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Births
1406 - Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430)
1711 - Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (d. 1779)
1750 - Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810)
1758 - Cosme Argerich, Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires.
1774 - Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (d. 1847)
1791 - Théodore Géricault, French painter (d. 1824)
1865 - Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, British pilot
1869 - Komitas, Armenian composer (d. 1935)
1870 - King Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947)
1871 - Winsor McCay, American cartoonist (d. 1934)
1873 - Aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect (d. 1949)
1873 - Wac?aw Berent, Polish novelist and translator (d. 1940)
1874 - Lewis Hine, American photographer and social activist (d. 1940)
1875 - Edmund Gwenn, Welsh actor (d. 1959)
1876 - Edith Abbott, American social worker, educator, and author (d. 1957)
1877 - Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist (d. 1963)
1877 - Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist (d. 1962)
1886 - Archibald Vivian Hill, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977)
1887 - Antonio Moreno, Spanish-born actor (d. 1967)
1887 - Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, British scientist, engineer and inventor (d. 1979)
1888 - J. Frank Dobie, American folklorist and newspaper columnist (d. 1964)
1888 - T. S. Eliot, American-born writer and editor, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
1889 - Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (d. 1976)
1891 - Charles Munch, French conductor and violinist (d. 1968)
1895 - George Raft, American actor (d. 1980)
1897 - Arthur Rhys Davids, English pilot (d. 1917)
1897 - Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)
1898 - George Gershwin, American composer (d. 1937)
1907 - Anthony Blunt, English art historian and Soviet spy (d. 1983)
1907 - Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (d. 1992)
1909 - Bill France, Sr., American founder of NASCAR (d. 1992)
1914 - Jack LaLanne, American fitness advocate
1923 - Dev Anand, Indian actor and film producer
1925 - Marty Robbins, American singer (d. 1982)
1926 - Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1926 - Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000)
1930 - Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (d. 1966)
1932 - Richard Herd, American actor
1932 - Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India
1932 - Vladimir Voinovich, Russian writer and dissident
1933 - Donna Douglas, American actress
1936 - Winnie Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist
1941 - Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor
1942 - Kent McCord, American actor
1943 - Ian Chappell, Australian test cricket player and broadcaster
1944 - Anne Robinson, British television host
1945 - Bryan Ferry, British singer
1945 - Gal Costa, Brazilian singer
1946 - Andrea Dworkin, American feminist (d. 2005)
1946 - Christine Todd Whitman, American politician
1947 - Lynn Anderson, American singer
1948 - Olivia Newton-John, British-born Australian singer and actress
1949 - Clodoaldo, Brazilian football player
1951 - Stuart Tosh, Scottish musician
1954 - Kevin Kennedy, baseball manager and television host
1956 - Linda Hamilton, American actress
1956 - Steve Butler, American racecar driver
1959 - Rich Gedman, American baseball player
1961 - Will Self, British author
1961 - Cindy Herron, American singer (En Vogue)
1962 - Melissa Sue Anderson, American actress
1962 - Peter Foster, Australian con-man
1963 - Lysette Anthony, British actress
1964 - Nicki French, British singer
1967 - Shannon Hoon, American singer (Blind Melon) (d. 1995)
1968 - James Caviezel, American actor
1969 - Paul Warhurst, English football player
1972 - Ras Kass, American rapper
1973 - Chris Small, Scottish snooker player
1974 - Martin Müürsepp, Estonian basketball player
1975 - Emma Härdelin, Swedish singer (Garmarna and Triakel)
1976 - Michael Ballack, German footballer
1976 - Ronaldo (Luiz Nazario da Lima), Brazilian footballer
1977 - Kaylynn, porn star
1981 - Christina Milian, American actress and singer
1981 - Serena Williams, American tennis player
1983 - Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer
1987 - Rosie Munter, Swedish singer and model (Play)
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