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| *[[1713]] - [[Denis Diderot]], French philosopher and encylopedist (d. [[1784]]) | *[[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 (baseball writer)|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]]) | *[[1864]] - [[Louis Lumière]], French film pioneer (d. [[1948]]) | ||
| *[[1878]] - [[Louise Dresser]], American actress (d. [[1965]]) | *[[1878]] - [[Louise Dresser]], American actress (d. [[1965]]) | ||
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Births
- 1713 - Denis Diderot, French philosopher and encylopedist (d. 1784)
- 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
- Denis Diderot
- Jean Vigo
- Sylvia Beach
- Al Hansen
- Clive Barker
- Woodrow Parfrey
- Peter Ackroyd
- Ben Barenholtz
- John Addington Symonds
- Joachim Patinir
- Laura Gemser
- Jan Lenica
- Auguste and Louis Lumière
- Jacques Offenbach
- Monty Python
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