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Births
106 BC - Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher (d. 43 BC)
1196 - Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)
1710 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)
1719 - Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (d. 1773)
1722 - Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)
1778 - Antoni Melchior Fija?kowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861)
1793 - Lucretia Mott, American women's rights activist and abolitionist (d. 1880)
1803 - Douglas William Jerrold, British playwright and satirist (d. 1857)
1840 - Father Damien, Belgian missionary in Hawaii (d. 1889)
1855 - Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)
1879 - Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (d. 1957)
1883 - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967)
1887 - August Macke, German painter (d. 1914)
1892 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer and philologist (d. 1973)
1894 - Pola Negri, Polish actress (d. 1987)
1894 - ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)
1897 - Marion Davies, American actress (d. 1961)
1901 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam (d. 1963)
1905 - Anna May Wong, American actress (d. 1961)
1907 - Ray Milland, Welsh actor (d. 1986)
1909 - Victor Borge, Danish entertainer and humorist (d. 2000)
1911 - John Sturges, American director (d. 1982)
1912 - Armand Lohikoski, Finnish director (d. 2005)
1916 - Betty Furness, American actress and consumer activist (d. 1994)
1917 - Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)
1920 - Renato Carosone, Italian musician and singer (d. 2001)
1924 - Nell Rankin, American soprano (d. 2005)
1924 - Hank Stram, American football coach and broadcaster (d. 2005)
1926 - George Martin, English producer of The Beatles' records
1929 - Sergio Leone, Italian director (d. 1989)
1930 - Robert Loggia, American actor
1932 - Dabney Coleman, American actor
1932 - Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (d. 2005)
1936 - Georgina Spelvin, pornographic actress
1939 - Bobby Hull, Canadian hockey player
1941 - Van Dyke Parks, American musician, composer
1942 - John Thaw, British actor (d. 2002)
1945 - Stephen Stills, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1946 - John Paul Jones, English bassist (Led Zeppelin)
1946 - Cissy King, American dancer and singer, The Lawrence Welk Show
1946 - Victoria Principal, American actress
1949 - Sylvia Likens, torture victim.
1952 - Jim Ross, professional wrestling announcer
1956 - Mel Gibson, Australian actor and director
1957 - Bojan Kri?, Slovenian skier
1959 - Rafael Arraiz Venezuelan writer
1960 - Joan Chen, Chinese actress
1966 - Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer
1969 - Michael Schumacher, German race car driver
1974 - Alessandro Petacchi, Italian professional road cyclist
1975 - Jason Marsden, American actor
1975 - Danica McKellar, American actress
1975 - Thomas Bangalter, French DJ (Daft Punk)
1976 - Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor
1977 - Lee Bowyer, English footballer
1978 - Mike York, American ice hockey player
1980 - David Tyree, American football player
1980 - Liya Kebede, Ethiopian model
1981 - Eli Manning, American football player
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