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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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