September 01 :: Historical Births

Births

• 1286 - Elisabeth Richeza of Poland, Queen of Poland (d. 1335)


• 1453 - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515)


• 1566 - Edward Alleyn, English actor (d. 1626)


• 1588 - Henry II, Prince of Condé, French nobleman (d. 1646)


• 1651 - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694)


• 1653 - Johann Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1706)


• 1711 - William IV, Prince of Orange (d. 1759)


• 1795 - James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher (d. 1872)


• 1848 - Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (d. 1931)


• 1854 - Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (d. 1921)


• 1855 - Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (d. 1909)


• 1856 - Sergei Winogradsky, Russian scientist (d. 1953)


• 1866 - James J. Corbett, American heavyweight boxer (d. 1933)


• 1868 - Henri Bourassa, French Canadian politician and publisher (d. 1952)


• 1871 - J. Reuben Clark, Jr., American Undersecretary of State (d. 1961)


• 1875 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer (d. 1950)


• 1876 - Harriet Shaw Weaver, English political activist (d. 1961)


• 1877 - Francis William Aston, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)


• 1878 - Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1942)


• 1883 - Didier Pitre, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1934)


• 1884 - Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and filmdirector (d. 1947)


• 1887 - Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (d. 1961)


• 1888 - Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician (d. 1958)


• 1889 - Richard Arlen, American actor (d. 1976)


• 1892 - Leverett Saltonstall, 55^th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1979)


• 1895 - Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Indian musician (d. 1974)


• 1896 - A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian theologian (d. 1977)


• 1897 - Andy Kennedy, Irish footballer (d. 1963)


• 1899 - Andrei Platonov, Russian writer (d. 1951)


• 1904 - Johnny Mack Brown, American actor (d. 1974)


• 1905 - Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (d. 2000)


• 1906 - Joaquín Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2002)


• 1906 - Franz Biebl, German composer (d. 2001)


• 1907 - Walter Reuther, American labor union leader (d. 1970)


• 1909 - E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (d. 1957)


• 1913 - Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and graphic artist (1979)


• 1913 - Christian Nyby, American director and film editor (d. 1993)


• 1920 - Richard Farnsworth, American actor (d. 2000)


• 1921 - Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (d. 1995)


• 1922 - Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007)


• 1922 - Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (d. 2000)


• 1923 - Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969)


• 1923 - Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman (d. 2006)


• 1925 - Art Pepper, American musician (d. 1982)


• 1926 - Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh


• 1926 - Gene Colan, American comic book artist


• 1928 - Clifford Lincoln, Canadian politician


• 1928 - George Maharis, American actor


• 1929 - Anne Ramsey, American actress (d. 1988)


• 1931 - Boxcar Willie, American country musician (d. 1999)


• 1933 - Ann W. Richards, American politician (d. 2006)


• 1933 - Conway Twitty, American singer (d. 1993)


• 1935 - Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor


• 1937 - Al Geiberger, American golfer


• 1937 - Ron O'Neal, American actor, film director and screenwriter (d. 2004)


• 1939 - Lily Tomlin, American actress and comedian


• 1941 - Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby league footballer


• 1942 - C. J. Cherryh, American writer


• 1943 - Don Stroud, American actor


• 1944 - Leonard Slatkin, American conductor


• 1945 - Mustafa Balel, Turkish writer


• 1946 - Greg Errico, American drummer (Sly & the Family Stone)


• 1946 - Barry Gibb, English singer (Bee Gees)


• 1946 - Roh Moo-Hyun, President of South Korea


• 1947 - Al Green, American politician


• 1948 - Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher


• 1949 - P.A. Sangma, Indian politician


• 1950 - Phillip Fulmer, American football coach


• 1950 - Dr. Phil McGraw, American talk show host


• 1951 - Nicu Ceauşescu, Romanian politician (d. 1996)


• 1952 - Phil Hendrie, American radio personality


• 1954 - Dave Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1955 - Billy Blanks, American martial artist


• 1955 - Bruce Foxton, English bassist (The Jam)


• 1957 - Gloria Estefan, Cuban/American singer


• 1957 - Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball coach


• 1958 - Armi Aavikko, Finnish singer (d. 2002)


• 1959 - Kenny Mayne, American sports journalist


• 1961 - Bam Bam Bigelow, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)


• 1962 - Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer


• 1962 - Tony Cascarino, Irish footballer


• 1963 - Stephen Kernahan, Australian rules footballer


• 1963 - Carola Smit, Dutch singer


• 1964 - Brian Bellows, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1964 - Cécilia Rhode, Swedish model


• 1964 - Ray D'Arcy, Irish DJ and TV presenter


• 1966 - Tim Hardaway, American basketball player


• 1967 - David Whissell, Quebec politician


• 1968 - Mohammed Atta, Egyptian terrorist (d. 2001)


• 1969 - Henning Berg, Norwegian footballer


• 1970 - Hwang Jung-min, South Korean actor


• 1970 - Vanna, Croatian singer


• 1970 - Mitsou, Quebec singer, television and radio host, actress


• 1971 - Ricardo Antonio Chavira, American actor


• 1971 - Joe Enochs, American soccer player


• 1971 - Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese composer


• 1971 - Lââm, French singer


• 1971 - Jimmy Snuka, Jr., American professional wrestler


• 1971 - Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer


• 1973 - Ram Kapoor, Indian actor


• 1973 - J. D. Fortune, Canadian singer (INXS)


• 1973 - Zach Thomas, American football player


• 1974 - Jason Taylor, American football player


• 1974 - Jhonen Vasquez, American comic book artist


• 1975 - Scott Speedman, English-born actor


• 1975 - Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian singer (Rogue Traders)


• 1975 - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Puerto Rican guitarist


• 1975 - Cuttino Mobley, American basketball player


• 1976 - Marcos Ambrose, Australian racing driver


• 1976 - Erik Morales, Mexican boxer


• 1976 - Polly Shannon, Canadian actress


• 1976 - Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer


• 1977 - Aaron Schobel, American football player


• 1977 - Raffaele Giammaria, Italian racing driver


• 1977 - Shoshana Bean, American stage actress


• 1977 - Aamir Ali, Indian television actor


• 1977 - David Albelda, Spanish footballer


• 1978 - Max Vieri, Australian soccer player


• 1978 - Lucie Blackman, English murder victim (d. 2000)


• 1979 - James O'Connor, Irish footballer


• 1980 - Chris Riggott, English footballer


• 1980 - Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian footballer


• 1981 - Clinton Portis, American football player


• 1981 - Adam Quick, Australian basketball player


• 1982 - Ryan Gomes, American basketball player


• 1982 - Paul Dumbrell, Australian racing driver


• 1982 - Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater


• 1983 - José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer


• 1984 - Joseph Trohman, American musician (Fall Out Boy)


• 1984 - Nick Noble, American soccer player


• 1985 - Camile Velasco, Filipino-American singer


• 1986 - Gaël Monfils, French tennis player


• 1986 - Anthony Allen, English rugby union player


• 1987 - Dann Hume, New Zealand musician (Evermore)


• 1988 - Gabriel Ferrari, American soccer player


• 1988 - Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladeshi cricketer


• 1989 - Juliana Lohmann, Brazilian actress


• 1993 - Ilona Mitrecey, French singer


• 1994 - Bianca Ryan, American singer

August 31 :: Historical Births Today

Famous Births

• 12 - Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor (d. 41)


• 161 - Commodus, Roman Emperor (d. 192)


• 1569 - Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1627)


• 1602 – Amalia von Solms, countess of Solms-Braunfels (d. 1675)


• 1663 - Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (d. 1705)


• 1721 - George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (d. 1775)


• 1741 - Jean Paul Egide Martini, French composer (d. 1816)


• 1741 - Husein Gradaščević, Bosniak general (d. 1834)


• 1811 - Theophile Gautier, French poet and novelist (d. 1872)


• 1821 - Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (d. 1894)


• 1822 - Galusha A. Grow, American politician (d. 1907)


• 1834 - Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (d. 1886)


• 1843 - Georg von Hertling, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1919)


• 1870 - Maria Montessori, Italian educator (d. 1952)


• 1871 - James E. Ferguson, Texan governor (d. 1944)


• 1878 - Frank Jarvis, American athlete (d. 1933)


• 1879 - Alma Mahler, wife of Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel (d. 1964)


• 1880 - Wilhelmina I of the Netherlands (d. 1962)


• 1885 - DuBose Heyward, American playwright (d. 1940)


• 1893 - Lily Laskine, French harpist (d. 1988)


• 1896 - Félix-Antoine Savard, French-Canadian priest and novelist (d. 1982)


• 1897 - Fredric March, American actor (d. 1975)


• 1900 - Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist (d. 1943)


• 1903 - Arthur Godfrey, American television host (d. 1983)


• 1903 - Vladimir Jankélévitch, French philosopher (d. 1985)


• 1905 - Sanford Meisner, American actor and teacher (d. 1997)


• 1907 - Augustus F. Hawkins, American politician and civil rights lawmaker (d. 2007)


• 1907 - Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino politician (d. 1957)


• 1907 - William Shawn, American editor (d. 1992)


• 1907 - Altiero Spinelli, Italian citizen and advocate of European federalism (d. 1986)


• 1908 - William Saroyan, American novelist (d. 1981)


• 1913 - Sir Bernard Lovell, English radio astronomer


• 1914 - Richard Basehart, American actor (d. 1984)


• 1916 - Daniel Schorr, American journalist


• 1918 - Alan Jay Lerner, American lyricist (d. 1986)


• 1919 - Amrita Preetam, Indian poetess and author (d. 2005)


• 1921 - Raymond Williams, Welsh academic (d. 1988)


• 1924 - Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (d. 2003)


• 1927 - Bill Daily, American actor and comedian


• 1928 - James Coburn, American actor (d. 2002)


• 1931 - Noble Willingham, American actor (d. 2004)


• 1931 - Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1934 - Nikos Xanthopoulos, Greek actor


• 1935 - Frank Robinson, American baseball player and manager


• 1935 - Eldridge Cleaver, American political activist (d. 1998)


• 1937 - Warren Berlinger, American actor


• 1937 - Bobby Parker, American blues musician/guitarist


• 1938 - Martin Bell, British journalist


• 1938 - Murray Gleeson, Australian Jurist, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia (b. 1938


• 1939 - Jerry Allison, American drummer (The Crickets)


• 1941 - William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman


• 1944 - Roger Dean, British artist


• 1944 - Jos Leduc pro wrestler


• 1945 - Van Morrison, Northern Irish musician


• 1945 - Itzhak Perlman, Israeli violinist


• 1946 - Jerome Corsi, American writer


• 1947 - Mona Marshall, American voice actress


• 1947 - Yumiko Ōshima, Japanese manga artist


• 1947 - Luca di Montezemolo, Italian businessman


• 1948 - Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter


• 1948 - Rudolf Schenker, German guitarist (Scorpions)


• 1948 - Harald Ertl, Austrian racing driver (d. 1982)


• 1948 - Holger Osieck, German footballer and coach


• 1949 - Richard Gere, American actor


• 1949 - H. David Politzer, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate


• 1952 - Herbert Reul, German politician


• 1953 - György Károly, Hungarian author


• 1953 - Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentine racing driver


• 1953 - Pavel Vinogradov, Russian cosmonaut


• 1954 - Julie Brown, American actress, singer-songwriter and screenwriter


• 1954 - Caroline Cossey, English model


• 1955 - Edwin Moses, American athlete


• 1956 - Masashi Tashiro, Japanese television performer


• 1957 - Gina Schock, American drummer (The Go-Go's)


• 1957 - Glenn Tilbrook, British musician (Squeeze)


• 1958 - Serge Blanco, French rugby footballer


• 1959 - Ralph Krueger, German-Canadian ice hockey coach


• 1960 - Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hizballah


• 1960 - Chris Whitley, American musician (d. 2005)


• 1960 - Vali Ionescu, Rumanian long jumper


• 1962 - Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor


• 1963 - Reb Beach, American guitarist (Winger, Whitesnake)


• 1963 - Todd Carty, Irish actor


• 1963 - Sonny Silooy, Dutch football player


• 1964 - Raymond P. Hammond, American poet and editor


• 1965 - Céline Bonnier, Quebec actress


• 1965 - Daniel Bernhardt, Swiss actor


• 1966 - Jan Einar Thorsen, Norwegian Alpine skier


• 1967 - Anita Moen, Norwegian Cross-country skier


• 1968 - Hideo Nomo, Japanese baseball player


• 1969 - Jonathan LaPaglia, Australian actor


• 1969 - Nathalie Bouvier, French alpine skier


• 1970 - Deborah Gibson, American singer


• 1970 - Queen Rania, Queen of Jordan


• 1970 - Zack Ward, Canadian actor


• 1970 - Arie van Lent, Dutch-German footballer


• 1971 - Pádraig Harrington, Irish professional golfer


• 1972 - Chris Tucker, American actor


• 1973 - Scott Niedermayer, hockey player


• 1974 - Andriy Medvedev, Ukrainian tennis player


• 1975 - Daniel Harding, British conductor


• 1975 - Gabe Kapler, American baseball player and manager


• 1975 - Sara Ramirez, American actress


• 1975 - John Grahame, American-born Canadian hockey player


• 1976 - Radek Martinek, Czechoslovakian ice hockey player


• 1976 - Roque Júnior, Brazilian footballer


• 1976 - Vincent Delerm, French singer-songwriter, pianist and composer


• 1977 - Jeff Hardy, American professional wrestler


• 1977 - Ian Harte, Irish footballer


• 1977 - Craig Nicholls, Australian musician (The Vines)


• 1978 - Phina Oruche, British actress


• 1978 - Philippe Christanval, French footballer


• 1979 - Clay Hensley, professional baseball player


• 1979 - Mickie James, American professional wrestler


• 1979 - Mark Johnston, Canadian swimmer


• 1979 - Simon Neil, Scottish musician (Biffy Clyro)


• 1979 - Ramón Santiago, Dominican baseball player


• 1980 - Joe Budden, American rapper


• 1981 - Joe Swanberg, American filmmaker


• 1981 - 40 Cal, American rapper


• 1981 - Dwayne Peel, Welsh International rugby player


• 1981 - Steve Saviano, American professional hockey player


• 1982 - Ian Crocker, American swimmer


• 1982 - Chris Duhon, American basketball player


• 1982 - Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian athlete


• 1982 - Josh Kroeger, American baseball player


• 1982 - Alexei Mikhnov, Ukrainian-born ice hockey player


• 1982 - Jose Reina, Spanish footballer


• 1982 - Michele Rugolo, Italian racing driver


• 1982 - Patrick Nuo, Swiss singer


• 1982 - G. Willow Wilson, American journalist and comic book writer


• 1983 - Larry Fitzgerald, American football player


• 1984 - Ted Ligety, American alpine skier


• 1984 - Matti Breschel, Danish road bicycle racer


• 1984 - Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer


• 1987 - Petros Kravaritis, Greek footballer

August 30 :: Historical Births Today

Famous Births

• 1334 - Pedro of Castile (d. 1369)


• 1377 - Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447)


• 1705 - David Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757)


• 1720 - Samuel Whitbread, English brewer (d. 1796)


• 1748 - Jacques-Louis David, French painter (d. 1825)


• 1797 - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English writer (d. 1851)


• 1808 - Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (d. 1892)


• 1813 - Princess Mathilde of Bavaria d. 1862


• 1818 - Alexander H. Rice, 30^th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895)


• 1821 - Anita Garibaldi, Brazilian warrior; Garibaldi's wife (War of Tatters) (d. 1849)


• 1839 - Gulstan Ropert, French Catholic prelate (d. 1903)


• 1842 - Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1849)


• 1848 - Andrew Onderdonk, Canadian railway contractor (d. 1905)


• 1852 - Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1911)


• 1856 - Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (d. 1927)


• 1860 - Isaac Levitan, Russian artist (d. 1900)


• 1870 - Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (d. 1891)


• 1871 - Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-born Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 1937)


• 1884 - Theodor Svedberg, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)


• 1893 - Huey Long, American politician (d. 1935)


• 1896 - Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (d. 1983)


• 1898 - Shirley Booth, American actress (d. 1992)


• 1901 - Roy Wilkins, American civil rights leader (1981)


• 1901 - John Gunther, American writer (d. 1970)


• 1906 - Joan Blondell, American actress (d. 1979)


• 1908 - Fred MacMurray, American actor (d. 1991)


• 1912 - Edward Mills Purcell, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)


• 1912 - Nancy Wake AC GM, New Zealand-born World War II secret agent


• 1913 - Richard Stone, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1991)


• 1915 - Robert Strassburg, American composer (d. 2003)


• 1918 - Ted Williams, American baseball player (d. 2002)


• 1918 - Billy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2006)


• 1919 - Kitty Wells, American singer


• 1922 - Lionel Murphy, Australian politician (d. 1986)


• 1922 - Regina Resnik, American mezzo-soprano


• 1923 - Barbara Mary Ansell, UK founder of paediatric rheumatology (d. 2001)


• 1923 - Vic Seixas, American tennis player


• 1924 - Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (d. 2004)


• 1925 - Laurent de Brunhoff, French writer and illustrator


• 1928 - Lloyd Casner, American racecar driver and owner (d. 1965)


• 1930 - Warren Buffett, American entrepreneur


• 1930 - Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball coach


• 1931 - Jack Swigert, American astronaut (d. 1982)


• 1933 - Don Getty, Canadian politician


• 1935 - John Phillips, American singer (Mamas and the Papas) (d. 2001)


• 1937 - Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer and founder of eponymous race team (d. 1970)


• 1939 - John Peel, English radio disc jockey (d. 2004)


• 1939 - Elizabeth Ashley, American actress


• 1941 - Ben Jones, American actor and politician


• 1943 - Robert Crumb, American cartoonist


• 1943 - Jean-Claude Killy, French skier


• 1944 - Molly Ivins, American political humorist (d. 2007)


• 1944 - Tug McGraw, American baseball player (d. 2004)


• 1946 - Peggy Lipton, American actress


• 1946 - Queen Anne-Marie of Greece


• 1947 - Allan Rock, Canadian politician and diplomat


• 1948 - Lewis Black, American comedian


• 1948 - Donnacha O'Dea, Irish poker player and swimmer


• 1949 - Peter Maffay, German musician


• 1949 - Ted Ammon, American financier (d. 2001)


• 1949 - Christopher Collins, American actor and comedian (d. 1994)


• 1949 - Don Boudria, Canadian politician


• 1951 - Timothy Bottoms, American actor


• 1951 - Dana, Irish singer and politician


• 1953 - Robin Harris, American comedian (d. 1990)


• 1953 - Horace Panter, British musician (The Specials and General Public)


• 1953 - Robert Parish, American basketball player


• 1953 - Ron George, American politician


• 1954 - David Paymer, American actor


• 1954 - Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus


• 1958 - Martin Jackson, British drummer (Swing out Sister)


• 1958 - Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist (d. 2006)


• 1959 - Mark 'Jacko' Jackson, Australian rules footballer and actor


• 1960 - Chalino Sanchez, Mexican musician (d. 1992)


• 1960 - Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese terrorist group Hizbollah


• 1960 - Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)


• 1960 - Guy A. Lepage, Quebec humorist, television host and producer


• 1962 - Alexander Litvinenko, Russian KGB officer (d. 2006)


• 1963 - Michael Chiklis, American actor


• 1963 - Paul Oakenfold, British disc jockey


• 1964 - Gavin Fisher, British engineer


• 1966 - Michael Michele, American actress


• 1968 - Vladimir Malakhov, Russian ice hockey player


• 1969 - Dimitris Sgouros, Greek pianist


• 1970 - Michael Wong Guang Liang, Chinese Malaysian singer


• 1971 - Lars Frederiksen, American guitarist (Rancid and UK Subs)


• 1972 - Cameron Diaz, American actress


• 1972 - Pavel Nedvěd, Czech footballer


• 1973 - Lisa Ling, American journalist


• 1974 - Javier Otxoa, Spanish cyclist


• 1974 - Aaron Barrett, Lead singer/guitarist of Reel Big Fish


• 1975 - Radhi Jaidi, Tunisian footballer


• 1976 - Mike Koplove, American baseball player


• 1977 - Shaun Alexander, American football player


• 1977 - Marlon Byrd, American baseball player


• 1977 - Elden Henson, American actor


• 1977 - Kamil Kosowski, Polish footballer


• 1977 - Jens Ludwig, German guitarist


• 1978 - Swizz Beatz, rapper/producer


• 1978 - Cliff Lee, American baseball player


• 1979 - Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentine tennis player


• 1979 - Leon Lopez, British actor


• 1979 - Niki Chow, Hong Kong actress and singer


• 1979 - Tavia Yeung, Hong Kong actress


• 1982 - Andy Roddick, American tennis player


• 1982 - Will Davison, Australian racing driver


• 1983 - Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer and actor


• 1983 - Jonne Aaron, Vocalist of the Finnish Band Negative


• 1983 - Gustavo Eberto, Argentine footballer (d. 2007)


• 1984 - Anthony Ireland, Zimbabwean cricketer


• 1985 - Richard Duffy, Welsh footballer


• 1985 - Steven Smith, Scottish footballer


• 1986 - Ryan Ross, American guitarist and lyricist (Panic at the Disco)


• 1988 - Ernests Gulbis, Latvian tennis player


• 1990 - Kyle Swann, American actor

August 29 :: Historical Births Today

Famous Births

• 1619 - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance (d. 1683)


• 1628 - John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)


• 1632 - John Locke, English philosopher (d. 1704)


• 1694 - Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715)


• 1725 - Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767)


• 1728 - Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1797)


• 1756 - Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845)


• 1756 - Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830)


• 1777 - Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853)


• 1780 - Jean Ingres, French painter (d. 1867)


• 1805 - Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872)


• 1809 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician (d. 1894)


• 1810 - Juan Bautista Alberdi, founding father of the Argentine Republic (d. 1884)


• 1811 - Henry Bergh, founder of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1888)


• 1843 - David B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910)


• 1844 - Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)


• 1862 - Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928)


• 1862 - Maurice Maeterlinck, Nobel laureate (d. 1949)


• 1871 - Albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950)


• 1876 - Charles F. Kettering, American inventor (d. 1958)


• 1876 - Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (d. 1949)


• 1898 - Preston Sturges, American filmmaker (d. 1959)


• 1901 - Aurel Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)


• 1905 - Werner Forssmann, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)


• 1905 - Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player (d. 1979)


• 1912 - Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-Polish cinematographer


• 1912 - Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994)


• 1915 - Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)


• 1916 - George Montgomery, American actor (d. 2000)


• 1916 - Luther Davis, American playwright


• 1917 - Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004)


• 1920 - Charlie Parker, American musician (d. 1955)


• 1923 - Richard Attenborough, English film director


• 1923 - Marmaduke Hussey, BBC Chairman (d. 2006)


• 1924 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. 2005)


• 1924 - Dinah Washington, American singer (d. 1963)


• 1926 - María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer


• 1928 - Charles Gray, English actor (d. 2000)


• 1929 - Thom Gunn, British poet (d. 2004)


• 1930 - Jacques Bouchard, Quebec advertising executive (d. 2006)


• 1931 - Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (d. 2001)


• 1931 - Lise Payette, Quebec politician, writer and columnist


• 1933 - Arnold Koller, Swiss Federal Councilor


• 1935 - William Friedkin, American film director


• 1936 - John McCain, American politician


• 1937 - James Florio, Governor of New Jersey


• 1938 - Elliott Gould, American actor


• 1938 - Robert Rubin, United States Secretary of the Treasury


• 1939 - Joel Schumacher, American film director


• 1940 - Gary Gabelich, American race car driver (d. 1984)


• 1941 - Robin Leach, English television host


• 1942 - James Glennon, American cinematographer (d. 2006)


• 1942 - John Heuser, Electron Microscopist, Washington University in Saint Louis


• 1945 - Wyomia Tyus, American athlete


• 1946 - Bob Beamon, American jumper


• 1947 - James Hunt, English race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (d. 1993)


• 1950 - Doug DeCinces, American baseball player


• 1950 - Dave Reichert, American politician and former sheriff


• 1952 - Karen Hesse, American children's writer


• 1952 - Dave Malone, American rock guitarist


• 1953 - James Quesada, Nicaraguan-American anthropologist


• 1954 - Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American science fiction novelist


• 1955 - Frank Hoste, Belgian cyclist


• 1956 - GG Allin, American rock singer


• 1957 - Jerry D. Bailey, American racing jockey


• 1958 - Lenny Henry, British writer, comedian and actor


• 1958 - Michael Jackson, American singer, dancer and composer


• 1959 - Ernesto Rodrigues, Portuguese composer


• 1959 - Akkineni Nagarjuna, Telugu film actor


• 1959 - Timothy Perry Shriver, Member of the Kennedy Family


• 1959 - Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut


• 1959 - Rebecca De Mornay, American actress


• 1960 - Tony MacAlpine, American shred guitarist


• 1961 - Rodney McCray, Former basketball player


• 1961 - Carsten Fischer, German field hockey player


• 1962 - Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese composer


• 1962 - Carl Banks, American Football Player


• 1963 - Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer


• 1965 - Dina Spybey, American actress


• 1965 - Will Perdue, American basketball player


• 1967 - Anton Newcombe, American musician (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)


• 1969 - Me'Shell NdegéOcello, American singer


• 1969 - Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player


• 1971 - Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player


• 1971 - Carla Gugino, American actress


• 1972 - Bae Yong Joon, South Korean actor


• 1973 - Adam Sessler, American TV show host


• 1973 - Olivier Jacque, motorcyclist


• 1974 - Kumi Tanioka, Japanese composer


• 1975 - Dante Basco, Filipino-American actor


• 1976 - Stephen Carr, Irish footballer


• 1976 - Kevin Kaesviharn, National Football League player


• 1976 - Pablo Mastroeni, American soccer player


• 1976 - Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer


• 1977 - John Patrick O'Brien, American soccer player


• 1977 - Aaron Rowand, American baseball player


• 1977 - Devean George, American basketball player


• 1977 - Roy Oswalt, American baseball player


• 1977 - Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian


• 1978 - Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer


• 1979 - Chieu Luu, Canadian journalist


• 1979 - Ryan Shealy, American baseball player


• 1980 - David Desrosiers, Canadian musician(Simple Plan)


• 1980 - Chris Simms, American football player


• 1980 - David West, American basketball player


• 1980 - Nicholas Tse, Hong Kong singer and actor


• 1981 - Lanny Barbie, Canadian adult actress


• 1981 - Geneviève Jeanson, Quebec bicycle racer


• 1981 - Jay Ryan (Jay Bunyan), Australian actor


• 1982 - A+, American rapper


• 1982 - Carlos Delfino, Argentinean basketball player


• 1985 - Pouyan Afkary, Iranian-American musician (Scary Kids Scaring Kids)


• 1985 - Jeffrey Licon, American actor


• 1986 - Lauren Collins, Canadian actress


• 1987 - Tony Kane, Irish footballer


• 1990 - Sam Stern, English Chef / Author


• 1992 - Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter


• 1993 - Lucas Cruikshank, youtube comedian