What happened on August 7 ?

1400 - Guillaume Dufay, French composer (d. 1474)

1533 - Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)

1560 - Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian serial killer (d. 1614)

1574 - Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)

1598 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (d. 1672)

1726 - James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)

1742 - Nathanael Greene, American Revolutionary general (d. 1786)

1779 - Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842)

1779 - Carl Ritter, German geographer (d. 1859)

1844 - Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (d. 191)

1860 - Alan Leo, British astrologer (d. 1917)

1867 - Emil Nolde, German painter (d. 1956)

1876 - Mata Hari, Dutch spy (d. 1917)

1877 - Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (d. 1949)

1885 - Billie Burke, American actress (d. 1970)

1904 - Ralph Bunche, American diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1971)

1925 - M. S. Swaminathan, Indian scientist

1925 - Felice Bryant, American country songwriter and singer (d. 2003)

1926 - Stan Freberg, American voice comedian

1928 - James Randi, Canadian magician

1929 - Don Larsen, baseball player

1932 - Abebe Bikila, Ethiopan athlete

1932 - Dr. Maurice Rabb, Jr., African American ophthalmologist

1936 - Rahsaan Roland Kirk, American saxophonist

1940 - Jean-Luc Dehaene, Prime Minister of Belgium

1942 - Garrison Keillor, American writer and radio host

1942 - B.J. Thomas, American singer

1943 - Dino Valente, American musician Quicksilver Messenger Service (d. 1994)

1944 - David Rasche, American actor

1945 - Alan Page, American football player

1948 - Greg Chappell, Australian test cricket player, captain and coach

1949 - Walid Jumblatt, Leader of the Lebanese Druze

1952 - Alexei Sayle, British 'alternate' comedian

1954 - Jonathan Pollard, Israeli spy

1955 - Vladimir Sorokin, Russian writer

1957 - Alexander Dityatin, Soviet gymnast

1958 - Bruce Dickinson, English singer (Iron Maiden)

1960 - David Duchovny, American actor

1961 - Yelena Davydova, Soviet gymnast

1963 - Harold Perrineau Jr., American actor

1964 - Michael Weishan, American TV host, author

1966 - Jimmy Wales, American founder of Wikipedia

1967 - Jason Grimsley, American baseball player

1973 - Danny Graves, American baseball player

1975 - Edgar Renteria, Colombian baseball player

1975 - David Hicks, Australian alleged terrorist

1975 - Charlize Theron, South African actress

1978 - Jamey Jasta, American singer (Hatebreed)

1978 - Alexandre Aja, French Director

1978 - Vanness Wu, Taiwanese singer

1978 - Linsey Dawn McKenzie, English model and porn star

1978 - Cirroc Lofton, American actor

1980 - Aurélie Claudel, French supermodel

1982 - Yana Klochkova, Ukrainian swimmer

1983 - Tina O'Brien, British actress

1987 - Sidney Crosby, Canadian hockey player