Births 1143 – Emperor Nijō of Japan (d. 1165) 1396 – Philip the Good, French son of John the Fearless (d. 1467) 1527 – Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1576) 1598 – Alessandro Algardi , Italian sculptor (d. 1654) 1702 – Jean Denis Attiret, French missionary and painter (d. 1768) 1704 – Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (d. 1752) 1718 – John Canton , English physicist (d. 1772) 1724 – Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (d. 1801) 1737 – Princess Augusta of Great Britain (d. 1813) 1777 – Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (d. 1849) 1796 – Jean-Gaspard Deburau , Czech-French actor and mime (d. 1846) 1800 – Friedrich Wöhler , German chemist (d. 1882) 1803 – John Ericsson, Swedish engineer, co-designed the Novelty Locomotive (d. 1889) 1816 – George Henry Thomas, American general (d. 1870) 1825 – William S. Clark, American colonel and politician (d. 1886) 1835 – Henri Brisson, French politician, 50th Prime Minister of France (d. 1912) 1835 – Paul du Chaillu , French- American anthropologist and explorer (d. 1903) 1837 – William Quantrill , American captain (d. 1865) 1839 – Ignacio Andrade , Venezuelan politician, 25th President of Venezuela (d. 1925) 1843 – Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet (d. 1918) 1847 – Ignacio Cervantes , Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1905) 1854 – José Canalejas, Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1912) 1858 – Richard Dixon Oldham, English seismologist and geologist (d. 1936) 1860 – Mary Vaux Walcott , American painter (d. 1940) 1867 – S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (d. 1966) 1877 – Auguste Daumain , French cyclist 1880 – Premchand, Indian author (d. 1936) 1883 – Ramón Fonst , Cuban fencer (d. 1959) 1884 – Carl Friedrich Goerdeler , Polish-German economist and politician (d. 1945) 1886 – Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American mobster (d. 1931) 1886 – Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (d. 1965) 1886 – Harry Tate , American soccer player (d. 1954) 1887 – Hans Freyer, German sociologist (d. 1969) 1892 – Herbert W. Armstrong , American evangelist and publisher, founded Worldwide Church of God (d. 1986) 1892 – Joseph Charbonneau , Canadian archbishop (d. 1959) 1894 – Fred Keenor , Welsh footballer (d. 1972) 1901 – Jean Dubuffet , French painter and sculptor (d. 1985) 1904 – Brett Halliday, American author (d. 1977) 1907 – Roy Milton , American singer, drummer, and bandleader (d. 1983) 1909 – Erik von Kuehnelt- Leddihn, Austrian theorist and author (d. 1999) 1911 – George Liberace , American violinist (d. 1983) 1912 – Bill Brown , Australian cricketer (d. 2008) 1912 – Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006) 1912 – Irv Kupcinet , American journalist (d. 2003) 1913 – Bryan Hextall , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984) 1914 – Paul J. Christiansen, American conductor and composer (d. 1997) 1914 – Louis de Funès, French actor and screenwriter (d. 1983) 1916 – Sibte Hassan , Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (d. 1986) 1916 – Billy Hitchcock , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2006) 1916 – Bill Todman , American screenwriter and producer (d. 1979) 1917 – Jini Dellaccio , American photographer (d. 2014) 1918 – Paul D. Boyer , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate 1918 – Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2010) 1918 – Frank Renouf , New Zealand businessman and financier (d. 1998) 1919 – Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (d. 2006) 1919 – Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author (d. 1987) 1920 – James E. Faust , American religious leader, lawyer, and politician (d. 2007) 1920 – Percy Herbert, English actor (d. 1992) 1921 – Peter Benenson , English lawyer and activist, founded Amnesty International (d. 2005) 1921 – Donald Malarkey , American sergeant 1921 – Whitney Young, American activist (d. 1971) 1922 – Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007) 1923 – Ahmet Ertegun, Turkish- American record producer, founded Atlantic Records (d. 2006) 1923 – Jimmy Evert, American tennis player and coach 1923 – Stephanie Kwolek , American chemist and engineer (d. 2014) 1926 – Bernard Nathanson , American physician and activist (d. 2011) 1926 – Hilary Putnam , American philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist 1929 – Lynne Reid Banks, English author 1929 – Gilles Carle , Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 2009) 1929 – Don Murray , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1929 – José Santamaría, Uruguayan footballer, coach, and manager 1930 – Oleg Popov, Russian clown 1931 – Nick Bollettieri, American tennis player and coach 1931 – Kenny Burrell, American guitarist 1931 – Ivan Rebroff, German singer (d. 2008) 1932 – Ted Cassidy, American actor (d. 1979) 1932 – John Searle, American philosopher 1933 – Cees Nooteboom , Dutch journalist, author, and poet 1935 – Yvon Deschamps, Canadian comedian, actor, and producer 1935 – Geoffrey Lewis , American actor and screenwriter 1936 – Vic Davalillo, Venezuelan baseball player 1939 – France Nuyen, French actress 1940 – Carol J. Clover , American academic and author 1940 – Roy Walker , Irish comedian, actor, and game show host 1941 – Amarsinh Chaudhary , Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (d. 2004) 1943 – Lobo , American singer- songwriter and guitarist 1943 – William Bennett, American politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Education 1943 – Susan Flannery, American actress and director 1943 – Sab Shimono , American actor 1944 – Geraldine Chaplin, American actress 1944 – Jonathan Dimbleby, English journalist 1944 – Robert C. Merton , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate 1945 – Gary Lewis , American singer and drummer ( Gary Lewis & the Playboys ) 1945 – William Weld , American politician, 68th Governor of Massachusetts 1946 – Karen Zerby, American cult leader 1947 – Richard Griffiths , English actor (d. 2013) 1947 – Hubert Védrine, French politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for France 1950 – Richard Berry , French actor, director, and screenwriter 1950 – Lane Davies, American actor 1951 – Evonne Goolagong Cawley , Australian tennis player 1951 – Werner Novak , German footballer 1951 – Barry Van Dyke, American actor 1952 – Chris Ahrens , American ice hockey player 1952 – Alan Autry , American football player, actor, and politician, 23rd Mayor of Fresno, California 1952 – Helmuts Balderis, Latvian ice hockey player and coach 1952 – João Barreiros , Portuguese author and critic 1952 – Faye Kellerman, American author 1953 – Ted Baillieu , Australian architect and politician, 46th Premier of Victoria 1953 – Jimmy Cook , South African cricketer and coach 1953 – James Read, American actor 1953 – Tōru Furuya , Japanese voice actor 1954 – Manivannan , Indian actor and director (d. 2013) 1954 – Derek Smith , Canadian- American ice hockey player 1955 – Jakie Quartz , French singer 1956 – Michael Biehn , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1956 – Bill Callahan , American football player and coach 1956 – Ron Kuby, American lawyer and radio host 1956 – Deval Patrick , American politician, 71st Governor of Massachusetts 1956 – Lynne Rae Perkins , American author and illustrator 1956 – Mark Arden, English comedian and actor 1957 – Daniel Ash, English singer- songwriter and guitarist (Bauhaus , Love and Rockets, and Tones on Tail ) 1957 – Jane Bennett, American political theorist 1957 – Dirk Blocker , American actor 1957 – Leon Durham , American baseball player 1958 – Bill Berry , American singer-songwriter and drummer (R.E.M. and Hindu Love Gods ) 1958 – Mark Cuban , American businessman 1958 – Wally Kurth, American actor and singer 1959 – Stanley Jordan , American guitarist and songwriter 1959 – Andrew Marr, Scottish journalist 1960 – Dale Hunter , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1960 – Duncan Lewis Jowitt, English musician, songwriter and singer ( UFX) 1960 – Malcolm Ross , Scottish guitarist 1962 – John Chiang , American politician, 31st California State Controller 1962 – Kevin Greene , American football player and coach 1962 – Wesley Snipes , American martial artist, actor, and producer 1963 – Brian Skrudland , Canadian ice hockey player 1964 – Jim Corr , Irish singer- songwriter and guitarist (The Corrs ) 1964 – Urmas Hepner, Estonian footballer 1965 – Scott Brooks , American basketball player and coach 1965 – Pat Finn, American actor 1965 – John Laurinaitis, American wrestler and producer 1965 – Najwa Najjar, Palestinian filmmaker 1965 – Julian Richards , Welsh director and producer 1965 – J. K. Rowling , English author 1966 – Dean Cain , American actor, producer, and screenwriter 1966 – Tatsuya Ishihara , Japanese animator and director 1966 – Kevin Martin , Canadian curler 1967 – Minako Honda , Japanese singer and actress (d. 2005) 1967 – Mitsuo Iwata , Japanese voice actor 1967 – Tony Massenburg , American basketball player 1967 – Peter Rono , Kenyan runner 1967 – Tim Wright , Welsh composer 1968 – Saeed-Al-Saffar , Emirati cricketer 1969 – Loren Dean , American actor 1969 – Kid Kash , American wrestler 1969 – Kenneth D. Schisler , American politician 1970 – Ahmad Akbarpour , Iranian author 1970 – Ben Chaplin , English actor 1970 – Andrzej Kobylański , Polish footballer and manager 1970 – Giorgos Sigalas, Greek basketball player, coach, and sportscaster 1970 – Amanda Stepto, Canadian actress 1970 – Dave Wedge , American journalist 1971 – Christina Cox, Canadian movie and television actress and stuntwoman 1971 – John 5 , American guitarist and songwriter ( 2wo , Loser , and Red Square Black ) 1971 – Gus Frerotte , American football player and coach 1972 – Giorgos Kapoutzidis, Greek actor and screenwriter 1973 – Wail al-Shehri , Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 (d. 2001) 1973 – Nathan Brown , Australian rugby player and coach 1973 – Fabulous Flournoy , American basketball player and coach 1974 – Emilia Fox , English actress 1974 – Leona Naess, English singer-songwriter 1974 – Jonathan Ogden , American football player 1975 – Randy Flores, American baseball player 1975 – Andrew Hall, South African cricketer 1975 – Simon Hirst, English radio host 1975 – Gabe Kapler , American baseball player and manager 1975 – Ruben Patterson, American basketball player 1975 – Allan von Schenkel , American bassist and composer 1976 – Joshua Cain , American guitarist and producer (Motion City Soundtrack) 1976 – Paulo Wanchope , Costa Rican footballer 1977 – Tim Couch , American football player 1978 – Will Champion , English drummer and singer ( Coldplay) 1978 – Zeta Makripoulia, Greek model and actress 1978 – Nick Sorensen, American football player and sportscaster 1978 – Justin Wilson , English race car driver 1979 – Jaco Erasmus, South African-Italian rugby player 1979 – J. J. Furmaniak , American baseball player 1979 – Per Krøldrup , Danish footballer 1979 – Jade Kwan, Hong Kong singer 1979 – Carlos Marchena, Spanish footballer 1979 – B. J. Novak , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1980 – Rina Aiuchi, Japanese singer 1980 – Mikko Hirvonen , Finnish race car driver 1980 – Mils Muliaina , New Zealand rugby player 1981 – Titus Bramble , English footballer 1981 – Vernon Carey, American football player 1981 – J.Son Dinant , American comedian and actor 1981 – Eric Lively , American actor 1981 – Ira Losco, Maltese singer 1981 – M. Shadows , American singer-songwriter (Avenged Sevenfold) 1982 – Jeff DaRosa, American singer and banjo player (Dropkick Murphys and The Exit ) 1982 – Jack Korpela , American sportscaster 1982 – Blessing Mahwire, Zimbabwean cricketer 1982 – Anabel Medina Garrigues , Spanish tennis player 1982 – Raymond Pickard, English actor 1982 – DeMarcus Ware , American football player 1983 – Rebecca Atkinson , English actress 1984 – Joseph Benavidez , American mixed martial artist 1984 – Felipe dal Belo , Brazilian footballer 1985 – Daniel Ciofani , Italian footballer 1985 – Shannon Curfman , American singer and guitarist 1985 – Rémy Di Gregorio , French cyclist 1986 – Evgeni Malkin, Russian ice hockey player 1986 – Brian Orakpo, American football player 1987 – Michael Bradley, American soccer player 1987 – Brittany Byrnes , Australian actress 1988 – Charlie Carver , American actor 1988 – A. J. Green , American football player 1988 – Krystal Meyers , American singer-songwriter 1989 – Victoria Azarenka , Belarusian tennis player 1989 – Alexis Knapp , American actress and singer 1989 – Joey Richter, American actor and singer 1989 – Jessica Williams, American actress 1989 – Zelda Williams , American actress 1990 – Mirela, Spanish singer 1990 – Besart Abdurahimi, Croatian footballer 1991 – Réka-Luca Jani, Hungarian tennis player 1992 – Lizzy , South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (After School and Orange Caramel ) 1992 – José Fernández, Cuban baseball player 1992 – Kyle Larson, American race car driver 1993 – Christian Byers , Australian actor 1996 – Blake Michael, American actor 1997 – Barbie Forteza , Filipino actress 1998 – Rico Rodriguez, American actor Deaths 54 BC – Aurelia Cotta , Roman wife of Gaius Julius Caesar (b. 120 BC) 450 – Peter Chrysologus, Italian bishop and saint (b. 380) 1358 – Étienne Marcel , French rebel leader (b. 1302) 1396 – William Courtenay , English archbishop (b. 1342) 1508 – Naod , Ethiopian emperor (b. 1494) 1556 – Ignatius of Loyola , Spanish priest and theologian, founded the Society of Jesus (b. 1491) 1653 – Thomas Dudley , English- American politician, 3rd Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576) 1726 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli , Swiss mathematician (b. 1695) 1750 – John V of Portugal (b. 1689) 1762 – Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla Spanish commander (b. 1711) 1784 – Denis Diderot, French philosopher (b. 1713) 1805 – Dheeran Chinnamalai , Indian soldier (b. 1756) 1864 – Louis Christophe François Hachette , French publisher (b. 1800) 1875 – Andrew Johnson, American politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808) 1884 – Kien Phuc, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1869) 1886 – Franz Liszt , Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1811) 1914 – Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (d. 1859) 1917 – Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881) 1917 – Hedd Wyn , Welsh poet (b. 1887) 1920 – Ion Dragoumis , Greek diplomat and philosopher (b. 1878) 1940 – Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899) 1943 – Hedley Verity , English cricketer (b. 1905) 1944 – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , French pilot and poet (b. 1900) 1953 – Robert Taft, American politician (b. 1889) 1953 – Georg Zacharias, German swimmer (b. 1884) 1954 – Onofre Marimón , Argentinian race car driver (b. 1923) 1963 – Sir Robert Chapman, 1st Baronet, English soldier and politician (b. 1880) 1964 – Jim Reeves , American singer-songwriter (b. 1923) 1966 – Bud Powell, American pianist (b. 1924) 1970 – Walter Briggs, Jr. , American businessman (b. 1912) 1971 – Walter P. Carter, American activist (b. 1923) 1972 – Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1899) 1973 – Azumafuji Kinichi , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (b. 1921) 1979 – Beatrix Lehmann, English actress, theatre director and author (b. 1903) 1980 – Pascual Jordan , German physicist (b. 1902) 1980 – Mohammed Rafi, Indian singer (b. 1924) 1981 – Omar Torrijos , Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama (b. 1929) 1985 – Eugene Carson Blake, American religious leader (b. 1906) 1986 – Chiune Sugihara , Japanese diplomat (b. 1900) 1986 – Teddy Wilson, American pianist (b. 1912) 1987 – Joseph E. Levine , American film producer (b, 1905) 1988 – Trinidad Silva, American actor (b. 1950) 1990 – Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902) 1992 – Leonard Cheshire , English pilot and captain (b. 1917) 1993 – Baudouin of Belgium (b. 1930) 2000 – William Keepers Maxwell, Jr. , American author (b. 1908) 2001 – Poul Anderson, American author (b. 1926) 2001 – Francisco da Costa Gomes , Portuguese general and politician, 15th President of Portugal (b. 1914) 2001 – Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg- Schwerin (b. 1910) 2003 – Guido Crepax , Italian author and illustrator (b. 1933) 2004 – Laura Betti , Italian actress and singer (b. 1927) 2004 – Virginia Grey , American actress and singer (b. 1917) 2005 – Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician, 1st President of the European Central Bank (b. 1935) 2006 – Paul Eells, American sportscaster (b. 1935) 2009 – Bobby Robson, English footballer and manager (b. 1933) 2009 – Harry Alan Towers , English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (b. 1920) 2012 – César Amaro , Uruguayan guitarist (b. 1948) 2012 – Roy Bryce-Laporte , Panamanian-American sociologist (b. 1933) 2012 – Mollie Hunter, Scottish author (b. 1922) 2012 – Curt Levine, American lawyer and politician (b. 1947) 2012 – Abdi Jeylani Malaq Marshale , Somalian journalist (b. 1969) 2012 – Lucio Quarantotto , Italian songwriter (b. 1957) 2012 – Alfredo Ramos , Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1924) 2012 – Tony Sly , American singer- songwriter and guitarist (No Use for a Name and Scorpios) (b. 1970) 2012 – Gore Vidal , American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1925) 2013 – Michael Ansara , Syrian- American actor (b. 1922) 2013 – Michel Donnet, English- Belgian general and pilot (b. 1917) 2013 – John Graves , American author (b. 1920) 2013 – Jean Madiran, French author (b. 1920) 2013 – Trevor Storer, English businessman, founded Pukka Pies (b. 1930) 2013 – Gerald W. Thomas, American academic (b. 1919) 2013 – Alvis Wayne, American singer (b. 1937)
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