Births
1162 - Leonora of England, Queen of Castile (d. 1214)
1474 - Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (d. 1515)
1566 - Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (d. 1643)
1613 - Luisa of Medina-Sidonia, queen of Portugal (d. 1666)
1696 - John Hervey, Lord Hervey, English statesman and writer (d. 1743)
1713 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter (d. 1784)
1714 - Pieter Burmann the Younger, Dutch philologist (d. 1778)
1768 - Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (d. 1839)
1820 - John William Dawson, Canadian geologist (d. 1899)
1821 - Rudolf Virchow, German physician, pathologist, biologist, and politician (d. 1902)
1853 - Lillie Langtry, British actress (d. 1929)
1862 - Mary Kingsley, English writer and explorer (d. 1900)
1876 - Rube Waddell, American baseball player (d. 1914)
1878 - Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian Roman Catholic priest (d. 1952)
1880 - Sasha Cherny, Russian poet (d. 1932)
1887 - Jozef Tiso, Slovak politician (d. 1947)
1890 - Conrad Richter, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1968)
1900 - Gerald Marks, American songwriter (All of Me) (d. 1997)
1902 - Arna Wendell Bontemps, American writer (d. 1973)
1907 - Yves Allégret, French film director (d. 1987)
1909 - Art Tatum, American jazz pianist (d. 1956)
1909 - Herbert Block, American cartoonist (d. 2001)
1911 - Ashok Kumar, Indian actor (d. 2001)
1915 - Terry Frost, English artist (d. 2003)
1915 - Cornel Wilde, American actor (d. 1989)
1917 - Laraine Day, American actor
1917 - George Virl Osmond, Osmond family patriarch (d. 2007)
1917 - Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (d. 1985)
1918 - Robert Hudson Walker, American actor (d. 1951)
1920 - Laraine Day, American actress (d. 2007)
1921 - Yves Montand, Italian-born singer and actor (d. 1991)
1923 - Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (d. 2006)
1925 - Lenny Bruce, American comedian (d. 1966)
1925 - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1925 - Gustav Winckler, Danish singer (d. 1979)
1926 - Ray Brown, American jazz bassist (d. 2002)
1927 - Lee Konitz, American jazz saxophonist
1931 - Eddie Mathews, American baseball player (d. 2001)
1931 - Raymond Kopa, French footballer
1932 - Jack Colvin, American actor (d. 2005)
1933 - Raynald Frechette, Quebec politician and judge (d. 2007)
1933 - Queen Narriman, second and last wife of King Farouk and mother of their only child King Fuad (d. 2005)
1934 - Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer and politician
1937 - Sami Frey, French actor
1938 - Hugo Young, English journalist (d. 2003)
1939 - T. J. Cloutier, American poker player
1939 - Melinda Dillon, American actress
1940 - Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist
1941 - Paul Simon, American singer and musician (Simon and Garfunkel)
1942 - Jerry Jones, American football team owner
1942 - Pamela Tiffin, American film actress
1942 - Bob Bailey, American baseball player
1944 - Robert Lamm, American musician (Chicago)
1945 - Christophe, French singer
1945 - Dési Bouterse, Surinam politician
1946 - Edwina Currie, British politician
1947 - Sammy Hagar, American singer (Van Halen)
1947 - Jerry Trupiano, American sports broadcaster
1947 - Alan Wakeman, English saxophonist (Soft Machine)
1948 - John Ford Coley, American musician
1948 - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician and singer (d. 1997)
1948 - Ted Poe, American politician
1949 - Tom Mees, American sports broadcaster (d. 1996)
1949 - Patrick Nève, Belgian racing driver
1952 - John Lone, Hong Kong actor
1953 - Pat Day, American jockey
1954 - George Frazier, American baseball player
1954 - Claude Ribbe, French historian
1954 - Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli nuclear technician
1956 - Chris Carter, American television producer
1958 - Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, American musician and composer
1959 - Marie Osmond, American entertainer
1960 - Joey Belladonna, American musician (Anthrax)
1960 - Tim Brewster, American football coach
1960 - Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary
1961 - Doc Rivers, basketball player and coach
1962 - T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, American actress
1962 - Kelly Preston, American actress
1962 - Jerry Rice, American football star
1963 - Colin Channer, Jamaican writer
1964 - Niè Hǎishèng, Chinese astronaut
1964 - Christopher Judge, American actor
1965 - Johan Museeuw, Belgian cyclist
1967 - Scott Cooper, American baseball player
1967 - Trevor Hoffman, American baseball player
1967 - Steve Vickers, English footballer
1967 - Kate Walsh, American actress
1968 - Tisha Campbell-Martin, American actress and singer
1968 - Carlos Marin, Spanish baritone (Il Divo)
1969 - Rhett Akins, American country singer
1969 - Nancy Kerrigan, American figure skater
1969 - Cady McClain, American actress
1970 - Serena Altschul, American reporter
1970 - Mel Jackson, American actor and R&B musician
1971 - Sacha Baron Cohen, English comedian
1971 - Billy Bush, American TV host
1971 - Pyrros Dimas, Greek weightlifter
1972 - Summer Sanders, American swimmer
1973 - Brian Dawkins, American football player
1973 - Matt Hughes, American mixed martial artist
1973 - Nanako Matsushima, Japanese actress
1974 - Hawick Lau, Chinese actor and singer
1974 - Joseph Utsler, American rapper (Insane Clown Posse)
1975 - Tom Anderson, American entrepreneur
1975 - David Kennedy, American musician (Box Car Racer, Angels & Airwaves)
1977 - Gareth Batty, English cricketer
1977 - Paul Pierce, American basketball player
1977 - Kiele Sanchez, American actress
1978 - Jermaine O'Neal, American basketball player
1979 - Wes Brown, English footballer
1980 - Ashanti, American singer
1980 - Magne Hoseth, Norwegian footballer
1980 - Scott Parker, English footballer
1980 - Jon Micah Sumrall, American singer (Kutless)
1981 - Ryan Ashford, English footballer
1981 - Kele Okereke, lead singer of Bloc Party
1982 - Ian Thorpe, Australian swimmer

Deaths(probably more ominous, and telling)
Deaths
54 - Claudius, Roman Emperor (b. 10 BC)
1093 - Robert I, Count of Flanders
1282 - Nichiren Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism (b. 1222)
1415 - Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1381)
1508 - Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1446)
1605 - Theodore Beza, French theologian (b. 1519)
1673 - Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (b. 1617)
1687 - Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (b. 1633)
1694 - Samuel von Pufendorf, German jurist (b. 1632)
1706 - Iyasus the Great, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1682)
1715 - Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher (b. 1638)
1759 - John Henley, English minister (b. 1692)
1788 - Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Irish politician and poet (b. 1702)
1812 - Sir Isaac Brock, British general (killed in battle) (b. 1769)
1815 - Joachim Murat, French marshal and King of Naples (executed) (b. 1767)
1825 - King Maximilian I of Bavaria (b. 1756)
1869 - Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French literary critic (b. 1804)
1882 - Arthur de Gobineau, French philosopher (b. 1816)
1890 - Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1816)
1904 - Pavlos Melas, Greek officer who organized and participated in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia (b. 1870)
1905 - Sir Henry Irving, the first British actor to be knighted (b. 1838)
1909 - Francisco Ferrer Guardia, Spanish free-thinker (b. 1849)
1917 - Florence La Badie, American actress
1919 - Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)
1926 - Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian author and philologist (b. 1865)
1931 - Ernst Didring, Swedish author (b. 1868)
1938 - E.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (b. 1894)
1945 - Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate tycoon (b. 1857)
1950 - Ernest Haycox, American writer (b. 1899)
1955 - Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (b. 1897)
1966 - Clifton Webb, American actor (b. 1889)
1968 - Bea Benaderet, American actress (b. 1906)
1971 - Stafford Smythe, Canadian NHL executive (b. 1921)
1974 - Ed Sullivan, American television personality (b. 1901)
1979 - Rebecca Helferich Clarke, English composer and violist (b. 1886)
1987 - Walter Brattain, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
1987 - Kishore Kumar, Indian Singer (b.1929)
1988 - Mike Venezia, jockey (b. 1945)
1990 - Lê Ðức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1911)
2000 - Jean Peters, American actress (b. 1926)
2001 - Peter Doyle, Australian pop singer (The New Seekers) (b. 1949)
2002 - Stephen Ambrose, American historian and biographer (b. 1936)
2003 - Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
2005 - Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights activist (b. 1942)
2006 - Wang Guangmei, Chinese first lady (b. 1921)
2007 - Bob Denard, French mercenary (b. 1929)

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