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1220 – Go-Saga, Emperor of Japan – 88th Emperor of Japan.
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1543 – François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières – French military leader.
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1578 – William Harvey – English physician who discovered the circulation of blood.
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1629 – Jean-Henri d’Anglebert – French composer and harpsichordist.
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1697 – Antoine François Prévost – French author known for Manon Lescaut.
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1753 – Joseph de Maistre – Savoyard philosopher and writer.
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1815 – Otto von Bismarck – Prussian statesman and first Chancellor of Germany.
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1865 – Richard Adolf Zsigmondy – Austrian chemist and Nobel Prize winner (1925).
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1866 – Ferruccio Busoni – Italian composer and pianist.
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1868 – Edmond Rostand – French poet and playwright, known for Cyrano de Bergerac.
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1873 – Sergei Rachmaninoff – Russian composer, pianist, and conductor.
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1883 – Lon Chaney – American actor known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces."
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1902 – Maria Polydouri – Greek poet of the 1920s.
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1908 – Abraham Maslow – American psychologist, creator of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
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1917 – Dinu Lipatti – Romanian classical pianist and composer.
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1917 – S. O. Davies – Welsh politician and Member of Parliament.
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1920 – Toshirō Mifune – Japanese actor, known for his work with Akira Kurosawa.
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1929 – Milan Kundera – Czech-French writer, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
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1929 – Payne Stewart – American professional golfer.
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1932 – Debbie Reynolds – American actress and singer, known for Singin’ in the Rain.
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1938 – Ali MacGraw – American actress and model.
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1939 – Ali MacGraw – American actress, known for Love Story.
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1940 – Wangari Maathai – Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner (2004).
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1947 – Alain Connes – French mathematician, Fields Medal winner (1982).
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1950 – Samuel Alito – Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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1952 – Annette O’Toole – American actress, known for Smallville.
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1953 – Barry Sonnenfeld – American filmmaker, known for Men in Black.
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1955 – Dirk Benedict – American actor, known for The A-Team.
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1961 – Susan Boyle – Scottish singer, known for Britain’s Got Talent.
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1966 – Rory Underwood – English rugby player.
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1971 – Method Man (Clifford Smith) – American rapper and actor.
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1973 – Rachel Maddow – American TV host and political commentator.
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1976 – Asa Butterfield – English actor, known for Hugo and Sex Education.
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1983 – Matt Lanter – American actor, known for 90210 and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
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1987 – Shahd Batal – Syrian actress and singer.
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1991 – Hiroki Yasumoto – Japanese voice actor.
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1994 – Ezra Miller – American actor, known for The Flash and Fantastic Beasts.
