Births 1253 – Ivo of Kermartin, French priest and saint (d. 1303) 1577 – Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (d. 1621) 1577 – Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (d. 1642) 1582 – Johann Gerhard, German theologian (d. 1637) 1623 – Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) 1688 – Domenico Zipoli, Italian composer (d. 1726) 1711 – Jupiter Hammon, American poet (d. 1806) 1719 – Jacques Cazotte, French author (d. 1792) 1720 – Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Italian composer (d. 1795) 1725 – John Wilkes, English radical, journalist, and politician. (d. 1797) 1729 – Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, French composer (d. 1817) 1760 – Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French economist and philosopher (d. 1825) 1811 – Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American pastor (d. 1876) 1813 – Georg Büchner, German playwright (d. 1837) 1814 – Yakiv Holovatsky, Ukrainian historian, scholar, and poet (d. 1888) 1817 – Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian educator and politician (d. 1898) 1853 – Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1920) 1864 – Elinor Glyn, English author and scriptwriter (d. 1943) 1865 – James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician (d. 1950) 1883 – Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler (d. 1966) 1886 – Spring Byington, American actress (d. 1971) 1890 – Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928) 1892 – Theodor Eicke, German SS general (d. 1943) 1892 – Herbert Howells, English composer (d. 1983) 1898 – Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese violinist and educator (d. 1998) 1898 – Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author and poet (d. 1971) 1900 – Jean Arthur, American actress (d. 1991) 1902 – Irene Ryan, American actress (d. 1973) 1903 – Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (d. 1940) 1906 – Paul Derringer, American baseball player (d. 1987) 1908 – Red Rolfe, American baseball player (d. 1969) 1909 – Cozy Cole, American drummer (d. 1981) 1910 – Ester Wier, American author (d. 2000) 1912 – Pope John Paul I (d. 1978) 1912 – Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founder of the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (d. 2001) 1912 – Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1982) 1914 – Jerry Siegel, American writer and illustrator (d. 1996) 1915 – Arthur Miller, American playwright (d. 2005) 1917 – Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author (d. 1991) 1917 – Marsha Hunt, American actress 1918 – Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (d. 1987) 1918 – Ralph Wilson, American businessman 1919 – Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Russian physicist 1920 – Montgomery Clift, American actor (d. 1966) 1920 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish author (d. 2010) 1921 – George Mackay Brown, Scottish Poet (d. 1996) 1921 – Priscilla Buckley, American author (d. 2012) 1921 – Maria Gorokhovskaya, Soviet gymnast (d. 2001) 1921 – Tom Poston, American actor and comedian (d. 2007) 1922 – Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian composer (d. 2001) 1922 – Pierre Juneau, Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded the Montreal World Film Festival (d. 2012) 1923 – Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (d. 2004) 1923 – Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (d. 2001) 1924 – Don Coryell, American football coach (d. 2010) 1924 – Anton Geiser, Yugoslav SS officer (d. 2012) 1925 – Harry Carpenter, English sportscaster (d. 2010) 1926 – Julie Adams, American actress 1926 – Beverly Garland, American actress (d. 2008) 1929 – Mario Wilson, Portuguese footballer and coach 1930 – Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (d. 2003) 1930 – Jimmy Breslin, American journalist and author 1931 – Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author (d. 2012) 1933 – William Anders, American general and astronaut 1933 – Jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun and singer (d. 1985) 1934 – Johnny Haynes, English footballer (d. 2005) 1934 – Rico Rodriguez, American trombonist 1935 – Sydney Chapman, English politician and architect 1936 – Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter 1936 – Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese seismologist 1937 – Paxton Whitehead, English actor 1938 – Evel Knievel, American motorcycle stuntman (d. 2007) 1938 – Les Murray, Australian poet 1940 – Stephen Kovacevich, American pianist and conductor 1940 – Jim Smith, English footballer and manager 1940 – Peter Stringfellow, English nightclub owner 1941 – Earl Thomas Conley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1942 – Steve Jones, American basketball player 1942 – Gary Puckett, American singer-songwriter (Gary Puckett & The Union Gap) 1946 – Ronni Chasen, American publicist (d. 2010) 1946 – Michael Hossack, American drummer (The Doobie Brothers) (d. 2012) 1946 – Cameron Mackintosh, English theater producer 1946 – Adam Michnik, Polish historian 1946 – Drusilla Modjeska, English author 1946 – Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter 1947 – Simi Garewal, Indian actress 1947 – Gene Green, American politician 1947 – Michael McKean, American actor 1948 – Robert Jordan, American author (d. 2007) 1948 – Margot Kidder, Canadian actress 1948 – George Wendt, American actor 1949 – Owen Arthur, Barbadian politician 1950 – Philippe Barbarin, French cardinal 1950 – Howard Rollins, American actor (d. 1996) 1951 – Annie Borckink, Dutch speed skater 1951 – Roger Pontare, Swedish singer 1951 – Shari Ulrich, Canadian singer-songwriter (Hometown Band, The Pied Pumkin, and UHF) 1953 – Joseph Bowie, American trombonist (Defunkt) 1954 – Carlos Buhler, American mountaineer 1955 – George Alogoskoufis, Greek economist and politician 1955 – Smita Patil, Indian Actress(d.1986) 1956 – Mae Jemison, American physician and astronaut 1956 – Pat McCrory, American politician 1957 – Lawrence Bender, American film producer 1957 – Steve McMichael, American football player 1957 – Vincent Van Patten, American actor 1958 – Alan Jackson, American singer-songwriter 1959 – Ron Drummond, American author and scholar 1959 – Russell Gilbert, Australian comedian and actor 1959 – Mark Peel, Australian historian and academic 1959 – Richard Roeper, American columnist and critic 1960 – Guy Henry, English actor 1960 – Rob Marshall, American director 1960 – Bernie Nolan, Irish singer and actress (The Nolans) (d. 2013) 1962 – Mike Judge, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor 1963 – Sergio Goycochea, Argentine footballer 1963 – Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian and actor 1964 – Dhondup Wangchen, Chinese director and producer 1965 – Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer 1966 – Danny Ferry, American basketball player 1966 – Mark Gatiss, English actor, screenwriter, and author 1966 – Tommy Kendall, American race car driver 1967 – Kim Seung-jun, South Korean voice actor 1967 – René Dif, Danish singer and actor (Aqua) 1968 – Ziggy Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor (Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers) 1968 – David Robertson, Scottish footballer 1969 – Ernie Els, South African golfer 1969 – Wyclef Jean, Haitian-born American rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor (Fugees) 1969 – Wood Harris, American actor 1969 – Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian 1970 – Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer 1970 – John Mabry, American baseball player 1970 – Shauna OBrien, American model and actress 1970 – Blues Saraceno, American guitarist, composer, and producer (Poison) 1971 – Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer, dancer, and voice actor (N Sync) 1971 – Kim Ljung, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bass player (Seigmen and Zeromancer) 1972 – Eminem, American rapper, producer, and actor (D12, Outsidaz, and Bad Meets Evil) 1972 – Tarkan, German-Turkish singer-songwriter and producer 1972 – Sharon Leal, American actress 1972 – Joe McEwing, American baseball player 1972 – Musashi, Japanese martial artist 1973 – Andrea Tarozzi, Italian footballer 1974 – Ariel Levy, American author 1974 – Matthew Macfadyen, English actor 1974 – Janne Puurtinen, Finnish keyboard player (HIM) 1974 – John Rocker, American baseball player 1975 – Janne Aikala, Finnish murder victim (d. 1986) 1975 – Francis Bouillon, American ice hockey player 1975 – Vina Morales, Filipino singer,dancer,host,actress, and entrepreneur 1976 – Sebastián Abreu, Uruguayan footballer 1976 – Rena Inoue, Japan-born American figure skater 1977 – Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer 1977 – Alimi Ballard, American actor 1977 – Bryan Bertino, American director and screenwriter 1977 – André Villas-Boas, Portuguese football manager 1978 – Jerry Flannery, Irish rugby player 1978 – Erin Karpluk, Canadian actress 1979 – Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer-songwriter and violinist (Stream of Passion and Elfonía) 1979 – Alexandros Nikolaidis, Greek martial artist 1979 – Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish race car driver 1979 – Kostas Tsartsaris, Greek basketball player 1980 – Yekaterina Gamova, Russian volleyball player 1980 – Mohammad Hafeez, Pakistani cricketer 1980 – Alessandro Piccolo, Italian race car driver 1981 – Tsubasa Imai, Japanese singer, actor, and dancer (Johnny & Associates and Tackey & Tsubasa) 1982 – Nick Riewoldt, Australian rules footballer 1983 – Daniel Booko, American actor 1983 – Milica Brozovic, Yugoslav-born Russian figure skater 1983 – Felicity Jones, British actress 1983 – Toshihiro Matsushita, Japanese footballer 1983 – Junichi Miyashita, Japanese swimmer 1983 – Ivan Saenko, Russian footballer 1983 – Mitch Talbot, American baseball player 1983 – Vitali Teleš, Estonian footballer 1984 – Jelle Klaasen, Dutch darts player 1984 – Chris Lowell, American actor 1984 – Randall Munroe, American cartoonist 1985 – Carlos González, Venezuelan baseball player 1985 – Max Irons, English actor 1985 – Collins John, Dutch footballer 1985 – Baran Kosari, Iranian actress 1985 – Tomokazu Nagira, Japanese footballer 1986 – Aija Brumermane, Latvian basketball player 1986 – Yannick Ponsero, French figure skater 1987 – Bea Alonzo, Filipino actress 1987 – Mihir Desai, American legal scholar and philosopher 1987 – Jarosław Fojut, Polish footballer 1987 – Hideto Takahashi, Japanese footballer 1988 – Christina Crawford, American wrestler and dancer 1988 – Tori Matsuzaka, Japanese actor 1988 – Yuko Oshima, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48 and Not Yet) 1990 – Bianca Bree, Belgian-American actress 1990 – Paolo Campinoti, Italian footballer 1990 – Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer 1990 – Patrick Lambie, South African rugby player 1990 – Arisa Murata, Japanese freestyle skier 1992 – Sam Concepcion, Filipino singer, dancer, and actor 1992 – Nanami Sakuraba, Japanese gravure idol, actress and singer
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