Births

Births

• 1412 – Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1464)
• 1601 – Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1667)
• 1624 – Jean Regnault de Segrais, French author and poet (d. 1701)
• 1647 – Denis Papin, French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking (d. 1712)
• 1679 – Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)
• 1760 – Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)
• 1764 – Charles Percier, French architect (d. 1838)
• 1771 – Henry Maudslay, English inventor (d. 1831)
• 1773 – Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (d. 1858)
• 1778 – James Kirke Paulding, American politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1860)
• 1800 – William S. Harney, American general (d. 1889)
• 1800 – Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (d. 1865)
• 1827 – Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1906)
• 1834 – Samuel Pierpont Langley, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1906)
• 1836 – Archibald Willard, American painter (d. 1918)
• 1845 – William Lewis Douglas, American businessman and politician, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1924)
• 1848 – Melville Elijah Stone, American publisher, founded the Chicago Daily News (d. 1929)
• 1854 – Milan I of Serbia (d. 1901)
• 1857 – Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)
• 1860 – Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, German inventor, created the Nipkow disk (d. 1940)
• 1860 – Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (d. 1940)
• 1860 – Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz (d. 1917)
• 1862 – Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)
• 1867 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939)
• 1873 – Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928)
• 1874 – Max Scheler, German philosopher (d. 1928)
• 1880 – Gorch Fock, German author and poet (d. 1916)
• 1880 – George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944)
• 1882 – Raymonde de Laroche, French aviatrix (d. 1919)
• 1885 – Thomas Cooke, American soccer player (d. 1964)
• 1887 – Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German politician, Foreign Minister of Germany (d. 1977)
• 1890 – Cecil Kellaway, South African born character actor (d. 1973)
• 1891 – Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-Italian sculptor (d. 1973)
• 1893 – Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1977)
• 1893 – Dorothy Parker, American poet and author (d. 1967)
• 1895 – László Almásy, Hungarian pilot (d. 1951)
• 1895 – Paul Comtois, Canadian politician, 21st Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1966)
• 1902 – Thomas Pelly, American politician (d. 1973)
• 1902 – Leni Riefenstahl, German actress and director (d. 2003)
• 1902 – Edward Rowe Snow, American historian and author (d. 1982)
• 1903 – Jerry Iger, American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger (d. 1990)
• 1904 – Deng Xiaoping, Chinese politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (d. 2004)
• 1908 – Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach (d. 1993)
• 1909 – Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)
• 1909 – Mel Hein, American football player and coach (d. 1992)
• 1909 – Lucille Ricksen, American actress (d. 1925)
• 1913 – Leonard Pagliero, English businessman and pilot (d. 2008)
• 1913 – Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (d. 1993)
• 1914 – Connie B. Gay, American businessman, co-founded the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (d. 1989)
• 1915 – David Dellinger, American activist (d. 2004)
• 1915 – James Hillier, Canadian-American scientist, co-designed the electron microscope (d. 2007)
• 1915 – Hugh Paddick, English actor (d. 2000)
• 1915 – Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile (d. 2005)
• 1917 – John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
• 1918 – Mary McGrory, American journalist (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Ray Bradbury, American author (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Denton Cooley, American surgeon
• 1921 – Sotiria Bellou, Greek singer (d. 1997)
• 1921 – Dinos Dimopoulos, Greek director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 1921 – Tony Pawson, English cricketer (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Roberto Aizenberg, Argentinian painter and sculptor (d. 1996)
• 1922 – Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Harishankar Parsai, Indian author (d. 1995)
• 1922 – Micheline Presle, French actress
• 1925 – Honor Blackman, English actress and singer
• 1925 – James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (d. 1989)
• 1928 – Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean diplomat and activist
• 1928 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Valery Alekseyev, Russian anthropologist (d. 1991)
• 1929 – Ulrich Wegener, German general and police officer
• 1930 – Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Gerald P. Carr, American engineer, colonel, and astronaut
• 1933 – Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (d. 1994)
• 1934 – Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general (d. 2012)
• 1935 – Annie Proulx, American journalist and author
• 1936 – Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2012)
• 1936 – John Callaway, American journalist (d. 2009)
• 1936 – Dale Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
• 1936 – Werner Stengel, German roller coaster designer and engineer, designed the maverick roller coaster
• 1938 – Jean Berkey, American politician (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Paul Maguire, American football player and sportscaster
• 1939 – Valerie Harper, American actress and singer
• 1939 – George Reinholt, American actor
• 1939 – Carl Yastrzemski, American baseball player
• 1940 – Bill McCartney, American football player and coach, founded Promise Keepers
• 1941 – Bill Parcells, American football player and coach
• 1941 – Hannspeter Winter, Austrian physicist (d. 2006)
• 1942 – Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and author (d. 1993)
• 1943 – Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist, co-designed the Intel 4004
• 1944 – Peter Hofmann, Czech-German tenor (d. 2010)
• 1945 – David Chase, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1945 – Ron Dante, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Archies, The Cuff Links, and The Detergents)
• 1945 – Erol Gelenbe, Turkish computer scientist and mathematician
• 1947 – Donna Jean Godchaux, American singer-songwriter (Grateful Dead, Heart of Gold Band, and Jerry Garcia Band, and Donna Jean Godchaux Band)
• 1947 – Cindy Williams, American actress, singer, and producer
• 1948 – Eleonora Brown, Italian actress
• 1948 – David Marks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Beach Boys)
• 1949 – Doug Bair, American baseball player and coach
• 1949 – Þórarinn Eldjárn, Icelandic author and poet
• 1949 – Diana Nyad, American swimmer and author
• 1950 – Ray Burris, American baseball player and coach
• 1950 – Scooter Libby, American lawyer, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
• 1951 – Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician
• 1952 – Peter Laughner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rocket from the Tombs and Pere Ubu) (d. 1977)
• 1953 – Paul Ellering, American weightlifter and wrestling manager
• 1955 – Chiranjeevi, Indian actor, producer, and politician
• 1955 – Gordon Liu, Chinese martial artist and actor
• 1956 – Paul Molitor, American baseball player and coach
• 1957 – Steve Davis, English snooker player
• 1958 – Colm Feore, American-Canadian actor
• 1958 – Stevie Ray, American wrestler
• 1958 – Vernon Reid, English-American guitarist and songwriter (Living Colour)
• 1959 – Juan Croucier, Cuban-American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Ratt and Dokken)
• 1959 – Pia Gjellerup, Danish politician, Finance Minister of Denmark
• 1959 – Kidd Kraddick, American radio host (d. 2013)
• 1959 – Mark Williams, English actor and screenwriter
• 1960 – Holger Gehrke, German footballer and manager
• 1961 – Andrés Calamaro, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Los Abuelos de la Nada and Los Rodríguez)
• 1961 – Roland Orzabal, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Tears for Fears and Graduate)
• 1961 – Debbi Peterson, American singer and drummer (The Bangles and Kindred Spirit)
• 1963 – Tori Amos, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Y Kant Tori Read)
• 1963 – Terry Catledge, American basketball player
• 1964 – Tom Gibis, American voice actor
• 1964 – Diane Setterfield, English author
• 1964 – Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
• 1964 – Andrew Wilson, American actor and director
• 1965 – Courtney Gains, American actor and producer
• 1965 – Chen Liping, Singaporean actress
• 1966 – Gza, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
• 1966 – Eric Andolsek, American football player (d. 1992)
• 1966 – Brooke Dillman, American actress
• 1966 – Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1967 – Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, English actor
• 1967 – Ty Burrell, American actor
• 1967 – Alfred Gough, American screenwriter and producer
• 1967 – Yukiko Okada, Japanese singer and actress (d. 1986)
• 1967 – Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (Alice in Chains, Class of '99, Mad Season, and Sleze) (d. 2002)
• 1967 – Bill Welke, American baseball umpire
• 1968 – Casper Christensen, Danish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1968 – Paul Colman, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Newsboys and Paul Colman Trio)
• 1968 – Aleksandr Mostovoi, Russian footballer
• 1968 – Horst Skoff, Austrian tennis player (d. 2008)
• 1970 – George Canyon, Canadian singer, guitarist, and actor
• 1970 – Charlie Connelly, English-Irish author and journalist
• 1970 – Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-American chef and author
• 1970 – Tímea Nagy, Hungarian fencer
• 1970 – Shaun Steels, English drummer and bass player (My Dying Bride and Anathema)
• 1971 – Richard Armitage, English actor
• 1971 – Craig Finn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Hold Steady and Lifter Puller)
• 1971 – Rick Yune, American actor and martial artist
• 1972 – Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter
• 1972 – Paul Doucette, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer (Matchbox Twenty, The Break and Repair Method, and Tabitha's Secret)
• 1972 – Steve Kline, American baseball player and coach
• 1972 – Pontus Schultz, Swedish journalist (d. 2012)
• 1972 – Max Wilson, Brazilian race car driver
• 1973 – Sornram Teppitak, Thai actor
• 1973 – Howie Dorough, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Backstreet Boys)
• 1973 – Beenie Man, Jamaican rapper and producer
• 1973 – Kristen Wiig, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Eurelijus Žukauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1974 – Agustín Pichot, Argentinian rugby player
• 1974 – Lee Sheppard, Australian animator
• 1975 – Clint Bolton, Australian footballer
• 1975 – Davor Krznarić, Croatian footballer
• 1975 – Sheree Murphy, English actress
• 1975 – Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
• 1976 – Marius Bezykornovas, Lithuanian footballer
• 1976 – Bryn Davies, American bassist, cellist, and pianist
• 1976 – Laurent Hernu, French decathlete
• 1976 – Randy Wolf, American baseball player
• 1977 – Jenna Leigh Green, American actress and singer
• 1977 – Keren Cytter, Visual artist and writer
• 1977 – Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic footballer
• 1978 – Robert Levon Been, American singer and guitarist (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
• 1978 – James Corden, English actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
• 1978 – Ioannis Gagaloudis, Greek basketball player
• 1978 – Ed Petrie, English comedian and actor
• 1978 – Jeff Stinco, Canadian guitarist (Simple Plan)
• 1979 – Brandon Adams, American actor
• 1979 – Jennifer Finnigan, Canadian actress
• 1979 – Matt Walters, American football player
• 1980 – Roland Benschneider, German footballer
• 1980 – Nicolas Macrozonaris, Canadian sprinter
• 1981 – Alex Holmes, American football player
• 1981 – Jang Hyun-Kyu, South Korean footballer (d. 2012)
• 1981 – Takumi Saito, Japanese actor and singer
• 1982 – Rodrigo Nehme, Mexican actor
• 1983 – Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
• 1983 – Laura Breckenridge, American actress
• 1983 – Justin Buchholz, American mixed martial artist
• 1983 – Jahri Evans, American football player
• 1983 – Dani Thompson, Australian-born, English actress, glamour model and TV presenter
• 1984 – Lee Camp, English footballer
• 1984 – Missy Monroe, American porn actress
• 1984 – Lawrence Quaye, Ghanaian-Qatari footballer
• 1985 – Kether Donohue, American actress
• 1985 – Luke Russert, American journalist
• 1986 – Lacie Heart, American porn actress
• 1986 – Erika Hebron, American model, Miss Missouri 2010
• 1986 – Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese actress
• 1986 – Janis Vahter, Estonian basketball player
• 1987 – Leonardo Moracci, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Karlie Simon, English porn actress
• 1988 – Sarah Major, New Zealand actress
• 1989 – Chariz Solomon, Filipino actress
• 1990 – Syque Caesar, Bangladeshi gymnast
• 1990 – Randall Cobb, American football player
• 1991 – Federico Macheda, Italian footballer
• 1991 – Brayden Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1994 – Olli Maatta, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1996 – Shannon Flynn, English actress
• 1999 – Dakota Goyo, Canadian actor