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Births
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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