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Births
1448 - King Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495)
1470 - King Edward V of England, one of the two princes in the Tower
1575 - Guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642)
1631 - Mary of Orange, eldest daughter of Charles I of England and mother of William III of England (d. 1660)
1661 - Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742)
1740 - Augustus Montague Toplady, author of hymn, "Rock of Ages"
1765 - Pierre Girard, French mathematician (d. 1836)
1836 - Henry J. Lutcher, Business leader (d. 1912)
1845 - Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary
1874 - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (d. 1920)
1879 - Will Rogers, American humorist and entertainer (d. 1935)
1883 - Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician (d. 1953)
1901 - Princess Bang-ja of Korea (d. 1989)
1908 - Józef Rotblat, Polish physicist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 2005)
1909 - Skeeter Webb, baseball player (d. 1986)
1912 - Vadim Salmanov, Russian composer (d. 1978)
1913 - Gig Young, American actor (d. 1978)
1914 - Martin Balsam, American actor (d. 1996)
1916 - Walter Cronkite, American news broadcaster
1918 - Art Carney, American actor (d. 2003)
1922 - Benno Besson, Swiss actor and film director (d. 2006)
1923 - Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (d. 2002)
1929 - Doris Roberts, American actress
1930 - Dick Groat, baseball player
1932 - Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (d. 2004)
1937 - Loretta Swit, American actress
1937 - Michael Wilson, Canadian politician and diplomat
1944 - Scherrie Payne, American singer (The Supremes)
1946 - Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States
1946 - Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (d. 1989)
1951 - Traian B?sescu, President of Romania
1953 - Carlos Gutierrez, American politician
1955 - Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland
1956 - Jordan Rudess, Keyboard player (Dream Theater)
1961 - Kathy Griffin, American comedienne and actress
1961 - Edward Knight, American composer
1961 - Daron Hagen, American composer, conductor, and collaborative pianist
1961 - Ralph Macchio, American actor
1961 - Les Sampou, American musician
1961 - Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer and football manager
1965 - Wayne Static, American singer and guitarist (Static-X)
1969 - Matthew McConaughey, American actor
1969 - Sean Jean "Diddy" Combs, American rapper
1972 - LuÃs Figo, Portuguese footballer
1972 - Tabassum Hashmi, Indian actress
1974 - Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Vocalist of At the Drive-in and The Mars Volta
1975 - Eduard Kokcharov, Russian handball player
1976 - Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer
1979 - Audrey Hollander, American pornographic actress
1986 - Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer
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