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Births

1263 - Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar (d. 1328)

1440 - Ivan III of Russia (d. 1505)

1553 - Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625)

1561 - Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher (d. 1626)

1570 - Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician (d. 1631)

1592 - Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (d. 1655)

1654 - Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (d. 1729)

1690 - Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743)

1729 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (d. 1781)

1781 - François Antoine Habeneck, French violinist (b. 1849)

1788 - George Gordon, Lord Byron, English poet (d. 1824)

1800 - Nat Turner, American slave rebellion leader

1820 - Joseph Wolf, German artist (d. 1899)

 
 

1849 - August Strindberg, Swedish writer (d. 1912)

1875 - D. W. Griffith, American film director (d. 1948)

1882 - Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born actor, ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1956)

1886 - Roman Ungern von Sternberg, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1921)

1890 - Fred M. Vinson, 13th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1953)

1890 - Vinko Zganec, Croatian ethnomusicologist (d. 1976)

1892 - Marcel Dassault, French industrialist (d. 1986)

1893 - Conrad Veidt, German actor (d. 1943)

1897 - Rosa Ponselle, American soprano (d. 1981)

1902 - Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (d. 1970)

1903 - Fritz Houtermans, Polish physicist (d. 1966)

1904 (N.S.) - George Balanchine, Russian choreographer (d. 1983)

1904 - Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (d. 1941)

 
 

1906 - Robert E. Howard, American author (d. 1936)

1907 - Douglas Corrigan, American pilot (d. 1995)

1907 - William Ralph Dean, English footballer (d. 1980)

1907 - Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (d. 2004)

1908 - Lev Davidovich Landau, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)

1909 - Ann Sothern, American actress (d. 2001)

1909 - U Thant, Burmese United Nations Secretary General (d. 1974)

1909 - Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and international playboy (d. 1965)

1911 - Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990)

1913 - William Cardinal Conway, Northern Irish clergyman (d. 1977)

1913 - Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (d. 2003)

1915 - Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and politician (d. 1993)

1916 - Henri Dutilleux, French composer

1920 - Sir Alf Ramsey, English footballer manager (d. 1999)

1924 - J. J. Johnson, American jazz trombonist and composer (d. 2001)

1927 - Lou Creekmur, American football player

1931 - Sam Cooke, American singer (d. 1964)

1932 - Piper Laurie, American actress

1934 - Bill Bixby, American actor (d. 1993)

1935 - Seymour Cassel, American actor

1936 - Alan J. Heeger, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1937 - Joseph Wambaugh, American author

1937 - Edén Pastora Gómez, Nicaraguan rebel leader

1939 - Jeff Smith, American chef (d. 2004)

1940 - Addie "Micki" Harris, singer (Shirelles) (d. 1982)

1940 - John Hurt, English actor

1940 - George Seifert, American football coach

1946 - Serge Savard, Canadian hockey player

1949 - Steve Perry, American musician

1953 - Jim Jarmusch, American director

1954 - Chris Lemmon, American actor

1954 - Peter Pilz, Austrian politician

1956 - John Wesley Shipp, American actor

1957 - Mike Bossy, Canadian hockey player

1959 - Linda Blair, American actress

1960 - Michael Hutchence, Australian musician (INXS) (d. 1997)

1965 - DJ Jazzy Jeff, American rapper and actor

1965 - Diane Lane, American actress

1965 - Andrew Roachford, English singer and songwriter

1965 - Steven Adler, American drummer (Guns N' Roses)

1966 - Ecaterina Szabo, Romanian gymnast

1967 - Olivia d'Abo, English actress

1968 - Frank Leb?uf, French footballer

1970 - Alex Ross, American comic book painter (Marvels, Kingdom Come)

1972 - Gabriel Macht, American actor

1972 - Romi Paku, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)

1975 - Balthazar Getty, American actor

1975 - David Vyborny, Czech ice hockey player

1977 - Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer

1978 - Chone Figgins, baseball player

1980 - Christopher Masterson, American actor

1980 - Ben Moody, American guitarist (Evanescence)

1980 - Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer(Real Madrid)

1981 - Chantelle Anderson, American basketball player

1981 - Willa Ford, American singer

1981 - Beverley Mitchell, American actress

1983 - Shaun Cody, American football player

1983 - Robert Steinhauser, perpetrator of the Erfurt massacre

1984 - Raica Oliveira, Brazilian supermodel

1985 - Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer

1989 - Jared Smith, American rapper and actor

 

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