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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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