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Pre-1600[edit]
1601–1900[edit]
- 1646 – Pierre Le Pesant,
sieur de Boisguilbert, French
economist (d. 1714)[19]
- 1653 – Arcangelo Corelli, Italian
violinist and composer (d. 1713)[20]
- 1723 – Tobias
Mayer, German astronomer and
academic (d. 1762)
- 1740 – Horace-Bénédict
de Saussure, Swiss physicist and
meteorologist (d. 1799)[21]
- 1752 – Friedrich
Maximilian Klinger, German author
and playwright (d. 1831)
- 1754 – Nicolas Baudin, French
cartographer and explorer (d. 1803)
- 1758 – John Pinkerton, Scottish
antiquarian, cartographer, author,
numismatist and historian (d. 1826)
- 1762 – John
Cooke, English captain (d. 1805)[22]
- 1781 – René Laennec, French
physician, invented the stethoscope (d.
1826)[23]
- 1796 – Philipp
Franz von Siebold, German physician
and botanist (d. 1866)
- 1799 – Carl
Julian (von) Graba, German lawyer
and ornithologist who visited and studied
the Faroe Islands (d. 1874)[24]
- 1817 – Édouard Thilges,
Luxembourgian jurist and politician, 7th Prime
Minister of Luxembourg (d.
1904)
- 1820 – Henri Vieuxtemps,
Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1881)[25]
- 1821 – Lola
Montez, Irish-American actress and
dancer (d. 1861)[26]
- 1832 – Richard Henry Park,
American sculptor (d. 1902)
- 1836 – Gustavo
Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish author,
poet, and playwright (d. 1870)
- 1843 – Aaron Montgomery Ward,
American businessman, founded Montgomery Ward (d.
1913)
- 1848 – Louisa
Lawson, Australian poet and
publisher (d. 1920)
- 1854 – Friedrich
Alfred Krupp, German businessman (d.
1902)
- 1861 – Helena
of Waldeck and Pyrmont, duchess of
Albany (d. 1922)[27]
- 1862 – Mori
Ōgai, Japanese general, author, and
poet (d. 1922)
- 1864 – Jozef Murgaš, Slovak priest,
botanist, and painter (d. 1929)
- 1864 – Banjo
Paterson, Australian journalist,
author, and poet (d. 1941)[28]
- 1874 – Thomas J. Watson, American
businessman (d. 1956)
- 1877 – Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss
explorer and author (d. 1904)[29]
- 1877 – André
Maginot, French sergeant and
politician (d. 1932)
- 1879 – Dorothy
Canfield Fisher, American
educational reformer, social activist and
author (d. 1958)[30]
- 1881 – Mary
Carson Breckinridge, American nurse
midwife, founded Frontier
Nursing Service (d.
1965)
- 1887 – Joseph
Bech, Luxembourgian lawyer and
politician, 15th Prime
Minister of Luxembourg (d.
1975)
- 1887 – Leevi
Madetoja, Finnish composer and
critic (d. 1947)
- 1888 – Otto
Stern, German-American physicist and
academic, Nobel
Prize laureate (d.
1969)
- 1890 – Ronald
Fisher, English-Australian
statistician, biologist, and geneticist
(d. 1962)
- 1891 – Abraham Fraenkel,
German-Israeli mathematician and academic
(d. 1965)
- 1893 – Wally
Pipp, American baseball player and
journalist (d. 1965)
- 1899 – Jibanananda Das,
Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author (d.
1954)
- 1900 – Ruth
Clifford, American actress (d. 1998)
1901–present[edit]
- 1903 – Sadegh Hedayat,
Iranian-French author and translator (d.
1951)
- 1904 – Hans Morgenthau,
German-American political scientist,
philosopher, and academic (d. 1980)
- 1905 – Ruth
Baldwin, British socialite (d. 1937)[31]
- 1905 – Rózsa
Politzer, Hungarian mathematician
(d. 1977)[32]
- 1906 – Mary
Brian, American actress (d. 2002)
- 1908 – Bo
Yibo, Chinese general and
politician, Vice
Premier of the People's Republic of
China (d. 2007)
- 1910 – Marc
Lawrence, American actor, director,
producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
- 1911 – Oskar
Seidlin, German-American author,
poet, and scholar (d. 1984)
- 1912 – Andre
Norton, American author (d. 2005)
- 1914 – Arthur Kennedy,
American actor (d. 1990)
- 1916 – Alexander
Obolensky, Russian rugby player and
pilot (d. 1940)
- 1916 – Don
Tallon, Australian cricketer (d.
1984)
- 1916 – Raf
Vallone, Italian footballer and
actor (d. 2002)
- 1918 – William
Bronk, American poet and academic
(d. 1999)
- 1918 – Jacqueline
Ferrand, French mathematician (d.
2014)
- 1919 – J. M. S. Careless, Canadian
historian and academic (d. 2009)
- 1919 – Kathleen
Freeman, American actress and singer
(d. 2001)
- 1919 – Joe Hunt,
American tennis player (d. 1945)[33]
- 1920 – Ivo
Caprino, Norwegian director and
screenwriter (d. 2001)
- 1920 – Annie
Castor, American disability and
communication disorder advocate (d. 2020)
- 1920 – Curt
Swan, American illustrator (d. 1996)[34]
- 1921 – Duane
Gish, American biochemist and
academic (d. 2013)[35]
- 1922 – Tommy
Edwards, American R&B
singer-songwriter (d. 1969)
- 1923 – Buddy DeFranco, American
clarinet player and bandleader (d. 2014)
- 1924 – Margaret Truman, American
singer and author (d. 2008)[36]
- 1925 – Ron
Goodwin, English composer and
conductor (d. 2003)
- 1925 – Hal
Holbrook, American actor and
director (d. 2021)[37]
- 1928 – Marta
Romero, Puerto Rican actress and
singer (d. 2013)
- 1928 – Michiaki
Takahashi, Japanese virologist (d.
2013)[38]
- 1929 – Alejandro
Jodorowsky, Chilean-French director
and screenwriter
- 1929 – Chaim
Potok, American rabbi and author (d.
2002)[39]
- 1929 – Nicholas Ridley,
Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, English
lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for Business,
Innovation and Skills (d.
1993)
- 1929 – Patricia
Routledge, English actress and
singer
- 1930 – Roger
Craig, American baseball player,
coach, and manager
- 1930 – Benjamin
Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist
and academic (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Ruth
Rendell, English author (d. 2015)
- 1931 – Jiřina
Jirásková, Czech actress and singer
(d. 2013)
- 1931 – Buddy
Ryan, American football coach (d.
2016)
- 1933 – Craig L. Thomas, American
captain and politician (d. 2007)
- 1934 –
Sir Alan
Bates, English actor (d. 2003)[40]
- 1934 – Barry
Humphries (Dame
Edna Everage), Australian comedian,
actor, and author[41]
- 1936 – Jim
Brown, American football player and
actor[41]
- 1937 – Mary Ann Mobley, American
model and actress, Miss
America 1959 (d.
2014)
- 1940 – Vicente
Fernández, Mexican
singer-songwriter, actor, and producer (d.
2021)[42][43]
- 1941 – Julia McKenzie, English
actress, singer, and director
- 1941 – Gene
Pitney, American singer-songwriter
(d. 2006)[44]
- 1942 – Huey P. Newton, American
activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (d.
1989)
- 1944 – Karl
Jenkins, Welsh saxophonist, keyboard
player, and composer[45]
- 1945 – Zina
Bethune, American actress, dancer,
and choreographer (d. 2012)
- 1945 – Brenda
Fricker, Irish actress[41]
- 1946 – Shahrnush Parsipur,
Iranian-American author and academic
- 1948 – José José, Mexican
singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d.
2019)
- 1949 – Fred
Frith, English guitarist and
songwriter[46]
- 1949 – Dennis
Green, American football player and
coach (d. 2016)
- 1951 – Rashid
Minhas, Pakistani soldier and pilot
(d. 1971)
- 1952 – Karin
Büttner-Janz, German gymnast and
physician
- 1952 – Vladimír
Padrůněk, Czech bass player (d.
1991)
- 1954 – Lou Ann Barton, American
blues singer-songwriter
- 1954 – Miki
Berkovich, Israeli basketball player
- 1954 – Rene
Russo, American actress[41]
- 1955 – Mo
Yan, Chinese author and academic, Nobel
Prize laureate
- 1956 – Richard
Karn, American actor and game show
host
- 1957 – Loreena McKennitt, Canadian
singer-songwriter, accordion player, and
pianist
- 1959 – Aryeh
Deri, Moroccan-Israeli rabbi and
politician, Israeli
Minister of Internal Affairs
- 1959 – Rowdy
Gaines, American swimmer and
sportscaster[47]
- 1960 – Lindy
Ruff, Canadian hockey player and
coach
- 1961 – Angela
Eagle, English politician, Shadow Leader of the House of
Commons
- 1961 – Maria
Eagle, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for
Defence
- 1961 – Andrey
Korotayev, Russian anthropologist,
historian, and sociologist
- 1962 – Lou
Diamond Phillips, American actor and
director[41]
- 1963 – Larry the Cable Guy,
American comedian and voice actor
- 1963 – Alison
Hargreaves, English mountaineer (d.
1995)[48]
- 1963 – Jen-Hsun Huang,
Taiwanese-American businessman, co-founded Nvidia
- 1963 – Michael
Jordan, American basketball player
and actor[41]
- 1964 – Sherry
Hawco, Canadian gymnast (d. 1991)[49]
- 1965 – Michael
Bay, American director and producer[50]
- 1965 – Danny
Lee, Australian rugby league player
- 1966 – Luc Robitaille,
Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and
actor[51]
- 1968 – Wu'erkaixi,
Chinese journalist and activist
- 1968 – Giuseppe
Signori, Italian footballer
- 1969 – David Douillet, French
martial artist and politician
- 1969 – Vasily
Kudinov, Russian handball player (d.
2017)
- 1970 – Dominic Purcell, English-born
Irish-Australian actor and producer
- 1971 – Denise Richards, American
model and actress[41]
- 1972 – Billie Joe Armstrong,
American singer-songwriter, guitarist,
actor, and producer (Green
Day)
- 1972 – Philippe
Candeloro, French figure skater[52]
- 1972 – Taylor
Hawkins, American singer-songwriter
and drummer (Foo
Fighters) (d. 2022)[53]
- 1972 – Valeria
Mazza, Argentinian model and
businesswoman
- 1972 – Lars-Göran
Petrov, Swedish singer and drummer
(d. 2021)
- 1973 – Goran
Bunjevčević, Serbian FR
Yugoslavia international
footballer (d. 2018)[54]
- 1973 – Raphaël
Ibañez, French rugby player
- 1974 – Kaoru, Japanese
guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1974 – Jerry
O'Connell, American actor, director,
and producer
- 1975 – Václav Prospal, Czech ice
hockey player
- 1978 – Rory
Kinnear, English actor and
playwright
- 1980 – Al
Harrington, American basketball
player
- 1980 – Klemi
Saban, Israeli footballer
- 1981 – Joseph Gordon-Levitt,
American actor, director, and producer[41]
- 1981 – Paris
Hilton, American model, media
personality, actress, singer, DJ, author
and businesswoman[41]
- 1981 – Pontus
Segerström, Swedish footballer (d.
2014)
- 1982 – Adriano,
Brazilian footballer
- 1982 – Brian
Bruney, American baseball player[55]
- 1983 – Kevin
Rudolf, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and producer
- 1984 – AB de Villiers, South African
cricketer
- 1984 – Katie
Hill, Australian 3.0 point wheelchair
basketball player
- 1984 – Marcin
Gortat, Polish basketball player
- 1985 – Anders
Jacobsen, Norwegian ski jumper
- 1988 – Vasyl Lomachenko,
Ukrainian boxer
- 1989 – Rebecca Adlington, English
swimmer[56]
- 1989 – Chord
Overstreet, American actor and
singer
- 1990 – Marianne St-Gelais, Canadian
speed skater
- 1991 – Ed
Sheeran, English singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and producer[41]
- 1993 – Nicola
Leali, Italian footballer
- 1993 – Marc
Márquez, Spanish motorcycle racer
- 1997 – Madison
Keys, American tennis player[57]
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