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  • 1071 William IX, the Troubadour, Frankish nobleman (Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Poitou, 1086-1127), Crusader, and poet, born in Aquitaine (d. 1127)
  • 1197 Juntoku, 84th Emperor of Japan (1210-21) during the Kamakura period, born in Japan (d. 1242)
  • 1511 Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician (calculated planetary table), born in Saalfeld, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1553)
  • 1592 Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician, born in Örbyhus Castle, Uppland (d. 1657)
  • 1686 Georg Balthasar Schott, German composer, born in Schönau, near Eisenach, Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1736)
  • 1688 Nader Shah, Iranian ruler (1736-47) and founder of Afsharid Dynasty of Persia, born in Kobhan, Iran (d. 1747)
  • 1689 John V, King of Portugal (1706-50), also known as “The Magnificent”, born in Ribeira Palace, Lisbon (d. 1750)
  • 1698 Nicola Logroscino, Italian composer, born in Bitonto, Bari, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1765)
  • 1700 Charlotte Aglaé of Orléans, French noblewoman and Duchess of Modena and Reggio (1737-61), born at the Palais-Royal, Paris, France (d. 1761)
  • 1701 Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress as the spouse of Emperor Charles VII, born in Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1756)
  • 1729 Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (naturalist on James Cook’s second Pacific voyage), born in Dirschau (Tczew), Royal Prussia, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1798)
  • 1737 Vincenzo Manfredini, Italian harpsichordist, composer, and music theorist, born in Pistoia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1799)
  • 1752 Ambrogio Minoja, Italian classical composer, born in Ospedaletto Lodigiano, Lodi, Duchy of Milan, Habsburg Empire (d. 1825)
  • 1761 Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, German composer, born in Owen, Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany (d. 1799)
  • 1765 Daniel Steibelt, German pianist and composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (1823)
  • 1790 Jan Ackersdijk, Dutch political economist, born in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (d. 1861)

  • 1807 Magnus Huss, Swedish physician who coined the word alcoholism and was the first to define it as a disease, born in Torps, Västernorrland county, Sweden (d. 1890)
  • 1809 Federico Ricci, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1877)
  • 1809 Volney E. Howard, American politician, born in Oxford County, Maine (d. 1889)
  • 1810 Henry Bohlen, German-American brigadier general (Union Army), born in Bremen, Germany (d. 1862)

Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (Faust Symphony), born in Raiding, Hungary

  • 1818 Leconte de Lisle, French poet and writer, born in Saint-Paul, Réunion, France (d. 1894)
  • 1826 Guglielmo Quarenghi, Italian composer and cellist, born in Casalmaggiore, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire (d. 1882)
  • 1832 August Labitzky, Bohemian composer, born in Bečov nad Teplou, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1903)
  • 1832 Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer, and conductor (New York Oratorio Society, 1873-85; New York Symphony, 1878-85), born in Posen, Grand Duchy of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1885)
  • 1836 Mungo Park, Scottish golfer (British Open 1874), born in Inveresk, East Lothian (d. 1904)
  • 1838 Carl Fuchs, German composer and musician, born in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1922)
  • 1843 Stephen Babcock, American agricultural chemist (Babcock test and father of scientific dairying), born in Oneida County, New York (d. 1931)

Canadian politician, founder of the province of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies, born in Red River Colony, Rupert’s Land, British North America

French actress (Camille, Queen Elizabeth), born in Paris, France

Boer leader and general in the South African War (1899–1902), born in Winburg, Orange River Sovereignty, British Empire

  • 1865 Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and one of the founders of the Estonian National Museum, born in Kirikuküla, Vinni Parish, Estonia (d. 1943)
  • 1870 Ivan Bunin, Russian poet and novelist (Gentleman from San Francisco-Nobel 1933), born in Voronezh, Russian Empire (d. 1953)
  • 1870 Lord Alfred Douglas, English poet (‘Two Loves’, The City of the Soul), journalist, and partner of Oscar Wilde, born in Powick, England (d. 1945)
  • 1873 Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat, born in Ekenäs, Finland (d. 1950)
  • 1876 Karl Adam, German theologist (Christ our Brother), born in Freudenberg, Bavaria (d. 1966)
  • 1876 [Joseph Jacinto] Jo Mora, Uruguayan-born American cartoonist, cowboy and illustrator who lived with the Hopi tribe and wrote extensively of his experiences, born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 1947)
  • 1879 Joe Carr, American Pro Football HOF contributor (NFL President 1921-39), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1939)
  • 1881 Clinton Davisson, American physicist (Nobel 1937- discovery of electron diffraction in the famous Davisson-Germer experiment), born in Bloomington, Illinois (d. 1958)
  • 1883 Adolph Joffe, Russian Communist revolutionary and writer (Brest-Litovsk), born in Simferopol, Russian Empire (d. 1927)
  • 1883 Viktor Jacobi, Hungarian operetta composer (Szibill), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1921)
  • 1885 Giovanni Martinelli, Italian operatic spinto tenor singer (New York Metropolitan Opera, 1913-45), born in Montagnana, Italy (d. 1969)
  • 1885 Lothar Windsperger, German composer and music publisher, born in Ampfing, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1935)
  • 1886 Erik Bergman, Swedish Lutheran pastor, father of Ingmar Bergman, born in Mörbylånga, Sweden (d. 1970)
  • 1887 John Reed, American journalist and communist activist (reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions – “Ten Days that Shook the World”), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1920)
  • 1891 Fidelio Friedrich Finke, Bohemian German composer, born in Josefsthal, Austria-Hungary (d. 1968)
  • 1891 Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (Kettles on Old MacDonald’s Farm), born in Northeast Harbour, Maine (d. 1988)
  • 1894 Méi Lánfāng [Lan], Chinese opera performer known as “Queen of Peking Opera” for his portrayal of female roles, born in Beijing, China (d. 1961)
  • 1896 Charles Glen King, American biochemist and pioneer of nutrition research who isolated vitamin C, born in Entiat, Washington (d. 1988)
  • 1898 (John) “Peck” Kelley, American jazz pianist and bandleader (Peck’s Bad Boys), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1980)
  • 1898 Dámaso Alonso, Spanish linguist and poet (Hijos de la ira), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1952)
  • 1898 Marcel Mihalovici, French composer (Cascando; Krapp, ou, La dernière bande), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1985)
  • 1900 Edward Stettinius Jr. 48th US Secretary of State (1944-45) and diplomat, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1949)
  • 1900 James Hall, American actor (Hell’s Angels, Four Sons), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1940)
  • 1902 Frank Spedding, Canadian chemist whose uranium extraction process helped make possible the first atomic bomb, born in Hamilton, Ontario (d. 1984)
  • 1903 Curly Howard [Jerome Lester Horwitz], American vaudevillian actor and comedian (The Three Stooges), born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1952)
  • 1903 George Beadle, American geneticist (biochemical genetics – Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1958), born in Wahoo, Nebraska (d. 1989)
  • 1904 Constance Bennett, American actress (Easiest Way, Ladies in Love), born in New York City (d. 1965)
  • 1904 Paul Arma, Hungarian-French pianist, composer, and ethno-musicologist, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1987)
  • 1905 Joseph Kosma [József Kozma], Hungarian-French film composer (Les Enfants du Paradis; The Grand Illusion), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1969)
  • 1905 Karl Jansky, American engineer (discovered cosmic radio emissions), born in Norman, Oklahoma (d. 1933)
  • 1906 Kees van Baaren, Dutch composer (Sonatina in memoriam Willem Pijper; Hollow Men), and pedagogue (Utrechts Conservatorium; Royal Conservatory of The Hague), born in Enschede, Netherlands (d. 1970)
  • 1906 Sidney Kingsley, American playwright (Men in White – Pulitzer Prize 1934), born in New York City (d. 1995)
  • 1907 Henriette Wyeth, American artist known for her portraits, born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1997)

American Baseball HOF first baseman (9 x MLB All Star; World Series 1929, 30; AL MVP 1932, 33, 38; Triple Crown 1933; Philadelphia A’s, Boston RS), born in Sudlersville, Maryland

  • 1908 Helmut Gollwitzer, German anti-Nazi theologian and pacifist, born in Pappenheim, Bavaria (d. 1993) [1]
  • 1908 John Gould, American humorist, essayist, and columnist (Christian Science Monitor, 1942-2003), born in Brighton, Massachusetts (d. 2003)
  • 1908 John Sutton, British actor (The Three Musketeers, Tower of London, Return of Fly), born in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India (d. 1963)
  • 1909 Litz Pisk, British movement teacher in the theatre, Born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1997)
  • 1910 Tamara Desni [Brodsky], German-born British actress (The Green Finger, Hell’s Cargo), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2008)
  • 1912 Frances Drake [Dean], American actress (Mad Love, The Invisible Ray), born in New York City (d. 2000)
  • 1913 Annette Rogers, American athlete (Olympic gold 4x100m relay 1932, 36), born in Chelsea, Massachusetts (d. 2006)

Vietnamese emperor and chief of state (Annam 1926-1945; State of Vietnam, 1949-1955), born in Hue, French Indochina

  • 1913 Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss Federal Councilor, President of Switzerland (1970), born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 2002)
  • 1913 Patricia “Boots” Mallory, American dancer and actress (Handle With Care), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1958)
  • 1915 Harry Hickox, American actor (Herb-Please Don’t Eat the Daisies), born in Big Spring, Texas (d. 1994)
  • 1916 Michael Fitzalan-Howard, British army general (Gold Stick-in-Waiting to the UK Monarch, 1979-99), born in London (d. 2007)
  • 1916 Sidney Miller, American actor (Here Comes Donald) and director (The Mickey Mouse Club), born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, (d. 2004)

British-American Academy Award-winning actress (Gunga Din; Ivanhoe; Rebecca), born in Tokyo, Japan

  • 1918 Lou Klein, American baseball infielder (St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia A’s) and manager (Chicago Cubs), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1976)
  • 1919 Doris Lessing, British novelist (Adore; Memoirs of a Survivor; Golden Notebook), and Nobel Laureate (2007), born in Kermanshah, Iran (d. 2013) [1] [2]
  • 1919 Kathleen Ankers, American scenic designer, born in Ealing, England (d. 2001)
  • 1920 Harry Potts, English soccer forward (Burnley, Everton) and manager (Burnley, Shrewsbury Town, Blackpool), born in Sunderland, England (d. 1996)
  • 1920 Mitzi Green [Elizabeth Keno], American child actress (Huckleberry Finn; Little Orphan Annie), born in The Bronx, New York City (d. 1969)
  • 1920 Timothy Leary, American psychologist & advocate for psychedelic drug use, born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1996)
  • 1921 Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist, known for the Gauss–Kronrod quadrature formula, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1986)
  • 1921 Georges Brassens, French poet and singer-songwriter (Supplique pour être enterré à la plage de Sète), born in Cette, France (d. 1981)
  • 1922 Antonius “Ton” Lensink, Dutch actor (Rituelen), born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 1997)
  • 1922 Johan Hendrik Weidner, Dutch-American war hero (set up WWII underground network to smuggle people out of Nazi territory), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1994)
  • 1922 John Chafee, American politician (Senator-R-Rhode Island, 1976-99, Secretary of the Navy, Governor of Rhode Island), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1999)
  • 1922 Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine soccer forward (Boca Juniors, Sampdoria, Atlético Madrid) and manager (Argentina, Boca Juniors, Lazio, Roma), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2001)
  • 1922 Thomas Titus Nkobi, South African ANC-leader (Alexandra-bus boycott 1957), born in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe (d. 1994)
  • 1923 Bert Trautmann, German soccer goalkeeper (Manchester City 508 games; FWA Footballer of the Year 1956), born in Bremen, Germany (d. 2013)
  • 1923 Pete Pihos, American Pro/College Football HOF end (Indiana University; 6 x Pro Bowl; 6 × First-team All-Pro; Philadelphia Eagles), born in Orlando, Florida (d. 2011)
  • 1925 Dory Previn [Dorothy Veronica Langan], singer-songwriter (Mythical Kings and Iguanas), born in Woodbridge, New Jersey, (d. 2012)
  • 1925 Robert Rauschenberg, American painter (Gloria), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 2008)
  • 1926 Arthur Hamilton [Stern], American songwriter (“Cry Me A River”; “Sing a Rainbow”), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2025) [1]
  • 1926 Jan Aart de Jonge, Dutch historian and writer (Het Zeeuwse goud – Zeeland´s gold), born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 1975)
  • 1927 Allan Hendrickse, South African politician (leader of South African Labour Party; House of Representatives, 1984-92), Congregationalist minister, and teacher, born in Uitenhage. Eastern Cape, Union of South Africa (d. 2005)
  • 1927 Ray Stern (née Schiffman), American homemaker and mother of radio personality Howard Stern, born in New York City
  • 1928 Clare Fischer, American musician, composer and arranger, born in Durand, Michigan (d. 2012)
  • 1928 Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian movie director (Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês, Vidas Secas), born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2018)
  • 1929 Giorgio Gaslini, Italian jazz pianist and composer, born in Milan, Italy (d. 2014)
  • 1929 Lev Yashin, Russian soccer goalkeeper (74 caps USSR; Dynamo Moscow 326 games; namesake FIFA award for best World Cup Finals GK), born in Moscow, USSR (d. 1990)
  • 1931 Hikaru Hayashi, Japanese pianist, conductor and American (Onibaba), born in Tokyo (d. 2012)
  • 1933 Donald Herod Peterson, American USAF Colonel, and NASA astronaut (STS-6), born in Winona, Mississippi (d. 2018)
  • 1933 Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian soccer forward (18 caps; Sturm Graz, First Vienna, Real Betis, Wacker Innsbruck) and manager (Austria, Athletic Bilbao, AEK), born in Graz, Austria (d. 2007)
  • 1933 Ronnie Nolan, Irish soccer wing-half (33 caps League of Ireland XI, 10 Republic of Ireland; Shamrock Rovers 297 games), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2023)
  • 1934 Donald McIntyre, New Zealand operatic bass-baritone (Das Rheingold – “Wotan”), born in Auckland, New Zealand
  • 1935 Judy Devlin Hashman, English-American badminton player (World Team Championship gold US – 1957, 1960, 1963, 1966), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (d. 2024) [1]
  • 1936 John Blashford-Snell, British Army officer (founded Operation Raleigh), born in Hereford, England
  • 1936 Neville Alexander, South African politician activist (10 years in Robben Island Jail), born in Cradock, South Africa (d. 2012)
  • 1937 Manos Loïzos, Greek composer (Ta Tragoudia Mas) and well known leftist critic of the Greek military junta, born in Alexandria, Kingdom of Egypt (d. 1982)
  • 1937 Tadeáš Salva, Slovak composer, born in Lúčky, Slovakia (d. 1997)

1938 American Emmy Award-winning actor (Taxi – “Reverend Jim”; Back to the Future films), born in Stamford, Connecticut

  • 1938 Derek Jacobi, British Tony, BAFTA, and Tony Award-winning stage and screen actor and director (I, Claudius; Much Ado About Nothing; Dead Again), born in London, England
  • 1939 George Cohen, English soccer defender (37 caps; FIFA World Cup 1966; Fulham 459 games), born in London, England (d. 2022)
  • 1939 Joaquim Chissano, Mozambican politician, President of Mozambique (1986-2005), born in Malehice, Portuguese Mozambique
  • 1939 Ray Jones, British rock bassist (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas), born in Oldham, England (d. 2000)
  • 1939 Tony Roberts, American stage and screen actor (Annie Hall; The Edge of Night: The Lucie Arnaz Show), born in New York City (d. 2025) [1]
  • 1941 Charles Keating, English actor (Carl Hutchins-Another World), born in London, England, (d. 2014)
  • 1941 Valeri Kitka, Ukrainian classical composer (Frescoes of St. Sofia Cathedral of Kiev), and educator, born in Volodymyrivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
  • 1942 Annette Funicello, American actress (Mickey Mouse Club; Beach Party movies), and singer (“Tall Paul”; “O Dio Mio”), born in Utica, New York, (d. 2013)
  • 1942 Bobby Fuller, American rock singer and guitarist (Bobby Fuller Four – “I Fought The Law”), born in Baytown, Texas (d. 1966)
  • 1942 Robin John Maconie, New Zealand pianist, electro-acoustic film and concert composer, and musicologist (Stockhausen), born in Auckland, New Zealand
  • 1943 Catherine Deneuve [Dorleac], actress (Repulsion, Hunger), born in Paris, France
  • 1943 Jan de Bont, Dutch film director, known for “Speed and “Twister”, born in Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • 1943 Paul Zukofsky, American violinist and conductor (Cappricio), born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2017)
  • 1943 Robert Long [Jan Leverman], Dutch pop singer (Vroeger of Later (Sooner or Later); Unit Gloria), actor, and television presenter, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 2006)
  • 1945 Eddie Brigati, American rock vocalist, and songwriter (The Young Rascals, 1964-70 – “Groovin'”; “People Got to Be Free”), born in Garfield, New Jersey
  • 1945 Leslie West [Weinstein], American rocker (Mountain – “Mississippi Queen”), born in New York City (d. 2020) [1] [2]
  • 1945 Yvan Ponton, Canadian actor and television host, known for “Slap Shot”, born in Farnham, Quebec
  • 1946 Claude Charron, French Canadian politician and TV personality, born in L’Île-Bizard, Quebec
  • 1946 Kelvin MacKenzie, British media tycoon, editor of “The Sun” (1981-94), born in Thanet, England
  • 1946 Richard Loncraine, English director (Richard III), born in Cheltenham, England
  • 1947 Edward F. Feighan, (Rep-D-OH, 1983-93), born in Lakewood, Ohio
  • 1947 Haley Barbour, American politician, 63rd governor of Mississippi (2004-2012), born in Yazoo City, Mississippi
  • 1947 Lee Meredith [Judith Lee Sauls], American actress (The Producers), born in River Edge New Jersey
  • 1947 Neil Rolnick, American electronic music composer and educator (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – iEAR Studios, 1981-2013), born in Dallas, Texas
  • 1947 Raymond Bachand, French Canadian politician and businessman, born in Montreal, Quebec
  • 1948 Håkon Austbø, Norwegian classical pianist, recording artist, and music professor (Amsterdam Conservatory), born in Kongsberg, Norway
  • 1948 John Peterson, American freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold 82 kg 1976), born in Cumberland, Wisconsin
  • 1948 Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, American criminal, and Manson family cult member who attempted to assassinate US President Gerald Ford, born in Santa Monica, California
  • 1948 Mike Hendrick, English cricket fast bowler (30 Tests, 87 wickets; 22 ODIs; Derbyshire CCC), born in Darley Dale, England (d. 2021)
  • 1949 Arsène Wenger, French football manager (Nancy, Monaco; 3 x Premier League, 7 x FA Cup Arsenal 1996-2018), born in Strasbourg, France
  • 1949 Glenn Ford, American freed death row inmate (wrongly spent 30 years in prison), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2015)
  • 1949 Stiv Bators [Steven Bator], American punk rock singer and guitarist (The Dead Boys), born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 1990)
  • 1949 Vasilios Magginas, Greek politician, born in Athens (d. 2015)
  • 1952 Greg Hawkes, American rock keyboardist (The Cars – “Shake it Up”; “Drive”), born in Fulton, Maryland

1952 American actor (The Fly; Jurassic Park; Independence Day), and jazz pianist (The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra), born in West Homestead, Pennsylvania

  • 1952 Julie Dash American filmmaker (Daughters of the Dust), born in New York City
  • 1954 Carla Dunlap, bodybuilder (Pumping Iron 2), born in Newark, New Jersey
  • 1955 Bill Condon, American screenwriter and director (Dreamgirls, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn), born in New York
  • 1958 Bobby Blotzer, American rock drummer (Ratt – “Round & Round”), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 1959 Arto Salminen, Finnish cult writer, born in Helsinki (d. 2005)
  • 1959 Marc Shaiman, American Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winning film and Broadway composer (When Harry Met Sally; Hairspray), born in Newark, New Jersey
  • 1959 Todd Graff, American actor (Five Corners, Dominic & Eugene), born in New York City
  • 1960 Cris Kirkwood, American cow-punk bassist, singer, and songwriter (Meat Puppets – “Backwater”), born in Phoenix, Arizona
  • 1960 Darryl Jenifer, American punk rock and hip-hop bassist (Bad Brains; The White Mandingos), born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1961 Barbara Potter, American tennis player (6 x WTA singles, 19 x WTA doubles titles), born in Waterbury, Connecticut
  • 1961 Leonard Marshall, American football defensive end (Pro Bowl 1985, 86; Super Bowl 1986, 90; NY Giants), born in Franklin, Louisiana
  • 1961 Robert Torti, American stage and screen actor (Starlight Express), born in Van Nuys, California
  • 1961 Sanath Kaluperuma, Sri Lankan cricket all-rounder (4 Tests; 2 ODIs; Bloomfield CC), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • 1962 Bob Odenkirk, American actor (Breaking Bad; Better Call Saul), comic, and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter (SNL,1987-91; The Ben Stiller Show; Late Night with Conan O’Brien, 1993-94), born in Berwyn, Illinois

1963 American figure skater (Olympic men’s singles gold 1988), born in Mountain View, California

  • 1964 TobyMac [Kevin McKeehan], American Christian-hip-hop rapper, singer and songwriter (DC Talk), born in Fairfax, Virginia
  • 1965 John Wesley Harding [Wesley Stace], British singer-songwriter (“Here Comes The Groom”), and novelist (Wonderkid), born in Hastings, East Sussex, England
  • 1966 Blair Hartland, New Zealand cricket batsman (9 Tests, 1 x 50s; 16 ODIs 2 x 50s; Canterbury), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
  • 1966 John Graham, Canadian auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 2000), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 2025)
  • 1966 Valeria Golino, Italian actress (Rain Man, Little Flames), born in Naples, Italy
  • 1967 Carlos Mencia, Honduras-born American comedian (Mind of Mencia), born in San Pedro Sula, Honduras
  • 1967 Rita Guerra, Portuguese singer-songwriter (Eurovision, 2003), born in Lisbon, Portugal
  • 1967 Ron Tugnutt, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (most saves in regular season non-loss game (70 of 73 shots in 3-3 tie for Quebec Nordiques v Boston Bruins 1991), born in Scarborough, Ontario
  • 1967 Ulrike Maier, Austrian alpine skier (World C’ship gold Super-G 1989, 91), born in Rauris, Salzburg, Austria (d. 1994)
  • 1968 Jay Johnston, American actor and comedian (Mr. Show), arrested after the Jan 6 Capitol attack, born in Chicago, Illinois

1968 Jamaican-American Grammy Award-winning reggae rapper and songwriter (“It Wasn’t Me”, “Boombastic”,), born in Kingston, Jamaica

  • 1968 Shelby Lynne [Moorer], American country singer (“If I Could Bottle This Up”), born in Quantico, Virginia
  • 1969 Helmut Lotti [Lotigiers], Belgian rock-pop and classical cross-over tenor singer-songwriter, born in Ghent, Belgium
  • 1969 Spike Jonze [Adam Spiegel], American director and film producer (Her, Three Kings, Where the Wild Things Are), born in Rockville, Maryland
  • 1970 Javier Milei, Argentine economist and politician (President of Argentina), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 1970 Winston Bogarde, Dutch soccer defender (20 caps; Sparta Rotterdam, Ajax, FC Barcelona), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • 1971 Amanda Coetzer, South African tennis player (World #3 1997; Hopman Cup 2000 [Wayne Ferreria]; US Open doubles 1993 runner-up), born in Hoopstad, South Africa
  • 1971 Jennifer Lee (née Rebecchi), American BAFTA and Academy Award-winning screenwriter and director (Frozen; Frozen II), born in Providence, Rhode Island
  • 1972 D’Lo Brown [Accie Julius Connor], American professional wrestler, born in Burlington, New Jersey
  • 1972 Saffron Burrows, English-American actress (Boston Legal), born in London
  • 1972 Scott Lachance, American ice hockey defenseman (NHL All Star 1997; 819 games; NY Islanders), born in Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 1972 Tyrone Williams, Canadian football defensive tackle (first to win Vanier Cup [Western Ontario Uni], Super Bowl [Dallas Cowboys], Grey Cup [Toronto Argonauts]), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia

1973 Japanese baseball right fielder (most career base hits 4,367; AL MVP 2001; MLB All-Star 2001–10; NPB All-Star 1994–2000), born in Kasugai, Japan

  • 1974 Tim Kinsella, American singer-songwriter (Cap’n Jazz; Owls), and visual artist, born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1975 Jesse Tyler Ferguson, American film and Broadway actor (Mitchell in “Modern Family”; Take Me Out), born in Missoula, Montana
  • 1975 Míchel Salgado, Spanish soccer defender (53 caps; Celta Vigo, Real Madrid 251 games, Blackburn Rovers), born in As Neves, Spain
  • 1976 Brad Stevens, American basketball coach (Boston Celtics 2013-21; NBA All-Star Game 2017), born in Zionsville, Indiana
  • 1976 Helene Svedin, Swedish model known for her campaigns for H&M, born in Sollefteå, Sweden
  • 1976 Jon Foreman, American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player (Switchfoot – “Meant to Live”), born in San Bernardino, California
  • 1977 Ts Madison [Madison Hinton], American actress, entertainer, and first Black transgender woman to star in and executive produce her own reality series (The Ts Madison Experience; permanent judge on “Ru Paul’s Drag Race”), born in Miami, Florida
  • 1978 Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian soccer striker (33 caps; Zanaco FC), born in Lusaka, Zambia (d. 2007)
  • 1978 Ed Droste, American indie-rock singer-songwriter (Grizzly Bear – “Two Weeks”), born in Massachusetts
  • 1978 Owais Shah, English cricket batsman (6 Tests, 2 x 50s; 71 ODIs; Middlesex CCC, Essex CCC), born in Karachi, Pakistan
  • 1980 Garrett Tierney, American rock bassist (Brand New), born on Long Island, New York
  • 1981 Michael Fishman, American actor (DJ in Roseanne), born in Long Beach, California
  • 1981 Olivier Pla, French auto racer (Le Mans Series LMP2 2009; FIA World Endurance C’ship LMP2 2013,14 runner-up; 24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 2013 runner-up), born in Toulouse, France
  • 1982 DJ Drastic [Daniel M. Johnson], American club DJ, and radio presenter, born in Brooklyn, NYC
  • 1982 Heath Miller, American football tight end (Super Bowl 2005, 08; Pro Bowl 2009, 12; Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Richlands, Virginia
  • 1982 Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball second baseman (8 × All-Star; World Series 2009 NY Yankees; Gold Glove Award 2010, 12; World Baseball Classic MVP 2013), born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
  • 1984 Luca Marinelli, Italian actor (The Eight Mountains, The Old Guard), born in Rome, Italy
  • 1985 Zac Hanson, American pop drummer and singer (Hanson – “MMMMbop”), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • 1986 Kara Lang, Canadian soccer forward (92 caps; Vancouver Whitecaps FC), born in Calgary, Alberta
  • 1989 JPEGMafia [Barrington Hendricks], American hip-hop singer, rapper, and record producer (“Does This Ski Mask Make Me Look Fat?”), born in Brooklyn, NYC
  • 1990 Jonathan Lipnicki, American child actor (Jerry Maguire, Stuart Little), born in Westlake Village, California
  • 1992 Niloofar Hamedi, Iranian journalist arrested for breaking Mahsa Amini story, Time magazine 100 most influential people (2023), born in Babol, Iran
  • 1992 Sofia Vassilieva, American actress (Medium), born in n Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 1996 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Norwegian cross-country skier (5x Olympic gold 2018, 22; 6 x World C’ship gold), born in Oslo, Norway
  • 2000 Baby Keen [Hykeem Carter Jr.], American rapper (Family Ties), born in Carson, California

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