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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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