What happened on June 21 ?

1002 - Pope Leo IX (d. 1054)

1226 - King Boleslaus V of Poland (d. 1279)

1535 - Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (d. 1596)

1639 (O.S.) - Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1723)

1646 (O.S.) - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German philosopher and scientist (d. 1716)

1676 (O.S.) - Anthony Collins, English philosopher (d. 1729)

1712 - Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (d. 1790)

1732 - Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (d. 1791)

1736 (O.S.) - Enoch Poor, American general in the Continental Army (d. 1780)

1759 - Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman and financier (d. 1817)

1763 - Pierre Paul Royer-Collard, French philosopher (d. 1845)

1764 - Sidney Smith, British admiral (d. 1840)

1774 - Daniel D. Tompkins, Congressman, Governor of New York, and sixth Vice President of the United States

1781 - Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1840)

1782 - Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (d. 1852)

1805 - Charles Thomas Jackson, American scientist, polymath

1811 - Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist (d. 1868)

1812 - Moses Hess, Jewish socialist and nationalist (d. 1875)

1823 - Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (d. 1873)

1825 - William Stubbs, English historian and Anglican bishop of Oxford

1828 - Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist (d. 1904)

1839 - Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (d. 1908)

1859 - Henry Ossawa Tanner, American painter (d. 1937)

1862 - Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and historian (d. 1943)

1863 - Max Wolf, German astronomer (d. 1932)

1864 - Heinrich Wölfflin, Swiss art historian (d. 1945)

1870 - Clara Immerwahr, German chemist

1876 - Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist

1880 - Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician (d.1961)

1882 - Rockwell Kent, American artist (d. 1971)

1883 - Lluís Companys i Jover, President of Catalonia (d. 1940)

1883 - Fyodor Gladkov, Russian writer

1884 - Claude Auchinleck, British field marshal (d. 1981)

1887 - Norman L. Bowen, Canadian petrologist (d. 1956)

1889 - Ralph Craig, American athlete (d. 1972)

1891 - Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian architect (d. 1979)

1891 - Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (d. 1966)

1892 - Reinhold Niebuhr, Protestant theologian (d. 1971)

1893 - Alois Hába, Czech composer (d. 1973)

1896 - Charles B. Momsen, American inventor (d. 1967)

1898 - Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and writer (d. 1964)

1902 - Howie Morenz, professional ice hockey player (d. 1937)

1903 - Al Hirschfeld, American cartoonist (d. 2003)

1905 - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (declined) (d. 1980)

1906 - Harold Spina, American composer

1912 - Mary McCarthy, American writer (d. 1989)

1914 - William Vickrey, Canadian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)

1919 - Gower Champion, dancer and choreographer (d. 1980)

1919 - Gérard Pelletier, French journalist, politician, and diplomat (d. 1997)

1921 - Judy Holliday, American actress (d. 1965)

1921 - Jane Russell, American actress

1921 - Jean de Broglie, French politician

1925 - Giovanni Spadolini, Italian politician (d. 1994)

1925 - Maureen Stapleton, American actress (d. 2006)

1926 - Conrad Hall, Tahitian-born cinematographer (d. 2003)

1927 - Carl Stokes, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1996)

1929 - Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (d. 1977)

1929 - Alexandre Lagoya, classical guitarist (d. 1999)

1930 - Sir Gerald Kaufman, British politician

1931 - Margaret Mary O'Shaughnessy Heckler, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services

1932 - O.C. Smith, American singer (d. 2001)

1932 - Lalo Schifrin, Argentine pianist and composer

1935 - Françoise Sagan, French writer (d. 2004)

1938 - Ron Ely, American actor

1939 - Ruben Berrios, Puerto Rican politician

1940 - Mariette Hartley, American actress

1940 - Michael Ruse, Canadian philosopher

1942 - Henry Taylor, American poet

1942 - Togo D. West, Jr., American attorney and public official

1943 - Salomé, Spanish singer

1944 - Ray Davies, English musician (The Kinks)

1945 - Adam Zagajewski, Polish philosopher, poet

1946 - Brenda Holloway, American musician

1947 - Meredith Baxter, American actress

1947 - Michael Gross, American actor

1947 - Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate

1948 - Ian McEwan, English writer

1948 - Lionel Rose, Australian boxer

1948 - Andrzej Sapkowski, Polish writer

1950 - Anne Carson, Canadian poet

1950 - Joey Kramer, American drummer and percussionist (Aerosmith)

1951 - Nils Lofgren, American musician

1952 - Kôichi Mashimo, Japanese anime director

1953 - Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan

1954 - Robert Menasse, Austrian writer

1954 - Robert Pastorelli, American actor (d. 2004)

1955 - Tim Bray, Canadian computer programmer

1955 - Leigh McCloskey, American actor

1955 - Michel Platini, French footballer

1957 - Berkeley Breathed, American cartoonist and author

1957 - Lucien DeBlois, professional ice hockey player

1958 - Gennady Padalka, cosmonaut

1959 - Marcella Detroit, singer and songwriter (Shakespear's Sister)

1959 - Kathy Mattea, American country singer

1962 - Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician

1964 - Doug Savant, American actor

1965 - Larry Wachowski, film director

1966 - Rudi Bakhtiar, American journalist

1966 - Mancow Muller, American radio personality

1966 - Nan Woods, American actress

1967 - Jim Breuer, American comedian

1969 - Gabriella Paruzzi, Italian skier

1970 - Sindee Coxx, American pornographic actress

1972 - Alon Hilu, Israeli writer

1973 - Juliette Lewis, American actress

1974 - Natasha Desborough, British radio personality

1976 - Mike Einziger, American musician (Incubus)

1976 - Nigel Lappin, Australian footballer

1978 - Cristiano Lupatelli, Italian footballer

1978 - Jack Guzman, American actor

1978 - Erica Durance, Canadian actress

1979 - Chris Pratt, American actor

1981 - Amber Campisi, American model

1981 - Brandon Flowers, American singer and keyboardist (The Killers)

1982 - Prince William of Wales, British prince

1984 - Alicia Alighatti, American pornographic actress

1989 - Jascha Washington, American actor