1239 – Edward Longshanks, English king (d. 1307) 1603 – Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663) 1682 – King Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718) 1691 – Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765) 1693 – Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775) 1704 – John Kay, English inventor (d. 1780) 1714 – Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (d. 1762) 1714 – César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer (d. 1784) 1718 – George Howard, British field marshal (d. 1796) 1742 – William Hooper, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1790) 1808 – Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (d. 1845) 1810 – Ferdinand Freiligrath, German writer (d. 1876) 1811 – Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic independence fighter (d. 1879) 1818 – Charles Gounod, French composer (d. 1893) 1818 – Sophie of Württemberg, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1877) 1832 – Sir William Crookes, English physicist and chemist (d. 1919) 1839 – Arthur Tooth, English Anglican Clergyman (d. 1931) 1858 – Ebenezer Sumner Draper, 44th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1914) 1861 – Pete Browning, American baseball player (d. 1905) 1861 – Omar Bundy, American army general (d. 1940) 1863 – Duke Charles Michael of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1934) 1867 – John Robert Gregg, American inventor (d. 1948) 1867 – Henry Lawson, Australian poet (d. 1922) 1880 – Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer (d. 1964) 1881 – Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (d. 1955) 1882 – Adolf Friedrich VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1918) 1882 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (d. 1971) 1888 – Heinz Guderian, German general (d. 1954) 1898 – M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (d. 1972) 1898 – Carl Hermann, German physicist (d. 1961) 1898 – Harry Patch, British supercentenarian (d. 2009) 1900 – Martin Bormann, Nazi official (d. 1945) 1902 – Sammy Fain, American popular music composer (d. 1989) 1902 – Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (d. 1982) 1903 – Ruth Wakefield, American cook and hotelier (d. 1977) 1904 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor (d. 1991) 1907 – Maurice Cloche, French film director and screenwriter (d. 1990) 1907 – Charles Eames, American designer and architect (d. 1978) 1909 – Elmer Lee Andersen, Governor of Minnesota (d. 2004) 1909 – Ralph E. Winters, Canadian film editor (d. 2004) 1910 – Red Foley, American musician (d. 1968) 1910 – George Hees, Canadian politician (d. 1996) 1914 – John Hersey, American author (d. 1993) 1915 – David "Stringbean" Akeman, American musician and actor (d. 1973) 1915 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (d. 1996) 1916 – Terry Gilkyson, American singer, lyricist and composer (d. 1999) 1918 – Ajahn Chah, Meditation master (d. 1992) 1920 – Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (d. 1981) 1920 – François Jacob, French biologist, Nobel laureate 1923 – Elroy Hirsch, American football player (d. 2004) 1927 – Martin Böttcher, German conductor 1929 – Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player (d. 1984) 1930 – Brian Statham, English cricketer (d. 2000) 1931 – John Baldessari, American artist 1932 – Peter Lupus, American actor 1932 – John Murtha, American politician (d. 2010) 1933 – Harry Browne, American writer and investment analyst (d. 2006) 1933 – Christian Ferras, French violinist (d. 1982) 1933 – Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (d. 1970) 1936 – Ken Loach, British film director 1936 – Vern Harper, Canadian First Nations Cree Elder and Korean War veteran 1940 – George Akerlof, American economist, Nobel laureate 1942 – Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian IAEA director, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 1943 – Newt Gingrich, American politician 1943 – Barry Manilow, American musician 1943 – Burt Rutan, American aerospace engineer 1944 – Randy Johnson, American football player (d. 2009) 1945 – Frank Ashmore, American actor 1945 – Tommy Franks, American General 1945 – Ken Livingstone, English politician 1945 – Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist 1946 – Peter Rosei, Austrian writer 1947 – Christopher Allport, American actor (d. 2008) 1947 – George S. Clinton, American composer and musician 1947 – Paul Young, English singer and percussionist (d. 2000) 1947 – Linda Chavez, American author 1948 – Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball player 1948 – Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (d. 1992) 1949 – Snakefinger, British-born musician (d. 1987) 1950 – Lee Tamahori, New Zealand film director 1951 – Joe Piscopo, American actor 1952 – Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach and executive 1954 – Len Davies, Wrestling promoter 1955 – Gail Jones, Australian author 1956 – Chi-chi Nwanoku, English Double Bassist 1957 – Phil Chevron, Irish musician (The Pogues, The Radiators From Space) 1957 – Martin Dillon, American opera singer (d. 2005) 1957 – Jon Gries, American actor 1957 – Jack Wouterse, Dutch actor 1958 – Jello Biafra, American musician and activist 1958 – Bobby Farrelly, American film director 1958 – Sam Hamad, Syrian/Canadian politician 1958 – Daniel McVicar, American actor 1958 – Derek Lee Ragin, American countertenor 1960 – Adrián Campos, Spanish racing driver 1960 – Thomas Haden Church, American actor 1961 – Kōichi Yamadera, Japanese seiyū, actor and tarento 1962 – Michael Monroe, Finnish singer (Hanoi Rocks) 1963 – Greg Kinnear, American actor 1964 – Rinaldo Capello, Italian racing driver 1964 – Michael Gross, German swimmer 1964 – Erin Murphy, American actress 1965 – Dermontti Dawson, American football player 1965 – Dan Jansen, American speed skater 1965 – Dara O'Kearney, Irish ultra runner and professional poker player 1966 – Jason Patric, American actor 1967 – Eric Stefani, American musician 1968 – Julie Miller, Hawaiian triathelte 1968 – Minoru Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestler 1969 – Paul Tergat, Kenyan athlete 1970 – Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player 1970 – Will Forte, American writer, actor and comedian 1970 – Jason Hanson, American football player 1970 – Popeye Jones, American basketball player 1970 – Michael Showalter, American comedian 1970 – Sasha Sokol, Mexican singer and actress 1971 – Mildred Fox, Irish politician 1971 – Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer 1972 – Sebastian White, English musician 1973 – Krayzie Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) 1973 – Louis Leterrier, French film director 1973 – Leander Paes, Indian tennis player 1973 – Christian Claudio, Puerto Rican business consultant 1974 – Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer 1975 – Jennifer Irwin, Canadian actress 1975 – Chloe Jones, American pornographic actress (d. 2005) 1975 – Joshua Leonard, American actor 1976 – Sven Nys, Belgian mountainbiker 1976 – Scott Adkins, English actor 1977 – Roger Manganelli, American bassist (Less Than Jake) 1977 – Mark Tauscher, American football player 1977 – Branko Tomovic, Serbian actor 1978 – Kumiko Aso, Japanese actress 1978 – Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer 1978 – James Corden, English actor and comedian 1979 – Nick Rimando, American footballer 1980 – Kimeru, Japanese singer 1980 – Venus Williams, American tennis player 1980 – Jeph Jacques, American webcomic writer 1981 – Kyle Boller, American football player 1981 – Shane Watson, Australian cricketer 1982 – Marek Svatoš, Slovakian ice hockey player 1983 – Connie Fisher, English stage actress 1983 – Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese singer and actor 1983 – Lee Ryan, British singer (Blue) 1984 – John Gallagher, Jr., American actor 1985 – Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot tennis player 1985 – Rafael Sóbis, Brazilian footballer 1988 – Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player 1988 – Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer 1989 – Giorgos Tofas, Cypriot footballer
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1239 – Edward Longshanks, English king (d. 1307)
1603 – Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663)
1682 – King Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718)
1691 – Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)
1693 – Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775)
1704 – John Kay, English inventor (d. 1780)
1714 – Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (d. 1762)
1714 – César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer (d. 1784)
1718 – George Howard, British field marshal (d. 1796)
1742 – William Hooper, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1790)
1808 – Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (d. 1845)
1810 – Ferdinand Freiligrath, German writer (d. 1876)
1811 – Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic independence fighter (d. 1879)
1818 – Charles Gounod, French composer (d. 1893)
1818 – Sophie of Württemberg, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1877)
1832 – Sir William Crookes, English physicist and chemist (d. 1919)
1839 – Arthur Tooth, English Anglican Clergyman (d. 1931)
1858 – Ebenezer Sumner Draper, 44th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1914)
1861 – Pete Browning, American baseball player (d. 1905)
1861 – Omar Bundy, American army general (d. 1940)
1863 – Duke Charles Michael of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1934)
1867 – John Robert Gregg, American inventor (d. 1948)
1867 – Henry Lawson, Australian poet (d. 1922)
1880 – Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer (d. 1964)
1881 – Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (d. 1955)
1882 – Adolf Friedrich VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1918)
1882 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (d. 1971)
1888 – Heinz Guderian, German general (d. 1954)
1898 – M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (d. 1972)
1898 – Carl Hermann, German physicist (d. 1961)
1898 – Harry Patch, British supercentenarian (d. 2009)
1900 – Martin Bormann, Nazi official (d. 1945)
1902 – Sammy Fain, American popular music composer (d. 1989)
1902 – Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (d. 1982)
1903 – Ruth Wakefield, American cook and hotelier (d. 1977)
1904 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor (d. 1991)
1907 – Maurice Cloche, French film director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1907 – Charles Eames, American designer and architect (d. 1978)
1909 – Elmer Lee Andersen, Governor of Minnesota (d. 2004)
1909 – Ralph E. Winters, Canadian film editor (d. 2004)
1910 – Red Foley, American musician (d. 1968)
1910 – George Hees, Canadian politician (d. 1996)
1914 – John Hersey, American author (d. 1993)
1915 – David "Stringbean" Akeman, American musician and actor (d. 1973)
1915 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (d. 1996)
1916 – Terry Gilkyson, American singer, lyricist and composer (d. 1999)
1918 – Ajahn Chah, Meditation master (d. 1992)
1920 – Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (d. 1981)
1920 – François Jacob, French biologist, Nobel laureate
1923 – Elroy Hirsch, American football player (d. 2004)
1927 – Martin Böttcher, German conductor
1929 – Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player (d. 1984)
1930 – Brian Statham, English cricketer (d. 2000)
1931 – John Baldessari, American artist
1932 – Peter Lupus, American actor
1932 – John Murtha, American politician (d. 2010)
1933 – Harry Browne, American writer and investment analyst (d. 2006)
1933 – Christian Ferras, French violinist (d. 1982)
1933 – Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (d. 1970)
1936 – Ken Loach, British film director
1936 – Vern Harper, Canadian First Nations Cree Elder and Korean War veteran
1940 – George Akerlof, American economist, Nobel laureate
1942 – Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian IAEA director, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1943 – Newt Gingrich, American politician
1943 – Barry Manilow, American musician
1943 – Burt Rutan, American aerospace engineer
1944 – Randy Johnson, American football player (d. 2009)
1945 – Frank Ashmore, American actor
1945 – Tommy Franks, American General
1945 – Ken Livingstone, English politician
1945 – Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist
1946 – Peter Rosei, Austrian writer
1947 – Christopher Allport, American actor (d. 2008)
1947 – George S. Clinton, American composer and musician
1947 – Paul Young, English singer and percussionist (d. 2000)
1947 – Linda Chavez, American author
1948 – Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball player
1948 – Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (d. 1992)
1949 – Snakefinger, British-born musician (d. 1987)
1950 – Lee Tamahori, New Zealand film director
1951 – Joe Piscopo, American actor
1952 – Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach and executive
1954 – Len Davies, Wrestling promoter
1955 – Gail Jones, Australian author
1956 – Chi-chi Nwanoku, English Double Bassist
1957 – Phil Chevron, Irish musician (The Pogues, The Radiators From Space)
1957 – Martin Dillon, American opera singer (d. 2005)
1957 – Jon Gries, American actor
1957 – Jack Wouterse, Dutch actor
1958 – Jello Biafra, American musician and activist
1958 – Bobby Farrelly, American film director
1958 – Sam Hamad, Syrian/Canadian politician
1958 – Daniel McVicar, American actor
1958 – Derek Lee Ragin, American countertenor
1960 – Adrián Campos, Spanish racing driver
1960 – Thomas Haden Church, American actor
1961 – Kōichi Yamadera, Japanese seiyū, actor and tarento
1962 – Michael Monroe, Finnish singer (Hanoi Rocks)
1963 – Greg Kinnear, American actor
1964 – Rinaldo Capello, Italian racing driver
1964 – Michael Gross, German swimmer
1964 – Erin Murphy, American actress
1965 – Dermontti Dawson, American football player
1965 – Dan Jansen, American speed skater
1965 – Dara O'Kearney, Irish ultra runner and professional poker player
1966 – Jason Patric, American actor
1967 – Eric Stefani, American musician
1968 – Julie Miller, Hawaiian triathelte
1968 – Minoru Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestler
1969 – Paul Tergat, Kenyan athlete
1970 – Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 – Will Forte, American writer, actor and comedian
1970 – Jason Hanson, American football player
1970 – Popeye Jones, American basketball player
1970 – Michael Showalter, American comedian
1970 – Sasha Sokol, Mexican singer and actress
1971 – Mildred Fox, Irish politician
1971 – Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer
1972 – Sebastian White, English musician
1973 – Krayzie Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
1973 – Louis Leterrier, French film director
1973 – Leander Paes, Indian tennis player
1973 – Christian Claudio, Puerto Rican business consultant
1974 – Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer
1975 – Jennifer Irwin, Canadian actress
1975 – Chloe Jones, American pornographic actress (d. 2005)
1975 – Joshua Leonard, American actor
1976 – Sven Nys, Belgian mountainbiker
1976 – Scott Adkins, English actor
1977 – Roger Manganelli, American bassist (Less Than Jake)
1977 – Mark Tauscher, American football player
1977 – Branko Tomovic, Serbian actor
1978 – Kumiko Aso, Japanese actress
1978 – Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer
1978 – James Corden, English actor and comedian
1979 – Nick Rimando, American footballer
1980 – Kimeru, Japanese singer
1980 – Venus Williams, American tennis player
1980 – Jeph Jacques, American webcomic writer
1981 – Kyle Boller, American football player
1981 – Shane Watson, Australian cricketer
1982 – Marek Svatoš, Slovakian ice hockey player
1983 – Connie Fisher, English stage actress
1983 – Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese singer and actor
1983 – Lee Ryan, British singer (Blue)
1984 – John Gallagher, Jr., American actor
1985 – Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot tennis player
1985 – Rafael Sóbis, Brazilian footballer
1988 – Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player
1988 – Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer
1989 – Giorgos Tofas, Cypriot footballer