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- 1552 - Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)
- 1618 - Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer
- 1706 - Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- )
- 1777 - William Russell, composer
- 1806 - Andreas Randel, composer
- 1808 - Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63)
- 1816 - William Batchelder Bradbury, composer
- 1818 - Joseph Rummel, composer
- 1819 - Willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer
- 1824 - Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book
- 1827 - Cark Reidel, composer
- 1831 - J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)
- 1846 - George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US
- 1847 - Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor
- 1849 - Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"
- 1860 - Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch foreign minister (1908-13)
- 1862 - Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)
- 1866 - Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music
- 1873 - Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer
- 1880 - Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano
- 1882 - Karol Maciej Szymanowski, Timoshovka Ukraine, composer (Stabatmater)
- 1884 - Lloyd Spooner, US, marksman (Olympic-4 gold/1 silver/2 bronze-1920)
- 1887 - George Brown, cricketer (legendary England batsman/keeper of 20's)
- 1887 - Le Corbusier, Switzerland, architect/city planner/artist (Urbanisme)
- 1887 - Maria Jeritza, [Jedlicka], Austria, singer (Vienna Opera)
- 1888 - Li Ta-chao, co-founder with Mao Tse-tung (Chinese Communist Party)
- 1888 - Max Butting, composer
- 1889 - Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Noce I Dnie)
- 1895 - Caroline Gordon, Kentucky, writer (Green Centuries)
- 1896 - Otto Siegl, composer
- 1897 - Jerome Cowan, New York City, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie, Tab Hunter Show)
- 1902 - Mihovil Logar, composer
- 1904 - Horst Lange, writer
- 1905 - Helen N Willis Moody, tennis pro (8 Wimbledon titles 1927-1938)
- 1906 - Janet Gaynor, Philadelphia, actress (Sunrise, A Star Is Born)
- 1906 - Louis Borell, Amsterdam Neth, actor (Over the Moon, Queer Cargo)
- 1909 - Carol Lombard, Ft Wayne Indiana, actress (My Man Godfrey, In Name Only)
- 1912 - Anthony Cuthbert Baines, writer/curator
- 1913 - Meret Oppenheim, writer
- 1914 - Thor Heyerdahl, Norway, anthropologist/explorer (Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku)
- 1915 - Edgardo Martin, composer
- 1915 - Harry van Doorn, [Henri W], CRM minister/Dutch politician (KVP/PPR)
- 1916 - Tommy Lawton, footballer
- 1917 - Robert Mitchum, actor (2 for the Seesaw, Ryan's Daughter)
- 1925 - Shana Alexander, New York City, journalist (60 Minutes)
- 1926 - Alan Copeland, LA California, orchestra leader/singer (Your Hit Parade)
- 1926 - Cyril Reuben, violinist
- 1927 - Alice Bauer, LPGA golfer
- 1927 - Paul Badura-Skoda, Vienna Austria, pianist (Mozart Interpretation)
- 1929 - Les Favell, cricketer (stoic Australian batsman late 50's)
- 1930 - Hafez al Assad, president (Syria)
- 1930 - Richie Benaud, cricket capt (great Aussie leg-spinner, commentator)
- 1931 - Fred Graham, newscaster/journalist (CBS News, Court TV)
- 1932 - Gloria Lane, educator/author/founder (Women's International Center)
- 1933 - Horst Bingle, writer
- 1936 - Anna Quayle, actress (Mistress Pamela)
- 1936 - Glenn Hild, race horse trainer
- 1936 - Rob Touber, [Robert J Noordervliet], cabaret director (Capers)
- 1939 - Douglas K Bereuter, (Rep - R - Nebraska, 1979- )
- 1939 - John J LaFalce, (Rep - D - New York, 1975- )
- 1940 - Boris Dmitriyevich Andreyev, Russia, cosmonaut
- 1940 - Ellen Travolta, Englewood New Jersey, actress (Grease, Charles in Charge)
- 1940 - Wyche Fowler Jr, (Rep - D - Georgia, 1977-87)
- 1942 - Britt Ekland, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Wicker Man, Asylum)
- 1942 - Fred Travalena, New York City, comedian/impressionist (Buy & Cell)
- 1943 - Cees Veerman, pop guitarist/singer (Cats-Sure He's a Cat)
- 1943 - Michael Durrell, Brooklyn New York, actor (Shannon, V, Alice, Chiefs)
- 1943 - Udo Zimmermann, composer
- 1944 - Merzak Allouache, director (Salut Cousin, Amour a Paris)
- 1945 - Domonic Barber, attorney (Howard Stern, Jessica Hahn, Joe Buttafucco)
- 1946 - Gary Gentry, baseball player (NY Mets)
- 1946 - Tony Greig, South Africa, cricketer (English all-rounder 1972-77)
- 1947 - Aleksandr Stepanovich Andryushkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
- 1947 - Klaus Dibiasi, Italy, platform diver (Olympic gold 1968, 72, 76)
- 1948 - Dan Hamburg, (Rep - D - California)
- 1949 - Bobby Farrell, Jamaica, rock vocalist
- 1950 - David Brin, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Nebula, Sundiver, Postman)
- 1950 - Thomas McClary, US soul guitarist (Commodores-Still)
- 1951 - Kevin Cronin, Champaign Illinois, rock vocalist (REO Speedwagon)
- 1956 - Stephanie Zimbalist, New York City, actress (Remington Steele, Centennial)
- 1957 - Dom Galluscio, race horse trainer
- 1957 - Shahzad Altaf, cricketer (UAE off-spinner 1996 World Cup)
- 1959 - [Dennis Ray] "Oil Can" Boyd, baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
- 1959 - John Mackin, programmer
- 1959 - Robyn Maher, Australian basketball guard (Olympics-bronze-96)
- 1959 - Walter Ray Williams Jr, bowler (twice Player of the Year)
- 1960 - Albert Lewis, NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
- 1960 - Jeffrey Trachta, Staten Island New York, actor (Thorne-Bold & Beautiful)
- 1960 - Richard Jobson, British TV person/rocker (Skids-Scared to Dance)
- 1960 - Scott Stevens, jockey
- 1961 - Tim Burgess, rocker
- 1964 - Pam Kometani, Honolulu HI, LPGA golfer (1992 Welch's Classic-27th)
- 1964 - Thomas "Tom" Hunter, US 50M FREESTYLE swimmer (world record)
- 1965 - Cynthia Meyer, New York, Canadian trap shooter (Olympics-96)
- 1965 - David Spaulding, Newport Beach California, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
- 1965 - Jim Sharp, US rodeo rider (Las Vegas 1988)
- 1965 - Ruben Sierra, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, outfielder (NY Yankees)
- 1966 - Archi Cianfrocco, Rome New York, infielder (San Diego Padres)
- 1966 - Jimmie Johnson, NFL tight end (Philadelphia Eagles)
- 1966 - Julianne McNamara, Flushing New York, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1984)
- 1966 - Oscar Caballos, jockey
- 1969 - Byron Black, Zimbabwe, tennis star
- 1969 - Jeff Lay, Ottawa Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
- 1969 - Martha Richards, Hudson Wisconsin, LPGA golfer (1995 Safeco Classic-21st)
- 1969 - Robert Person, St Louis Missouri, pitcher (NY Mets)
- 1970 - Darren Oliver, Kansas City Missouri, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
- 1971 - Chris Hudson, NFL strong safety (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- 1972 - J J Stokes, NFL wide receiver (SF 49ers)
- 1973 - Rebecca Lobo, Massachusetts, WNBA center (Olympics-gold-96)/(NY Liberty)
- 1974 - Brian Kelly, Mission Viejo California, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
- 1974 - Geert Jelle de Vries, Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
- 1974 - Kenny Jonsson, Angelholm SW, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, NY Islander)
- 1975 - Ines Sainz, Miss Spain Universe (1997)
- 1975 - Jan Harm Schippers, Dutch soccer player: SC Heerenveen, Veendam
- 1975 - John Harm Skippers, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
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