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* 1554 - Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) * 1587 - Dorothea Sophia, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1645) * 1683 - Philip V of Spain (d. 1746) * 1699 - William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) * 1714 - John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) * 1778 - Princess Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte, eldest child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI (d. 1851) * 1784 - Marcus Morton, 16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1864) * 1796 - Breton de los Herreros, Spanish playwright (d. 1873) * 1813 - Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist (d. 1885) * 1817 - James J. Archer, Confederate general (d. 1904) * 1820 - Mary Livermore, American journalist and women's rights advocate (d. 1905) * 1831 - Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Hawaiian philanthropist (d. 1884) * 1852 - Albert Abraham Michelson, Prussian-born American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1931) * 1853 - Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of Quebec (d. 1942) * 1861 - Italo Svevo, Italian author (d. 1928) * 1865 - Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress (d. 1932) * 1875 - Carter Woodson, American historian and author, founder of Black History Month (d. 1950) * 1885 - Joe "King" Oliver, American jazz musician (d. 1938) * 1888 - Fritz Reiner, Hungarian-born American conductor (d. 1963) * 1894 - Ford Frick, American baseball commissioner (d. 1978) * 1895 - Werner Dankwort, German diplomat (d. 1986) * 1895 - Ingeborg Refling Hagen, Norwegian author and teacher (d. 1989) * 1901 - Rudolf Hell, German inventor (d. 2002) * 1902 - Sir Ralph Richardson, English actor (d. 1983) * 1903 - George Davis Snell, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1996) * 1906 - Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union (d. 1982) * 1907 - Jimmy McLarnin, former Welterweight Champion (d. 2004) * 1909 - W.A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (d. 2002) * 1910 - Jean Genet, French writer (d. 1986) * 1915 - Édith Piaf, French singer and actress (d. 1963) * 1918 - Professor Longhair, American blues musician (d. 1980) * 1920 - Little Jimmy Dickens, American country singer * 1920 - David Susskind, American TV talk show host (d. 1987) * 1922 - Eamonn Andrews, Irish-born television presenter (d. 1987) * 1923 - Gordon Jackson, Scottish actor (d. 1990) * 1924 - Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (d. 1994) * 1924 - Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1989) * 1924 - Gary Morton, American comic; widower of Lucille Ball (d. 1999) * 1924 - Edmund Purdom, English actor * 1925 - Tankred Dorst, German dramatist * 1925 - Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter * 1925 - William Schutz, American psychologist (d. 2002) * 1926 - Bobby Layne, American football player (d. 1986) * 1926 - Herb Stempel, American game show contestant * 1927 - James Booth, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005) * 1928 - Nathan Oliveira, American artist * 1929 - Bob Brookmeyer, American jazz musician * 1929 - Howard Sackler, American screenwriter (d. 1982) * 1932 - Salvador Elizondo, Mexican writer * 1933 - Kevan Gosper, Australian athlete * 1933 - Cicely Tyson, American actress * 1934 - Rudi Carrell, Dutch singer (d. 2006) * 1934 - Al Kaline, American baseball player * 1934 - Casper R. Taylor, Jr., American politician * 1934 - Pratibha Patil, President of India * 1935 - Barbara Bostock, American actress * 1935 - Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (d. 1974) * 1936 - Marian McKnight, Miss America 1957 * 1940 - Phil Ochs, American folk singer (d. 1976) * 1941 - Maurice White, American singer and songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire) * 1941 - Lee Myung-bak, President of South Korea * 1942 - Rufus, French actor * 1943 - Ross M. Lence, American political scientist (d. 2006) * 1943 - General James L. Jones, Nominee for National Security Advisor * 1944 - William Christie, American-born director of Les Arts Florissants * 1944 - Mitchell Feigenbaum, American mathematical physicist * 1944 - Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleontologist, conservationist and politician * 1944 - Alvin Lee, English singer/guitarist (Ten Years After) * 1944 - Tim Reid, American actor * 1944 - Zal Yanovsky, Canadian guitarist (The Lovin' Spoonful) (d. 2002) * 1945 - Elaine Joyce, American actress * 1946 - Rosemary Conley, English businesswoman, author and broadcaster * 1946 - Robert Urich, American actor (d. 2002) * 1947 - Jimmy Bain Scottish musician * 1948 - Ken Brown, Canadian ice hockey player * 1949 - Nancy Kyes, American actress * 1949 - Sebastian, Danish musician * 1951 - Alan Rouse, British mountaineer (d. 1986) * 1952 - Walter Murphy, American composer, pianist and arranger * 1955 - Lincoln Hall (climber), Australian mountaineer * 1956 - Tom Lawless, American baseball player * 1957 - Cyril Collard, French film director (d. 1993) * 1957 - John Gulager, American film director * 1957 - Kevin McHale, American basketball player * 1958 - Limahl, English singer (Kajagoogoo) * 1959 - Ivan Vallejo, Ecuadorian mountaineer * 1960 - Mike Lookinland, American actor * 1960 - Michelangelo Signorile, American writer * 1960 - Derrick Jensen, American author and activist * 1961 - Eric Allin Cornell, American physicist, Nobel laureate * 1961 - Matthew Waterhouse, English actor * 1961 - Reggie White, American football player (d. 2004) * 1962 - Jill Talley, American actress * 1962 - Gary Fleder, American film director * 1963 - Jennifer Beals, American actress * 1963 - Til Schweiger, German actor * 1964 - Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player * 1964 - Béatrice Dalle, French actress * 1965 - Chito Martínez, Belizean baseball player * 1965 - Jessica Steen, American actress * 1966 - Chuckii Booker, American singer, musician and producer * 1966 - Robert MacNaughton, American stage and screen actor * 1966 - Alberto Tomba, Italian alpine skier * 1966 - Eric Weinrich, American ice hockey player * 1967 - Frankie Lam, Hong Kong actor * 1967 - Criss Angel, American illusionist, actor, and musician * 1969 - Richard Hammond, English television presenter * 1969 - Tom Gugliotta, American basketball player * 1969 - Kristy Swanson, American actress * 1969 - Villano IV, Mexican professional wrestler * 1971 - Tyson Beckford, American model * 1971 - Liz Cho, American television reporter * 1971 - Amy Locane, American actress * 1971 - Tiffany Towers, Canadian adult film actress * 1972 - Alyssa Milano, American actress * 1972 - Rosa Blasi, American actress * 1972 - Warren Sapp, American football player * 1973 - Takashi Sorimachi, Japanese actor * 1973 - Zulfiya Zabirova, Russian cyclist * 1974 - Mikko Paananen, Finnish bassist (HIM) * 1974 - Joe Jurevicius, American football player * 1974 - Jake Plummer, American football player * 1974 - Ricky Ponting, Australian cricketer * 1975 - Olivier Tebily, Ivorian footballer * 1975 - Jon Smith, British writer * 1977 - Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player * 1978 - Patrick Casey, American screenwriter and actor * 1979 - Kevin Devine, American musician * 1979 - Paola Rey, Colombian actress * 1980 - Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor * 1980 - Chris Haslam, Canadian Skateboarder and Bass Player (Kobra Triangle) * 1980 - Iman Ali, Pakistan-based model and actress * 1980 - Marla Sokoloff, American actress * 1982 - Vincent Accardi, American musician (Brand New) * 1982 - Maurice Williams, American basketball player * 1982 - Tero Pitkamaki, Finnish javelin thrower * 1983 - Matt Stajan, Canadian ice hockey player * 1984 - Ian Kennedy, Major League Baseball pitcher * 1985 - Gary Cahill, English footballer * 1985 - Neil Kilkenny, English-born Australian footballer * 1985 - Lady Sovereign, English musician * 1986 - Ryan Babel, Dutch Footballer * 1987 - Karim Benzema, French footballer * 1988 - Paulina Gretzky, American-born Canadian actress and model * 1988 - Peter Winn, English footballer * 1988 - Alexis Sánchez, Chilean footballer * 1989 - Valdimar Bergstað, Icelandic horse rider * 1991 - Declan Galbraith, English singer
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