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Births
1201 - Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)
1593 - Izaak Walton, English angler (d. 1683)
1631 - John Dryden, English Poet Laureate (d. 1700)
1648 - Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)
1653 - John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)
1674 - Franti?ek Maxmilián Ka?ka, Czech architect (d. 1766)
1722 - Augustus William, Prince of Prussia (d. 1758)
1726 - Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (d. 1778)
1757 - Thomas Telford, Scottish civil engineer (d. 1834)
1776 - Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (d. 1856)
1797 - Charles Robert Malden, British naval officer (d. 1855)
1805 - Joseph Locke, English railway and civil engineer (d. 1860)
1845 - André Besette, Canadian religious figure (d. 1937)
1871 - Leonid Andreyev, Russian writer (d. 1919)
1872 - Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (d. 1962)
1874 - Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor (d. 1947)
1896 - Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (d. 1980)
1896 - Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist (d. 1934)
1896 - Erich Hückel, German physicist (d. 1980)
1899 - P. L. Travers, Australian author (d. 1996)
1901 - Charles Farrell, American actor (d. 1990)
1902 - Zino Francescatti, French violinist (d. 1991)
1909 - Adam von Trott zu Solz, German diplomat opposing the Nazi regime (executed) (d. 1944)
1911 - William Alfred Fowler, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
1914 - Tove Jansson, Finnish author (d. 2001)
1919 - Joop den Uyl, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1987)
1919 - Ralph Houk, baseball player and manager
1920 - Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and writer
1921 - J. James Exon, Nebraska Senator and Governor
1922 - Philip Larkin, English poet (d. 1985)
1925 - David A. Huffman, Creator of Huffman coding (d. 1999)
1927 - Daniel Keyes, American author
1927 - Robert Shaw, English actor (d. 1978)
1928 - Bob Cousy, American basketball player
1931 - Mário Zagallo, Brazilian football coach and player
1933 - Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Japanese television personality and children's author
1938 - Leonid Kuchma, Ukrainian politician
1938 - Rod Laver, Australian tennis player
1939 - Romano Prodi, Italian politician, President of the European Commission
1939 - Brito, Brazilian footballer
1944 - Sam Elliott, American actor
1945 - Ken Norton, American boxer
1945 - Posy Simmonds, English cartoonist
1948 - Bill Campbell, baseball player
1949 - Jonathan Kellerman, American writer
1952 - Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai politician
1957 - Melanie Griffith, American actress
1959 - Stuart Hughes, Canadian actor
1961 - Amy Stiller, American actress
1962 - Kevin Mack, American football player
1962 - Louis Lipps, American football player
1963 - Whitney Houston, American singer and actress
1964 - Brett Hull, Canadian-born hockey player
1967 - Deion Sanders, American football player
1968 - Gillian Anderson, American actress
1968 - Eric Bana, Australian actor
1968 - Karyn Parsons, American actress
1969 - Troy Percival, baseball player
1970 - Rod Brind'Amour
1972 - Juanes, Colombian singer
1973 - Kevin McKidd, Scottish actor
1973 - Filippo Inzaghi, Italian footballer
1974 - Mahesh Babu, Popular Indian film actor
1974 - Matt Morris, baseball player
1976 - Jessica Capshaw, American actress
1976 - Rhona Mitra, English actress
1977 - Chamique Holdsclaw, American basketball player
1977 - Mikael Silvestre, French footballer
1978 - Audrey Tautou, French actress
1994 - Forrest Landis, American child actor
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