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| - | *[[1492]] - [[Lorenzo II de' Medici]], Duke of Urbino (d. [[1519]]) | ||
| - | *[[1494]] - King [[Francis I of France]] (d. [[1547]]) | ||
| - | *[[1575]] - [[Henry Hudson]], English explorer | ||
| *[[1605]] - [[William Dugdale]], English antiquarian (d. [[1686]]) | *[[1605]] - [[William Dugdale]], English antiquarian (d. [[1686]]) | ||
| *[[1688]] - [[Ferdinand Brokoff]], Czech sculptor (d. [[1731]]) | *[[1688]] - [[Ferdinand Brokoff]], Czech sculptor (d. [[1731]]) | ||
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Births
- 1605 - William Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686)
- 1688 - Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731)
- 1690 - Peter Dens, Belgian Catholic theologian (d. 1775)
- 1725 - Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792)
- 1740 - Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (d. 1817)
- 1812 - Richard Hoe, American inventor and industrialist (d. 1886)
- 1818 - Richard Gatling, American weapons inventor (d. 1903)
- 1852 - H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1928)
- 1855 - Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician (d. 1920)
- 1875 - Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor (d. 1926)
- 1880 - H. L. Mencken, American journalist and author (d. 1956)
- 1888 - Maurice Chevalier, French singer and actor (d. 1972)
- 1891 - Pedro Albizu Campos, advocate for Puerto Rican independence (d. 1965)
- 1892 - Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher (d. 1984)
- 1897 - Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1956)
- 1898 - Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963)
- 1901 - Ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian (d. 1975)
- 1902 - Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (d. 1976)
- 1907 - Louis MacNeice, Irish poet (d. 1963)
- 1909 - Donald MacDonald, O.C., LL.D. former president of the Canadian Labour Congress and politician (d.1986)
- 1913 - Jesse Owens, American athlete (d. 1980)
- 1914 - Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (d. 1999)
- 1914 - Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani poet and psychoanalyst (d. 1988)
- 1915 - Frank McGee, American journalist (d. 1974)
- 1916 - Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 1961)
- 1917 - Pierre Sévigny, Canadian politician (d. 2004)
- 1921 - Stanisław Lem, Polish writer (d. 2006)
- 1922 - Ellen Demming, American actress (d. 2002)
- 1925 - Stan Lopata, American baseball player
- 1931 - Sir Ian Holm, English actor
- 1931 - George Jones, American singer
- 1933 - Tatiana Doronina, Russian actress
- 1934 - Glenn Davis, American athlete
- 1937 - George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer
- 1938 - Claude Ruel, French Canadian ice hockey coach
- 1940 - Mickey Lolich, American baseball player
- 1940 - Linda Gray, American actress
- 1943 - Maria Muldaur, American singer
- 1943 - Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-born writer
- 1944 - Leonard Peltier, American freedom fighter
- 1944 - Barry White, American singer (d. 2003)
- 1949 - Irina Rodnina, Russian figure skater
- 1950 - Gustav Brunner, Austrian engineer
- 1951 - Joe Pantoliano, American actor
- 1951 - Bertie Ahern, Irish politician
- 1951 - Gerald Stano, American serial killer
- 1952 - Neil Peart, Canadian drummer and author (Rush)
- 1952 - Gerry Beckley, American musician (America)
- 1954 - Peter Scolari, American actor
- 1954 - Adrian Adonis, American professional wrestler (d. 1988)
- 1954 - Jocelyne Béroard, singer from the zouk band Kassav
- 1955 - Harsha Makalande, Sri Lankan composer,pianist
- 1956 - Sam Brownback, American politician
- 1956 - Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer (d. 2003)
- 1956 - Ricky Rudd, American race car driver
- 1956 - Barry Andrews, British musician
- 1957 - Hans Zimmer, German composer
- 1957 - Rachel Ward, English actress
- 1957 - Road Warrior Hawk, wrestler (d. 2003)
- 1958 - Wilfredo Benitez, American boxer
- 1961 - Mylène Farmer, French singer and songwriter
- 1961 - Kathem Al Saher, Iraqi singer
- 1962 - Dino Merlin, Bosnian singer
- 1962 - Amy Yasbeck, American actress
- 1964 - Dieter Hecking, German footballer
- 1965 - John Norwood Fisher, American musician
- 1966 - Ben Folds, American musician
- 1967 - Pat Listach, American baseball player
- 1968 - Ler LaLonde, American guitarist (Primus)
- 1968 - Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian
- 1969 - Ángel Cabrera, Argentine golfer
- 1969 - James Frey, American writer
- 1972 - Jason Statham, English actor
- 1973 - Darren Campbell, British athlete
- 1973 - Paul Walker, American actor
- 1973 - Martin Lapointe, Canadian hockey player
- 1973 - Ki-Jana Carter, American football player
- 1974 - Nuno Valente, Portuguese footballer
- 1974 - Caroline Aigle, First female French fighter pilot (d. 2007)
- 1976 - Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer
- 1976 - Bizzy Bone (Bryon Anthony McCane), American rapper
- 1977 - Nathan Bracken, Australian cricketer
- 1977 - David Thompson, English footballer
- 1977 - Grant Denyer, Australian television personality and TV Host
- 1977 - James McCartney, British musician
- 1977 - Jeff Irwin, American musician
- 1978 - Ruben Studdard, American singer
- 1978 - Benjamin McKenzie, American television actor
- 1980 - Gus G., Greek guitarist (Firewind, ex-Dream Evil)
- 1980 - Fernando Cesar de Souza, Brazilian footballer
- 1980 - Josef Vasicek, Czech ice hockey player
- 1980 - Sean Burroughs, American baseball player
- 1980 - Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player
- 1981 - Jennifer Hudson, American actress and singer
- 1982 - Nana Ozaki, Japanese gravure idol
- 1985 - Jack Wilkinson, English footballer
- 1986 - Emmy Rossum, American actress
- 1986 - Yang Mi, Chinese actress
- 1986 - Alfie Owen-Allen, British actor
- 1988 - Prachi Desai, Indian actress
- 1994 - Ryan Snape, English Actor
Deaths
- 413 - Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint
- 1185 - Andronikos I Komnenos (b. 1118)
- 1213 - King Peter II of Aragon (b. 1174)
- 1362 - Pope Innocent VI
- 1369 - Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345)
- 1500 - Albert, Duke of Saxony (b. 1443)
- 1612 - Tsar Vasili IV of Russia (b. 1552)
- 1642 - Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, French conspirator (b. 1620)
- 1660 - Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (b. 1577)
- 1665 - Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (b. 1596)
- 1672 - Tanneguy Lefebvre, French classical scholar (b. 1615)
- 1683 - King Afonso VI of Portugal (b. 1643)
- 1691 - John George III, Elector of Saxony (b. 1647)
- 1695 - Jacob Abendana, Spanish scholar (b. 1630)
- 1712 - Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter (b. 1637)
- 1764 - Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer (b. 1683)
- 1779 - Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (b. 1711)
- 1819 - Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b. 1742)
- 1836 - Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (b. 1801)
- 1869 - Peter Roget, British lexicographer (b. 1779)
- 1870 - Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author (b. 1836)
- 1874 - François Guizot, French historian and statesman (b. 1787)
- 1912 - Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullie, Cardinal-Archbishop of Lyon
- 1918 - George Reid, fourth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
- 1919 - Leonid Andreyev, Russian writer (b. 1871)
- 1923 - Jules Violle, French physicist and inventor (b. 1841)
- 1927 - Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)
- 1929 - Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (b. 1865)
- 1945 - Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese general (committed suicide, b. 1880)
- 1953 - Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer (b. 1884)
- 1956 - Hans Carossa, German writer (b. 1878)
- 1956 - Sándor Graf Festetics, Hungarian politician (b. 1882)
- 1961 - Carl Hermann, German physicist (b. 1898)
- 1968 - Tommy Armour, Scottish golfer (b. 1894)
- 1972 - William Boyd, American actor (b. 1895)
- 1977 - Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist (b. 1946)
- 1981 - Eugenio Montale, Italian poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
- 1991 - Chris Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1969)
- 1992 - Anthony Perkins, American actor (b. 1932)
- 1993 - Raymond Burr, Canadian actor (b. 1917)
- 1993 - Willie Mosconi, American billiards player (b. 1913)
- 1994 - Tom Ewell, American actor (b. 1909)
- 1994 - Boris Yegorov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1937)
- 1995 - Jeremy Brett, English actor (b. 1933)
- 2000 - Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1934)
- 2001 - Victor Wong, Chinese-American actor (b. 1927)
- 2003 - Johnny Cash, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)
Notes
* Johnny Cash * Peter Roget * Fernand Khnopff * Henry Hudson * H. L. Mencken * Ludlow * Robert Gober
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