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==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1013]] – [[Princess Teishi|Teishi]], empress of Japan (d. 1094) *[[1171]] – [[Alfonso IX of León|Alfonso IX]], king of León and Galicia (d. 1230) *[[1195]] – [[Anthony of Padua]], Portuguese priest and saint (d. 1231) *[[1385]] – [[Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford]], English commander (d. 1417)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Ross |first1=James |title=Vere, Richard de, eleventh earl of Oxford (1385–1417), magnate and soldier |date=5 January 2012 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/101270}}</ref> *[[1432]] – [[Luigi Pulci]], Italian poet (d. 1484) *[[1455]] – [[George, Duke of Bavaria|George]], duke of Bavaria (d. 1503) *[[1507]] – [[George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau]], German prince (d. 1553) *[[1575]] – [[Bartol Kašić]], Croatian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1650) *[[1589]] – [[Gabriel Báthory]], Prince of Transylvania (d. 1613) ===1601–1900=== *[[1607]] – [[Herman IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg|Herman IV]], landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (d. 1658) *[[1608]] – [[Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel]], English politician (d. 1652)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Goodwin |first1=Gordon |last2=Peacey |first2=J. T. |title=Howard, Henry Frederick, fifteenth earl of Arundel, fifth earl of Surrey, and second earl of Norfolk (1608–1652), nobleman |date=28 September 2006 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/13915}}</ref> *[[1613]] – [[Gilles Ménage]], French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (d. 1692) *[[1615]] – [[Marie de Lorraine, Duchess of Guise|Marie de Lorraine]], duchess of Guise (d. 1688) *[[1652]] – [[John Grubb]], American politician (d. 1708) *[[1702]] – [[Francesco Zuccarelli]], Italian painter and Royal Academician (d. 1788)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=West |first1=Shearer |title=Zuccarelli, Francesco |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T093658|isbn=978-1-884446-05-4 }}</ref> *[[1717]] – [[John Metcalf (civil engineer)|Blind Jack]], English engineer (d. 1810)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Hallas |first1=Christine S. |title=Metcalf, John [called Blind Jack of Knaresborough] (1717–1810), road builder and surveyor |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/18616}}</ref> *[[1736]] – [[Johann Christoph Kellner]], German organist and composer (d. 1803)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Fellerer |first1=Karl Gustav |title=Kellner, Johann Christoph |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.14851}}</ref> *[[1740]] – [[Matthias Claudius]], German poet and author (d. 1815) *[[1769]] – [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]], French general and emperor (d. 1821)<ref>{{cite book |title=Bonaparte |first1=Eugene Viktorovich |last1=Tarlé |page=13 |date=1937 |publisher=Knight Publications |location=New York |translator-first1=John |translator-last1=Cournos |via=Internet Archive |url=https://archive.org/details/bonaparte00tarl |access-date=28 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1771]] – [[Walter Scott]], Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (d. 1832)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wainwright |first1=Clive |title=Scott, Sir Walter |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T077153}}</ref> *[[1785]] – [[Thomas De Quincey]], English journalist and author (d. 1859)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Lindop |first1=Grevel |title=Quincey, Thomas Penson De (1785–1859), essayist |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/7524}}</ref> *[[1787]] – [[Eliza Lee Cabot Follen]], American writer, editor, abolitionist (d. 1860)<ref name="Hannan2008">{{cite book|last=Hannan|first=Caryn|title=Massachusetts Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ntj6SFIEKoEC&pg=PA165|date=2008|publisher=State History Publications|isbn=978-1-878592-66-8|pages=165–}}</ref> *[[1798]] – [[Sangolli Rayanna]], Indian warrior (d. 1831) *[[1807]] – [[Jules Grévy]], French lawyer and politician, 4th [[President of the French Republic]] (d. 1891) *[[1810]] – [[Louise Colet]], French poet (d. 1876)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louise Colet {{!}} French writer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louise-Colet |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1824]] – [[John Chisum]], American businessman (d. 1884) *[[1839]] – [[Antonín Petrof]], Czech piano maker (d. 1915) *[[1844]] – [[Thomas-Alfred Bernier]], Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1908) *[[1845]] – [[Walter Crane]], English artist and book illustrator (d. 1915)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Newall |first1=Christopher |title=Crane, Walter |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T020135}}</ref> *[[1856]] – [[Keir Hardie]], Scottish politician and trade unionist (d. 1915)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Morgan |first1=Kenneth O. |title=Hardie, (James) Keir [formerly James Kerr] (1856–1915), founder of the Labour Party |date=6 January 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/33696}}</ref> *[[1857]] – [[Albert Ballin]], German businessman (d. 1918) *[[1858]] – [[E. Nesbit]], English author and poet (d. 1924)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Briggs |first1=Julia |title=Nesbit [married name Bland], Edith (1858–1924), writer |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31919}}</ref> *[[1859]] – [[Charles Comiskey]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1931)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Lindberg |first1=Richard C. |title=Comiskey, Charles Albert (1859–1931), professional baseball player and team owner |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1900263}}</ref> *[[1860]] – [[Florence Harding]], American publisher, 31st [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. 1924)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Gutin |first1=Myra G. |title=Harding, Florence Mabel Kling DeWolfe (1860–1924), first lady of the United States |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0600764}}</ref> *[[1863]] – [[Aleksey Krylov]], Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 1945) *[[1865]] – [[Mikao Usui]], Japanese spiritual leader, founded [[Reiki]] (d. 1926) *[[1866]] – [[Italo Santelli]], Italian fencer (d. 1945) *[[1872]] – [[Sri Aurobindo]], Indian guru, poet, and philosopher (d. 1950) *[[1873]] – [[Ramaprasad Chanda]], Indian archaeologist and historian (d. 1942) *[[1875]] – [[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor]], English pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 1912)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Banfield |first1=Stephen |title=Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel |date=16 October 2013 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2248993}}</ref> *[[1876]] – [[Stylianos Gonatas]], Greek colonel and politician, 111th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 1966) *[[1877]] – [[Tachiyama Mineemon]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (d. 1941) *[[1879]] – [[Ethel Barrymore]], American actress (d. 1959) *[[1881]] – [[Alfred Wagenknecht]], German-American activist and politician (d. 1956) *[[1882]] – [[Marion Bauer]], American composer and critic (d. 1955)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Edwards |first1=J. Michele |title=Bauer, Marion Eugénie |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.02353}}</ref> * 1882 – [[Gisela Richter]], English archaeologist and art historian (d. 1972) *[[1883]] – [[Ivan Meštrović]], Croatian sculptor and architect (d. 1962)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mikuž |first1=Jure |title=Meštrović, Ivan |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T057367}}</ref> *[[1885]] – [[Edna Ferber]], American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1968)<ref>{{cite book|first=Kirstin|last=Olsen|title=Chronology of Women's History|location=Westport|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=1994|page=191|isbn=978-0-31328-803-6}}</ref> *[[1886]] – [[Bill Whitty]], Australian cricketer (d. 1974) *[[1890]] – [[Jacques Ibert]], French composer and educator (d. 1962)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Laederich |first1=Alexandra |title=Ibert, Jacques |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.13675}}</ref> *[[1892]] – [[Louis de Broglie]], French physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1987)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Abragam |first1=Anatole |title=Louis Victor Pierre Raymond De Broglie, 15 August 1892 – 19 March 1987 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=December 1988 |volume=34 |pages=21–41 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1988.0002}}</ref> * 1892 – [[Abraham Wachner]], New Zealand politician, 35th [[Mayor of Invercargill]] (d. 1950) *[[1893]] – [[Leslie Comrie]], New Zealand astronomer and academic (d. 1950) *[[1896]] – [[Gerty Cori]], Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Ihde |first1=Aaron J. |title=Cori, Carl Ferdinand (1896–1984), biochemists |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1302062}}</ref> * 1896 – [[Catherine Doherty]], Russian-Canadian activist, founded the [[Madonna House Apostolate]] (d. 1985) * 1896 – [[Paul Outerbridge]], American photographer and educator (d. 1958)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fontanella |first1=Lee |journal=Oxford Art Online |title=Outerbridge, Paul (Everard), jr |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T064301}}</ref> *[[1898]] – [[Jan Brzechwa]], Polish author and poet (d. 1966) *[[1900]] – [[Estelle Brody]], American silent film actress (d. 1995) * 1900 – [[Jack Tworkov]], Polish-American painter and educator (d. 1982)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bryant |first1=Edward |title=Tworkov, Jack |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T086738}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Arnulfo Arias|Arnulfo Arias Madrid]], Panamanian politician, 21st President of Panamá (d. 1988) * 1901 – [[Pyotr Novikov]], Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1975) *[[1902]] – [[Jan Campert]], Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943) *[[1904]] – [[George Klein (inventor)|George Klein]], Canadian inventor, invented the [[motorized wheelchair]] (d. 1992)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bourgeois-Doyle |first1=Richard I. |title=George J. Klein: The Great Inventor |date=2004 |publisher=NRC Press |location=Ottawa |isbn=9780660193229 |page=13}}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Hugo Winterhalter]], American composer and bandleader (d. 1973) *[[1912]] – [[Julia Child]], American chef and author (d. 2004)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Deutsch |first1=Tracey |title=Child, Julia (1912–2004), cookbook author and television chef |date=October 2013 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1603573}}</ref> * 1912 – [[Wendy Hiller]], English actress (d. 2003)<ref>{{cite news |title=Dame Wendy Hiller |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/may/16/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2003}}</ref> *[[1914]] – [[Paul Rand]], American graphic designer and art director (d. 1996)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barlow |first1=Margaret |title=Rand, Paul |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T070729}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[Signe Hasso]], Swedish-American actress (d. 2002) *[[1916]] – [[Aleks Çaçi]], Albanian journalist and author (d. 1989) *[[1917]] – [[Jack Lynch]], Irish footballer and politician, 5th [[Taoiseach|Taoiseach of Ireland]] (d. 1999) * 1917 – [[Óscar Romero]], Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980) *[[1919]] – [[Huntz Hall]], American actor (d. 1999)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vallance |first1=Tom |title=Obituary: Huntz Hall |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-huntz-hall-1068351.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Independent |date=3 February 1999}}</ref> * 1919 – [[Benedict Kiely]], Irish journalist and author (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pine |first1=Richard |last2=Gillan |first2=P. J. |title=Benedict Kiely |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/feb/12/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=12 February 2007}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Judy Cassab]], Austrian-Australian painter (d. 2008) *[[1921]] – [[August Kowalczyk]], Polish actor and director (d. 2012) *[[1922]] – [[Leonard Baskin]], American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2000)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jaffe |first1=Irma B. |title=Baskin, Leonard |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T006734}}</ref> * 1922 – [[Giorgos Mouzakis]], Greek trumpet player and composer (d. 2005) * 1922 – [[Sabino Barinaga]], Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1988) *[[1923]] – [[Rose Marie]], American actress and singer (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Rose Marie obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/02/rose-marie-obituary |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=2 January 2018}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Robert Bolt]], English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Calder |first1=John |title=Obituary : Robert Bolt |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-robert-bolt-1574410.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Independent |date=23 February 1995}}</ref> * 1924 – [[Hedy Epstein]], German-American Holocaust survivor and activist (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grimes |first1=William |title=Hedy Epstein, Rights Activist and Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/us/hedy-epstein-rights-activist-and-holocaust-survivor-dies-at-91.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=28 May 2016}}</ref> * 1924 – [[Yoshirō Muraki]], Japanese production designer, art director, and fashion designer (d. 2009) * 1924 – [[Phyllis Schlafly]], American lawyer, writer, and political activist (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Phyllis Schlafly, 'First Lady' of a Political March to the Right, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/obituaries/phyllis-schlafly-conservative-leader-and-foe-of-era-dies-at-92.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=5 September 2016}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Mike Connors]], American actor and producer (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grode |first1=Eric |title=Mike Connors, Long-Running TV Sleuth in 'Mannix,' Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/arts/mike-connors-mannix-dies.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=27 January 2017}}</ref> * 1925 – [[Rose Maddox]], American singer-songwriter and fiddle player (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wadey |first1=Paul |title=Obituary: Rose Maddox |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-rose-maddox-1161000.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Independent |date=5 May 1998}}</ref> * 1925 – [[Oscar Peterson]], Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Dobbins |first1=Bill |title=Peterson, Oscar |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.21443}}</ref> * 1925 – [[Bill Pinkney]], American singer (d. 2007) * 1925 – [[Erik Schmidt (painter)|Erik Schmidt]], Swedish-Estonian painter and author (d. 2014) *[[1926]] – [[Julius Katchen]], American pianist and composer (d. 1969)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Morrison |first1=Bryce |title=Katchen, Julius |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.14758}}</ref> * 1926 – [[Eddie Little Sky]], American actor (d. 1997)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Berumen |first1=Frank Javier Garcia |title=American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood |date=2020 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476636474 |pages=192–193}}</ref> * 1926 – [[Sami Michael]], Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Berger |first1=Joseph |title=Sami Michael, Israeli Novelist With Arabic Roots, Dies at 97 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/05/books/sami-michael-idead.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=5 April 2024}}</ref> * 1926 – [[John Silber]], American philosopher and academic (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite news |last1=McFadden |first1=Robert D. |title=John Silber Dies at 86; Led Boston University |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/us/john-r-silber-who-led-boston-universitys-renaissance-dies-at-86.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=27 September 2012}}</ref> * 1926 – [[Konstantinos Stephanopoulos]], Greek lawyer and politician, 6th [[President of Greece]] (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Greek President Constantine Stephanopoulos dies at 90 |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2016/11/20/former-greek-president-stephanopoulos-dies-at-90/ |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Denver Post |agency=The Associated Press |date=21 November 2016}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Eddie Leadbeater]], English cricketer (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Frith |first1=David |title=Eddie Leadbeater obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jun/09/eddie-leadbeater-obituary |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=9 June 2011}}</ref> * 1927 – [[Oliver Popplewell]], English cricketer and judge (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bowcott |first1=Owen |title=Sir Oliver Popplewell obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/jun/11/sir-oliver-popplewell-obituary |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=11 June 2024}}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Carl Joachim Classen]], German scholar and academic (d. 2013) * 1928 – [[Malcolm Glazer]], American businessman (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Malcolm Glazer, Owner of Buccaneers and Manchester United, Is Dead at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/sports/malcolm-glazer-owner-of-buccaneers-and-manchester-united-is-dead-at-85.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=29 May 2014}}</ref> * 1928 – [[Nicolas Roeg]], English director and cinematographer (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baxter |first1=Brian |title=Nicolas Roeg obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/25/nicolas-roeg-obituary |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=25 November 2018}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Ernest C. Brace]], American captain and pilot (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Ernest Brace, Civilian Pilot Held as P.O.W. in Vietnam, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/09/us/ernest-brace-civilian-pilot-held-as-pow-in-vietnam-dies-at-83.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=9 December 2014}}</ref> * 1931 – [[Richard F. Heck]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Colacot |first1=Thomas |title=Richard F. Heck (1931–2015) |journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition |date=21 December 2015 |volume=54 |issue=52 |pages=15611–15612 |doi=10.1002/anie.201510300|pmid=26644371 }}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Abby Dalton]], American actress (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Abby Dalton, Actress on 'Falcon Crest' and 'The Joey Bishop Show,' Dies at 88 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/abby-dalton-dead-actress-falcon-crest-joey-bishop-show-was-88-1305960/ |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=30 November 2020}}</ref> * 1932 – [[Robert L. Forward]], American physicist and engineer (d. 2002)<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Benford|first1=Gregory|last2=Benford|first2=James|date=2003-08-01|title=Robert Lull Forward|journal=Physics Today|volume=56|issue=8|pages=66–67|doi=10.1063/1.1611362|bibcode=2003PhT....56h..66B|issn=0031-9228|doi-access=free}}</ref> * 1932 – [[Jim Lange]], American game show host and DJ (d. 2014)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|date=2014-02-28|title=Jim Lange, Genial Host of 'Dating Game,' Dies at 81|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/arts/television/jim-lange-genial-host-of-dating-game-dies-at-81.html|access-date=2021-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407064111/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/arts/television/jim-lange-genial-host-of-dating-game-dies-at-81.html?_r=0|archive-date=2014-04-07|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1932 – [[Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn]], South African-English lawyer and judge (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Childs |first1=Martin |title=Lord Steyn: Judge who opposed Tony Blair and George Bush over Iraq war and Guantanamo |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-lord-steyn-died-judge-who-opposed-iraq-war-and-guantanamo-blair-bush-a8089426.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Independent |date=3 December 2017}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Bobby Helms]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997) * 1933 – [[Stanley Milgram]], American social psychologist (d. 1984)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Russell |first1=Nestar John Charles |title=Milgram's obedience to authority experiments: Origins and early evolution |journal=British Journal of Social Psychology |date=March 2011 |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=140–162 |doi=10.1348/014466610X492205|pmid=21366616 }}</ref> * 1933 – [[Mike Seeger]], American folk musician and folklorist (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Allen |first1=Ray |title=Seeger, Mike |date=31 January 2014 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2258158}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Bobby Byrd]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clayson |first1=Alan |title=Bobby Byrd |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/oct/09/guardianobituaries.obituaries |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=9 October 2007}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Purushottam Upadhyay]], Indian musician, singer and composer (d. 2024)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mule |first=Balkrishna Madhavrao |title=ઉપાધ્યાય, પુરુષોત્તમ |url=https://gujarativishwakosh.org/%E0%AA%89%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%A7%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%AF-%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%B7%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%AE/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh]] |language=gu}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2024-12-11 |title=Legendary Gujarati singer Purushottam Upadhyay passes away at 90, PM Narendra Modi expresses condolences |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/gujarati/music/legendary-gujarati-singer-purushottam-upadhyay-passes-away-at-90-pm-narendra-modi-expresses-condolences/articleshow/116223361.cms |access-date=2024-12-19 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Reginald Scarlett]], Jamaican cricketer and coach (d. 2019) * 1934 – [[Darrell K. Sweet]], American illustrator (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite web|title=Sweet, Darrell|website=Encyclopedia of Science Fiction|date=September 12, 2022|accessdate=February 17, 2024|url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sweet_darrell}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Valentin Varlamov]], Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor (d. 1980)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=70 |lccn=2008935694}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Jim Dale]], English actor, narrator, singer, director, and composer<ref>{{cite web|last=McFarlane|first=Brian|title=Dale, Jim (1935-)|website=BFI Screenonline|date=2014|access-date=18 August 2018|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/471643/index.html|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Blackwell|first=Earl|title=Earl Blackwell's Celebrity Register|location=Detroit, Mich.|publisher=Gale Research|date=1990|isbn=9780810368750|page=[https://archive.org/details/earlblackwellsce0000unse/page/107 107]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/earlblackwellsce0000unse/page/107}}</ref> * 1935 – [[Régine Deforges]], French author, playwright, and director (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite news |title=Régine Deforges – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10909581/Regine-Deforges-obituary.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=18 June 2014 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Pat Priest (actress)|Pat Priest]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1936 – [[Rita Shane]], American soprano and educator (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Ellison |first1=Cori |title=Shane, Rita |date=2002 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O009241}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Stephen Breyer]], American lawyer and jurist, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] * 1938 – [[Stix Hooper]], American jazz drummer<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Mattingly |first1=Rick |title=Hooper, Stix |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J207200}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Pran Kumar Sharma]], Indian cartoonist (d. 2014) * 1938 – [[Maxine Waters]], American educator and politician<ref>{{CongBio |id=W000187 |name=WATERS, Maxine |inline=YES}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Janusz Zajdel]], Polish engineer and author (d. 1985) *[[1940]] – [[Gudrun Ensslin]], German militant leader, founded [[Red Army Faction]] (d. 1977) *[[1941]] – [[Jim Brothers]], American sculptor (d. 2013) * 1941 – [[Don Rich]], American country musician (d. 1974) *[[1942]] – [[Pete York]], English rock drummer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1943]] – [[Eileen Bell]], Northern Irish civil servant and politician, 2nd [[Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly]] *[[1944]] – [[Dimitris Sioufas]], Greek lawyer and politician, [[Ministry of Health (Greece)|Greek Minister of Health]] (d. 2019) *[[1945]] – [[Khaleda Zia]], Bangladeshi politician, [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Khaleda Zia |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/khaleda-zia |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 February 2020}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Jimmy Webb]], American singer-songwriter and pianist<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Simonot |first1=Colette |title=Webb, Jimmy |date=20 January 2016 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2289683}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Rakhee Gulzar]], Indian film actress<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodbubble.com/features/you-will-be-amazed-to-know-the-controversial-off-screen-life-of-this-on-screen-mother/|title = You will be amazed to know the controversial off-screen life of this on-screen mother|date = 28 September 2015}}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Patsy Gallant]], Canadian singer-songwriter and actress * 1948 – [[Tom Johnston (musician)|Tom Johnston]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1949]] – [[Phyllis Smith]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1950]] – [[Tommy Aldridge]], American drummer * 1950 – [[Tess Harper]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1950 – [[Tom Kelly (baseball)|Tom Kelly]], American baseball player * 1950 – [[Anne, Princess Royal]] of the United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web |title=Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/princess-anne-daughter-of-queen-elizabeth-ii |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Ann Biderman]], American screenwriter and producer * 1951 – [[Bobby Caldwell]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Alex |title=Bobby Caldwell, Silky-Voiced R&B Crooner, Dies at 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/arts/music/bobby-caldwell-dead.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=15 March 2023}}</ref> * 1951 – [[John Childs (cricketer)|John Childs]], English cricketer *[[1952]] – [[Chuck Burgi]], American drummer *[[1953]] – [[Carol Thatcher]], English journalist and author * 1953 – [[Mark Thatcher]], English businessman * 1953 – [[Wolfgang Hohlbein]], German author *[[1954]] – [[Stieg Larsson]], Swedish journalist and author (d. 2004) *[[1956]] – [[Lorraine Desmarais]], Canadian pianist and composer<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Miller |first1=Mark |title=Desmarais, Lorraine |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J554000}}</ref> * 1956 – [[Freedom Neruda]], Ivorian journalist * 1956 – [[Robert Syms]], English businessman and politician *[[1957]] – [[Željko Ivanek]], Slovenian-American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1958]] – [[Simon Baron-Cohen]], English-Canadian psychiatrist and author * 1958 – [[Craig MacTavish]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1958 – [[Simple Kapadia]], Indian actress and costume designer (d. 2009) * 1958 – [[Victor Shenderovich]], Russian journalist and radio host * 1958 – [[Rondell Sheridan]], American actor and comedian<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1959]] – [[Scott Altman]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut *[[1961]] – [[Ed Gillespie]], American political strategist * 1961 – [[Matt Johnson (singer)|Matt Johnson]], English singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1961 – [[Gary Kubiak]], American football player and coach * 1961 – [[Suhasini Maniratnam]], Indian actress and screenwriter *[[1962]] – [[Tom Colicchio]], American chef and author * 1962 – [[Rıdvan Dilmen]], Turkish footballer and manager * 1962 – [[Inês Pedrosa]], Portuguese writer * 1962 – [[Vilja Savisaar-Toomast]], Estonian lawyer and politician *[[1963]] – [[Alejandro González Iñárritu]], Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1963 – [[Simon Hart]], Welsh soldier and politician * 1963 – [[Jack Russell (cricketer, born 1963)|Jack Russell]], England cricketer and coach *[[1964]] – [[Jane Ellison]], English lawyer and politician * 1964 – [[Melinda Gates]], American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founded the [[Gates Foundation]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Profile: Melinda Gates |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/26/theobserver |access-date=13 August 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=26 November 2006 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Rob Thomas (writer)|Rob Thomas]], American author, screenwriter, and producer *[[1966]] – [[Scott Brosius]], American baseball player and coach * 1966 – [[Dimitris Papadopoulos (basketball player)|Dimitris Papadopoulos]], Greek basketball player and coach *[[1967]] – [[Tony Hand]], Scottish ice hockey player and coach * 1967 – [[Peter Hermann (actor)|Peter Hermann]], American actor<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-09 |title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 15–21 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/celebrity-birthdays-week-aug-15-21-79362885 |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Debra Messing]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1969]] – [[Bernard Fanning]], Australian singer-songwriter * 1969 – [[Carlos Roa]], Argentine footballer *[[1970]] – [[Anthony Anderson]], American comedian, actor, and producer<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1970 – [[Ben Silverman]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter, founded [[Electus|Electus Studios]] *[[1971]] – [[Adnan Sami]], Indian singer, musician, music composer, pianist and actor *[[1972]] – [[Ben Affleck]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1972 – [[Jennifer Alexander]], Canadian ballerina (d. 2007) * 1972 – [[Michael Graham (singer)|Mikey Graham]], Irish singer<ref>{{Cite web|agency=Associated Press|date=2021-08-15|title=Today in History |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/15/metro/today-history/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816034628/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/15/metro/today-history/|archive-date=2021-08-16|access-date=2021-08-16|website=[[The Boston Globe]]|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[Natasha Henstridge]], Canadian model and actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1974 – [[Tomasz Suwary]], Polish footballer *[[1975]] – [[Bertrand Berry]], American football player and radio host * 1975 – [[Vijay Bharadwaj]], Indian cricketer and coach * 1975 – [[Brendan Morrison]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1975 – [[Kara Wolters]], American basketball player *[[1976]] – [[Boudewijn Zenden]], Dutch footballer and manager *[[1977]] – [[Martin Biron]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1977 – [[Anthony Rocca]], Australian footballer and coach *[[1978]] – [[Waleed Aly]], Australian journalist and television host<ref>[https://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/aly_waleed,15569.html Waleed Aly, profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903094158/https://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/aly_waleed,15569.html |date=2018-09-03 }}, Gallery of Australian Biographies, Civics and Citizenship Education, Education Services Australia; [https://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/waleed-aly-why-all-the-haters/news-story/231adcd9faf13e305af52c03a5d5e0d5 "Waleed Aly: why all the haters?"] by John Lyons, ''[[The Australian]]'', 23 April 2016</ref> * 1978 – [[Lilia Podkopayeva]], Ukrainian gymnast * 1978 – [[Stavros Tziortziopoulos]], Greek footballer * 1978 – [[Kerri Walsh Jennings]], American volleyball player *[[1979]] – [[Carl Edwards]], American race car driver *[[1980]] – [[Fiann Paul]], Icelandic explorer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Youngest person to row three different oceans|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/527576-youngest-person-to-row-three-different-oceans|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Guinness World Records|date=5 June 2016 |language=en-GB}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Brendan Hansen]], American swimmer * 1981 – [[Óliver Pérez]], American baseball player *[[1982]] – [[Casey Burgener]], American weightlifter * 1982 – [[Germán Caffa]], Argentine footballer * 1982 – [[David Harrison (basketball)|David Harrison]], American basketball player *[[1983]] – [[Siobhan Chamberlain]], English association football goalkeeper * 1983 – [[Rachel Haot]], American businesswoman<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/10/06/rachel-haot.html |title=The CNBC Next List: Rachel Haot |date=October 6, 2014 |publisher=CNBC}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Jarrod Dyson]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jarrod Dyson |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jarrod-dyson-502481 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Emily Kinney]], American actress and singer-songwriter<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 15, 2022 includes celebrities Jennifer Lawrence, Joe Jonas |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-15-2022-includes-celebrities-jennifer-lawrence-joe-jonas.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=14 August 2023 |date=15 August 2022}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Nipsey Hussle]], American rapper (d. 2019) *[[1987]] – [[Ryan D'Imperio]], American football player * 1987 – [[Michel Kreder]], Dutch cyclist * 1987 – [[Sean McAllister (footballer, born 1987)|Sean McAllister]], English footballer *[[1988]] – [[Oussama Assaidi]], Moroccan footballer *[[1989]] – [[Joe Jonas]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1989 – [[Ryan McGowan]], Australian footballer * 1989 – [[Carlos PenaVega]], American actor and singer<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rentería|first=Melissa|date=2009-11-25|title=Plans change as Pena lands co-starring role in Nickelodeon's 'Big Time Rush'|url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/sacultura/conexion/article/Plans-change-as-Pena-lands-co-starring-role-in-857714.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702212459/https://www.mysanantonio.com/sacultura/conexion/article/Plans-change-as-Pena-lands-co-starring-role-in-857714.phpChange-Last-Name.htm|archive-date=2019-07-02|access-date=2021-06-14|website=mySA|language=en-US}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Jordan Rapana]], New Zealand rugby league player *[[1990]] – [[Jennifer Lawrence]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1991]] – [[Petja Piiroinen]], Finnish snowboarder *[[1992]] – [[Baskaran Adhiban]], Indian chess player * 1992 – [[Matthew Judon]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Matthew Judon |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3961466/matthew-judon |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Rieah Holder]], Barbadian netball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Netball {{!}} Athlete Profile: Rieah Holder – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/netball/athlete-profile-n6004125-rieah-holder.htm |website=results.gc2018.com |access-date=18 October 2020}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Clinton N'Jie]], Cameroonian footballer * 1993 – [[Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain]], English footballer *[[1994]] – [[Lasse Vigen Christensen]], Danish footballer * 1994 – [[Kosuke Hagino]], Japanese swimmer *[[1995]] – [[Chief Keef]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web |last=Buyanovsky |first=Dan |date=May 6, 2013 |url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/05/from-the-mag-chief-keef-at-home/ |title=From The Mag: Chief Keef At Home |website=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] |publisher=[[Townsquare Media]] |access-date=May 10, 2013}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Setyana Mapasa]], Indonesian-Australian badminton player<ref>{{cite web|title=Setyana MAPASA I Profile|url=https://bwfworldtourfinals.bwfbadminton.com/player/77441/setyana-mapasa|website=BWF World Tour Finals|publisher=[[Badminton World Federation|BWF]]|access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref> <!-- please archive this --> *[[1999]] – [[Paola Reis]], BMX rider<ref>{{cite web |title=Cycling BMX {{!}} Athlete Profile: Reis Paola – Pan American Games Lima 2019 |url=https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/en/results/cycling-bmx/athlete-profile-n1144541-reis-paola.htm |website=wrsd.lima2019.pe |access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref> <!--Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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