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Births
1540 - Archduke Charles II of Austria (d. 1590)
1635 - Philippe Quinault, French writer (d. 1688)
1659 - David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708)
1723 - Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (d. 1788)
1726 O.S. - James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. 1797)
1770 - Manuel Belgrano, Argentine lawyer and politician (d. 1820)
1808 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889)
1818 - Louis Faidherbe, French general (d. 1889)
1832 - Alexandre Charles Lecocq, French composer (d. 1918)
1843 - King Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1912)
1844 - Garret Hobart, 24th Vice President of the United States (d. 1899)
1844 - Detlev von Liliencron, German poet (d. 1909)
1853 - William Matthew Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (d. 1942)
1864 - Otto Erich Hartleben, German writer (d. 1905)
1864 - Ransom E. Olds, American automobile pioneer (d. 1950)
1865 - King George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936)
1866 - George Howells Broadhurst, English director (d. 1952)
1873 - Otto Loewi, German-born pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1961)
1877 - Raoul Dufy, French painter (d. 1953)
1878 - Barney Oldfield, American race car driver (d. 1946)
1879 - Raymond Pearl, American biologist (d. 1940)
1881 - Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (d. [1964]])
1888 - Tom Brown, American musician (d. 1958)
1899 - Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1972)
1901 - Maurice Evans, English actor (d. 1989)
1903 - Eddie Acuff, American actor (d. 1956)
1904 - Jan Peerce, American tenor (d. 1984)
1906 - Josephine Baker, American dancer, singer, and actress (d. 1975)
1911 - Ellen Corby, American actress (d. 1999)
1911 - Paulette Goddard, American actress (d. 1990)
1913 - Pedro Mir, Dominican Poet Laureate (d. 2000)
1918 - Lili St. Cyr, American ecdysiast (d. 1999)
1922 - Alain Resnais, French director
1924 - Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress (d. 1991)
1924 - Torsten Wiesel, Swedish neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1924 - Jimmy Rogers, American blues guitarist (d. 1997)
1925 - Tony Curtis, American actor
1926 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997)
1926 - Boots Randolph, American musician
1929 - Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1929 - Chuck Barris, American game show host, producer, and self-purported spy
1930 - Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (d. 1999)
1931 - John Norman, American author
1931 - Lindy Remigino, American athlete
1934 - Rolland D. McCune, American theologian
1936 - Jim Gentile, Baseball player
1936 - Larry McMurtry, American author
1937 - Solomon P. Ortiz, American politician
1939 - Steve Dalkowski, baseball player
1939 - Ian Hunter, English musician (Mott the Hoople)
1942 - Curtis Mayfield, American songwriter and musician (d. 1999)
1943 - Billy Cunningham, American basketball player
1944 - Edith McGuire, American runner
1946 - Eddie Holman, American singer
1946 - Michael Clarke (musician), American drummer (The Byrds) (d. 1993)
1950 - Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter
1950 - Deniece Williams, American singer and songwriter
1950 - Suzi Quatro, American musician and actress
1952 - Billy Powell, American keyboardist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1954 - Dan Hill, Canadian singer and songwriter
1956 - Brad Nessler, American sports broadcaster
1957 - Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
1961 - Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer and author
1963 - Doro Pesch, German singer (Doro, ex-Warlock)
1963 - Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician
1964 - Kerry King, American musician (Slayer)
1965 - Kurt von Finck, American open source advocate
1965 - Mike Gordon, American musician (Phish), filmmaker
1966 - Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer
1967 - Anderson Cooper, American reporter
1968 - Jamie O'Neal, American singer
1968 - Saffron, Nigerian singer (Republica)
1970 - Esther Hart, Dutch singer
1970 - Julie Masse, French Canadian singer
1971 - Carl Everett, American baseball player
1974 - Anthony "Krayzie Bone" Henderson, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
1974 - Kelly Jones, Welsh singer
1975 - Jose Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
1976 - Jamie McMurray, American NASCAR driver
1976 - Yuri Ruley, American drummer (MxPx)
1977 - Cristiano Marques Gomez, Brazilian footballer
1977 - Travis Hafner, American baseball player
1982 - Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
1985 - Corey "Slick'em" Mathis, American singer (Pretty Ricky)
1986 - Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
1987 - Lalaine, American actress
1987 - Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
1990 - Young Leek, American rapper
2006 - Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau, member of the Dutch Royal Family
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