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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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