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Births

1665 - James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (d. 1745)

1667 - John Arbuthnot, English physician and satirist (d. 1735)

1686 - Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742)

1727 - Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and ballet master (d. 1810)

1745 - Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1807)

1762 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (d. 1833)

1780 - Charles Nodier, French writer (d. 1844)

1837 - Georges Boulanger, French general and politician (d. 1891)

1854 - Henri Poincaré, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1912)

1863 - William Randolph Hearst, American publisher (d. 1951)

1875 - Rafael Sabatini, Italian/British writer (d. 1950)

1876 - Empress Zauditu of Ethiopia (d. 1930)

1879 - Sir Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961)

 
 

1882 - H.N. Werkman, Dutch artist and printer (d. 1945)

1885 - Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (d. 1948)

1893 - Harold Urey, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)

1895 - Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (d. 1967)

1899 - Duke Ellington, American jazz pianist and bandleader (d. 1974)

1901 - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (d. 1989)

1907 - Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born American film director (d. 1997)

1909 - Tom Ewell, American actor (d. 1994)

1917 - Celeste Holm, American actress

1918 - George Allen, American football player and coach (d. 1990)

1920 - Harold Shapero, American composer

1925 - Ned Austin, American character actor

1929 - Walter Kempowski, German author

 
 

1929 - Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer

1930 - Jean Rochefort, French actor

1931 - Frank Auerbach, German-born British painter

1931 - Lonnie Donegan, Scottish musician (d. 2002)

1933 - Mark Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium

1933 - Rod McKuen, American poet and composer

1934 - Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player

1934 - Otis Rush, American musician

1936 - Zubin Mehta, Indian-born American conductor

1936 - April Stevens, American singer

1936 - Lane Smith, American actor (d. 2005)

1937 - Jill Paton Walsh, English writer

1938 - Fred Dibnah, English television personality (d. 2004)

1942 - Klaus Voormann, German illustrator and musician

1942 - Galina Kulakova, Soviet cross country skier

1944 - Richard Kline, American actor and television director

1945 - Tammi Terrell, American singer (d. 1970)

1946 - John Waters, American film director and writer

1947 - Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian philosopher

1947 - Tommy James, American musician

1947 - Jim Ryun, American athlete and politician

1950 - Debbie Stabenow, United States Senator

1951 - Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001)

1952 - Nora Dunn, American actress

1952 - David Icke, British writer

1954 - Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian

1955 - Kate Mulgrew, American actress

1956 - Ketil Stokkan, Norwegian singer

1957 - Daniel Day-Lewis, Irish actor

1958 - Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress

1958 - Eve Plumb, American actress

1960 - Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian writer

1960 - Phil King, English bassist

1964 - Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor

1966 - Phil Tufnell, English cricketer

1967 - Curtis Joseph, Canadian hockey player

1967 - Master P, American rapper, composer, actor, athlete, and sports agent

1968 - Carnie Wilson, American singer

1970 - Andre Agassi, American tennis player

1970 - Mark Buckingham, Kiwi Audio Expert

1970 - Uma Thurman, American actress

1973 - David Belle, creator of parkour

1974 - Pascal Cygan, French footballer

1975 - Eric Koston, Thai-born skateboarder

1977 - Claus Jensen, Danish footballer

1978 - Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, American tennis players

1980 - Kian Egan, Irish musician (Westlife)

1981 - George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer

1988 - Younha, Korean pop singer

 

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