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1204 – Henry I of Castile – King of Castile (1214–1217).
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1519 – Catherine de’ Medici – Queen consort of France (1547–1559).
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1570 – Guy Fawkes – English conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot.
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1593 – Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford – English statesman.
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1618 – Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy – French writer.
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1729 – Thomas Percy – English bishop and poet.
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1732 – Frederick North, Lord North – Prime Minister of Great Britain (1770–1782).
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1743 – Thomas Jefferson – Third President of the United States (1801–1809).
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1764 – Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr – French marshal and politician.
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1771 – Richard Trevithick – British inventor and mining engineer.
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1784 – Friedrich Graf von Wrangel – Prussian field marshal.
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1794 – Jean-Pierre Boyer – President of Haiti (1818–1843).
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1802 – Leopold Fitzinger – Austrian zoologist.
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1808 – Antonio Meucci – Italian inventor and pioneer of the telephone.
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1825 – Thomas D’Arcy McGee – Irish-Canadian politician and journalist.
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1828 – Joseph Barber Lightfoot – English bishop and theologian.
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1832 – Juan Montalvo – Ecuadorian author and essayist.
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1841 – Louis-Ernest Barrias – French sculptor.
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1850 – Arthur Matthew Weld Downing – Irish astronomer.
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1851 – William Quan Judge – Irish-American theosophist.
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1852 – F. W. Woolworth – American businessman and founder of Woolworth’s.
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1860 – James Ensor – Belgian painter and printmaker.
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1866 – Butch Cassidy – American outlaw and leader of the Wild Bunch gang.
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1873 – John W. Davis – American politician and diplomat.
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1875 – Ray Lyman Wilbur – American physician and educator.
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1879 – Edward Bruce – American artist and administrator.
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1885 – Georg Lukács – Hungarian philosopher and literary critic.
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1885 – Juhan Kukk – Estonian politician and Prime Minister of Estonia.
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1889 – Herbert Yardley – American cryptologist.
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1891 – Nella Larsen – American novelist and nurse.
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1892 – Sir Arthur Harris – British air marshal.
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1892 – Robert Watson-Watt – Scottish inventor of radar.
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1894 – Arthur Fadden – Prime Minister of Australia (1941).
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1897 – Werner Voss – German World War I flying ace.
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1899 – Alfred Mosher Butts – American architect and inventor of Scrabble.
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1901 – Jacques Lacan – French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist.
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1902 – Philippe de Rothschild – French vintner and racing driver.
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1906 – Samuel Beckett – Irish playwright and novelist, Nobel Prize winner (1969).
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1907 – Harold Stassen – American politician and presidential candidate.
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1909 – Eudora Welty – American short story writer and novelist.
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1911 – Ico Hitrec – Croatian footballer.
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1916 – Phyllis Fraser – American actress and journalist.
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1919 – Howard Keel – American actor and singer.
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1920 – Roberto Calvi – Italian banker.
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1920 – Liam Cosgrave – Taoiseach of Ireland (1973–1977).
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1922 – John Braine – English novelist.
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1922 – Julius Nyerere – President of Tanzania (1964–1985).
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1923 – Don Adams – American actor, known for Get Smart.
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1924 – Stanley Donen – American film director, known for Singin’ in the Rain.
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1926 – John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough – British aristocrat.
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1926 – Ellen Goodman – American journalist and columnist.
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1928 – Alan Clark – British politician and diarist.
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1931 – Dan Gurney – American racing driver and team owner.
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1933 – Ben Nighthorse Campbell – American politician and Native American leader.
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1937 – Edward Fox – English actor.
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1939 – Paul Sorvino – American actor, known for Goodfellas.
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1939 – Seamus Heaney – Irish poet and Nobel Prize winner (1995).
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1940 – Vladimir Cosma – Romanian-French composer.
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1940 – Max Mosley – British motorsport executive.
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1941 – Michael Stuart Brown – American geneticist and Nobel Prize winner (1985).
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1943 – Bill Conti – American composer and conductor.
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1944 – Jack Casady – American musician (Jefferson Airplane).
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1946 – Al Green – American singer and songwriter.
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1946 – Bob Kalsu – American football player and Vietnam War casualty.
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1948 – Mikhail Shufutinsky – Russian singer and actor.
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1950 – William Sadler – American actor, known for The Shawshank Redemption.
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1950 – Ron Perlman – American actor, known for Hellboy.
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1951 – Peabo Bryson – American singer.
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1951 – Peter Davison – English actor, known for Doctor Who.
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1951 – Max Weinberg – American musician (E Street Band).
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1952 – Erick Avari – Indian-American actor.
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1954 – Jimmy Destri – American musician (Blondie).
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1957 – Saundra Santiago – American actress, known for Miami Vice.
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1960 – Rudi Völler – German footballer and manager.
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1960 – Olaf Ludwig – German cyclist.
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1962 – Hillel Slovak – Israeli-American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers).
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1963 – Garry Kasparov – Russian chess grandmaster and world champion.
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1963 – Dana Barros – American basketball player.
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1964 – Caroline Rhea – Canadian actress and comedian.
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1966 – Ali Boumnijel – Tunisian footballer.
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1970 – Ricky Schroder – American actor, known for Silver Spoons.
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1972 – Aaron Lewis – American musician (Staind).
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1974 – Sarah Michelle Gellar – American actress, known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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1975 – Lou Bega – German singer, known for Mambo No. 5.
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1976 – Jonathan Brandis – American actor.
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1976 – Glenn Howerton – American actor, known for It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
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1978 – Kyle Howard – American actor.
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1979 – Baron Davis – American basketball player.
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1980 – Quinton Aaron – American actor, known for The Blind Side.
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1982 – Nellie McKay – British-American singer-songwriter.
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1984 – Nico Rosberg – German racing driver and Formula One World Champion.
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1987 – Hunter Pence – American baseball player.
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1990 – Riley Keough – American actress and model.
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1991 – Hannah Marks – American actress and filmmaker.
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1992 – Aaron Gray – Australian rugby league player.
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1994 – Isabelle Fuhrman – American actress, known for Orphan.
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1995 – Loren Gray – American singer and social media personality.
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1996 – Elle Fanning – American actress.