What happened on February 7 ?

1102 - Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169)

1478 - Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535)

1693 - Empress Anna of Russia (d. 1740)

1812 - Charles Dickens, English novelist (d. 1870)

1842 - Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (d. 1923)

1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957)

1870 - Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (d. 1937)

1877 - Godfrey Harold Hardy, English mathematician (d. 1947)

1883 - Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. 1983)

1885 - Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)

1885 - Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953)

1889 - Harry Nyquist, important contributor to information theory (d. 1976)

1895 - Anita Stewart, American film actress (d. 1961)

1898 - Dock Boggs, American musician (d. 1971)

1905 - Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)

1905 - Paul Nizan, French author (d. 1940)

1906 - Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984)

1906 - Puyi, Emperor of China (d. 1967)

1907 - Yevgeniy Abalakov, famous Soviet mountaineer (d. 1948)

1908 - Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)

1914 - Ramón Mercader, Spanish assassin of Leon Trotsky (d. 1978)

1915 - Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002)

1918 - Markey Robinson, Northern Irish painter (d. 1999)

1920 - An Wang, Chinese-born computer pioneer (d. 1990)

1922 - Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980)

1926 - Konstantin Feoktistov, cosmonaut

1927 - Juliette Greco, French singer and actor

1927 - Vladimir Kuts, Russian runner

1932 - Gay Talese, American author

1932 - Al Worden, American astronaut

1933 - John Anderton, English footballer

1934 - Earl King, American musician (d. 2003)

1934 - Eddie Fenech Adami, President of Malta

1938 - S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader

1943 - Gareth Hunt, English actor

1945 - Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player

1945 - Pete Postlethwaite, English actor

1949 - Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach

1953 - Dan Quisenberry, baseball player (d. 1998)

1954 - Dieter Bohlen German composer

1955 - Rolf Benirschke, American football player

1955 - Mario Coutinho Brazilian physician

1955 - Miguel Ferrer, American actor

1956 - Emo Philips, American comedian

1957 - Carney Lansford, American baseball player

1960 - James Spader, American actor

1962 - Garth Brooks, American singer

1962 - Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian

1962 - David Bryan, American musician (Bon Jovi)

1965 - Jason Gedrick, American actor

1965 - Chris Rock, American comedian and actor

1968 - Peter Bondra, Ukrainian-born hockey player

1968 - Sully Erna, American singer (Godsmack)

1972 - Alex Bassi, American Race Car Driver

1974- Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player

1974 - J Dilla, also known as Jay-Dee, American hip-hop producer (d. 2006)

1975 - Wes Borland, American guitarist (Limp Bizkit)

1978 - Ashton Kutcher, American actor

1978 - Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian international footballer

1985 - Tina Majorino, American actress

1985 - Clara Bryant, American actress

1988 - Ai Kago, Japanese singer (W (Double You), Morning Musume, and MiniMoni)