Births :
1511 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, biographer, art historian and architect (d. 1574)
1549 – Ferdinando I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1609)
1641 – Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1673)
1751 – Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian musician (d. 1829)
1763 – Samuel Rogers, English poet (d. 1855)
1809 – Charles Chiniquy, Quebec excommunicated Catholic priest (d. 1899)
1818 – Emily Brontë, English novelist (d. 1848)
1818 – Jan Heemskerk, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1897)
1825 – Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian inventor, academic and memoirs writer (d. 1893)
1855 – Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrialist (d. 1919)
1857 – Thorstein Veblen, American economist (d. 1929)
1859 – Henry Simpson Lunn, English humanitarian (d. 1939)
1863 – Henry Ford, American industrialist (d. 1947)
1864 – Dirk Boest Gips, Dutch sports shooter (d. 1920)
1872 – Princess Clémentine of Belgium (d. 1955)
1881 – Smedley Butler, American Marine general (d. 1940)
1887 – Marquard Schwarz, American freestyle swimmer (d. 1968)
1889 – Vladimir Zworykin, Russian physicist (d. 1982)
1890 – Casey Stengel, American baseball manager (d. 1975)
1893 – Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani political activist, sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and “Mother of the Nation” (d. 1967)
1895 – Wanda Hawley, American actress (d. 1963)
1898 – Henry Moore, English sculptor (d. 1986)
1899 – Gerald Moore, English pianist (d. 1987)
1901 – Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1955)
1904 – Salvador Novo, Mexican writer (d. 1974)
1909 – C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian (d. 1993)
1909 – Magda Schneider German actress (d. 1996).
1910 – Edgar de Evia, American photographer (d. 2003)
1913 – Lou Darvas, American artist and cartoonist (d. 1987)
1914 – Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish International Olympic Committee president (d. 1999)
1916 – Dick Wilson, American actor (d. 2007)
1919 – Berniece Baker Miracle, half-sister of Marilyn Monroe
1921 – Grant Johannesen, American pianist (d. 2005)
1922 – Henry W. Bloch, American co-founder of H&R Block
1925 – Alexander Trocchi, Scottish writer (d. 1984)
1925 – Jacques Sernas, French actor
1927 – Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (d. 2004)
1927 – Victor Wong, American actor (d. 2001)
1928 – Eunice Muñoz, Portuguese actress
1928 – Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
1929 – Sid Krofft, Canadian children’s television producer
1933 – Edd Byrnes, American actor
1934 – Bud Selig, American Commissioner of Baseball
1936 – Buddy Guy, American blues guitarist and singer
1936 – Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz
1936 – Ralph Taeger, American actor
1938 – Hervé de Charette, French politician
1939 – Peter Bogdanovich, American film director
1939 – Eleanor Smeal, American feminist
1940 – Patricia Schroeder, American politician
1940 – Sir Clive Sinclair, English entrepreneur and inventor
1941 – Paul Anka, Canadian singer and composer
1943 – Henri-François Gautrin, Quebec politician
1945 – Patrick Modiano, French novelist
1945 – David Sanborn, American saxophonist
1946 – Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (d. 1994)
1947 – William Atherton, American actor
1947 – Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, virologist and Nobel Prize winner
1947 – Jonathan Mann, American AIDS activist (d. 1998)
1947 – Anna Panayiotopoulou, Greek actress and theatrical writer
1947 – Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-born American actor, bodybuilder and politician, 38th Governor of California
1948 – Jean Reno, Moroccan-born French actor
1948 – Otis Taylor, American musician
1948 – Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian composer and pianist (d. 2010)
1949 – Duck Baker, American guitarist
1950 – Frank Stallone, American singer and actor
1951 – Alan Kourie, South African cricketer
1954 – Ken Olin, American actor
1955 – Rat Scabies, English drummer (The Damned)
1956 – Delta Burke, American actress
1956 – Réal Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 – Anita Hill, American academic, witness at the sexual harassment trial against Clarence Thomas
1956 – Soraida Martinez, American painter, creator of Verdadism
1957 – Clint Hurdle, American baseball player and manager
1957 – Bill Cartwright, American basketball player
1957 – Nery Pumpido, Argentine footballer
1958 – Richard Burgi, American actor
1958 – Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter
1958 – Neal McCoy, American singer-songwriter and humanitarian
1958 – Daley Thompson, English decathlete
1960 – Richard Linklater, American filmmaker
1961 – Laurence Fishburne, American actor
1962 – Alton Brown, American television host and chef
1962 – Jay Feaster, American National Hockey League executive
1963 – Lisa Kudrow, American actress
1963 – Chris Mullin, American basketball player
1964 – Vivica A. Fox, American actress
1964 – Jürgen Klinsmann, German footballer and manager
1964 – Alek Keshishian, Lebanese-born American film director
1965 – Tim Munton, England cricketer
1966 – Allan Langer, Australian Rugby League Player
1968 – Terry Crews, American football player and actor
1968 – Robert Korzeniowski, Polish racewalker
1968 – Sean Moore, Welsh drummer (Manic Street Preachers)
1969 – Simon Baker, Australian actor
1969 – Errol Stewart, South African cricketer and lawyer
1970 – Dean Edwards, American comedian
1970 – Christopher Nolan, English film director
1971 – Elvis Crespo, Puerto Rican singer
1971 – Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor
1971 – Sagi Kalev, Israeli-born American bodybuilder
1971 – Christine Taylor, American actress
1973 – Anastasios Katsabis, Greek footballer
1973 – Markus Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player
1973 – Sonu Nigam, Indian singer and actor
1974 – Sandra Diaz-Twine, American winner of Survivor: Pearl Islands and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
1974 – Radostin Kishishev, Bulgarian footballer
1974 – Jason Robinson, English dual-code rugby player
1974 – Hilary Swank, American actress
1975 – Graham Nicholls, English author and artist
1975 – Cherie Priest, American writer
1977 – Diana Bolocco, Chilean television presenter
1977 – Jaime Pressly, American actress
1977 – Ian Watkins, Welsh singer (Lostprophets)
1979 – Carlos Arroyo, Puerto Rican basketball player
1979 – Show Luo, Taiwanese singer, television host, dancer and actor
1979 – Graeme McDowell, Northern Irish golfer
1980 – Diam’s, French rapper
1980 – Sara Anzanello, Italian volleyball player
1980 – Justin Rose, British golfer
1981 – Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer
1981 – Juan Smith, South African rugby player
1982 – Khaliah Adams, American actress
1982 – James Anderson, English cricketer
1982 – Jehad Al-Hussain, Syrian footballer
1982 – Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress
1983 – Seán Dillon, Irish footballer
1984 – Gabrielle Christian, American actress
1984 – Kevin Pittsnogle, American basketball player
1985 – Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer
1986 – Tiago, Brazilian footballer
1987 – Anton Fink, German footballer
1989 – Wayne Parnell, South African cricketer
1990 – Coco Sumner, Italy-born English singer-songwriter and guitarist, daughter of Sting
1991 – Diana Vickers, English singer and stage actress
1993 – Miho Miyazaki, Japanese singer (AKB48)
1999 – Joey King, American actress
2002 – Prince Hridayendra of Nepal, Nepalese royal
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