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Births
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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