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1264 - Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)

1478 - Pope Clement VII (d. 1534)

1566 - Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)

1602 - Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)

1650 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, British general (d. 1722)

1667 - Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (d. 1754)

1669 - Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)

1689 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (d. 1762)

1700 - Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (d. 1760)

1764 - Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836)

1799 - Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian author (d. 1837)

1822 - Edmond de Goncourt, French writer (d. 1896)

1863 - Robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917)

 
 

1865 - Robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933)

1867 - Mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)

1873 - Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist

1878 - Isadora Duncan, American dancer (d. 1927)

1886 - Al Jolson, American singer (d. 1950)

1887 - Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (d. 1971)

1893 - Norma Talmadge, American actress (d. 1957)

1895 - Dorothea Lange, American photographer (d. 1965)

1899 - Antonio Barrette, Quebec politician (d. 1968)

1904 - Vlado Perlemuter, Polish pianist (d. 2002)

1907 - John Wayne, American actor (d. 1979)

1907 - Jean Bernard, French physician (d. 2006)

1908 - Robert Morley, English actor (d. 1992)

 
 

1909 - Sir Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1994)

1909 - Adolfo López Mateos, President of Mexico (d. 1969)

1911 - Ben Alexander, American actor (d. 1969)

1912 - Jay Silverheels, American actor (d. 1980)

1912 - János Kádár, Prime minister of Hungary (d. 1989)

1913 - Peter Cushing, English actor (d. 1994)

1914 - Frankie Manning, American Lindy Hop dancer

1915 - Sam Edwards, American actor (d. 2004)

1915 - Antonia Forest, British children's author (d. 2003)

1916 - Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist (d. 1972)

1920 - Peggy Lee, American singer (d. 2002)

1923 - James Arness, American actor

1923 - Roy Dotrice, British actor

1926 - Miles Davis, American Jazz musician

1928 - Jack Kevorkian, American physician

1938 - William Bolcom, American composer

1938 - Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano

1939 - Merab Kostava, one of the leaders of Georgian anti-soviet movement, national hero of Georgia

1939 - Brent Musburger, American sports broadcaster

1940 - Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, Quebec politician

1940 - Levon Helm, American musician (The Band)

1941 - Cliff Drysdale, South African-born tennis player

1943 - Erica Terpstra, Dutch swimmer, politician and president of the Dutch Olympic Committee

1944 - Sam Posey, American racing driver

1946 - Mick Ronson, English guitarist (d. 1993)

1948 - Stevie Nicks, American songwriter and actress

1949 - Ward Cunningham, American inventor

1949 - Philip Michael Thomas, American actor

1949 - Hank Williams Jr., American singer

1949 - Pam Grier, American actress

1951 - Sally Ride, astronaut

1953 - Michael Portillo, British politician

1954 - Alan Hollinghurst, British novelist

1955 - Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese chef

1955 - Wesley Walker, American football player

1957 - Margaret Colin, American actress

1957 - Kristina Olsen, American musician

1957 - Roberto Ravaglia, Italian racing driver

1962 - Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor and comedian

1962 - Genie Francis, American TV actress

1964 - Lenny Kravitz, American guitarist and singer

1965 - Hazel Irvine, British television presenter

1966 - Helena Bonham Carter, English actress

1968 - Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

1970 - Lord Marcelo Rafael Fortuna of Lancaster

1970 - Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese cartoonist

1971 - Ivan O. Godfroid, Belgian writer

1971 - Matt Stone, American television producer

1974 - Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer

1977 - Misaki Ito, Japanese actress

1977 - Luca Toni, Italian soccer player

1979 - Ashley Massaro, WWE Diva

1982 - Yoko Matsugane, Japanese model

 

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