 1828)

1768 - Dolley Madison, First Lady of the United States (d. 1849)

1772 - Sir William Congreve, English inventor (d. 1828)

1799 - Honoré de Balzac, French novelist (d. 1850)

1806 - John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (d. 1873)

 
 

1818 - William Fargo, co-founder of Wells, Fargo & Company (d. 1881)

1822 - Frédéric Passy, French economist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1912)

1830 - Hector Malot, French writer (d. 1907)

1838 - Jules Méline, French statesman (d. 1925)

1851 - Emil Berliner, German-born telephone and recording pioneer (d. 1929)

1860 - Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)

1882 - Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)

1883 - King Faisal I of Iraq (d. 1933)

1894 - Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian Hindu sage, Jivanmukta (d. 1994)

1895 - R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (d. 1937)

1899 - Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (d. 1969)

1901 - Max Euwe, Dutch chess player (d. 1981)

1906 - Giuseppe Cardinal Siri, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1989)

 
 

1908 - James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997)

1909 - Matt Busby, Scottish football manager (Manchester United) (d. 1994)

1911 - Gardner Fox, American writer (d. 1986)

1913 - William Hewlett, American engineer and founder of Hewlett-Packard (d. 2001)

1914 - Corneliu Coposu, Romanian politician (d. 1995)

1915 - Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician (d. 1981)

1916 - Trebisonda Valla, Italian athlete

1916 - Alexei Petrovich Maresiev, Russian flying ace (d. 2001)

1917 - Guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer, politician and magistrate (d. 1967)

1917 - Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (d. 2005)

1918 - Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2004)

1919 - George Gobel, American comedian (d. 1991)

1920 - Betty Driver, English singer and actress

1921 - Wolfgang Borchert, German writer (d. 1947)

1921 - Hal Newhouser, baseball player (d. 1998)

1926 - Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (d. 1956)

1927 - Bud Grant, American football coach

1931 - Ken Boyer, baseball player (d. 1982)

1935 - Marinella, Greek singer

1936 - Anthony Zerbe, American actor

1940 - Stan Mikita, Slovak-born hockey player

1940 - Sadaharu Oh, Japanese baseball player

1941 - John Strasberg, American actor

1941 - Manuel Isaias Lopez, MD, Mexican Child Psychiatrist

1942 - Carlos Hathcock, Marine sniper (d. 1999)

1942 - Jill Jackson, member of pop duo Paul & Paula

1943 - Shorty Long, American singer and songwriter (d. 1969)

1943 - Al Bano, Italian singer

1944 - Joe Cocker, British singer

1944 - Boudewijn de Groot, Dutch singer

1944 - Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman

1946 - Cher, American actress and singer

1947 - Greg Dyke, British broadcast executive

1952 - Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer

1953 - Robert Doyle, Australian politician

1955 - Zbigniew Preisner, Polish film composer

1956 - Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian author

1958 - Ron Reagan, American dancer and talk show host

1958 - Jane Wiedlin, American singer (The Go-Go's)

1959 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, American singer

1959 - Bronson Pinchot, American actor

1960 - John Billingsley, American actor

1960 - Chuck Brodsky, American musician

1960 - Tony Goldwyn, American actor

1962 - Mike Jeffries, American soccer coach

1963 - David Wells, American baseball player

1965 - Ted Allen, American author and television celebrity, see Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

1966 - Mindy Cohn, American actress

1968 - Timothy Olyphant, American actor

1970 - B.G. James, American professional wrestler

1970 - Louis Theroux, British television presenter

1971 - Tony Stewart, American race car driver

1971 - ?árka Ka?párková, Czech athlete

1972 - Tina Hobley, British television actress

1972 - Busta Rhymes, American singer and rapper

1976 - Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player

1977 - Miriam Parrish, American television actress

1981 - Íker Casillas, Spanish footballer

1981 - Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player

1982 - Imran Farhat, Pakistani cricketer

1982 - Petr Cech, Czech footballer

 

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