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Births

1407 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425)

1471 - George, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)

1637 - Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (d. 1715)

1665 - John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (d. 1751)

1677 - Otto Ferdinand Graf von Abensperg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1748)

1724 - John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (d. 1781)

1730 - Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher (d. 1788)

1770 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher (d. 1831)

1809 - Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States of America (d. 1891)

1858 - Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician (d. 1932)

1865 - James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist (d. 1935)

1865 - Charles G. Dawes, 30th Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1951)

1870 - Amado Nervo, Mexican poet (d. 1919)

 
 

1871 - Theodore Dreiser, American author (d. 1945)

1874 - Carl Bosch, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)

1875 - Katharine McCormick, American women's rights activist (d. 1967)

1886 - Rebecca Clarke, English composer and violist (d. 1979)

1886 - Eric Coates, English composer (d. 1957)

1890 - Man Ray, photographer and artist (d. 1976)

1899 - C.S. Forester, British author (d. 1966)

1899 - Byron Foulger, American character actor (d. 1970)

1904 - Norah Lofts, British author (d. 1983)

1906 - Ed Gein, American serial killer (d. 1984)

1908 - Don Bradman, Australian cricketer (d. 2001)

1908 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)

1908 - Kurt Wegner, German artist (d. 1985)

 
 

1909 - Lester Young, American musician (d. 1959)

1910 - Mother Teresa, Albanian missionary and humanitarian, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1997)

1911 - Kay Walsh, British actress (d. 2005)

1913 - Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg, German wife of freedom fighter Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (d. 2006)

1915 - Norman F. Ramsey, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1916 - Martha Raye, American actress (d. 1994)

1921 - Leo Penn, American film director-actor (d. 1998)

1926 - Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian mathematician, computer scientist, and politician (d. 2002)

1928 - Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician

1929 - Ira Levin, American author

1932 - Antonia Fraser, British author

1935 - Frank Yablans, American film producer

1937 - Tommy Sands, American actor and singer

1940 - Sonny Sharrock, American jazz guitarist (d. 1994)

1942 - B. J. Thomas, American singer

1943 - Tuesday Weld, American actress

1945 - G.W. Bailey, American actor

1947 - Barbara Bach, American actress

1947 - Harry Reems, American actor

1950 - Charles Fleischer, American actor

1951 - Buddy Bell, baseball player-manager

1952 - Paul "Pee-Wee Herman" Reubens, American actor

1953 - Peter Stormare, Swedish-born actor

1953 - Alex Lifeson, Canadian guitarist (Rush)

1954 - Derek Warwick, British race car driver

1955 - Diana Scarwid, American actress

1957 - Bernhard Langer, German golfer

1958 - Tom Lanoye, Belgian author

1959 - Gerhard Berger, Austrian race car driver

1959 - Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian artist

1961 - Tom Ford, American fashion designer

1962 - Adam Oates, Canadian hockey player

1963 - Downtown Julie Brown, Welsh television personality

1965 - Wayne James, Zimbabwe cricketer

1966 - Juhan Parts, Prime Minister of Estonia

1969 - Reece Shearsmith, British actor and comedian

1970 - Peter Ebdon, English snooker player

1970 - Tony Kanal, English-born musician (No Doubt)

1970 - Jim Thome, baseball player

1972 - Jimmy Pop, American Musician (The Bloodhound Gang)

1973 - Dietmar Hamann, German footballer

1974 - Jose Vidro, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player

1974 - Mase, American rapper

1975 - Jonny Moseley, American skier

1976 - Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress

1976 - Carlos Moya, Spanish tennis player

1976 - Mark Webber, Australian race car driver

1977 - Deco, Portuguese footballer

1979 - Tian Liang, Chinese diver

1984 - Sulley Ali Muntari, Ghanaian footballer

1986 - Mario, R&B Singer

1988 - Alexa Vega, American actress

 

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