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Births

• 1713 - Denis Diderot, French philosopher and encylopedist (d. 1784)
• 1715 - Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (d. 1789)
• 1717 - Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1744)
• 1781 - Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848)
• 1792 - Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1844)
• 1795 - Alexander Keith, Scottish-born Canadian brewer (d. 1873)
• 1820 - David Wilber, American politician (d. 1890)
• 1824 - Henry Chadwick, English-born American baseball writer and statistician (d. 1908)
• 1829 - Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (d.1886)
• 1848 - Guido von List, German writer (d. 1919)
• 1850 - Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician, and President of the First Imperial Duma (d. 1910)
• 1864 - Louis Lumière, French film pioneer (d. 1948)
• 1878 - Louise Dresser, American actress (d. 1965)
• 1879 - Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1970)
• 1882 - Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist (d. 1945)
• 1887 - René Cassin, French judge, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1976)
• 1889 - Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (d. 1936)
• 1892 - Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (d. 1969)
• 1894 - Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (d. 1948)
• 1901 - John Alton, American cinematographer (d. 1996)
• 1902 - Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (d. 1975)
• 1902 - Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (d. 1984)
• 1903 - M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (d. 1989)
• 1904 - John Hoyt, American film and television actor (d. 1991)
• 1905 - Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (d. 1987)
• 1907 - Mrs. Miller, American singer (d. 1997)
• 1908 - Joshua Logan, American film director and writer (d. 1988)
• 1911 - Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (d. 1966)
• 1912 - Fritz Fischer (medical doctor), Nazi war criminal
• 1913 - Eugene Bennett Fluckey American Navy Submariner (d. 2007)
• 1917 - Allen Ludden, American television game show host (d. 1981)
• 1919 - Donald Pleasence, English actor (d. 1995)
• 1921 - Bill Willis, American football player
• 1922 - José Froilán González, Argentine race car driver
• 1922 - Bil Keane, American cartoonist
• 1922 - Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1985)
• 1923 - Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer (d. 1994)
• 1923 - Glynis Johns, British actress
• 1923 - Bill Wirtz, longtime Chicago Blackhawks owner (d. 2007)
• 1924 - Bill Dana, American actor
• 1924 - Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007)
• 1925 - Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997)
• 1925 - Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (d. 2006)
• 1926 - Willi Unsoeld, American climber (d. 1979)
• 1928 - Louise Fitzhugh, American author (d. 1974)
• 1929 - Richard F. Gordon, Jr., American astronaut
• 1930 - Anne Haddy, Australian actress (d. 1999)
• 1930 - Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut
• 1930 - Reinhard Selten, German economist, Nobel laureate
• 1932 - Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (d. 2006)
• 1933 - Diane Cilento, Australian actress
• 1934 - Angelo Buono, Jr., American serial killer (d. 2002)
• 1936 - Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic
• 1937 - Barry Switzer, American football coach
• 1938 - Teresa Heinz Kerry, American philanthropist
• 1939 - Marie Laforêt, French singer and actress
• 1939 - Marie-Claire Blais, French Canadian author and playwright
• 1941 - Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina
• 1942 - Richard Street, American singer (The Temptations)
• 1943 - Steve Miller, American musician
• 1945 - Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) (d. 1997)
• 1945 - Geoff Leigh, English jazz and progressive rock musician
• 1946 - Zahida Hina, Pakistani columnist
• 1946 - Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey coach
• 1947 - Brian Johnson, English singer (AC/DC)
• 1948 - Tawl Ross, American musician (P Funk)
• 1948 - Zoran Živković, Serbian writer
• 1949 - Ralph Goodale, Canadian politician
• 1949 - Bill James, American baseball writer
• 1949 - B.W. Stevenson, American singer (d. 1988)
• 1950 - 'Fast' Eddie Clarke, English guitarist (Motörhead, Fastway)
• 1950 - Jeff Conaway, American actor
• 1950 - Edward P. Jones, American writer
• 1951 - Karen Allen, American actress
• 1951 - Bob Geldof, Irish singer (The Boomtown Rats) and activist
• 1952 - Clive Barker, English writer
• 1952 - Duncan Regehr, Canadian actor
• 1952 - Gigi Sabani, Italian TV host (d. 2007)
• 1957 - Mark Geragos, American attorney
• 1958 - André Kuipers, Dutch astronaut
• 1958 - Bernie Mac, American comedian
• 1960 - Daniel Baldwin, American actor
• 1961 - Matthew Kauffman, American journalist and George Polk Award winner
• 1961 - David Kirk, New Zealand rugby union footballer
• 1962 - Michael Andretti, American race car driver
• 1963 - Caron Keating, Irish television personality (d. 2004)
• 1964 - Keiji Fujiwara, Japanese voice actor
• 1964 - Malik Saidullaev Chechen businessman
• 1964 - Warren E. Miller, Maryland politician
• 1965 - Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 - Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 - Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker referee
• 1967 - Guy Pearce, Anglo-Australian actor
• 1970 - Agnes Barley, American artist
• 1970 - Josie Bissett, American actress
• 1970 - South Park Mexican, American rapper
• 1972 - Grant Hill, American basketball player
• 1972 - Thomas Roberts, American news anchor
• 1974 - Heather Headley, Trinidadian singer
• 1974 - Colin Meloy, American singer (The Decemberists)
• 1975 - Bobo Baldé, Guinean footballer
• 1975 - Parminder Nagra, English actress
• 1975 - Kate Winslet, English actress
• 1976 - Song Seung-hun, South Korean actor
• 1976 - Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen President
• 1976 - J. J. Yeley, American race car driver
• 1978 - Shane Ryan, Irish Gaelic footballer
• 1978 - Morgan Webb, Canadian-born television presenter
• 1978 - James Valentine, American musician (Maroon 5)
• 1979 - Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 - Vincenzo Grella, Australian soccer player
• 1980 - Paul Thomas, American bassist (Good Charlotte)
• 1981 - Kelvin Tan Wei Lian, Singaporean singer
• 1983 - Nicky Hilton, American heiress
• 1984 - Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer
• 1985 - Nicola Roberts, English singer (Girls Aloud)
• 1987 - Javier Villa, Spanish racing driver
• 1990 - Mark Anthony Fitzpatrick, Irish Radio Host

Deaths

• 578 - Justin II, Byzantine Emperor
• 877 - Charles the Bald (b. 823)
• 1056 - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1017)
• 1112 - Sigebert of Gembloux, French chronicler
• 1214 - King Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1155)
• 1285 - King Philip III of France (b. 1245)
• 1528 - Richard Foxe, English churchman
• 1540 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (b. 1488)
• 1564 - Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer
• 1565 - Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (b. 1522)
• 1606 - Philippe Desportes, French poet (b. 1546)
• 1714 - Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher (b. 1630)
• 1740 - Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (b. 1721)
• 1777 - Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)
• 1791 - Grigori Potemkin, Russian statesman (b. 1739)
• 1805 - Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general (b. 1738)
• 1813 - Tecumseh, Shawnee leader
• 1837 - Hortense de Beauharnais, French-born queen of Holland and mother of the Emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1783)
• 1848 - Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781)
• 1861 - Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (b. 1778)
• 1880 - Jacques Offenbach, German-born composer (b. 1819)
• 1913 - Hans von Bartels, German painter (b. 1856)
• 1918 - Roland Garros, French pilot (shot down) (b. 1888)
• 1930 - Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, British military officer (b. 1875)
• 1933 - Renée Adorée, French actress (b. 1898)
• 1933 - Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)
• 1936 - J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist (tuberculosis) (b. 1898)
• 1938 - Saint Faustina, Polish saint (b. 1905)
• 1940 - Ballington Booth, Salvation Army Officer and co-founder of Volunteers of America (b. 1857)
• 1940 - Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (b. 1859)
• 1940 - Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican musician (b. 1889)
• 1941 - Louis Dembitz Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1856)
• 1943 - Leon Roppolo, American musician (b. 1902)
• 1950 - Frederic Lewy, German neurologist (b. 1885)
• 1952 - Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1884 or 1885)
• 1976 - Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
• 1976 - Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1929)
• 1981 - Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1983 - Earl Tupper, American inventor (b. 1907)
• 1983 - Humberto Mauro, Brazilian film director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1986 - Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)
• 1986 - James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician (b. 1919)
• 1986 - Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver (b. 1947)
• 1992 - Eddie Kendricks, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1939)
• 1993 - Jim Holton, Scottish footballer (b. 1951)
• 1995 - Linda Gary, American voice actress (b. 1944)
• 1996 - Seymour Cray, American computer pioneer (b. 1925)
• 1997 - Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (b. 1962)
• 2000 - Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (b. 1976)
• 2001 - Mike Mansfield, American politician (b. 1903)
• 2002 - Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
• 2003 - Denis Quilley, English actor (b. 1927)
• 2003 - Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1978)
• 2003 - Timothy Treadwell, American bear enthusiast featured in Grizzly Man (b. 1957)
• 2004 - Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (b. 1921)
• 2004 - Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
• 2004 - William H. Dobelle, American biomedical engineer, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine nominee (b. 1941)
• 2006 - Antonio Peña, Mexican founder of lucha libre promotion AAA (b. 1953)

Notes

• Neil Postman

1. Denis Diderot
2. Jean Vigo
3. Sylvia Beach
4. Al Hansen
5. Clive Barker
6. Woodrow Parfrey
7. Peter Ackroyd
8. Ben Barenholtz
9. John Addington Symonds
10. Joachim Patinir
11. Laura Gemser

• Jan Lenica
• Auguste and Louis Lumière
• Jacques Offenbach
• Monty Python