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Births
1341 - Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (d. 1402)
1493 - Justus Jonas, German protestant reformer (d. 1555)
1553 - Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617)
1640 - Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715)
1656 - Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (d. 1708)
1718 - Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker (d. 1779)
1723 - Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (d. 1790)
1757 - Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (d. 1808)
1760 - Johan Gadolin, Finnish scientist (d. 1852)
1771 - King Ernest I of Hanover (d. 1851)
1781 - Christian August Lobeck, German classical scholar (d. 1860)
1819 - John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892)
1850 - Pat Garrett, American Western lawman (d. 1908)
1862 - Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1930)
1876 - Tony Jackson, American musician (d. 1920)
1878 - Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1923)
1879 - Robert Mayer, German-born philanthropist (d. 1985)
1883 - John Maynard Keynes, English economist (d. 1946)
1884 - Ralph Benatzky, Czech composer (d. 1957)
1894 - Roy Thomson, Lord Thomson of Fleet, English publisher (d. 1976)
1895 - William Boyd (actor), American actor (d. 1972)
1898 - Federico GarcÃa Lorca, Spanish lyricist and dramatist (d. 1936)
1900 - Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
1905 - John Abbott, British actor (d. 1996)
1919 - Richard Scarry, American children's author (d. 1994)
1920 - Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American author (d. 1974)
1925 - Art Donovan, American football star
1928 - Tony Richardson, British actor (d. 1991)
1930 - Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian writer (d. 1996)
1931 - Jacques Demy, French playwright
1932 - Christy Brown, Irish author (d. 1981)
1934 - Bill Moyers, American journalist
1938 - Karin Balzer, German hurdler
1939 - Joe Clark, sixteenth Prime Minister of Canada
1939 - Margaret Drabble, English novelist
1941 - Martha Argerich, Argentine pianist
1941 - Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1941 - Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots
1944 - Tommie Smith, American athlete
1946 - Freddie Stone, American guitarist (Sly & the Family Stone)
1947 - Laurie Anderson, American actress and composer
1947 - Tom Evans, Pop musician (Badfinger) (d. 1983)
1949 - Ken Follett, Welsh author
1952 - Carole Fredericks, American singer (Fredericks Goldman Jones) (d. 2001)
1954 - Nicko McBrain, English musician (Iron Maiden)
1955 - Edino Nazareth Filho, Brazilian football player
1956 - Richard Butler, English singer (The Psychedelic Furs, Love Spit Love), painter and writer
1956 - Kenny G, American saxophonist
1962 - Princess Astrid of Belgium
1962 - Jeff Garlin, American comedian
1967 - Joe DeLoach, American athlete
1968 - Ron Livingston, American actor
1969 - Brian McKnight, American musician
1970 - Martin Gelinas, Canadian hockey player
1971 - Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress
1971 - Mark Wahlberg, American singer and actor
1973 - Lamon Brewster, American boxer
1974 - Chad Allen, American actor
1975 - Anna Nova, German erotic actress
1975 - ?ydr?nas Ilgauskas, NBA basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1976 - Ross Noble, English comedian
1977 - Liza Weil, American actress
1979 - David Bisbal, Spanish singer
1979 - Peter Wentz, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
1981 - Sebastien Lefebvre, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
1981 - Jade Goody, British television personality
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