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==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1086]] – [[Ramiro II of Aragon]] (d. 1157) *[[1492]] – [[Sabina of Bavaria, Duchess of Württemberg|Sabina of Bavaria]], Bavarian duchess and noblewoman (d. 1564) *[[1532]] – [[Thomas Lucy]], English politician (d. 1600) *[[1533]] – [[William I of Orange]], founding father of the Netherlands (d. 1584) *[[1538]] – [[Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua]] (d. 1587) *[[1545]] – [[Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton]], English Earl (d. 1581) *[[1562]] – [[Xu Guangqi]], Ming Dynasty Chinese politician, scholar and lay Catholic leader (d. 1633) *[[1581]] – [[Vincent de Paul]], French priest and saint (d. 1660) ===1601–1900=== *[[1608]] – [[Gaston, Duke of Orléans]], third son of King Henry IV of France (d. 1660) *[[1620]] – [[John Graunt]], English demographer and statistician (d. 1674) *[[1706]] – [[Giovanni Battista Martini]], Italian pianist and composer (d. 1780) *[[1718]] – [[Nathaniel Hone the Elder]], Irish-English painter and educator (d. 1784) *[[1743]] – [[Edmund Cartwright]], English clergyman and engineer, invented the [[power loom]] (d. 1823) *[[1784]] – [[Peter Vivian Daniel]], American lawyer and jurist (d. 1860) *[[1815]] – [[Anthony Trollope]], English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (d. 1882) *[[1823]] – [[Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada]], Mexican politician, [[President of Mexico]] (d. 1889) *[[1829]] – [[Luisa Cappiani]], Austrian soprano, educator and essayist (d. 1919)<ref>{{cite web |title=Baptism record entry Linz-Holy Family, 1829 |url=https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/oesterreich/oberoesterreich/linz-heilige-familie-ehemalig-st-josef/106%252F1829/?pg=6 |website=Matricula Online |access-date= 5 May 2023 |language=de}}</ref> *[[1845]] – [[Carl Spitteler]], Swiss poet and author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1924)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Spitteler {{!}} Swiss poet |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Spitteler |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1856]] – [[Philippe Pétain]], French general and politician, 119th [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1951) *[[1860]] – [[Queen Marau]], last Queen of [[Tahiti]] (d. 1935) *[[1862]] – [[Tomitaro Makino]], Japanese botanist (d. 1957) *[[1868]] – [[Sandy Herd]], Scottish golfer (d. 1944) *[[1876]] – [[Erich Raeder]], German admiral (d. 1960) *[[1878]] – [[Jean Crotti]], Swiss-French painter (d. 1958) *[[1879]] – [[Susanna Bokoyni]], Hungarian-American circus performer (d. 1984) *[[1880]] – [[Gideon Sundback]], Swedish-American engineer and businessman, developed the [[zipper]] (d. 1954) * 1880 – [[Josef Müller (entomologist)|Josef Müller]], Croatian entomologist (d. 1964) *[[1882]] – [[Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding]], Scottish-English air marshal (d. 1970) *[[1885]] – [[Thomas Cronan]], American triple jumper (d. 1962) * 1885 – [[Con Walsh]], Irish-Canadian hammer thrower and footballer (d. 1961) *[[1887]] – [[Denys Finch Hatton]], English hunter (d. 1931) *[[1888]] – [[Pe Maung Tin]], [[Myanmar|Burma]]-based scholar and educator (d. 1973) *[[1889]] – [[Stafford Cripps]], English academic and politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (d. 1952) * 1889 – [[Lyubov Popova]], Russian painter and academic (d. 1924) *[[1897]] – [[Manuel Ávila Camacho]], Mexican colonel and politician, 45th [[President of Mexico]] (d. 1955) * 1897 – [[Benjamin Lee Whorf]], American linguist, anthropologist, and engineer (d. 1941) *[[1899]] – [[Oscar Zariski]], Russian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1986) *[[1900]] – [[Elizabeth Goudge]], English author and educator (d. 1984)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msmc.edu/library/find_information/archives_and_special_collections/elizabeth_goudge_special_collection/biography_of_elizabeth_goudge|title=Biography of Elizabeth Goudge|website=www.msmc.edu|access-date=25 October 2017|archive-date=21 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021111555/https://www.msmc.edu/library/find_information/archives_and_special_collections/elizabeth_goudge_special_collection/biography_of_elizabeth_goudge|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/27/obituaries/elizabeth-goudge.html|title=ELIZABETH GOUDGE|date=27 April 1984|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=25 October 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[José Antonio Primo de Rivera]], Spanish lawyer and politician, founded the [[Falange Española y de las JONS|Falange]] (d. 1936) *[[1904]] – [[Willem de Kooning]], Dutch-American painter and educator (d. 1997) *[[1905]] – [[Al Bates]], American long jumper (d. 1999) * 1905 – [[Robert Penn Warren]], American novelist, poet, and literary critic (d. 1989) *[[1906]] – [[William Joyce]], American-born Irish-British Nazi propaganda broadcaster (d. 1946) * 1906 – [[Mimi Smith]], English nurse (d. 1991) *[[1907]] – [[Gabriel Figueroa]], Mexican cinematographer (d. 1997) *[[1908]] – [[Marceline Day]], American actress (d. 2000) * 1908 – [[Inga Gentzel]], Swedish runner (d. 1991) * 1908 – [[Józef Gosławski (sculptor)|Józef Gosławski]], Polish sculptor (d. 1963) *[[1912]] – [[Ruth Osburn]], American discus thrower (d. 1994) *[[1913]] – [[Dieter Grau]], German-American scientist and engineer (d. 2014) *[[1914]] – [[William Castle]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977) * 1914 – [[Phil Watson]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1991) * 1914 – [[Justin Wilson (chef)|Justin Wilson]], American chef and author (d. 2001) *[[1916]] – [[Lou Thesz]], American wrestler and trainer (d. 2002) *[[1919]] – [[David Blackwell]], American mathematician and academic (d. 2010) * 1919 – [[Glafcos Clerides]], Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th [[President of Cyprus]] (d. 2013) *[[1920]] – [[Gino Valenzano]], Italian race car driver (d. 2011) *[[1922]] – [[Marc-Adélard Tremblay]], Canadian anthropologist and academic (d. 2014) *[[1923]] – [[Gus Bodnar]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2005) * 1923 – [[Doris Burn]], American author and illustrator (d. 2011) *[[1924]] – [[Clement Freud]], German-English radio host, academic, and politician (d. 2009) * 1924 – [[Ruth Kobart]], American actress and singer (d. 2002) *[[1925]] – [[Franco Leccese]], Italian sprinter (d. 1992) *[[1926]] – [[Marilyn Erskine]], American actress * 1926 – [[Thorbjörn Fälldin]], Swedish farmer and politician, 27th [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] (d. 2016) *[[1927]] – [[Josy Barthel]], Luxembourgish runner and politician, [[List of Ministers for Energy of Luxembourg|Luxembourgish Minister for Energy]] (d. 1992) *[[1928]] – [[Tommy Docherty]], Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2020) * 1928 – [[Johnny Griffin]], American saxophonist (d. 2008) * 1928 – [[Anahit Perikhanian]], Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = PERIKHANIAN, ANAHIT | last = Ambartsumian | first = Arthur | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/perikhanian-anahit | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica | year = 2014 }}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Dr. Rajkumar]], Indian actor and singer (d. 2006) *[[1930]] – [[Jerome Callet]], American instrument designer, educator, and author (d. 2019) * 1930 – [[Richard Donner]], American actor, director, and producer (d. 2021) * 1930 – [[José Sarney]], Brazilian lawyer and politician, 31st [[President of Brazil]] *[[1931]] – [[Abdelhamid Kermali]], Algerian footballer and manager (d. 2013) * 1931 – [[Bridget Riley]], English painter and illustrator *[[1934]] – [[Jayakanthan]], Indian journalist and author (d. 2015) * 1934 – [[Shirley MacLaine]], American actress, singer, and dancer *[[1936]] – [[David Crombie]], Canadian educator and politician, 56th [[Mayor of Toronto]] * 1936 – [[Jill Ireland]], English actress (d. 1990) *[[1937]] – [[Joe Henderson]], American saxophonist and composer (d. 2001) *[[1940]] – [[Sue Grafton]], American author (d. 2017) *[[1941]] – [[Richard Holbrooke]], American journalist, banker, and diplomat, 22nd [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] (d. 2010) * 1941 – [[John Williams (guitarist)|John Williams]], Australian-English guitarist and composer *[[1942]] – [[Richard M. Daley]], American lawyer and politician, 54th [[Mayor of Chicago]] * 1942 – [[Barbra Streisand]], American singer, actress, activist, and producer *[[1943]] – [[Richard Sterban]], American country and gospel bass singer * 1943 – [[Gordon West]], English footballer (d. 2012) *[[1944]] – [[Peter Cresswell (judge)|Peter Cresswell]], English judge * 1944 – [[Maarja Nummert]], Estonian architect * 1944 – [[Tony Visconti]], American record producer, musician and singer *[[1945]] – [[Doug Clifford]], American drummer and songwriter *[[1946]] – [[Doug Christie (lawyer)|Doug Christie]], Canadian lawyer and activist (d. 2013) * 1946 – [[Phil Robertson]], American hunter and television personality<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reese |first1=Kevin |title=Phil Robertson: The Duck Commander |date=23 October 2020 |url=https://hookandbarrel.com/phil-robertson-the-duck-commander-commandeth/ |publisher=Hook & Barrel |access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Josep Borrell]], Spanish engineer and politician, 22nd [[President of the European Parliament]] * 1947 – [[João Braz de Aviz]], Brazilian cardinal * 1947 – [[Claude Dubois]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1947 – [[Denise Kingsmill, Baroness Kingsmill]], New Zealand-English lawyer and politician * 1947 – [[Roger D. Kornberg]], American biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1948]] – [[Paul Cellucci]], American soldier and politician, 69th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 2013) * 1948 – [[Eliana Gil]], Ecuadorian-American psychiatrist, therapist, and author *[[1949]] – [[Eddie Hart (athlete)|Eddie Hart]], American sprinter * 1949 – [[Véronique Sanson]], French singer-songwriter and producer *[[1950]] – [[Rob Hyman]], American singer-songwriter and musician *[[1951]] – [[Ron Arad (industrial designer)|Ron Arad]], Israeli architect and academic * 1951 – [[Christian Bobin]], French author and poet (d. 2022) * 1951 – [[Nigel Harrison]], English bass player and songwriter * 1951 – [[Enda Kenny]], Irish educator and politician, 13th [[Taoiseach|Taoiseach of Ireland]] *[[1952]] – [[Jean Paul Gaultier]], French fashion designer * 1952 – [[Ralph Winter (producer)|Ralph Winter]], American film producer *[[1953]] – [[Eric Bogosian]], American actor and writer *[[1954]] – [[Mumia Abu-Jamal]], American journalist, activist, and convicted murderer * 1954 – [[Jack Blades]], American singer-songwriter and bass player *[[1955]] – [[Marion Caspers-Merk]], German politician * 1955 – [[John de Mol Jr.]], Dutch businessman, co-founded [[Endemol]] * 1955 – [[Eamon Gilmore]], Irish trade union leader and politician, 25th [[Tánaiste|Tánaiste of Ireland]] * 1955 – [[Margaret Moran]], British politician and criminal * 1955 – [[Guy Nève]], Belgian race car driver (d. 1992) * 1955 – [[Michael O'Keefe]], American actor * 1955 – [[Bill Osborne]], New Zealand rugby player *[[1956]] – [[James A. Winnefeld, Jr.]], American admiral *[[1957]] – [[Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed]], Pakistani-English businessman and politician *[[1958]] – [[Brian Paddick, Baron Paddick|Brian Paddick]], English police officer and politician *[[1959]] – [[Paula Yates]], British-Australian television host and author (d. 2000) *[[1961]] – [[Andrew Murrison]], English physician and politician, [[Minister for International Security Strategy]] *[[1962]] – [[Clemens Binninger]], German politician * 1962 – [[Stuart Pearce]], English footballer, coach, and manager * 1962 – [[Steve Roach (rugby league)|Steve Roach]], Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster *[[1963]] – [[Paula Frazer]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1963 – [[Billy Gould]], American bass player, songwriter, and producer * 1963 – [[Mano Solo]], French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2010) *[[1964]] – [[Helga Arendt]], German sprinter (d. 2013) * 1964 – [[Cedric the Entertainer]], American comedian, actor, and producer * 1964 – [[Djimon Hounsou]], Beninese-American actor and producer * 1964 – [[Witold Smorawiński]], Polish guitarist, composer, and educator *[[1965]] – [[Jeff Jackson (ice hockey, born 1965)|Jeff Jackson]], Canadian ice hockey player and manager *[[1966]] – [[Pierre Brassard]], Canadian comedian and actor * 1966 – [[Alessandro Costacurta]], Italian footballer, coach, and manager * 1966 – [[David Usher]], English-Canadian singer-songwriter *[[1967]] – [[Dino Rađa]], Croatian basketball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Dino Radja|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/dino-radja/|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref> * 1967 – [[Omar Vizquel]], Venezuelan-American baseball player and coach *[[1968]] – [[Aidan Gillen]], Irish actor * 1968 – [[Todd Jones]], American baseball player * 1968 – [[Roxanna Panufnik]], English composer * 1968 – [[Hashim Thaçi]], Kosovan soldier and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Kosovo]] *[[1969]] – [[Elias Atmatsidis]], Greek footballer * 1969 – [[Rory McCann]], Scottish actor * 1969 – [[Eilidh Whiteford]], Scottish academic and politician *[[1970]] – [[Damien Fleming]], Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster *[[1971]] – [[Kumar Dharmasena]], Sri Lankan cricketer and umpire * 1971 – [[Mauro Pawlowski]], Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1972]] – [[Robert Douglas (footballer)|Rab Douglas]], Scottish footballer * 1972 – [[Chipper Jones]], American baseball player * 1972 – [[Jure Košir]], Slovenian skier and singer *[[1973]] – [[Gabby Logan]], English gymnast, television and radio host * 1973 – [[Damon Lindelof]], American screenwriter and producer * 1973 – [[Brian Marshall]], American bass player and songwriter * 1973 – [[Eric Snow]], American basketball player and coach * 1973 – [[Sachin Tendulkar]], Indian cricketer<ref>{{cite news |title=Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar: Master Blaster turns 46 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/story/sachin-tendulkar-birthday-turns-46-1508795-2019-04-24 |access-date=3 February 2023 |work=India Today |date=24 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref> * 1973 – [[Toomas Tohver]], Estonian footballer * 1973 – [[Lee Westwood]], English golfer *[[1974]] – [[Eric Kripke]], American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1974 – [[Stephen Wiltshire]], English illustrator *[[1975]] – [[Marte Mjøs Persen]], Norwegian politician<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Marte Mjøs Persen |first1=Olav |last1=Garvik |first2=Knut Are |last2=Tvedt |first3=Vibeke |last3=Lauritsen |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=16 October 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Marte_Mjøs_Persen |language=no|access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Dejan Savić]], Yugoslavian and Serbian water polo player *[[1976]] – [[Hedda Berntsen]], Norwegian skier<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hedda Berntsen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/101738 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=22 March 2024 }}</ref> * 1976 – [[Steve Finnan]], Irish international footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2516|title=Steve Finnan |publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref> * 1976 – [[Frédéric Niemeyer]], Canadian tennis player and coach *[[1977]] – [[Carlos Beltrán]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player * 1977 – [[Diego Placente]], Argentine footballer *[[1978]] – [[Diego Quintana]], Argentine footballer *[[1980]] – [[Fernando Arce]], Mexican footballer * 1980 – [[Karen Asrian]], Armenian chess player (d. 2008) *[[1981]] – [[Taylor Dent]], American tennis player * 1981 – [[Yuko Nakanishi]], Japanese swimmer *[[1982]] – [[Kelly Clarkson]], American singer-songwriter, talk show host * 1982 – [[David Oliver (hurdler)|David Oliver]], American hurdler * 1982 – [[Simon Tischer]], German volleyball player *[[1983]] – [[Hanna Melnychenko]], Ukrainian heptathlete *[[1985]] – [[Mike Rodgers]], American sprinter *[[1986]] – [[Aaron Cunningham]], American baseball player *[[1987]] – [[Ben Howard]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1987 – [[Kris Letang]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1987 – [[Rein Taaramäe]], Estonian cyclist * 1987 – [[Jan Vertonghen]], Belgian international footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=50777|title=Jan Vertonghen |publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Varun Dhawan]], Indian actor *[[1989]] – [[Elīna Babkina]], Latvian basketball player * 1989 – [[David Boudia]], American diver * 1989 – [[Taja Mohorčič]], Slovenian tennis player *[[1990]] – [[Kim Tae-ri]], South Korean actress * 1990 – [[Jan Veselý]], Czech basketball player *[[1991]] – [[Sigrid Agren]], French-Swedish model * 1991 – [[Morgan Ciprès]], French figure skater * 1991 – [[Batuhan Karadeniz]], Turkish footballer *[[1992]] – [[Joe Keery]], American actor * 1992 – [[Laura Kenny]], English cyclist * 1992 – [[Jack Quaid]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Meg Ryan: The Real Reason She Vanished From Hollywood |url=https://okmagazine.com/p/meg-ryan-real-reason-she-vanished-from-hollywood/ |publisher=[[OK!]] |access-date=19 April 2023 |date=15 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Ben Davies (footballer, born 1993)|Ben Davies]], Welsh international footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=65492|title=Ben Davies |publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Jordan Fisher]], American singer, dancer, and actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popbuzz.com/tv-film/features/jordan-fisher/|title=Jordan Fisher: 11 facts about the to All the Boys 2 star you need to know|access-date=2020-04-24|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804172805/https://www.popbuzz.com/tv-film/features/jordan-fisher/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Caspar Lee]], British-South African YouTuber *[[1995]] – [[Kehlani]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Kehlani Announces Sophomore Album 'It Was Good Until It Wasn't' on Her 25th Birthday |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kehlani-sophomore-album-announcement-9365423/ |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=24 April 2020 |access-date=14 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Ashleigh Barty]], Australian tennis player *[[1997]] – [[Lydia Ko]], New Zealand golfer * 1997 – [[Veronika Kudermetova]], Russian tennis player *[[1998]] – [[Ryan Newman (actress)|Ryan Newman]], American actress *[[1999]] – [[Jerry Jeudy]], American football player<ref>{{cite web|title=Jerry Jeudy|url= https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/bio/_/id/4241463/jerry-jeudy|website=ESPN.com|access-date=24 April 2020|language=en}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Olivia Gadecki]], Australian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olivia Gadecki - Player Profile - Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/olivia-gadecki_prs553831/person.shtml |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Eurosport |language=en}}</ref> <!--Do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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