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Events, Births, and Deaths. ([Birth.] Wikipedia Part 1.)
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1329 – Anne of Bavaria (d. 1353)
1711 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty (d. 1779)
1750 – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (d. 1810)
1758 – Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician (d. 1820)
1767 – Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1835)
1774 – Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (d. 1845)
1791 – Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (d. 1824)
1792 – William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (d. 1842)
1820 – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Indian philosopher, painter, and academic (d. 1891)
1840 – Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (d. 1923)
1843 – Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (d. 1912)
1849 – Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
1865 – Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (d. 1937)
1867 – Winsor McCay, American illustrator and animator (d. 1934)
1869 – Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer (d. 1935)
1870 – Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947)
1872 – Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (d. 1945)
1873 – Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator (d. 1940)
1873 – Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum (d. 1949)
1874 – Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist (d. 1940)
1875 – Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor and singer (d. 1959)
1876 – Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author (d. 1957)
1876 – Philip Kassel, American gymnast (d. 1959)
1876 – Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician (d. 1952)
1877 – Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist (d. 1963)
1877 – Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1962)
1881 – Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (d. 1966)
1884 – Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1951)
1886 – Archibald Hill, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977)
1887 – Edwin Keppel Bennett, English author and poet (d. 1958)
1887 – Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (d. 1967)
1887 – Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (d. 1979)
1888 – J. Frank Dobie, American journalist and author (d. 1964)
1888 – T. S. Eliot, American-English publisher, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
1889 – Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (d. 1946)
1889 – Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (d. 1976)
1890 – Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (d. 1959)
1891 – Charles Münch, French violinist and conductor (d. 1968)
1892 – Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist (d. 1970)
1893 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress (d. 1929)
1895 – Jürgen Stroop, German SS officer (d. 1952)
1897 – Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)
1897 – Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917)
1898 – George Gershwin, American pianist and composer (d. 1937)
1900 – Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer (d. 1983)
1905 – Millito Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2011)
1901 – George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1980)
1905 – Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach (d. 1996)
1907 – Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (d. 1983)
1907 – Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (d. 1992)
1909 – Bill France, Sr., American race car DRIVER, founded NASCAR (d. 1992)
1909 – A. P. Hamann, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1977)
1911 – Al Helfer, American sportscaster (d. 1975)
1913 – Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1914 – Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer (d. 2009)
1914 – Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (d. 2011)
1917 – Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1976)
1917 – Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese philosopher (d. 1993)
1918 – John Rankine, Welsh author (d. 2013)
1918 – John Zacherle, American television host, voice actor, and singer
1919 – Barbara Britton, American actress (d. 1980)
1919 – Matilde Camus, Spanish poet (d. 2012)
1922 – Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (d. 1985)
1922 – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (d. 2014)
1923 – Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1923 – Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, English lawyer and judge
1925 – Norm Dussault, American ice hockey player (d. 2012)
1925 – Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car DRIVER (d. 1982)
1926 – Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000)
1926 – Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist (d. 2011)
1927 – Robert Blackburn, Irish educator (d. 1990)
1927 – Robert Cade, American physician and educator, co-invented Gatorade (d. 2007)
1927 – Patrick O'Neal, American actor (d. 1994)
1927 – Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2010)
1928 – Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor
1928 – Wilford White, American football player (d. 2013)
1930 – Philip Bosco, American actor
1930 – Joe Brown, English mountaineer
1930 – Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (d. 1966)
1931 – Kenneth Parnell, American sex offender (d. 2008)
1932 – Richard Herd, American actor
1932 – Manmohan Singh, Indian economist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of India
1932 – Vladimir Voinovich, Russian author
1933 – Donna Douglas, American actress
1935 – Lou Myers, American actor (d. 2013)
1935 – Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (d. 2007)
1936 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African politician
1937 – Valentin Pavlov, Soviet politician, 11th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2003)
1937 – Jerry Weintraub, American actor and producer
1938 – Lars-Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (d. 2010)
1939 – Ricky Tomlinson, English actor and screenwriter
1941 – Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor
1941 – Martine Beswick, Jamaican-English model and actress
1942 – Kent McCord, American actor
1943 – Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1943 – Tim Schenken, Australian race car DRIVER
1944 – Jan Brewer, American politician, 22nd Governor of Arizona
1944 – Anne Robinson, English journalist
1945 – Louise Beaudoin, Canadian politician
1945 – Gal Costa, Brazilian singer
1945 – Bryan Ferry, English singer-songwriter (The Bryan Ferry Orchestra and Roxy Music)
1946 – Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author (d. 2005)
1946 – John Gray, Canadian actor, playwright, and composer
1946 – Togo Igawa, Japanese actor
1946 – Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician
1946 – Louise Simonson, American author
1946 – Christine Todd Whitman, American politician, 50th Governor of New Jersey
1947 – Lynn Anderson, American singer
1947 – Philippe Lavil, French singer
1948 – Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1949 – Clodoaldo, Brazilian footballer
1949 – Wendy Saddington, Australian singer (Chain and James Taylor Move) (d. 2013)
1949 – Jane Smiley, American author
1949 – Marie Tifo, Canadian actress
1949 – Minette Walters, English author
1951 – Ronald DeFeo, Jr., American murderer
1951 – Stuart Tosh, Scottish singer-songwriter and drummer (10cc and Pilot)
1952 – Predrag Miletić, Serbian actor and singer
1953 – Joe Benigno, American radio host
1953 – Dolores Keane, Irish singer and actress (De Dannan)
1954 – Craig Chaquico, American guitarist (Jefferson Starship)
1954 – Kevin Kennedy, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1955 – Carlene Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Steve Butler, American race car driver
1956 – Linda Hamilton, American actress
1957 – Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager
1958 – Darby Crash, American singer-songwriter (Germs and Darby Crash Band) (d. 1980)
1958 – Robert Kagan, Greek-American historian and author
1958 – Richard B. Weldon, Jr., American politician
1958 – Rudi Cerne, German figure skater and journalist
1959 – Rich Gedman, American baseball player and coach
1960 – Uwe Bein, German footballer and manager
1960 – Jouke de Vries, Dutch academic
1961 – Charlotte Fich, Danish actress
1961 – Marianne Mikko, Estonian politician
1961 – Will Self, English journalist and author
1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson, American actress
1962 – Peter Foster, Australian criminal
1962 – Mark Haddon, English author and poet
1962 – Lawrence Leritz, American actor, singer, and dancer
1962 – Al Pitrelli, American guitarist and songwriter (Megadeth, Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and Asia)
1963 – Lysette Anthony, English actress and producer
1963 – Joe Nemechek, American race car driver
1964 – Nicki French, English singer and dancer
1964 – Dave Martinez, American baseball player and coach
1964 – John Tempesta, American drummer (White Zombie, Helmet, Testament, The Cult, and Scum of the Earth)
1965 – Cindy Herron, American singer and actress (En Vogue)
1965 – Alexandra Lencastre, Portuguese actress
1711 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty (d. 1779)
1750 – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (d. 1810)
1758 – Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician (d. 1820)
1767 – Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1835)
1774 – Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (d. 1845)
1791 – Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (d. 1824)
1792 – William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (d. 1842)
1820 – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Indian philosopher, painter, and academic (d. 1891)
1840 – Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (d. 1923)
1843 – Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (d. 1912)
1849 – Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
1865 – Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (d. 1937)
1867 – Winsor McCay, American illustrator and animator (d. 1934)
1869 – Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer (d. 1935)
1870 – Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947)
1872 – Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (d. 1945)
1873 – Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator (d. 1940)
1873 – Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum (d. 1949)
1874 – Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist (d. 1940)
1875 – Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor and singer (d. 1959)
1876 – Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author (d. 1957)
1876 – Philip Kassel, American gymnast (d. 1959)
1876 – Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician (d. 1952)
1877 – Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist (d. 1963)
1877 – Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1962)
1881 – Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (d. 1966)
1884 – Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1951)
1886 – Archibald Hill, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977)
1887 – Edwin Keppel Bennett, English author and poet (d. 1958)
1887 – Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (d. 1967)
1887 – Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (d. 1979)
1888 – J. Frank Dobie, American journalist and author (d. 1964)
1888 – T. S. Eliot, American-English publisher, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
1889 – Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (d. 1946)
1889 – Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (d. 1976)
1890 – Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (d. 1959)
1891 – Charles Münch, French violinist and conductor (d. 1968)
1892 – Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist (d. 1970)
1893 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress (d. 1929)
1895 – Jürgen Stroop, German SS officer (d. 1952)
1897 – Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)
1897 – Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917)
1898 – George Gershwin, American pianist and composer (d. 1937)
1900 – Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer (d. 1983)
1905 – Millito Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2011)
1901 – George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1980)
1905 – Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach (d. 1996)
1907 – Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (d. 1983)
1907 – Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (d. 1992)
1909 – Bill France, Sr., American race car DRIVER, founded NASCAR (d. 1992)
1909 – A. P. Hamann, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1977)
1911 – Al Helfer, American sportscaster (d. 1975)
1913 – Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1914 – Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer (d. 2009)
1914 – Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (d. 2011)
1917 – Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1976)
1917 – Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese philosopher (d. 1993)
1918 – John Rankine, Welsh author (d. 2013)
1918 – John Zacherle, American television host, voice actor, and singer
1919 – Barbara Britton, American actress (d. 1980)
1919 – Matilde Camus, Spanish poet (d. 2012)
1922 – Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (d. 1985)
1922 – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (d. 2014)
1923 – Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1923 – Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, English lawyer and judge
1925 – Norm Dussault, American ice hockey player (d. 2012)
1925 – Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car DRIVER (d. 1982)
1926 – Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000)
1926 – Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist (d. 2011)
1927 – Robert Blackburn, Irish educator (d. 1990)
1927 – Robert Cade, American physician and educator, co-invented Gatorade (d. 2007)
1927 – Patrick O'Neal, American actor (d. 1994)
1927 – Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2010)
1928 – Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor
1928 – Wilford White, American football player (d. 2013)
1930 – Philip Bosco, American actor
1930 – Joe Brown, English mountaineer
1930 – Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (d. 1966)
1931 – Kenneth Parnell, American sex offender (d. 2008)
1932 – Richard Herd, American actor
1932 – Manmohan Singh, Indian economist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of India
1932 – Vladimir Voinovich, Russian author
1933 – Donna Douglas, American actress
1935 – Lou Myers, American actor (d. 2013)
1935 – Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (d. 2007)
1936 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African politician
1937 – Valentin Pavlov, Soviet politician, 11th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2003)
1937 – Jerry Weintraub, American actor and producer
1938 – Lars-Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (d. 2010)
1939 – Ricky Tomlinson, English actor and screenwriter
1941 – Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor
1941 – Martine Beswick, Jamaican-English model and actress
1942 – Kent McCord, American actor
1943 – Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1943 – Tim Schenken, Australian race car DRIVER
1944 – Jan Brewer, American politician, 22nd Governor of Arizona
1944 – Anne Robinson, English journalist
1945 – Louise Beaudoin, Canadian politician
1945 – Gal Costa, Brazilian singer
1945 – Bryan Ferry, English singer-songwriter (The Bryan Ferry Orchestra and Roxy Music)
1946 – Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author (d. 2005)
1946 – John Gray, Canadian actor, playwright, and composer
1946 – Togo Igawa, Japanese actor
1946 – Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician
1946 – Louise Simonson, American author
1946 – Christine Todd Whitman, American politician, 50th Governor of New Jersey
1947 – Lynn Anderson, American singer
1947 – Philippe Lavil, French singer
1948 – Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1949 – Clodoaldo, Brazilian footballer
1949 – Wendy Saddington, Australian singer (Chain and James Taylor Move) (d. 2013)
1949 – Jane Smiley, American author
1949 – Marie Tifo, Canadian actress
1949 – Minette Walters, English author
1951 – Ronald DeFeo, Jr., American murderer
1951 – Stuart Tosh, Scottish singer-songwriter and drummer (10cc and Pilot)
1952 – Predrag Miletić, Serbian actor and singer
1953 – Joe Benigno, American radio host
1953 – Dolores Keane, Irish singer and actress (De Dannan)
1954 – Craig Chaquico, American guitarist (Jefferson Starship)
1954 – Kevin Kennedy, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1955 – Carlene Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Steve Butler, American race car driver
1956 – Linda Hamilton, American actress
1957 – Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager
1958 – Darby Crash, American singer-songwriter (Germs and Darby Crash Band) (d. 1980)
1958 – Robert Kagan, Greek-American historian and author
1958 – Richard B. Weldon, Jr., American politician
1958 – Rudi Cerne, German figure skater and journalist
1959 – Rich Gedman, American baseball player and coach
1960 – Uwe Bein, German footballer and manager
1960 – Jouke de Vries, Dutch academic
1961 – Charlotte Fich, Danish actress
1961 – Marianne Mikko, Estonian politician
1961 – Will Self, English journalist and author
1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson, American actress
1962 – Peter Foster, Australian criminal
1962 – Mark Haddon, English author and poet
1962 – Lawrence Leritz, American actor, singer, and dancer
1962 – Al Pitrelli, American guitarist and songwriter (Megadeth, Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and Asia)
1963 – Lysette Anthony, English actress and producer
1963 – Joe Nemechek, American race car driver
1964 – Nicki French, English singer and dancer
1964 – Dave Martinez, American baseball player and coach
1964 – John Tempesta, American drummer (White Zombie, Helmet, Testament, The Cult, and Scum of the Earth)
1965 – Cindy Herron, American singer and actress (En Vogue)
1965 – Alexandra Lencastre, Portuguese actress
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