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1008 - Khajeh Abdollah Ansari The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)

1008 - King Henry I of France (d. 1060)

1654 - Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)

1655 - Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian maker of musical instruments (d. 1731)

1715 - Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804)

1733 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)

1772 - Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)

1781 - Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832)

1796 - Horace Mann, American educator (d. 1859)

1820 - Julia Tyler, First Lady of the United States (d. 1889)

1825 - Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (d. 1895)

1825 - Augustus Le Plongeon, French archaeologist (d. 1908)

1826 - Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (d. 1900)

 
 

1827 - John Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864)

1852 - Alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934)

1864 - Marie Booth, the third daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1937)

1870 - Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (d. 1960)

1873 - Joe De Grasse, Canadian film director (d. 1940)

1889 - Francis Cardinal Spellman, American religious leader (d. 1967)

1903 - Luther Adler, American stage actor (d. 1984)

1916 - Jane Jacobs, Canadian author and activist (d. 2006)

1918 - Tanaka Kakuei, Japanese political leader (d. 1993)

1918 - Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist (d. 2004)

1921 - Edo Murti?, Croatian painter (d. 2005)

1923 - Ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit)

1923 - Eric Sykes, British actor and comedian

 
 

1925 - Maurice R. Greenberg, American businessman

1928 - Maynard Ferguson, Canadian musician

1928 - Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt

1929 - Audrey Hepburn, Belgian actress (d. 1993)

1929 - Sidney Lamb, American linguist

1930 - Roberta Peters, American soprano

1931 - Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Russian conductor

1936 - El Cordobes, Spanish bullfighter

1937 - Dick Dale, American guitarist

1939 - Amos Oz, Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist

1941 - George Will, American writer

1942 - Nickolas Ashford, American record producer, songwriter, musician (Ashford and Simpson)

1943 - Mikhail Chemiakin, Russian painter

1944 - Roger Rees, British-born actor

1945 - Narasinham Ram, Indian journalist

1946 - John Watson, Northern Irish racecar driver

1949 - John Force, American race car driver

1951 - Colin Bass, British bassist (Camel)

1951 - Mick Mars, American guitarist (Mötley Crüe)

1954 - Pia Zadora, American actress

1956 - David Guterson, American author

1956 - Ulrike Meyfarth, German athlete

1958 - Keith Haring, American graphical artist (d. 1990)

1959 - Randy Travis, American musician

1962 - Oleta Adams, American singer

1967 - Ana Gasteyer, American actress

1968 - Julian Barratt, English comedian and musician, one half of The Mighty Boosh

1972 - Mike Dirnt, American musician (Green Day)

1976 - Jason Michaels, baseball player

1979 - Lance Bass, American singer (*NSYNC)

1981 - Eric Djemba-Djemba, Cameroon footballer

1982 - Robert Hill, Australian athlete

1984 - Markus Rogan, Austrian swimmer

1985 - Anthony Fedorov, American singer

1987 - Francesc Fabregas, Spanish footballer

1994 - Alexander Gould, American actor

 

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