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[change] Births
- 1315 - Bonne of Luxembourg, queen of John II of France (d. 1349)
- 1470 - Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal (d. 1547)
- 1554 - Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (d. 1594)
- 1660 - Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor (d. 1714)
- 1663 - William Bradford, British-born printer (d. 1752)
- 1706 - Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (d. 1777)
- 1726 - Francis Cotes, English painter (d. 1770)
- 1737 - William Petty Fitzmaurice, British statesman (d. 1805)
- 1759 - William Thornton, West Indian-born architect (d. 1828)
- 1768 - Dolley Madison, First Lady of the United States (d. 1849)
- 1772 - Sir William Congreve, English inventor (d. 1828)
- 1799 - Honoré de Balzac, French novelist (d. 1850)
- 1806 - John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (d. 1873)
- 1822 - Frédéric Passy, French economist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1912)
- 1830 - Hector Malot, French writer (d. 1907)
- 1838 - Jules Méline, French statesman (d. 1925)
- 1851 - Emil Berliner, German-born telephone and recording pioneer (d. 1929)
- 1860 - Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
- 1882 - Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
- 1883 - King Faisal I of Iraq (d. 1933)
- 1895 - R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (d. 1937)
- 1901 - Max Euwe, Dutch chess player (d. 1981)
- 1903 - Barbara Hepworth, British sculptor (d. 1975)
- 1906 - Giuseppe Cardinal Siri, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1989)
- 1908 - James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997)
- 1911 - Gardner Fox, American writer (d. 1986)
- 1913 - William Hewlett, American engineer and computer manufacturer (d. 2001)
- 1915 - Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician (d. 1981)
- 1916 - Trebisonda Valla, Italian athlete
- 1916 - Alexei Petrovich Maresiev, Russian flying ace (d. 2001)
- 1917 - Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (d. 2005)
- 1918 - Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2004)
- 1919 - George Gobel, American comedian (d. 1991)
- 1920 - Betty Driver, English singer and actress
- 1921 - Wolfgang Borchert, German writer (d. 1947)
- 1921 - Hal Newhouser, baseball player (d. 1998)
- 1926 - Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (d. 1956)
- 1927 - Bud Grant, American football coach
- 1931 - Ken Boyer, baseball player (d. 1982)
- 1935 - Marinella, Greek singer
- 1936 - Anthony Zerbe, American actor
- 1940 - Stan Mikita, Slovak-born hockey player
- 1940 - Sadaharu Oh, Japanese baseball player
- 1943 - Al Bano, Italian singer
- 1944 - Joe Cocker, British singer
- 1944 - Boudewijn de Groot, Dutch singer
- 1944 - Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman
- 1946 - Cher, American actress and singer
- 1947 - Greg Dyke, British broadcast executive
- 1952 - Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer
- 1953 - Robert Doyle, Australian politician
- 1955 - Zbigniew Preisner, Polish film composer
- 1956 - Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian author
- 1958 - Ron Reagan, American dancer and talk show host
- 1958 - Jane Wiedlin, American singer (The Go-Go's)
- 1959 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, American singer
- 1959 - Bronson Pinchot, American actor
- 1960 - John Billingsley, American actor
- 1960 - Chuck Brodsky, American musician
- 1960 - Tony Goldwyn, American actor
- 1962 - Mike Jeffries, American soccer coach
- 1966 - Mindy Cohn, American actress
- 1968 - Timothy Olyphant, American actor
- 1970 - Louis Theroux, British television presenter
- 1971 - Tony Stewart, American race car driver
- 1972 - Tina Hobley, British actress
- 1972 - Busta Rhymes, American singer and rapper
- 1976 - Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- 1977 - Miriam Parrish, American actress
- 1981 - Íker Casillas, Spanish footballer
- 1981 - Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player
- 1982 - Petr Cech, Czech footballer
[change] Deaths
- 1996 - Jon Pertwee, British actor