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Births

1680 - Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754)

1684 - Francesco Manfredini, Italian baroque composer (d. 1762)

1704 - John Taylor, English classical scholar (d. 1766)

1713 - Lord John Philip Sackville, English cricketer (d. 1765)

1738 - Jacques Delille, French poet, translator (d. 1813)

1757 - George Vancouver, British explorer (d. 1798)

1767 - Wilhelm von Humboldt, German philosopher and statesman (d. 1835)

1805 - Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian politician (d. 1872)

1837 - Paul Morphy, American chess player (d. 1884)

1856 - H. Rider Haggard, English author (d. 1925)

1861 - Maximilian von Spee, German admiral (d. 1914)

1864 - Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (d. 1909)

1871 - William McDougall, British psychologist, polymath (d. 1938)

 
 

1879 - Thibaudeau Rinfret, jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1962)

1885 - Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962)

1887 - Julian Huxley, British biologist (d. 1975)

1892 - Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (d. 1945)

1897 - Norbert Elias, German sociologist (d. 1990)

1898 - Erich Maria Remarque, German writer (d. 1970)

1899 - Micha? Kalecki, Polish economist (d. 1970)

1902 - Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (d. 1950)

1903 - Carl Hubbell, baseball player (d. 1988)

1903 - John Dillinger, American bank robber (d. 1934)

1906 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and pilot (d. 2001)

1906 - Billy Wilder, Austrian-born director (d. 2002)

1907 - Mike Todd, American film producer (d. 1958)

 
 

1910 - Peter Pears, English tenor (d. 1986)

1910 - Konrad Zuse, German engineer (d. 1995)

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

1920 - Paul Frees, American voice actor (d. 1986)

1921 - Joseph Papp, American director and producer (d. 1991)

1922 - Bill Blass, American fashion designer (d. 2002)

1927 - Ann Petersen, Belgian actress (d. 2003)

1930 - Yuri Artyukhin, cosmonaut (d. 1998)

1930 - Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, son of Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and murder victim (d. 1932)

1933 - Dianne Feinstein, Former mayor of San Francisco and U.S. Senator

1936 - Kris Kristofferson, American singer, songwriter, and actor

1936 - Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian musician

1940 - Esther Rantzen, British TV presenter

1941 - Ed Bradley, American journalist

1943 - Brit Hume, American news anchor and commentator

1944 - Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor

1944 - Peter Asher, British singer, guitarist and producer (Peter & Gordon)

1946 - Eliades Ochoa, Cuban guitarist, member of Buena Vista Social Club

1947 - Octavia Butler, American author (d. 2006)

1947 - David Lander, American actor and baseball scout

1947 - Howard Kaylan, founding member of The Turtles

1947 - Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. 1988)

1948 - Todd Rundgren, American singer, songwriter, and record producer

1949 - Meryl Streep, American actress

1949 - Lindsay Wagner, American actress

1949 - Alan Osmond, American singer

1952 - Graham Greene, Canadian actor

1953 - Cyndi Lauper, American singer

1954 - Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (d. 1977)

1956 - Tim Russ, American actor

1957 - Garry Gary Beers, Australian bassist from group INXS

1958 - Bruce Campbell, American actor

1961 - Stephen Batchelor, British field hockey player

1961 - Jimmy Sommerville, Scottish singer (Bronski Beat, Communards and solo]

1962 - Clyde Drexler, NBA player

1963 - Randy Couture, Greco-Roman wrestler and mixed martial artist

1963 - John Tenta, Canadian wrestler (d. 2006)

1964 - Dan Brown, American author

1964 - Dicky Barrett, American singer (Mighty Mighty Bosstones)

1966 - Michael Park, WRC co-pilot (d. 2005)

1966 - Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress

1968 - Darrell Armstrong, American basketball player

1970 - Steven Page, Canadian singer (Barenaked Ladies)

1971 - Kurt Warner, American football player

1971 - Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress

1972 - Miguel Del Toro, Mexican baseball player

1973 - Carson Daly, American television personality

1974 - Donald Faison, American Actor

1975 - Andreas Klöden, German professional road bicycle racer

1978 - Champ Bailey, American football player

1978 - Jai Rodriguez, American TV-personality, see Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

1978 - Dan Wheldon, British race car driver

1979 - Joey Cheek, American speed skater

1979 - Thomas Voeckler, French road bicycle racer

1979 - Brad Hawpe, American baseball player

1984 - Lindsay Pagano, American singer

1985 - Karla Cossio, Mexican actress

1987 - Melanie Banville, Canadian gymnast

 

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