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Pre-1600[edit]
1601–1900[edit]
- 1608 – Giovanni
Alfonso Borelli, Italian
physiologist and physicist (d. 1679)[24]
- 1611 – Johannes Hevelius, Polish
astronomer and politician (d. 1687)[25]
- 1622 – Adrien
Auzout, French astronomer and
instrument maker (d. 1691)
- 1693 – Gregor
Werner, Austrian composer (d. 1766)
- 1701 – Charles
Marie de La Condamine, French
mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)
- 1706 – John Baskerville,
English printer and typographer (d. 1775)
- 1712 – Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese
shōgun (d. 1761)
- 1717 – Mustafa
III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1774)
- 1719 – Johann Elias Schlegel,
German poet and critic (d. 1749)
- 1726 – Christian
Felix Weiße, German poet and
playwright (d. 1802)
- 1755 – Samuel
Thomas von Sömmerring, Polish-German
physician, anthropologist, and
paleontologist (d. 1830)
- 1784 – George
Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen,
Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom (d. 1860)
- 1797 – Charles Gray Round,
English lawyer and politician (d. 1867)
- 1818 – George S. Boutwell, American
lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of the
Treasury (d. 1905)
- 1822 – Alexander
Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian
politician, 2nd Prime
Minister of Canada (d.
1892)[26]
- 1833 – Charles
George Gordon, English general and
politician (d. 1885)
- 1853 – José Martí, Cuban journalist,
poet, and theorist (d. 1895)
- 1853 – Vladimir
Solovyov, Russian philosopher, poet,
and critic (d. 1900)
- 1855 – William
Seward Burroughs I, American
businessman, founded the Burroughs
Corporation (d.
1898)
- 1858 – Tannatt
William Edgeworth David,
Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer
(d. 1934)
- 1861 – Julián Felipe, Filipino
composer and educator (d. 1944)
- 1863 – Ernest
William Christmas,
Australian-American painter (d. 1918)
- 1864 – Charles W. Nash, American
businessman, founded Nash
Motors (d. 1948)
- 1865 – Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian
author and politician (d. 1928)
- 1865 – Kaarlo
Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer,
judge, and politician, 1st President
of Finland (d.
1952)
- 1873 – Colette,
French novelist and journalist (d. 1954)
- 1873 – Monty
Noble, Australian cricketer (d.
1940)
- 1874 – Alex Smith,
Scottish golfer (d. 1930)
- 1875 – Julián Carrillo, Mexican
violinist, composer, and conductor (d.
1965)
- 1878 – Walter
Kollo, German composer and conductor
(d. 1940)
- 1880 – Herbert Strudwick, English
cricketer and coach (d. 1970)
- 1884 – Auguste Piccard, Swiss
physicist and explorer (d. 1962)
- 1885 – Vahan
Terian, Armenian poet and activist
(d. 1920)
- 1886 – Marthe Bibesco,
Romanian-French author and poet (d. 1973)[27]
- 1886 – Hidetsugu
Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic
(d. 1976)
- 1887 – Arthur Rubinstein,
Polish-American pianist and educator (d.
1982)
- 1897 – Valentin Kataev, Russian
author and playwright (d. 1986)
- 1900 – Alice
Neel, American painter (d. 1984)
1901–present[edit]
- 1903 – Aleksander
Kamiński, Polish author and educator
(d. 1978)
- 1903 – Kathleen
Lonsdale, Irish crystallographer and
1st female FRS (d.
1971)[28]
- 1906 – Pat O'Callaghan,
Irish athlete (d. 1991)[29]
- 1906 – Markos Vafiadis, Greek
general and politician (d. 1992)
- 1908 – Paul
Misraki, Turkish-French composer and
historian (d. 1998)
- 1909 – John Thomson, Scottish
footballer (d. 1931)
- 1910 – John
Banner, Austrian actor (d. 1973)
- 1911 – Johan van Hulst, Dutch
politician, academic and author, Yad
Vashem recipient
(d. 2018)
- 1912 – Jackson Pollock, American
painter (d. 1956)
- 1918 – Harry
Corbett, English puppeteer, actor,
and screenwriter (d. 1989)
- 1918 – Trevor
Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer
and politician (d. 2004)
- 1919 – Gabby Gabreski, American
colonel and pilot (d. 2002)
- 1921 – Vytautas Norkus,
Lithuanian–American basketball player (d.
2014)
- 1922 – Anna Gordy Gaye, American
songwriter and producer, co-founded Anna
Records (d. 2014)
- 1922 – Robert
W. Holley, American biochemist and
academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1993)
- 1924 – Marcel Broodthaers,
Belgian painter and poet (d. 1976)
- 1925 – Raja
Ramanna, Indian physicist and
politician (d. 2004)
- 1926 – Jimmy
Bryan, American race car driver (d.
1960)
- 1927 – Per
Oscarsson, Swedish actor, director,
producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
- 1927 – Ronnie
Scott, English saxophonist (d. 1996)
- 1927 – Hiroshi
Teshigahara, Japanese director,
producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
- 1927 – Vera
Williams, American author and
illustrator (d. 2015)
- 1929 – Acker
Bilk, English singer and clarinet
player (d. 2014)
- 1929 – Nikolai
Parshin, Russian footballer and
manager (d. 2012)
- 1929 – Claes
Oldenburg, Swedish-American sculptor
and illustrator (d. 2022)[30]
- 1929 – Edith
M. Flanigen, American chemist
- 1930 – Kurt Biedenkopf,
German academic and politician, 54th President of the German Bundesrat (d.
2021)
- 1930 – Roy
Clarke, English screenwriter,
comedian and soldier
- 1933 – Jack
Hill, American director and
screenwriter
- 1934 – Juan Manuel Bordeu,
Argentinian race car driver (d. 1990)
- 1935 – David Lodge,
English author and critic
- 1936 – Alan
Alda, American actor, director, and
writer
- 1936 – Ismail
Kadare, Albanian novelist, poet,
essayist, and playwright[31]
- 1937 – Karel
Čáslavský, Czech historian and
television host (d. 2013)
- 1938 – Tomas
Lindahl, Swedish-English biologist
and academic, Nobel
Prize laureate
- 1938 – Leonid
Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter
and coach (d. 2016)
- 1939 – John M. Fabian, American
colonel, pilot, and astronaut
- 1940 – Carlos
Slim, Mexican businessman and
philanthropist, founded Grupo
Carso
- 1942 – Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch
figure skater
- 1942 – Erkki
Pohjanheimo, Finnish director and
producer
- 1943 – Dick
Taylor, English guitarist and
songwriter
- 1944 – Rosalía Mera, Spanish
businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (d.
2013)
- 1944 – John
Tavener, English composer (d. 2013)[32]
- 1945 – Marthe
Keller, Swiss actress and director
- 1947 – Jeanne Shaheen, American
educator and politician, 78th Governor
of New Hampshire
- 1948 – Ilkka
Kanerva, Finnish politician (d.
2022)[33]
- 1948 – Bob
Moses, American drummer
- 1948 – Charles Taylor,
Liberian politician, 22nd President
of Liberia
- 1949 – Mike Moore, New
Zealand union leader and politician, 34th Prime
Minister of New Zealand (d.
2020)[34]
- 1949 – Jim
Wong-Chu, Canadian poet (d.2017)[35]
- 1949 – Gregg
Popovich, American basketball player
and coach
- 1950 – Barbi
Benton, American actress, singer and
model
- 1950 – Hamad
bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini king
- 1950 – David
C. Hilmers, American colonel,
physician, and astronaut
- 1950 – Naila
Kabeer, Bangladeshi-English
economist and academic
- 1951 – Brian
Bilbray, American politician
- 1951 – Leonid
Kadeniuk, Ukrainian general, pilot,
and astronaut (d. 2018)
- 1951 – Billy
Bass Nelson, American R&B/funk
bass player
- 1952 – Richard Glatzer, American
director, producer, and screenwriter (d.
2015)
- 1953 – Colin Campbell, Canadian ice
hockey player and coach
- 1954 – Peter
Lampe, German theologian and
historian
- 1954 – Bruno
Metsu, French footballer and manager
(d. 2013)
- 1954 – Rick
Warren, American pastor and author
- 1955 – Vinod
Khosla, Indian-American businessman,
co-founded Sun
Microsystems
- 1955 – Nicolas
Sarkozy, French lawyer and
politician, 23rd President
of France
- 1956 – Richard Danielpour,
American composer and educator
- 1956 – Peter
Schilling, German singer-songwriter
- 1957 – Mark
Napier, Canadian ice hockey player
and sportscaster
- 1957 – Nick
Price, Zimbabwean-South African
golfer
- 1957 – Frank
Skinner, English comedian, actor,
and author
- 1959 – Frank Darabont, American
director and producer
- 1960 – Loren
Legarda, Filipino journalist and
politician
- 1961 – Normand Rochefort, Canadian
ice hockey player and coach
- 1962 – Sam
Phillips, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist
- 1964 – David
Lawrence, English cricketer
- 1966 – Seiji Mizushima, Japanese
director and producer
- 1967 – Billy Brownless, Australian
footballer and sportscaster
- 1968 – Sarah McLachlan, Canadian
singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
- 1968 – Rakim, American
rapper[36]
- 1969 – Giorgio Lamberti, Italian
swimmer
- 1969 – Mo Rocca,
American comedian and television
journalist
- 1969 – Linda
Sánchez, American lawyer and
politician
- 1972 – Amy Coney Barrett, American
jurist, academic, attorney, and Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States[37]
- 1972 – Mark
Regan, English rugby player
- 1972 – Nicky
Southall, English footballer and
manager
- 1972 – Léon
van Bon, Dutch cyclist
- 1974 – Tony
Delk, American basketball player and
coach
- 1974 – Jermaine
Dye, American baseball player
- 1974 – Ramsey
Nasr, Dutch author and poet
- 1974 – Magglio
Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player
and politician
- 1975 – Pedro
Pinto, Portuguese-American
journalist
- 1975 – Junior
Spivey, American baseball player and
coach
- 1976 – Sireli
Bobo, Fijian rugby player
- 1976 – Mark
Madsen, American basketball player
and coach
- 1976 – Rick
Ross, American rapper and producer
- 1976 – Miltiadis
Sapanis, Greek footballer
- 1977 – Sandis Buškevics, Latvian
basketball player and coach
- 1977 – Daunte
Culpepper, American football player
- 1977 – Joey
Fatone, American singer, dancer, and
television personality
- 1977 – Takuma
Sato, Japanese race car driver
- 1978 – Gianluigi Buffon, Italian
footballer
- 1978 – Jamie
Carragher, English footballer and
sportscaster
- 1978 – Papa
Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer
(d. 2020)
- 1978 – Sheamus, Irish
wrestler[38]
- 1978 – Big
Freedia, American musician[39]
- 1980 – Nick Carter,
American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1980 – Yasuhito
Endō, Japanese footballer
- 1980 – Michael
Hastings, American journalist and
author (d. 2013)
- 1980 – Brian
Fallon, American singer-songwriter
- 1981 – Elijah
Wood, American actor and producer[40]
- 1984 – Ben
Clucas, English race car driver
- 1984 – Stephen
Gostkowski, American football player
- 1984 – Andre
Iguodala, American basketball player
- 1984 – Anne
Panter, English field hockey player
- 1985 – J.
Cole, American singer
- 1985 – Daniel
Carcillo, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 – Lauris
Dārziņš, Latvian ice hockey player
- 1985 – Arnold
Mvuemba, French footballer
- 1985 – Libby
Trickett, Australian swimmer
- 1986 – Jessica Ennis-Hill,
English heptathlete and hurdler[41]
- 1986 – Nathan
Outteridge, Australian sailor
- 1986 – Asad
Shafiq, Pakistani cricketer
- 1988 – Paul
Henry, English footballer
- 1988 – Seiya
Sanada, Japanese wrestler
- 1989 – Siem
de Jong, Dutch footballer[42]
- 1991 – Carl Klingberg, Swedish ice
hockey player[43]
- 1992 – Sergio
Araujo, Argentinian footballer[44]
- 1994 – Lin Zhu, Chinese tennis
player[45]
- 1995 – Mimi-Isabella
Cesar, British rhythmic gymnast[46]
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