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- 1585 - Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)
- 1609 - Michael Franck, composer
- 1634 - Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist
- 1651 - Zaccaria Tevo, composer
- 1663 - Nicholas Siret, composer
- 1729 - Georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian (Annales typographic)
- 1739 - George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)
- 1745 - Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer
- 1750 - Caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer
- 1751 - James Madison, Port Conway Va, (D-R), 4th US president (1809-17)
- 1757 - Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen)
- 1774 - Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)
- 1776 - Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1787 - Georg Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)
- 1802 - George Archibald McCall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
- 1806 - Norbert Rillieux, inventor (sugar refiner)
- 1812 - Henry Dwight Terry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869
- 1814 - Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer
- 1821 - Ernest Feydeau, French author (Georges Feydeau)
- 1822 - John Pope, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
- 1822 - Rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter (Buffalo Bill)
- 1823 - William Henry Monk, composer
- 1832 - Charles Camp Doolittle, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteer)
- 1836 - Andrew S Hallidie, inventor (cable car)
- 1849 - James E Smith, became father at 100 with woman 64 years younger
- 1856 - E Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince
- 1868 - Maxim Gorki, USSR, playwright (The Lower Depths) [3/28 NS]
- 1873 - Hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Sereniteit)
- 1876 - Charles Halton, Wash DC, actor (Dr Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again)
- 1878 - Clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi
- 1878 - Henry B Walthall, Shelby City AL, actor (Birth of a Nation, Klondike)
- 1878 - Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], shah of Iran
- 1884 - Harrison Ford, Kansas City MO, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires)
- 1885 - Giacomo Benvenuti, composer
- 1885 - Sydney Chaplin, S Afr, actor (Limelight)
- 1892 - Harrison Ford, actor (Vanity Fair, Love In High Gear)
- 1893 - Isobel Elsom, actress (My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger)
- 1896 - Conrad Nagel, Keokuk Iowa, actor (Celebrity Time)
- 1902 - Lucie Rie, potter
- 1903 - Mike Mansfield, (Sen-D-Mont) majority whip
- 1903 - Morgan Conway, actor (Dick Tracy)
- 1903 - Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Revel Estonia, composer (Variaioni Concertanto)
- 1904 - Clive Morton, London England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker)
- 1906 - Francisco Ayala, writer
- 1906 - Henny Youngman, London England, comedian (Take my wife please)
- 1908 - Robert Rossen director/writer (Hustler, All the King's Men, Mambo)
- 1910 - Aladar Gerevich, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1948)
- 1910 - Andrew Miller-Jones, British TV pioneer
- 1910 - Iftikhar Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, England & India)
- 1910 - Martijn Lijnema, boer/resistance fighter (WW II)
- 1910 - Norman Wooland, Dusseldorf Germany, actor (Hamlet)
- 1912 - Patricia Nixon, [Thelma Catherine], Ely Nevada, 1st lady (1968-74)
- 1916 - Lloyd McBride, union president (United Steelworkers)
- 1918 - Aldo E van Eyck, Dutch architect (City Hall)
- 1918 - Howard Boatwright, composer
- 1919 - Erno Kiraly, composer
- 1920 - John Addison, Surrey England, composer (Tom Jones-Acad Award)
- 1920 - Leo McKern, Sydney Aust, actor (Blue Lagoon, Help, Mouse that Roared)
- 1920 - Percy Mansell, cricketer (leg-spin all-rounder in 13 Tests for S Afr)
- 1922 - Geoffrey Freeman Allen, railway writer
- 1922 - Harding Lemay, North Bangor NY, headwriter (Another World)
- 1923 - George Bean, cricketer (92 runs in 3 Tests for Eng v Aust)
- 1925 - Cornell Borchers, Germany, actress (Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul)
- 1926 - Jerry Lewis, [Levitch], comedian/fund raiser (MDA), loved in France
- 1927 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, US ambassador to UN/(Sen-D-NY, 1977- )
- 1927 - Karlheinz Boehm, Germany, actor (Face of Fear, Peeping Tom, Unnatural)
- 1927 - Olga San Juan, NYC, actress (Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus)
- 1927 - Vladimir M Komarov, Moscow Russia, cosmonaut (Voshkod I Soyuz 1)
- 1928 - Christa Ludwig, Berlin Germany, soprano (Vienna State Opera)
- 1928 - Ramon Barce, composer
- 1929 - Edwin London, composer
- 1930 - Minoru Miky, composer
- 1931 - Betty Johnson, Guilford County NC, singer (Jack Paar Show, I Dreamed)
- 1931 - Don Richard Carpenter, novelist
- 1932 - Ronnie Walter Cunningham, Creston Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut (Apollo 7)
- 1933 - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, justice (US Supreme Court)
- 1936 - Thelma Hopkins, England, high jumper (Oly-silver-1956)
- 1937 - Constanca Capdeville, composer
- 1937 - David Del Tredici, Cloverdale California, composer (1980 Pulitzer)
- 1940 - Bernardo Bertolucci, Parma Italy, director (Last Tango in Paris)
- 1940 - Chuck Woolery, Ky, TV game show host (Love Connection)
- 1940 - Jan P Pronk, Dutch politician (PvdA)
- 1940 - Jan Schaefer, Dutch asst secretary of state (PvdA)
- 1946 - Erik Estrada, NYC, actor (CHiPs, Cross & Switchblade, Lightblast)
- 1948 - Margaret [Edith] Weis, US, sci-fi author (Dragons of Spring Dawning)
- 1948 - Michael Bruce, rocker/actor (Rudy-Rainbow Drive)
- 1949 - Bertha Knox Gilkey, welfare & tenament rights for urban women
- 1949 - Elliott Murphy, US singer/songwriter
- 1951 - Kate Nelligan, London Ontario, actress (Bethune, Eye of the Needle)
- 1951 - Ray Benson, Phila Pa, country singer (House of Blue Lights)
- 1951 - Ritchie Teeter, rocker
- 1954 - Dav Whatmore, cricketer (Colombo Aust bat 1979, Sri Lanka coach 1995-)
- 1954 - Hollis Stacy, Savannah Ga, LPGA golfer (US Open 1977, 78)
- 1954 - Jimmy Nail, singer/actor (Evita, Spender, Howling II)
- 1954 - Nancy Wilson, SF, rock guitarist (Heart-Never, What about Love)
- 1955 - Isabelle Huppert, Paris France, actress (Cactus, Heaven's Gate)
- 1956 - Ozzie Newsome, NFL tight end (Cleve Browns)
- 1957 - Pearl Moore, WBL guard (NY Stars)
- 1959 - Michael J Bloomfield, Flint Mich, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 86)
- 1959 - Stan Thorn, Kenosha Wisc, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South)
- 1961 - Mel Gray, NFL wide receiver/kick returner (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
- 1962 - Marcel Brands, soccer player (RKC)
- 1963 - Phung Vuong, Saigon Vietnam, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
- 1965 - Cindy Brown, US, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1988)
- 1966 - Brad Bergen, PA Sask, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
- 1966 - Catarina Pollini, WNBA forward (Houston Comets)
- 1966 - David Nascimento, soccer player (Roda JC/FC Utrecht)
- 1966 - Rodney Peete, NFL quarterback (Phila Eagles)
- 1967 - Dan Owens, NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions)
- 1967 - John Mangum, NFL safety (Chic Bears)
- 1968 - Jason van Blerk, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
- 1969 - Ottis Gibson, cricketer (Barbados fast bowler, WI 1995)
- 1969 - Pat Harlow, NFL tackle (NE Patriots, Oakland Raiders)
- 1969 - Steve Israel, NFL cornerback (SF 49ers, New England Patriots)
- 1970 - Kelli James, Medford NJ, field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
- 1970 - Tammi Terrell, rocker (Ain't No Mountain High Enough)
- 1971 - Brett Carolan, NFL tight end (SF 49ers)
- 1971 - Eric Ravotti, NFL linebacker (Pitts Steelers)
- 1973 - Bert Zuurman, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
- 1974 - Heath Streak, cricketer (Zimbabwean pace bowler 1993-)
- 1974 - Lamont Burns, guard (NY Jets)
- 1976 - Michelle Rae Collie, Miss Universe-Bahamas (1996)
- 1991 - Wolfgang Van Halen, son of Eddie Van Halan & Valerie Bertinelli
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