Pre–1600 •
1447 –
Lodovico Lazzarelli, Italian poet (died 1500) •
1495 –
Francesco II Sforza, Duke of Milan (died 1535) • 1495 –
Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (died 1568) •
1505 –
Mikołaj Rej, Polish poet and author (died 1580) •
1575 –
Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and theologian, founded the
French school of spirituality (died 1629)
1601–1900 •
1646 –
Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet and politician (died 1699) •
1677 –
Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (died 1731) •
1688 –
Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright (died 1763) •
1725 –
Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (died 1804) •
1740 –
Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (died 1795) •
1778 –
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic (died 1841) •
1799 –
Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (died 1854) •
1803 –
Antonija Höffern, Slovenian noblewoman (died 1871) •
1818 –
Emperor Norton, San Francisco eccentric and visionary (died 1880) •
1831 –
Oliver Ames, American financier and politician, 35th
Governor of Massachusetts (died 1895) •
1848 –
Jean Aicard, French poet, author, and playwright (died 1921) •
1849 –
Jean Richepin, French poet, author, and playwright (died 1926) •
1862 –
Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (died 1942) •
1865 –
Abe Isoo, Japanese minister and politician (died 1949) •
1868 –
Constance Markievicz, Irish revolutionary and first woman elected to the UK
House of Commons (died 1927) •
1869 –
Bill Haywood, American labor organizer (died 1928) •
1871 –
Friedrich Ebert, German lawyer and politician, first
President of Germany (died 1925) •
1872 –
Gotse Delchev, Bulgarian and Macedonian revolutionary activist (died 1903) •
1873 –
Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian shot putter and discus thrower (died 1905) •
1875 –
Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (died 1953) •
1877 –
Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach (died 1953) •
1879 –
Varia Kipiani, Georgian scientist •
1881 –
Eulalio Gutiérrez, Mexican general and politician,
President of Mexico (died 1939) • 1881 –
Fernand Léger, French painter and sculptor (died 1955) • 1881 –
Kliment Voroshilov, Soviet politician and Marshal of the Soviet Union, People's Commissar for Defence (died 1969) •
1883 –
Reinhold Rudenberg, German-American inventor and a pioneer of
electron microscopy (died 1961) •
1891 –
M. A. Ayyangar, Indian lawyer and politician, second
Speaker of the Lok Sabha (died 1978) •
1892 –
E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and academic (died 1964) •
1893 –
Raymond Dart, Australian paleoanthropologist (died 1988) •
1895 –
Nigel Bruce, English actor (died 1953) •
1896 –
Friedrich Glauser, Austrian-Swiss author (died 1938) • 1896 –
Friedrich Hund, German physicist and academic (died 1997) •
1897 –
Ludwig Erhard, German soldier and politician, second
Chancellor of West Germany (died 1977) •
1899 –
Virginia M. Alexander, American physician and founder of the Aspiranto Health Home (died 1949) •
1900 –
Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (died 1977)
1901–present •
1902 –
Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (died 1974) • 1902 –
Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, German-English lawyer and politician,
Attorney General for England and Wales (died 2003) •
1903 –
Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (died 2014) •
1904 –
MacKinlay Kantor, American author and screenwriter (died 1977) • 1904 –
Deng Yingchao, Chinese politician, Chairwoman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (died 1968) •
1905 –
Hylda Baker, English comedian, actress and music hall performer (died 1986) •
1906 –
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (died 1945) • 1906 –
Letitia Dunbar-Harrison, Irish librarian (died 1994) • 1906 –
Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer and academic, discovered
Pluto (died 1997) •
1908 –
Julian Bell, English poet and academic (died 1937) •
1912 –
Ola Skjåk Bræk, Norwegian banker and politician,
Norwegian Minister of Industry (died 1999) • 1912 –
Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-American conductor (died 1993) • 1912 –
Byron Nelson, American golfer and sportscaster (died 2006) •
1913 –
Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (died 2005) •
1914 –
Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author and publisher (died 1980) •
1915 –
William Talman, American actor and screenwriter (died 1968) • 1915 –
Norman Wisdom, English comedian, actor and singer-songwriter (died 2010) •
1917 –
Yahya Khan, Pakistan general and politician, third
President of Pakistan (died 1980) •
1918 –
Ida Lupino, English-American actress and director (died 1995) • 1921 –
Lotfi Zadeh, Iranian-American mathematician and computer scientist and founder of
fuzzy logic (died 2017) •
1922 –
Bhimsen Joshi, Indian vocalist of the Hindustani classical music tradition (died 2011) •
1923 –
Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (died 2013) •
1925 –
Russell Hoban, American author and illustrator (died 2011) • 1925 –
Stanley Karnow, American journalist and historian (died 2013) • 1925 –
Christopher Zeeman, English mathematician and academic (died 2016) •
1926 –
Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2014) •
1927 –
Rolf Landauer, German-American physicist and academic (died 1999) •
1928 –
Oscar Cabalén, Argentinian racing driver (died 1967) • 1928 –
Osmo Antero Wiio, Finnish journalist, academic, and politician (died 2013) •
1929 –
Jerry Adler, American actor, director, and producer (died 2025) •
1930 –
Tibor Antalpéter, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat,
Hungarian Ambassador to the United Kingdom (died 2012) • 1930 –
Arthur E. Chase, American businessman and politician (died 2015) • 1930 –
Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player and coach (died 2015) •
1931 –
Isabel Perón, Argentinian dancer and politician, 41st
President of Argentina •
1935 –
Wallis Mathias, Pakistani cricketer (died 1994) • 1935 –
Martti Talvela, Finnish opera singer (died 1989) • 1935 –
Collin Wilcox, American actress (died 2009) •
1936 –
David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (died 2014) • 1937 –
David Newman, American director and screenwriter (died 2003) •
1938 –
Frank J. Dodd, American businessman and politician, president of the
New Jersey Senate (died 2010) •
1939 –
Stan Lundine, American lawyer and politician,
Lieutenant Governor of New York •
1940 –
George A. Romero, American director and producer (died 2017) •
1947 –
Dennis C. Blair, American admiral and politician, third
Director of National Intelligence • 1947 –
Dan Quayle, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 44th
Vice President of the United States • 1948 –
Mienoumi Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler •
1949 –
Michael Beck, American actor • 1952 –
Thomas Silverstein, American criminal and prisoner (died 2019) •
1955 –
Mikuláš Dzurinda, Slovak politician,
Prime Minister of Slovakia •
1957 –
Matthew Cobb, British zoologist and author •
1958 –
Tomasz Pacyński, Polish journalist and author (died 2005) •
1959 –
Christian Schreier, German footballer and manager • 1959 –
Lawrence Taylor, American football player •
1960 –
Siobhan Dowd, English author and activist (died 2007) • 1960 –
Jonathan Larson, American lyricist, composer, and playwright (died 1996) •
1961 –
Denis Savard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach •
1962 –
Clint Black, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer •
1963 –
Noodles, American musician and songwriter •
1965 –
Jerome Brown, American football player (died 1992) •
1966 –
Viatcheslav Ekimov, Russian cyclist •
1967 –
Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (died 1995) •
1970 –
Gabrielle Anwar, English-American actress •
1971 –
Rob Corddry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter •
1977 –
Gavin DeGraw, American singer-songwriter • 1981 –
Johan Vansummeren, Belgian cyclist •
1982 –
Ivars Timermanis, Latvian basketball player •
1983 –
Hannibal Buress, American comedian and actor •
1984 –
Doug Fister, American baseball player • 1984 –
Mauricio Pinilla, Chilean footballer •
1986 –
Maximilian Götz, German racing driver • 1986 –
Mahmudullah Riyad, Bangladeshi cricketer •
1987 –
Darren O'Dea, Irish footballer • 1987 –
Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player •
1988 –
Charlie Barnett, American actor •
1989 –
Lavoy Allen, American basketball player •
1996 –
Mohamed Sherif, Egyptian footballer •
1998 –
Malik Monk, American basketball player • 1998 –
Maximilian Wöber, Austrian footballer •
1999 –
MJ Lenderman, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist •
2003 –
Kyla Kenedy, American actress ==Deaths==