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Births

1586 - Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (d. 1647)

1653 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (d. 1726)

1675 - Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials

1717 - Pedro III of Portugal, consort of Queen Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786)

1718 - Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794)

1794 - Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (d. 1851)

1801 - David Farragut, American naval commander (d. 1870)

1810 - Phineas Taylor "P. T." Barnum, American circus owner (d. 1891)

1853 - Cecil Rhodes, South African politician (d. 1902)

1879 - Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (d. 1959)

1880 - Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist (d. 1940)

1886 - Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1988)

1888 - Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1963)

 
 

1889 - Jean Cocteau, French writer (d. 1963)

1890 - Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian (d. 1954)

1891 - John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)

1901 - Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet puppet master (d. 1992)

1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American diplomat (d. 1985)

1904 - Harold Acton, American writer and dilettante (d. 1994)

1904 - Milburn Stone, American actor (d. 1980)

1911 - Georges Pompidou, President of France (d. 1974)

1918 - George Rochberg, American composer (d. 2005)

1924 - Janos Starker, Hungarian cellist

1928 - Warren Oates, American actor (d. 1982)

1928 - Pierre Mauroy, Prime Minister of France

1928 - Katherine Helmond, American actress

 
 

1932 - Billy Laughlin, American actor (d. 1948)

1936 - Shirley Knight, American actress

1936 - James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1939 - Booker Edgerson, American football player

1943 - Curt Blefary, baseball player (d. 2001)

1943 - Robbie Robertson, Canadian guitarist (The Band)

1950 - Huey Lewis, American musician

1950 - Michael Monarch, American guitarist (Steppenwolf)

1951 - Rich Gossage, baseball player

1957 - David Hanson, politician

1957 - Doug Wilson, Canadian hockey player

1958 - Bill Watterson, American cartoonist

1960 - Pruitt Taylor Vince, American actor

1963 - Edie Falco, American actress

1966 - Kathryn Erbe, American actress

1966 - Gianfranco Zola, Italian footballer

1968 - Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Canadian journalist

1969 - John LeClair, American hockey player

1969 - RZA, American rapper

1970 - Mac Dre, American rapper (d. 2004)

1974 - Márcio Amoroso, Brazilian footballer

1975 - Hernan Crespo, Argentinian footballer

1975 - Danny Filice, Italian-Canadian guy

1976 - Mike DeWolf, American guitarist (Taproot)

1976 - Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer

1976 - Marina Dias, Brazilian model

1976 - Bizarre, American rapper

1977 - Royce Da 5'9", American rapper

1979 - Stilian Petrov, Bulgarian footballer

1979 - Shane Filan, Irish musician (Westlife)

1979 - Amélie Mauresmo, French tennis player

1980 - Jason Wade, American musician (Lifehouse)

1980 - Eva Green, French actress

1982 - Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer

1985 - Stephanie McIntosh, Australian actress

1996 - Dolly the sheep, first cloned mammal (d. 2003)

 

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