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1894 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress (Long Pants, Oliver Twist), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1929)
1925 – Marty Robbins, American country singer (“El Paso”; “Devil Woman”; “I Walk Alone”), born in Glendale, Arizona (d. 1982)
1926 – Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian Indo-European philologist (Indo-Iranian languages), born in Linz, Austria (d. 2011)
1927 – Carolyn Brown, American dancer, and choreographer (founding member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company), born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (d. 2025)
1927 – Robert Blackburn, Irish educationist (International Baccalaureate Organisation), born in Kilkenny, Ireland (d. 1990)
1939 – Judith Appelbaum, American magazine and newspaper editor and educator, born in New York (d. 2018)
1945 – Gal Costa, Brazilian bossa nova and Tropicália singer, born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil (d. 2022)
1965 – Alexandra Lencastre, Portuguese actress (Ana e os Sete, A Única Mulher), born in Lisbon, Portugal
1969 – Aurelio [Martínez], Honduran folk-rock and Garifuna music singer-songwriter, and politician, born in Plaplaya, Honduras (d. 2025)
1970 – Rachel Jacobs, American actress (It’s Not Easy), born in Ririe, Idaho

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1663 – Johann Nikolaus Hanff, German organist and composer, born in Wechmar, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1711)
1694 – Henry Pelham, British Prime Minister (Whig: 1743-54) who introduced the Gin Acts, born in Laughton, England (d. 1754)
1829 – William Michael Rossetti, English writer and civil servant, born in London, England (d. 1919)
1905 – Nahman Avigad, Israeli archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem), born in Zavaliv, Ukraine (d. 1992)
1911 – Lilian Ngoyi, South African machinist, anti-apartheid activist, and first woman elected to the executive committee of the African National Congress, born in Pretoria, Union of South Africa (d. 1980)
1914 – Frederick Wilhelm Sternfeld, Austrian musicologist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1994)
1969 – Hansie Cronje, South African cricket batsman and captain (68 Tests, 3,714 runs, 43 wickets; 188 ODIs; life ban for match-fixing 2000), born in Bloemfontein, South Africa (d. 2002)
1975 – Matt Hasselbeck, American football player, born in Boulder, Colorado
1975 – Mariusz Duda, Polish rock bassist and singer (Riverside), born in Wegorzewo, Poland
2003 – Bella Ramsey, English actress (Games of Thrones, The Last of Us), born in Nottingham, England

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1848 – Pieter Lodewijk Tak, Dutch journalist (The Chronicle; Het Volk), and politician, born in Middelburg, Netherlands (d. 1907)
1860 – S. R. Crockett, Scottish novelist (The Stickit Minister), born in Duchrae, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire (d. 1914)
1883 – Franklin Clarence Mars, American business magnate, founder of Mars Inc. (Mars bar, MandM’s), born in Pope County, Minnesota (d. 1934)
1914 – Hein Jordans, Dutch conductor, born in Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands (d. 2003)
1935 – Lawrence Urquhart, British businessman and CEO of Burmah Castrol, Scottish Widows, and BAA Ltd, born in Liverpool, England (d. 2025)
1938 – Steve Douglas [Kreisman], American session and touring saxophonist and flautist (Phil Spector; Duane Eddy; Beach Boys), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1993)
1940 – Barbara “Bibs” Allbut, American rock vocalist (Angels – “My Boyfriend’s Back”), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 2021)
1947 – Erik Hivju, Norwegian actor (The Last Place on Earth, Borgen skole), born in Norway
1965 – Sean McNabb, American rock bassist (Quiet Riot; Great White; Rough Cutt; House of Lords), born in South Bend, Indiana
1983 – Randy Foye, American basketball player, born in Newark, New Jersey

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1816 – Julius White, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Cazenovia, New York (d. 1890)
1907 – Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, unfulfilled claimant to the throne of Portugal, born in Seebenstein, Austria (d. 1976)
1923 – Samuel V. Wilson, American ex-director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and former Army lieutenant general, born in Rice, Virginia (d. 2017)
1928 – Frank Foster, American jazz saxophonist, arranger, composer, band leader (Count Basie; The Loud Minority), and educator, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2011)
1938 – Romy Schneider, German-French actress (That Most Important Thing: Love; Death Watch), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1982)
1943 – Bob Clement, American politician (Rep-D-Tennessee), born in Nashville, Tennessee
1963 – Gabriele Reinsch, German athlete (women’s discus WR 76.80m 1988), born in Cottbus, Germany
1966 – Pete Harnisch, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1991 Houston Astros; Baltimore Orioles, NY Mets, Cincinnati Reds), born in Commack, New York
1972 – Karl Pilkington, British radio producer, actor, podcaster, and author (An Idiot Abroad, The Ricky Gervais Show), born in Sale, England
1985 – Hasan Minhaj, American stand-up comedian (Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj), born in Davis, California

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1791 – Michael Faraday, English scientist, discovered electromagnetic induction, invented 1st electric motor, born in Newington Butts, England (d. 1867)
1833 – Stephen Dill Lee, American 1st president of Mississippi State University, Lt General in Confederate Army, born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1908)
1880 – Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragist, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, born in Manchester, England (d. 1958)
1931 – Nello Santi, Italian opera conductor (Opernhaus Zürich; NY Metropolitan Opera), born in Adria, Veneto, Italy (d. 2020)
1937 – Raul Machado, Portuguese soccer centre-back (11 caps; Leixões SC, SL Benfica), born in Matosinhos, Portugal (d. 2023)
1939 – Junko Tabei, Japanese mountain-climber, 1st woman to climb Mount Everest, born in Miharu (d. 2016)
1946 – King Sunny Adé [Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye], Nigerian jùjú and Afrobeat singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player (Jùjú Music; Synchro System; Odu), born in Oshogbo, Nigeria
1961 – Dot Richardson, American softball infielder (Olympic gold 1996), born in Orlando, Florida
1966 – Mike Richter, American ice hockey goalie (Stanley Cup 1994 NY Rangers; World Cup gold 1996; Olympic silver 2002), born in Abington, Pennsylvania
1995 – Juliette Goglia, American actress (That’s So raven), born in Los Angeles, California

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1809 – Sophia Hawthorne, American writer, painter and illustrator, born in Salem, Massachusetts (d. 1871)
1820 – Williams Carter Wickham, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1888)
1853 – Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (liquid helium, Nobel 1913), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1926)
1867 – Henry L. Stimson, American statesman (46th United States Secretary of State), born in New York City (d. 1950)
1885 – Thomas de Hartmann, Russian composer, born in Khoruzhivka, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1956)
1930 – John Neel, American jazz and film score composer (Blue Martini; Scream of the Butterfly), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1973)
1935 – Anthony Page, British stage and screen director (A Doll’s House; Middlemarch), born in Bangalore, British India (d. 2026)
1943 – Jerry Bruckheimer, American film and television producer (Flashdance; Top Gun; Pirates of the Caribbean; CSI0 and NHL team owner (Seattle Kraken), born in Detroit, Michigan
1951 – Bruce Arena, American soccer coach (Olympic gold 1996), born in Brooklyn, New York
1967 – Andrea Thies, American rower (Olympics 1992, 96), born in Irvington, New York

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1877 – Armand Marsick, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1959)
1896 – Fjodor Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga), born in Pavlovka, Russia (d. 1960) [NS=Oct 2]
1923 – Geraldine Clinton Little, Irish poet (A Little Bouquet), born in Northern Ireland (d. 1997)
1941 – Sylvester [J. Pussycat Sr.,], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Friz Freleng (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in “Notes to You”
1948 – Chuck Panozzo, American rock bassist (Styx), born in Chicago, Illinois
1954 – Silvio Leonard, Cuban 100m runner (Olympic silver 1980), born in Cienfuegos, Cuba
1968 – Eric Turner, American football safety (First-team All-Pro 1994; Pro Bowl 1994, 96; NFL interceptions co-leader 1994; Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens), born in Ventura, California (d. 2000)
1968 – Tim Rogers, Australian singer and songwriter (“You Am I”), born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia,
1971 – Henrik Larsson, Swedish soccer striker (106 caps; Feyenoord, Celtic, Barcelona, Helsingborgs IF), born in Helsingborg, Sweden
1989 – Malachi Kirby, English actor (Small Axe), born in London, England

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1803 – Maria Anna of Savoy, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, born in Palazzo Colonna, Rome, Papal States (d. 1884)
1902 – Jimmy Van Alen, American tennis official (created Simplified Scoring System), born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 1991)
1907 – Lewis F. Powell Jr., American Supreme Court justice (1972-87), born in Suffolk, Virginia (d. 1998)
1924 – Jacques Lusseyran, French author and resistance leader who was blind from age 7, born in Paris, France (d. 1971)
1931 – Brook Benton [Benjamin Franklin Peay], American soul vocalist (“It’s Just a Matter of Time”; “Rainy Night in Georgia”), born in Lugoff, South Carolina (d. 1988)
1934 – Brian Epstein, English music entrepreneur and manager (Beatles), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1967)
1937 – Abner Haynes, American football running back (AFL MVP 1960; First-team All-AFL 1960, 61, 62; Kansas City Chiefs), born in Denton, Texas (d. 2024)
1971 – Jeremy Nunley, American NFL defensive tackle and defensive end (Houston Oilers), born in Winchester, Tennessee (d. 2018)
1974 – Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model and TV personality (Playboy playmate Dec 96, Playmate of the Year 1997), born in Skelleftehamn, Sweden
1998 – Trae Young, American NBA player (Atlanta Hawks), born in Lubbock, Texas

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1636 – Pietro Sanmartini, Italian composer, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1701)
1884 – Ludomir Różycki, Polish composer and conductor (Eros i Psyche; Pan Twardowski), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1953)
1905 – Greta Garbo, Swedish actress and Hollywood silent film star (Anna Karenina, Grand Hotel, Camille), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1990)
1906 – Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (abstract algebra), born in Lille, France (d. 1992)
1910 – Leon Stein, American composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2002)
1929 – Louis Myers, American blues guitarist and harmonica player, born in Byhalia, Mississippi (d. 1994)
1947 – Giancarlo Minardi, Italian founder and Managing Director of Minardi Formula One team, born in Faenza, Italy
1961 – Martin “Frosty” Beedle, British session and touring drummer (Cutting Crew – “(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight”), born in North Ferriby, East Yorkshire, England
1973 – Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada
1978 – Pilar López de Ayala, Spanish actress (Juana la Loca), born in Madrid, Spain

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1849 – Vaclav Juda Novotny, Czech composer and music critic, born in Vesce, Kingdom of Bohemia. Austrian Empire (d. 1922)
1854 – Hans Müller, German music historian and writer, born in Cologne, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1897)
1874 – Ben Turpin, American comic (Uncle Tom Without the Cabin), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1940)
1894 – James Anderson, Australian tennis player (Australasian C’ship 1922, 24, 25), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1973)
1931 – Lestine ‘Tess’ Johnston, American diplomat, preservationist and co-founder of Historic Shanghai, born in Charlotte, North Carolina (d. 2025)
1937 – Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican Baseball HOF first baseman (11 × MLB All-Star; World Series and NL MVP 1967 St. Louis Cardinals; NL Rookie of the Year 1958 SF Giants), born in Ponce, Puerto Rico (d. 2024)
1948 – John Ritter, American actor and comedian (Three’s Company, It, 8 Simple Rules), born in Burbank, California (d. 2003)
1951 – Cassandra Peterson [Elvira], American actress (Echo Park, Elvira), born in Manhattan, Kansas
1962 – Baz Luhrmann, Australian film director (Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, Elvis), born in Sydney, Australia
1964 – Karen Straker, British horse show jumper, born in County Durham

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