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Births

1113 - Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)

1198 - King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)

1358 - King John I of Castile (d. 1390)

1393 - Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)

1552 - Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)

1580 - John Taylor, English poet (d. 1654)

1591 - Robert Herrick, English poet (d. 1674)

1635 - Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699)

1669 - Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (d. 1747)

1759 - William Wilberforce, English campaigner against slavery (d. 1833)

1772 - King William I of the Netherlands (1814-1840)

1787 - James Weddell, Antarctica explorer (d. 1834)

1817 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)

 
 

1837 - Théodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (d. 1924)

1852 - Deacon White, baseball player (d. 1919)

1863 - Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (d. 1918)

1865 - King Ferdinand I of Romania (d. 1927)

1872 - Max Beerbohm, British parodist and caricaturist (d. 1956)

1880 - Joshua Lionel Cowen, American inventor and entrepreneur (d. 1965)

1884 - Earl Derr Biggers, American author (d. 1933)

1887 - Harry Hooper, baseball player (d. 1974)

1890 - Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian swimmer and surfer (d. 1968)

1890 - Jean Rhys, Dominican writer (d. 1979)

1898 - Malcolm Cowley, American literary critic, writer, and editor (d. 1989)

1899 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (d. 1986)

1901 - Preston Foster, American actor (d. 1970)

 
 

1904 - Alice White, American film actress (d. 1983)

1915 - James Tiptree, Jr., American writer (d. 1987)

1916 - Hal Smith, American actor and voice actor (d. 1994)

1918 - Sikander Bakht Indian politician, Cabinet Minister, Governor of Kerala (d.2004)

1922 - René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (d. 1987)

1923 - Arthur Jensen, American psychologist

1927 - Harry Markowitz, American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner

1929 - Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 2004)

1934 - Kenny Baker, English actor

1936 - A. S. Byatt, English novelist

1938 - Halldór Blöndal, Icelandic politician

1938 - David Freiberg, American bassist (Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Starship)

1943 - John Cipollina, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (d. 1989)

1944 - Jim Capaldi, British drummer, singer, and songwriter (Traffic) (d. 2005)

1945 - Ken Hensley, English musician (Uriah Heep)

1945 - Vincent K. McMahon, American professional wrestling entrepreneur

1947 - Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author

1948 - Kim Sung-Il, Chief of Staff of Republic of Korea Air Force

1948 - Jean-Michel Jarre, French musician

1951 - Orson Scott Card, American writer

1956 - John Culberson, American politician

1957 - Stephen Fry, English comedian, author, and actor

1958 - Steve Guttenberg, American actor

1958 - Tracy Harris, American artist

1960 - Cal Ripken, Jr., baseball player

1962 - Craig Kilborn, American talk show host

1962 - David Koechner, American actor

1963 - John Bush, American singer (Anthrax)

1963 - Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game director

1964 - Salizhan Sharipov, cosmonaut

1965 - Marlee Matlin, American actress

1965 - Reggie Miller, American basketball player

1968 - Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler

1968 - Andreas Kisser, Brazilian guitarist (Sepultura)

1973 - David Chappelle, American actor and comedian

1973 - Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer

1973 - Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor

1973 - Andrew Brunette, Canadian National Hockey League player

1974 - Jennifer Lien, American actress

1975 - Mark de Vries, Surinamese-Dutch footballer

1978 - Rafael Furcal, Dominican Major League Baseball player

1981 - Chad Michael Murray, American actor

1983 - Christopher Parker, British actor

1988 - Rupert Grint, English actor

 

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