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Births

1053 - Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)

1119 - Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164)

1586 - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (d. 1646)

1746 - Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (d. 1826)

1752 - Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor (d. 1834)

1766 - Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (d. 1815)

1843 - Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1926)

1848 - Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, President of Brazil (d. 1919)

1855 - Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer (d. 1920)

1860 - Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d. 1911)

1884 - Lion Feuchtwanger, German dramatist and narrator (d. 1958)

1887 - Marc Chagall, Russian-born painter (d. 1985)

1893 - Miroslav Krle?a, Croatian writer (d. 1981)

 
 

1899 - George Cukor, American director (d. 1983)

1901 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian director (d. 1974)

1901 - Sam Katzman, American film producer (d. 1973)

1902 - Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, baseball player (d. 2005)

1906 - William Feller, Croatian mathematician (d.1970)

1906 - Leroy "Satchel" Paige, baseball player (d. 1982)

1907 - Robert A. Heinlein, American writer (d. 1988)

1908 - Revilo P. Oliver, American professor (d. 1994)

1911 - Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer

1915 - Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor (d. 1985)

1917 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández, President of El Salvador (d. 2003)

1919 - Jon Pertwee, British actor (d. 1996)

1922 - Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer

 
 

1924 - Mary Ford, American singer teamed with guitarist Les Paul (d. 1977)

1927 - Doc Severinsen, American composer and musician

1932 - Josef Zawinul, Austrian composer and musician

1933 - Murray Halberg, New Zealand runner

1933 - David McCullough, American historian and author

1937 - Tung Chee-Hwa, Hong Kong administrator

1940 - Ringo Starr, English drummer and singer (The Beatles)

1941 - Michael Howard, British politician

1941 - Bill Oddie, English comedian and ornithologist

1942 - Carmen Duncan, Australian actress

1943 - Toto Cutugno, Italian singer

1945 - Michael Ancram, British politician

1947 - Howard Rheingold, American author

1947 - Rob Townsend, English drummer (Family)

1949 - Shelley Duvall, American actress

1959 - Ben Linder, American engineer (murdered) (d. 1987)

1963 - Vonda Shepard, American singer

1965 - Paula Devicq, Canadian actress

1966 - Gundula Krause, German folk violinist

1967 - Jackie Neal, American singer

1968 - Jeff VanderMeer, American writer

1969 - Joe Sakic, Canadian hockey player

1969 - Cree Summer, Canadian voice actress and singer

1970 - Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer

1974 - Karlis Skrastins, Latvian-born hockey player

1975 - Michael Voss, Australian footballer

1980 - Deidre Downs, American beauty queen

1980 - Michelle Kwan, American figure skater

1981 - Synyster Gates, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)

1982 - Mike Glita, American bassist (Senses Fail)

 

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