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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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