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1626 – Giovanni Legrenzi, Venetian Baroque organist and composer, born in Clusone, Republic of Venice (d. 1690)
1781 – Robert Mills, American engineer and architect (Washington Monument on the National Mall), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1855)
1860 – Klara Hitler (née Pölzl), Austrian mother of German dictator, Adolf Hitler, born in Weitra, Austrian Empire (d. 1907)
1920 – Peter West, British sports broadcaster (BBC; editor Playfair Cricket Annual), born in Cranbrook, England (d. 2003)
1930 – Ron Herron, British architect (Archigram), and educator, born in London (d. 1994)
1960 – Laurent Fignon, French road cyclist (Tour de France 1983, 84; Giro d’Italia 1989; FICP World #1 1989), born in Paris, France (d. 2010)
1972 – Del The Funky Homosapien [Teren Delvon Jones], American rapper (Mistadobalina), born in Oakland, California
1975 – Regan Upshaw, American NFL football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Berrien Springs, Michigan
1998 – Rudy Pankow, American actor (Outer Banks), born in Ketchikan, Alaska
2001 – Dixie D’Amelio, American singer (“Be Happy”) and TikTok star, born in Norwalk, Connecticut

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1467 – Mary of York, English princess, daughter of King Edward IV, born at Windsor Castle (d. 1482)
1898 – Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, British politician and trade unionist, born in Long Eaton, England (d. 1996)
1911 – Prem Bhatia, Indian journalist and diplomat (friend of Jawaharlal Nehru), born in Lahore, British India (d. 1995)
1929 – Cora de Man-Canne Meyer, Dutch mezzo-soprano (Figaro, Carmen), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2020)
1932 – Eric Varley, British politician and cabinet minister, born in Poolsbrook, Derbyshire (d. 2008)
1933 – Jerry Falwell Sr., American TV evangelist (Moral Majority), born in Lynchburg, Virginia (d. 2007)
1933 – Tamás Vásáry, Hungarian concert pianist and conductor, born in Debrecen, Hungary
1937 – Allegra Kent [Iris Cohen], American ballet dancer (New York City Ballet), teacher, and author (Ballerina Swan), born in Santa Monica, California
1942 – Otis Taylor, American football wide receiver (Super Bowl IV Kansas City Chiefs; First-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl 1971, 72), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2023)
1954 – Sinan Savaskan, Turkish-British contemporary classical music composer and educator (The Age of Analysis; Octandre Ensemble), born in Istanbul, Turkey

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1839 – Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist, made advances in electrical engineering, born in Vladimir, Russia (d. 1896)
1877 – Rudolf Hilferding, Austrian-German Marxist economist (SPD Minister of Finance), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1941)
1891 – Henry O’Neill, American actor (“Lady Killer”; “Nothing But Trouble”), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1961)
1947 – Dmitri Alexeev, Russian concert pianist (Leeds International Competition, 1975), and teacher (Royal College of Music – London, 2010-present), born in Moscow, USSR
1951 – Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian politician, President of Colombia (2010-18) and Nobel laureate (2016), born in Bogotá, Colombia
1959 – Florent Vollant, Innu-Canadian musician (Kashtin), born in Labrador, Newfoundland
1965 – Claudia Christian, American actress (Babylon 5), and author, born in Glendale, California
1969 – Cate Shortland, Australian film director and screenwriter (Somersault; Lore; Black Widow), born in Temora, New South Wales, Australia
1977 – Aaron Kamin, American guitarist, and singer-songwriter (The Calling), born in Studio City, California
1989 – Ben Sahar, Israeli soccer striker (44 caps; Chelsea, Espanyol, Willem II, Hapoel Be’er Sheva), born in Holon, Israel

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1593 – Izaak Walton, English biographer and author (The Compleat Angler), born in Stafford, England (d. 1683)
1677 – Jacob Campo Weyerman, Dutch painter and writer active during the Dutch Enlightenment, born in Charleroi, Belgium (d. 1747)
1789 – Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, French harpist, composer, forger, and bigamist, born in Montmédy, France (d. 1856)
1797 – Charles Robert Malden, British naval officer (discoverer of Malden Island, central Pacific), born in Putney, Surrey (d. 1855)
1899 – Armand Salacrou, French playwright, born in Rouen, France (d. 1989)
1958 – Greg Chaisson, Canadian heavy metal bassist (Badlands – “Dreams in the Dark”), born in Toronto, Ontario
1971 – Davide Rebellin, Italian road cyclist, born in San Bonifacio, Italy
1975 – Mike Lamb, American baseball player, born in West Covina, California
1985 – Luca Filippi, Italian racing driver, born in Savigliano, Italy
1991 – Alexa Bliss [Alexis Cabrera], American professional wrestler (WWE), born in Columbus, Ohio

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1746 – Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch poet of children’s poems (Proeve van kleine gedigen voor Kinder), born in Gouda, The Netherlands (d. 1803)
1820 – Winfield Scott Featherston “Old Swet”, American politician and Army Brigadier General (Confederate), born near Murfreesboro, Tennessee (d. 1891)
1921 – Roger Nixon, American composer, born in Tulare, California (d. 2009)
1927 – Jim Weaver, American politician (US Representatives from Oregon, 1975-87), businessman, and WWII veteran, born in Brookings, South Dakota (d. 2020)
1935 – Donald P. Bellisario, American television producer (Magnum P.I., NCIS), born in Cokeburg, Pennsylvania
1942 – Jay David, American drummer, and arranger (Brenda Lee; Dr Hook and Medicine Show, 1968-73 – “The Cover of the Rolling Stone”), born in New Jersey
1955 – Diddú [Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir], Icelandic soprano and songwriter, born in Reykjavík, Iceland
1971 – Marcello Simmons, American CFL defensive back (Toronto Argonauts), born in Tomball, Texas
1981 – Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player (20 x Grand Slam singles titles; Olympic gold doubles 2008; Davis Cup 2014; 6 x Tour Finals), born in Bottmingen, Switzerland
1994 – Lauv [Ari Staprans Leff]. American singer-songwriter, and record producer (“I Like Me Better”), born in San Francisco, California

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317 – Constantius II, Roman Emperor (337-61), born in Sirmium, Pannonia Inferior (d. 361)
1868 – Granville Bantock, British composer and conductor (Hebridean Symphony), born in London (d. 1946)
1919 – John Hogan, American chemist (discovered methods of producing polypropylene), born in Lowes, Kentucky (d. 2012)
1921 – Karel Husa, Czech-American Pulitzer prize winning composer (Trojan Women), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2016)
1928 – James Randi, Canadian skeptic magician (Nova), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2020)
1928 – Romeo Muller, American screenwriter (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Frosty the Snowman), born in the Bronx, New York City (d. 1992)
1952 – Ian Hobson, English pianist, opera conductor and music professor, born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England
1961 – Walter Swinburn, English jockey (Epsom Derby 1981, 86, 95; Irish Derby 1983, 86; Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 1983), born in Oxford, England (d. 2016)
1973 – Danny Graves, American MLB baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds and two other teams), born in Saigon, South Vietnam
1978 – Alexandre Aja, French director, born in Paris, France

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1697 – Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1742-45), Prince-Elector of Bavaria (1726-45), born in Brussels (d. 1745)
1904 – Henry Iba, American Basketball HOF coach (Olympic gold 1964, 68; NCAA C’ship 1945, 46 Oklahoma State Uni) and executive (AD Oklahoma State 1935-70), born in Easton, Missouri (d. 1993)
1908 – James Lees-Milne, English writer and architectural historian, born in Wickhamford, Worcestershire (d. 1997)
1943 – Michael Anderson Jr., British actor (Clayt Monroe in “The Monroes”), born in London
1952 – Michael Silverblatt, American literary critic and radio host (Bookworm), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2026)
1952 – Vinnie Vincent [Cusano], American rock guitarist (Kiss, 1982-84; solo – “Ashes to Ashes”), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
1968 – Jack de Gier, Dutch soccer manager (NEC, Go Ahead Eagles, FC Den Bosch), born in Schijndel, Netherlands
1973 – Vera Ann Farmiga, American actress (Down to the Bone; Up in the Air), and director (Higher Ground), born in Clifton, New Jersey
1975 – Jamie McGonnigal, American voice actor (Pokémon, One Piece), born in Weymouth, Massachusetts
1995 – Amy Forsyth, Canadian actress (The Gilded Age, CODA), born in Ontario

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1461 – Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1492-1506) and King of Poland (1501-6), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1506)
1647 – Anne Le Fèvre Dacier, French scholar, classicist, and the first woman to translate Homer’s “Iliad” and “Odyssey”, born in Preuilly-sur-Claise, France (d. 1720)
1877 – Tom Thomson, Canadian painter, born in Claremont, Ontario (d. 1917)
1923 – Ralph Baruch [Rudolph Maximilian Baruch], German-American media executive and the founding president of Viacom (1971-83), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 2016)
1934 – Gay Byrne, Irish radio and television host (The Late Late Show 1962-99), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2019)
1943 – Rodney Pattison, British yachtsman (Olympic gold Flying Dutchman class 1968, 72; silver 1976), born in Campbeltown, Scotland
1948 – David Hungate, American rock bassist (Toto, 1976-1982 and 2014-15, “Rosanna”, “Africa”), and Nashville session musician, born in Troy, Missouri
1981 – Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer and actress (47 Ronin), born in Toshima, Japan
1989 – Shanshan Feng, Chinese golfer (Women’s PGA C’ship 2012), born in Guangzhou, China
2184 – Christine Lauren Chapel, (Star Trek), born in Davenport Heights, Vermont

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1290 – Leopold I, “The Glorious”, Duke of Austria and Styria, member of the House of Habsburg, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1326)
1664 – Louis Lully, French musician and son of Jean-Baptiste Lully, born in Paris, France (d. 1734)
1890 – Erich Weinert, German communist writer, born in Magdeburg (d. 1953)
1912 – David Raksin, American composer renown for his work in film and TV (Laura; Modern Times), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
1912 – Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish architect, humanitarian, and diplomat during World War II (saved 10,000s of Jews), born in Lidingö Municipality, Sweden (d. 1952)
1938 – Judith S. Kaye, American jurist and the first female chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1993-2008), born in Monticello, New York (d. 2016)
1954 – Donald Gibb, American character actor (Revenge of the Nerds, Bloodsport), born in New York City (d. 2026)
1955 – Charles D. Gemar, American former NASA astronaut (STS-38, 48, 62) and lieutenant colonel (United States Army), born in Yankton, South Dakota
1960 – Dean Malenko, American professional wrestler and 4x WCW Cruiserweight champion (2x 1996; 1997; 1998), born in America
1970 – Bret Baier, American political correspondent (Fox News), born in Rumson, New Jersey

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1871 – Vernon Louis Parrington, American author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928), born in Aurora, Illinois (d. 1929)
1921 – Edith Raymond Locke, Austrian-American television presenter (Attitudes) and editor of Mademoiselle magazine (1971-80), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2020)
1923 – Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of the Coptic Christianity, born in Abnub, Asyut Governorate, Egypt (d. 2012)
1924 – Max van der Stoel, Dutch politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs (PvdA), born in Voorschoten, Netherlands (d. 2011)
1934 – Haystacks Calhoun, American professional wrestler, born in McKinney, Texas (d. 1989)
1937 – Andrés Gimeno, Spanish tennis player (French Open 1972), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 2019)
1968 – Rod Beck, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1993, 94, 97; San Francisco Giants), born in Burbank, California (d. 2007)
1972 – Sandis Ozolinsh, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche), born in Riga, Latvia
1975 – N. D. Kalu, American defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1992 – Nadeshot [Matthew Haag], American professional gamer, Youtuber and CEO of 100 Thieves, born in Palos Hills, Illinois

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