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551 BC - Confucius, Chinese philosopher (d. 479 BC)

58 BC - Livia Drusilla, wife of the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus (d. 29)

1493 - Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet

1573 - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)

1605 - Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (d. 1694)

1667 - Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)

1681 - Johann Mattheson, German composer (d. 1764)

1705 - Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman (d. 1774)

1746 - Sir William Jones, English philologist (d. 1794)

1803 - Prosper Mérimée, French author (d. 1870)

1821 - Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (d. 1874)

1823 - Alexandre Cabanel, French painter (d. 1889)

1824 - Francis Turner Palgrave, British critic and poet (d. 1897)

 
 

1841 - Georges Clemenceau, French politician (d. 1929)

1852 - Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)

1856 - Kate Douglas Wiggin, American children's author (d. 1923)

1867 - Kiichiro Hiranuma, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1952)

1881 - Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (d. 1950)

1887 - Avery Brundage, American athlete and sports official (d. 1975)

1891 - Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress (d. 1918)

1901 - William S. Paley, American radio and television executive (d. 1990)

1901 - Ed Sullivan, American television show host (d. 1974)

1905 - Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005)

1909 - Al Capp, American cartoonist (d. 1979)

1915 - Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (d. 1953)

1916 - Peter Finch, English-born actor (d. 1977)

 
 

1917 - Audree Wilson, mother of three founding members of The Beach Boys (d. 1997)

1923 - William Windom, American actor

1924 - Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)

1925 - Seymour Cray, American computer scientist (d. 1996)

1925 - Arnold Stang, American actor

1926 - Jerry Clower, American comedian (d. 1998)

1929 - Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer

1932 - Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer, theatre director, and political activist (d. 1973)

1934 - Brigitte Bardot, French actress

1937 - Alice Mahon, English politician and labor leader

1937 - Rod Roddy, American television announcer (d. 2003)

1938 - Ben E. King, American singer and songwriter

1939 - Stuart Kauffman, American biologist

1941 - Edmund Stoiber, German politician

1942 - Marshall Bell, American actor

1943 - Joel Higgins, American actor

1943 - J. T. Walsh, American actor (d. 1998)

1946 - Helen Shapiro, English singer

1947 - Bob Carr, Former Premier of New South Wales

1947 - Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh

1947 - Jeffrey Jones, American actor

1950 - John Sayles, American director and screenwriter

1950 - Laurie Lewis, American musician

1952 - Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress

1954 - Steve Largent, American football player and U.S. Congressman

1955 - Stéphane Dion, Canadian politician

1962 - Grant Fuhr, Canadian hockey player

1964 - Janeane Garofalo, American actress and comedian

1967 - Mira Sorvino, American actress

1967 - Moon Unit Zappa, American singer and actress

1968 - Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver

1968 - Naomi Watts, English-born actress

1972 - Dita Von Teese, American burlesque artist

1973 - Jori Hulkkonen, Finnish electronic musician

1977 - Se Ri Pak, Korean golfer

1979 - Bam Margera, American skateboarder

1982 - Emeka Okafor, American basketball player

1987 - Hilary Duff, American actress and singer

1992 - Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress

 

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