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Pre-1600[edit]
- 120 – Vettius Valens, Greek
astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer
(probable;[19] d.
175)
- 412 – Proclus,
Greek mathematician and philosopher
(probable;[20] d.
485)
- 882 – Muhammad
ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, Egyptian
commander and politician, Abbasid
Governor of Egypt (d.
946)[21]
- 1191 – Yaroslav
II of Vladimir (d.
1246)[22]
- 1291 – Afonso IV of Portugal (d.
1357)[23]
- 1405 – Constantine
XI Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor
(d. 1453)[24]
- 1487 – Ulrich,
Duke of Württemberg (d.
1550)[25]
- 1514 – Daniele Barbaro, Venetian
churchman, diplomat and scholar (d. 1570)[26]
- 1552 – Agrippa
d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier
(d. 1630)[27]
- 1577 – Robert Burton, English
priest, physician, and scholar (d. 1640)[28]
- 1591 – Guercino,
Italian painter (d. 1666)[29]
1601–1900[edit]
- 1685 – Charles-Jean-François
Hénault, French historian and author
(d. 1770)[30]
- 1700 – Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss
mathematician and physicist (d. 1782)[31]
- 1720 – Emperor Sakuramachi of
Japan (d. 1750)
- 1741 – André Grétry, Belgian-French
organist and composer (d. 1813)[32]
- 1762 – Gia
Long, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1820)
- 1764 – Joseph Leopold Eybler,
Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1846)[33]
- 1792 – Caroline
Augusta of Bavaria (d.
1873)
- 1798 – Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of
Russia (d. 1849)[34]
- 1807 – Benjamin
Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor
and zoologist (d. 1889)[35]
- 1817 – Richard S. Ewell, American
general (d. 1872)[36]
- 1819 – John
Ruskin, English author, critic, and
academic (d. 1900)[37]
- 1820 – William
Tecumseh Sherman, American general
(d. 1891)[38]
- 1822 – Maxime Du Camp, French
photographer and journalist (d. 1894)[39]
- 1825 – Henry Walter Bates,
English geographer, biologist, and
explorer (d. 1892)[40]
- 1828 – Jules
Verne, French author, poet, and
playwright (d. 1905)[41]
- 1829 – Vital-Justin
Grandin, French-Canadian bishop and
missionary (d. 1902)
- 1830 – Abdülaziz
of the Ottoman Empire (d.
1876)
- 1834 – Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian
chemist and academic (d. 1907)
- 1850 – Kate
Chopin, American author (d. 1904)
- 1860 – Adella Brown Bailey,
American politician and suffragist (d.
1937)[42]
- 1866 – Moses
Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist
and academic (d. 1947)
- 1876 – Paula
Modersohn-Becker, German painter (d.
1907)[43]
- 1878 – Martin
Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher
and academic (d. 1965)
- 1880 – Franz
Marc, German soldier and painter (d.
1916)
- 1880 – Viktor
Schwanneke, German actor and
director (d. 1931)
- 1882 – Thomas Selfridge, American
lieutenant and pilot (d. 1908)
- 1883 – Joseph Schumpeter,
Czech-American economist and political
scientist (d. 1950)
- 1884 – Snowy
Baker, Australian boxer, rugby
player, and actor (d. 1953)
- 1886 – Charlie Ruggles, American
actor (d. 1970)
- 1888 – Edith
Evans, English actress (d. 1976)
- 1888 – Giuseppe
Ungaretti, Egyptian-Italian soldier,
journalist, and poet (d. 1970)
- 1890 – Claro M. Recto, Filipino
lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1960)
- 1893 – Ba
Maw, Burmese lawyer and politician, Prime
Minister of Burma (d.
1977)
- 1894 – King
Vidor, American director, producer,
and screenwriter (d. 1982)
- 1897 – Zakir Hussain,
Indian academic and politician, 3rd president of India (d.
1969)
- 1899 – Lonnie
Johnson, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist (d. 1970)
1901–present[edit]
- 1902 – Demchugdongrub,
Mongol prince and politician, head of
state of Mengjiang (d.
1966)[44]
- 1903 – Greta
Keller, Austrian-American singer and
actress (d. 1977)
- 1903 – Tunku
Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of
Malaysia (d. 1990)
- 1906 – Chester Carlson, American
physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography (d.
1968)
- 1909 – Elisabeth
Murdoch, Australian philanthropist
(d. 2012)
- 1911 – Elizabeth Bishop, American
poet and author (d. 1979)
- 1913 – Betty
Field, American actress (d. 1973)
- 1913 – Danai
Stratigopoulou, Greek
singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
- 1914 – Bill
Finger, American author and
screenwriter, co-created Batman (d.
1974)
- 1915 – Georges Guétary,
Egyptian-French singer, dancer, and actor
(d. 1997)
- 1918 – Freddie Blassie, American
wrestler and manager (d. 2003)
- 1921 – Barney
Danson, Canadian colonel and
politician, 21st Canadian Minister of National
Defence (d. 2011)
- 1921 – Nexhmije
Hoxha, Albanian politician (d. 2020)[45]
- 1921 – Balram
Singh Rai, Guyanese politician, 1st
Minister of Home Affairs [46] (d.
2022)[47]
- 1921 – Lana
Turner, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1922 – Audrey Meadows, American
actress and banker (d. 1996)[48]
- 1925 – Jack
Lemmon, American actor (d. 2001)
- 1926 – Neal
Cassady, American author and poet
(d. 1968)
- 1926 – Birgitte
Reimer, Danish film actress (d.
2021)
- 1930 – Alejandro
Rey, Argentinian-American actor and
director (d. 1987)
- 1931 – James
Dean, American actor (d. 1955)
- 1932 – Cliff
Allison, English racing driver and
businessman (d. 2005)[49]
- 1932 – John
Williams, American pianist,
composer, and conductor
- 1933 – Elly
Ameling, Dutch soprano
- 1937 – Joe
Raposo, American pianist and
composer (d. 1989)[50]
- 1937 – Harry Wu, Chinese
human rights activist (d. 2016)
- 1939 – Jose Maria Sison, Filipino
activist and theorist
- 1940 – Sophie
Lihau-Kanza, Congolese politician
(d. 1999)[51]
- 1940 – Ted
Koppel, English-American journalist
- 1941 – Nick
Nolte, American actor and producer
- 1941 – Tom Rush,
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and
producer
- 1941 – Jagjit
Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (d.
2011)
- 1942 – Robert
Klein, American comedian, actor, and
singer
- 1942 – Terry
Melcher, American singer-songwriter
and producer (d. 2004)
- 1943 – Valerie Thomas, American
scientist and inventor
- 1944 – Roger Lloyd-Pack,
English actor (d. 2014)
- 1944 – Sebastião
Salgado, Brazilian photographer and
journalist
- 1948 – Dan
Seals, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist (d. 2009)
- 1949 – Brooke
Adams, American actress, producer,
and screenwriter
- 1949 – Niels
Arestrup, French actor, director,
and screenwriter
- 1952 – Marinho Chagas, Brazilian
footballer and coach (d. 2014)
- 1953 – Mary Steenburgen,
American actress
- 1955 – John
Grisham, American lawyer and author
- 1955 – Jim
Neidhart, American wrestler (d.
2018)[52]
- 1956 – Marques Johnson, American
basketball player and sportscaster
- 1957 – Karine
Chemla, French historian of
mathematics and sinologist
- 1958 – Sherri
Martel, American wrestler and
manager (d. 2007)
- 1958 – Marina
Silva, Brazilian environmentalist
and politician
- 1959 – Heinz
Gunthardt, Swiss tennis player
- 1959 – Andrew
Hoy, Australian equestrian rider
- 1959 – Mauricio
Macri, Argentinian businessman and
politician, President
of Argentina
- 1960 – Benigno Aquino III,
Filipino politician, 15th President
of the Philippines (d.
2021)[53]
- 1960 – Dino
Ciccarelli, Canadian ice hockey
player
- 1961 – Vince
Neil, American singer-songwriter and
actor
- 1963 – Mohammad Azharuddin,
Indian cricketer and politician
- 1964 – Arlie
Petters, Belizean-American
mathematical physicist and academic
- 1964 – Santosh
Sivan, Indian director,
cinematographer, producer, and actor
- 1964 – Trinny
Woodall, English fashion designer
and author[54]
- 1966 – Kirk
Muller, Canadian ice hockey player
and coach[55]
- 1966 – Hristo
Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer and
manager
- 1968 – Gary
Coleman, American actor (d. 2010)[56]
- 1969 – Pauly
Fuemana, New Zealand-Australian
singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)[57]
- 1969 – Mary
Robinette Kowal, American puppeteer
and author
- 1969 – Mary
McCormack, American actress and
producer
- 1970 – Stephanie Courtney, American
actress and comedian[58]
- 1970 – John
Filan, Australian footballer and
coach
- 1970 – Alonzo
Mourning, American basketball player
and executive[59]
- 1971 – Aidy Boothroyd, English
footballer and manager
- 1971 – Mika Karppinen,
Swedish-Finnish drummer and songwriter
- 1972 – Big
Show, American wrestler and actor
- 1974 – Seth
Green, American actor, voice artist,
comedian, producer, writer, and director
- 1976 – Khaled
Mashud, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1976 – Nicolas
Vouilloz, French rally driver and
mountain biker
- 1977 – Roman Kostomarov,
Russian ice dancer[60]
- 1978 – Mick de Brenni, Australian
politician
- 1979 – Aaron Cook,
American baseball player
- 1980 – William
Jackson Harper, American actor[61][62][63]
- 1981 – Steve
Gohouri, Ivorian footballer (d.
2015)
- 1981 – Myriam
Montemayor Cruz, Mexican singer
- 1983 – Jermaine Anderson, Canadian
basketball player
- 1983 – Cory
Jane, New Zealand rugby player
- 1984 – Cecily
Strong, American actress
- 1984 – Panagiotis
Vasilopoulos, Greek basketball
player
- 1985 – Petra Cetkovská, Czech tennis
player
- 1985 – Jeremy
Davis, American bass player and
songwriter
- 1985 – Brian
Randle, American basketball player
and coach[64]
- 1986 – Anderson
Paak, American singer, songwriter,
rapper, record producer, and
multi-instrumentalist
- 1987 – Javi García, Spanish
footballer
- 1987 – Carolina
Kostner, Italian figure skater[65]
- 1988 – Keegan
Meth, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1989 – Zac
Guildford, New Zealand rugby player
- 1989 – Julio
Jones, American football player[66]
- 1990 – Klay
Thompson, American professional
basketball player
- 1991 – Nam
Woo-hyun, South Korean singer
- 1992 – Bruno Martins Indi,
Portuguese-Dutch footballer
- 1994 – Hakan
Çalhanoğlu, Turkish footballer
- 1994 – Nikki
Yanofsky, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1995 – Joshua Kimmich, German
footballer
- 1996 – Kenedy, Brazilian
footballer
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