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1301 - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)

1397? - Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)

1623 - Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (d. 1669)

1641 - John Hathorne, American magistrate (d. 1717)

1662 - James Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 1728)

1694 - Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744)

1802 - Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1829)

1813 - Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and language reformer (d. 1896)

1815 - Edward John Eyre, English explorer (d. 1901)

1850 - Guy de Maupassant, French author (d. 1893)

1872 - Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (d. 1917)

1866 - Carl Harries, German chemist (d. 1923)

1877 - Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (d. 1917)

 
 

1889 - Conrad Aiken, American writer (d. 1973)

1890 - Erich Kleiber, Austrian-born conductor (d. 1956)

1890 - Naum Gabo (born Naum Pevsner), Sculptor (d. 1977)

1897 - Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (d. 1972)

1906 - John Huston, American director (d. 1987)

1906 - Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1999)

1906 - Joan Hickson, British actress (d. 1998)

1908 - Harold Holt, seventeenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)

1911 - Robert Taylor, American actor (d. 1969)

1918 - Betty Oliphant, Canadian ballerina (d. 2004)

1923 - Devan Nair, President of Singapore

1930 - Neil Armstrong, astronaut

1935 - John Saxon, American actor

 
 

1937 - Herb Brooks, American hockey coach (d. 2003)

1939 - Princess Irene of the Netherlands

1943 - Nelson Briles, baseball player (d. 2005)

1946 - Loni Anderson, American actress

1946 - Jimmy Webb, American composer

1947 - Rick Derringer, American musician

1947 - Angry Anderson, Australian entertainer

1951 - John Jarratt, Australian actor

1953 - Rick Mahler, baseball player (d. 2005)

1953 - Samantha Sang, Australian singer

1956 - Maureen McCormick, American actress

1961 - Clayton Rohner, American actor

1961 - Mark O'Connor, American violinist

1962 - Patrick Ewing, American basketball player

1964 - Adam Yauch, American musician

1966 - Jonathan Silverman, American actor

1968 - John Olerud, American baseball player

1972 - Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian bassist (Fear Factory)

1974 - Antoine Sibierski, French footballer

1975 - Kajol Mukherjee, Indian actress

1975 - Ami Foster, American actress

1976 - Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player

1977 - Mark Mulder, baseball player

1979 - David Healy, Northern Irish footballer

1980 - Wayne Bridge, English footballer

1981 - Carl Crawford, baseball player

1981 - K? Shibasaki, Japanese singer

1982 - Ryu Seung Min, Korean table tennis player

1982 - Tobias Regner, German singer

1985 - Salomon Kalou, Dutch footballer

 

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