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==Births== <!--Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.--> ===Pre-1600=== * [[624]] – [[Wu Zetian]], Chinese empress consort (d. 705) *[[1028]] – [[Al-Juwayni]], Persian scholar and imam (d. 1085)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Saflo |first1=Mohammad M. A. |title=Al-Juwayni's Thought and Methodology |date=11 October 2021 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |isbn=978-3-11-240161-3 |page=8 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1490]] – [[Charles III, Duke of Bourbon|Charles III]], duke of Bourbon (d. 1527)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bourbon, Charles |volume= 04 | page = 328; lines one and two |quote=...constable of France....and dauphin of Auvergne, was born on the 17th of February 1490}}</ref> *[[1519]] – [[Francis, Duke of Guise|Francis]], French Grand Chamberlain (d. 1563)<ref>{{cite book|author1=David Patrick|author2=William Geddie|title=Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WtVPAAAAMAAJ|year=1924|publisher=W. & R. Chambers Ltd|page=458|access-date=2019-12-21|archive-date=2020-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525011621/https://books.google.com/books?id=WtVPAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1524]] – [[Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine|Charles de Lorraine]], French cardinal (d. 1574)<ref>{{cite book|author=DAVID LAING|title=THE WORKS OF JOHN KNOX|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aRIXAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA318|year=1848|pages=318|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2020-05-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522065520/https://books.google.com/books?id=aRIXAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA318|url-status=live}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1646]] – [[Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert]], French economist (d. 1714)<ref>{{cite book|author=Hazel Van Dyke Roberts|title=Boisguilbert: economist of the reign of Louis XIV|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XWvGAAAAMAAJ|year=1935|publisher=Columbia University Press|page=11|isbn=9780231904964|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2020-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524110659/https://books.google.com/books?id=XWvGAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1653]] – [[Arcangelo Corelli]], Italian violinist and composer (d. 1713)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jack Ralph Ullom|author2=Arcangelo Corelli|title=An analysis and performing edition of Arcangelo Corelli's Sonata for violin and continuo, opus 5, no. 3, in C major|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hFE9AQAAIAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Dept. of Music|page=1|access-date=2019-12-21|archive-date=2020-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604124605/https://books.google.com/books?id=hFE9AQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1723]] – [[Tobias Mayer]], German astronomer and academic (d. 1762) *[[1740]] – [[Horace-Bénédict de Saussure]], Swiss physicist and meteorologist (d. 1799)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Abel Stevens|author2=James Floy|title=The National Magazine: Devoted to Literature, Art, and Religion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6CcAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA168|year=1856|publisher=Carlton & Phillips|pages=168|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2020-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531103042/https://books.google.com/books?id=6CcAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA168|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1752]] – [[Friedrich Maximilian Klinger]], German author and playwright (d. 1831) *[[1754]] – [[Nicolas Baudin]], French cartographer and explorer (d. 1803) *[[1758]] – [[John Pinkerton]], Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian (d. 1826) *[[1762]] – [[John Cooke (Royal Navy officer)|John Cooke]], English captain (d. 1805)<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Howard|editor1-first=Joseph Jackson|editor1-link=Joseph Jackson Howard|year=1896|title=Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica|publisher=Mitchell and Hughes|volume=4|series=Third|page=51|location=London|language=en|oclc=1141272165|url=https://archive.org/details/miscellaneagenea04howa/page/106|access-date=May 11, 2021}}</ref> *[[1781]] – [[René Laennec]], French physician, invented the [[stethoscope]] (d. 1826)<ref>{{cite book|author=René Théophile Hyacinthe Laennec|title=A Treatise on Mediate Auscultation, and on Diseases of the Lungs and Heart. ... With the notes and additions of M. M. Laënnec and M. Andral|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fVaObe8vNs4C&pg=PR9|year=1846|pages=9|access-date=2019-12-21|archive-date=2020-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527172842/https://books.google.com/books?id=fVaObe8vNs4C&pg=PR9|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1796]] – [[Philipp Franz von Siebold]], German physician and botanist (d. 1866) *[[1799]] – [[Carl Julian (von) Graba]], German lawyer and ornithologist who visited and studied the Faroe Islands (d. 1874)<ref name="KN">{{cite web|url= http://www.kn-online.de/htm/dauer/lok/hochschulen/hochschulseiten/990212/c-voegel.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20010721034659/http://www.kn-online.de/htm/dauer/lok/hochschulen/hochschulseiten/990212/c-voegel.htm|archive-date=21 July 2001|language=de|title= Unbekannte Vögel entdeckt – Auf den Spuren von Graba|trans-title= Unknown birds discovered – In the footsteps of Graba|date=12 February 1999|author= Kieler Nachrichten| accessdate=20 August 2022}}</ref> *[[1817]] – [[Édouard Thilges]], Luxembourgish jurist and politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of Luxembourg]] (d. 1904) *[[1820]] – [[Henri Vieuxtemps]], Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1881)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Musical World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dfksAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA237|year=1845|publisher=J. Alfredo Novello|pages=237|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2020-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602234240/https://books.google.com/books?id=dfksAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA237|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1821]] – [[Lola Montez]], Irish-American actress and dancer (d. 1861)<ref>{{cite book|author=Bruce Seymour|title=Lola Montez: A Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4DCffNBbPMC&pg=PA4|year=1996|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-07439-0|pages=4|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2020-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530113745/https://books.google.com/books?id=F4DCffNBbPMC&pg=PA4|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1832]] – [[Richard Henry Park]], American sculptor (d. 1902) *[[1836]] – [[Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer]], Spanish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1870) *[[1843]] – [[Aaron Montgomery Ward]], American businessman, founded [[Montgomery Ward]] (d. 1913) *[[1848]] – [[Louisa Lawson]], Australian poet and publisher (d. 1920) *[[1849]] – [[Joseph Favre]], Swiss chef (d. 1903)<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.archiviobiograficomovimentooperaio.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=21984:favre-joseph&lang=it|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130904222357/http://www.archiviobiograficomovimentooperaio.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=21984:favre-joseph&lang=it|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 4, 2013|chapter=Joseph Favre|title=L'Internazionale italiana fra libertari ed evoluzionisti|publisher=ABMO|access-date=2013-09-04|language=Italian}}</ref> *[[1854]] – [[Friedrich Alfred Krupp]], German businessman (d. 1902) *[[1861]] – [[Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont]], duchess of Albany (d. 1922)<ref>{{cite book|author=Harvester Wheatsheaf|title=The Constitutional Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B9dVAAAAYAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Harvester Press|isbn=978-0-85527-070-4|page=28|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2020-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526014603/https://books.google.com/books?id=B9dVAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1862]] – [[Mori Ōgai]], Japanese general, author, and poet (d. 1922) *[[1864]] – [[Jozef Murgaš]], Slovak priest, botanist, and painter (d. 1929) * 1864 – [[Banjo Paterson]], Australian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1941)<ref>{{cite book|author=Andrew Barton Paterson|title=Poems of Banjo Paterson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VtjpAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Ure Smith|isbn=978-0-7254-0297-6|page=13|access-date=2019-12-21|archive-date=2020-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610111846/https://books.google.com/books?id=VtjpAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1874]] – [[Thomas J. Watson]], American businessman (d. 1956) *[[1877]] – [[Isabelle Eberhardt]], Swiss explorer and author (d. 1904)<ref>{{cite book|author=Ursula Kingsmill Hart|title=Two ladies of colonial Algeria: the lives and times of Aurélie Picard and Isabelle Eberhardt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WDZxAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Ohio University Center for International Studies|page=73|isbn=9780896801431|access-date=2019-12-21|archive-date=2020-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526014605/https://books.google.com/books?id=WDZxAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1877 – [[André Maginot]], French sergeant and politician (d. 1932) *[[1879]] – [[Dorothy Canfield Fisher]], American educational reformer, social activist and author (d. 1958)<ref>{{cite book|last=Siles|first=Dorothy D.|chapter=Fisher, Dorothy (Frances) Canfield|editor-first=D.L.|editor-last=Kirkpatrick|title=Twentieth-century Children's Writers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=978-0-33323-414-3|page=455}}</ref> *[[1881]] – [[Mary Carson Breckinridge]], American [[nurse midwife]], founded [[Frontier Nursing Service]] (d. 1965) *[[1887]] – [[Joseph Bech]], Luxembourgish lawyer and politician, 15th [[Prime Minister of Luxembourg]] (d. 1975) * 1887 – [[Leevi Madetoja]], Finnish composer and critic (d. 1947) *[[1888]] – [[Ronald Knox]], English Catholic priest (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Waugh |first1=Evelyn |author1-link=Evelyn Waugh |title=The Life of Ronald Knox |date=1959 |publisher=Chapman and Hall |page=35 |url=https://archive.org/details/lifeofronaldknox0000evel/mode/2up}}</ref> * 1888 – [[Otto Stern]], German-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1969) *[[1890]] – [[Ronald Fisher]], English-Australian statistician, biologist, and geneticist (d. 1962) *[[1891]] – [[Abraham Fraenkel]], German-Israeli mathematician and academic (d. 1965) *[[1893]] – [[Wally Pipp]], American baseball player and journalist (d. 1965) *[[1899]] – [[Jibanananda Das]], Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author (d. 1954) *[[1900]] – [[Ruth Clifford]], American actress (d. 1998) ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Sadegh Hedayat]], Iranian-French author and translator (d. 1951) * 1903 – [[Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega]], known as "Cagancho", Spanish bullfighter (d. 1984)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://tauroarte.com/index.php/toreros-s-xx/matadores-de-toros/33233-CAGANCHO | title = CAGANCHO | last = | first = | date = 2024 | website = tauroarte.com | publisher = Tauroarte | access-date = 25 September 2024 | language = es }}</ref> *[[1904]] – [[Hans Morgenthau]], German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1980) *[[1905]] – [[Rózsa Péter]], Hungarian mathematician (d. 1977)<ref>{{cite book | first=Hajnal | last=Andréka | chapter=Rózsa Péter | editor-last1=Grinstein | editor-first1=Louise S. | editor-last2=Campbell | editor-first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/171 171] | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/171 }}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[Mary Brian]], American actress (d. 2002) *[[1908]] – [[Bo Yibo]], Chinese general and politician, [[Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China]] (d. 2007) *[[1910]] – [[Marc Lawrence]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005) *[[1911]] – [[Oskar Seidlin]], German-American author, poet, and scholar (d. 1984) *[[1912]] – [[Andre Norton]], American author (d. 2005) *[[1914]] – [[Arthur Kennedy (actor)|Arthur Kennedy]], American actor (d. 1990) *[[1916]] – [[Alexander Obolensky]], Russian rugby player and pilot (d. 1940) * 1916 – [[Don Tallon]], Australian cricketer (d. 1984) * 1916 – [[Raf Vallone]], Italian footballer and actor (d. 2002) *[[1918]] – [[William Bronk]], American poet and academic (d. 1999) * 1918 – [[Jacqueline Ferrand]], French mathematician (d. 2014) *[[1919]] – [[J. M. S. Careless]], Canadian historian and academic (d. 2009) * 1919 – [[Kathleen Freeman]], American actress and singer (d. 2001) * 1919 – [[Joe Hunt]], American tennis player (d. 1945)<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Porter|editor1-first=David L.|title=Biographical Dictionary of American Sports|date=1992|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0313267062|pages=[https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict0000unse_z6t1/page/552 552–553]|url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict0000unse_z6t1/page/552}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Ivo Caprino]], Norwegian director and screenwriter (d. 2001) * 1920 – [[Annie Glenn]], American disability and communication disorder advocate (d. 2020) * 1920 – [[Curt Swan]], American illustrator (d. 1996)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Comics Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pBRLAQAAIAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Comics Journal, Incorporated|page=13|access-date=2021-06-21|archive-date=2021-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624213155/https://books.google.com/books?id=pBRLAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[Duane Gish]], American biochemist and academic (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite book|author=Strathmore Directories, Limited|title=Strathmore's Who's Who, 2000-2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JiNJ8XXpJn0C|date=May 2001|publisher=Strathmore Directories, Limited|isbn=978-1-890347-06-2|page=656|access-date=2021-06-21|archive-date=2021-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204302/https://books.google.com/books?id=JiNJ8XXpJn0C|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Tommy Edwards]], American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 1969) *[[1923]] – [[Buddy DeFranco]], American clarinet player and bandleader (d. 2014) *[[1924]] – [[Margaret Truman]], American singer and author (d. 2008)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ron Cockrell|author2=Keith Krueger|title=Cultural Landscape Report: Harry S Truman National Historic Site, Independence, Missouri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OOaZRpTIMrsC&pg=PA26|year=1990|publisher=National Park Service|pages=26|access-date=2021-06-21|archive-date=2021-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205734/https://books.google.com/books?id=OOaZRpTIMrsC&pg=PA26|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Ron Goodwin]], English composer and conductor (d. 2003) * 1925 – [[Hal Holbrook]], American actor and director (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/theater/hal-holbrook-dead.html|title=Hal Holbrook, Actor Who Channeled Mark Twain, Is Dead at 95|date=February 2, 2021|website=New York Times|author=Robert Berkvist|access-date=February 2, 2021|archive-date=February 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202183539/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/theater/hal-holbrook-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Marta Romero]], Puerto Rican actress and singer (d. 2013) * 1928 – [[Michiaki Takahashi]], Japanese virologist (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://doodles.google/doodle/dr-michiaki-takahashis-94th-birthday/|title=Michiaki Takahashi's 94th Birthday|date=February 17, 2021|website=Google|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Alejandro Jodorowsky]], Chilean-French director and screenwriter * 1929 – [[Chaim Potok]], American rabbi and author (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite book|author=Sanford Sternlicht|title=Chaim Potok: A Critical Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8vOG2EXef4EC&pg=PA2|year=2000|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31181-9|pages=2|access-date=2021-02-02|archive-date=2022-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217163120/https://books.google.com/books?id=8vOG2EXef4EC&pg=PA2|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1929 – [[Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale]], English lieutenant and politician, [[Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills]] (d. 1993) * 1929 – [[Patricia Routledge]], English actress and singer *[[1930]] – [[Roger Craig (baseball)|Roger Craig]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2023) * 1930 – [[Benjamin Fain]], Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (d. 2013) * 1930 – [[Ruth Rendell]], English author (d. 2015) *[[1931]] – [[Jiřina Jirásková]], Czech actress and singer (d. 2013) * 1931 – [[Buddy Ryan]], American football coach (d. 2016) *[[1933]] – [[Craig L. Thomas]], American captain and politician (d. 2007) *[[1934]] – [[Alan Bates]], English actor (d. 2003)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Guardian/0,4029,1113685,00.html |title=Sir Alan Bates |author=Michael Billington |work=The Guardian |date=29 December 2003 |access-date=4 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114224632/http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Guardian/0%2C4029%2C1113685%2C00.html |archive-date=14 November 2007 |url-status=live |location=London }}</ref> * 1934 – [[Barry Humphries]], Australian comedian, actor, and author (d. 2023)<ref name="Chase's2018"/> *[[1935]] – [[Christina Pickles]], English-American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1936]] – [[Jim Brown]], American football player and actor (d. 2023)<ref name="Chase's2018"/> *[[1937]] – [[Mary Ann Mobley]], American model and actress, [[Miss America 1959]] (d. 2014) *[[1940]] – [[Vicente Fernández]], Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, and producer (d. 2021)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chung|first=Christine|date=2021-12-12|title=Vicente Fernández, 'El Rey' of Mexican Ranchera Music, Is Dead at 81|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/arts/music/vicente-fernandez-dead.html|access-date=2021-12-13|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2021-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212235803/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/arts/music/vicente-fernandez-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Vicente Fernández, king of Mexican ranchera music, dies at 81|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/vicente-fernandez-dead/2021/12/12/bf8cb158-38c9-11ec-8be3-e14aaacfa8ac_story.html|access-date=12 December 2021|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=12 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212160552/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/vicente-fernandez-dead/2021/12/12/bf8cb158-38c9-11ec-8be3-e14aaacfa8ac_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1940 – [[Gene Pitney]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/apr/06/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|title=Gene Pitney|date=6 April 2006|author=Adam Sweeting|website=The Guardian|access-date=17 February 2020|archive-date=17 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217114037/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/apr/06/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Julia McKenzie]], English actress, singer, and director *[[1942]] – [[Huey P. Newton]], American activist, co-founded the [[Black Panther Party]] (d. 1989) *[[1944]] – [[Karl Jenkins]], Welsh saxophonist, keyboard player, and composer<ref>{{cite book | last = Daniels | first = David | title = Orchestral music : a handbook | publisher = Scarecrow Press | location = Lanham, Md | year = 2005 | isbn = 9781461664253 | page=202}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Zina Bethune]], American actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2012) * 1945 – [[Brenda Fricker]], Irish actress<ref name="Chase's2018">{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA135|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=135|access-date=21 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624210644/https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA135|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Shahrnush Parsipur]], Iranian-American author and academic *[[1948]] – [[José José]], Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2019) *[[1949]] – [[Fred Frith]], English guitarist and songwriter<ref name=Larkin>{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uWoZAQAAIAAJ |year=2002 |edition=3rd revised |publisher=Virgin |page=175 |isbn=978-1-85227-947-9 |access-date=2020-09-30 |archive-date=2021-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510143040/https://books.google.com/books?id=uWoZAQAAIAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1949 – [[Dennis Green]], American football player and coach (d. 2016) *[[1951]] – [[Rashid Minhas]], Pakistani soldier and pilot (d. 1971) *[[1952]] – [[Karin Büttner-Janz]], German gymnast and physician * 1952 – [[Vladimír Padrůněk]], Czech musician (d. 1991) *[[1953]] – [[Becky Ann Baker]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1954]] – [[Lou Ann Barton]], American singer-songwriter * 1954 – [[Miki Berkovich]], Israeli basketball player * 1954 – [[Rene Russo]], American actress<ref name="Chase's2018"/> *[[1955]] – [[Mo Yan]], Chinese author and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1956]] – [[Richard Karn]], American actor and game show host<ref name="AP"/> *[[1957]] – [[Loreena McKennitt]], Canadian singer-songwriter, accordion player, and pianist *[[1959]] – [[Aryeh Deri]], Moroccan-Israeli rabbi and politician, [[Ministry of Interior (Israel)|Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs]] * 1959 – [[Rowdy Gaines]], American swimmer and sportscaster<ref>{{cite book|title=Guinness Sports Record Book|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company|year=1990|page=180}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Lindy Ruff]], Canadian hockey player and coach *[[1961]] – [[Angela Eagle]], English politician, [[Shadow Leader of the House of Commons]] * 1961 – [[Maria Eagle]], English politician, [[Shadow Secretary of State for Defence]] * 1961 – [[Andrey Korotayev]], Russian anthropologist, historian, and sociologist *[[1962]] – [[Lou Diamond Phillips]], American actor and director<ref name="Chase's2018"/> *[[1963]] – [[Larry the Cable Guy]], American comedian and voice actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 17, 2023 includes celebrities Paris Hilton, Michael Bay |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-17-2023-includes-celebrities-paris-hilton-michael-bay.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=15 February 2024 |date=17 February 2023}}</ref> * 1963 – [[Alison Hargreaves]], English mountaineer (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-alison-hargreaves-1597291.html | newspaper=The Independent | title=Obituary: Alison Hargeaves | author=Venables, Stephen | date=20 August 1995 | access-date=6 March 2016 | archive-date=2 February 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202071921/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-alison-hargreaves-1597291.html | url-status=live }}</ref> * 1963 – [[Jen-Hsun Huang]], Taiwanese-American businessman, co-founded [[Nvidia]] * 1963 – [[Michael Jordan]], American basketball player, executive, and businessman<ref name="Chase's2018"/> *[[1964]] – [[Sherry Hawco]], Canadian gymnast (d. 1991)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sherry (Hawco) Delanty |url=http://cambridgeshf.com/inductee/sherry-hawco-delanty/ |website=Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=10 January 2020 |archive-date=21 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521102619/http://cambridgeshf.com/inductee/sherry-hawco-delanty/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Michael Bay]], American director and producer<ref>{{cite book|title=Film Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oXdZAAAAMAAJ|date=July 2001|publisher=Orpheus Pub|page=189|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2020-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601073000/https://books.google.com/books?id=oXdZAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Luc Robitaille]], Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and actor<ref>{{cite book|author=Morgan Hughes|title=Hockey Legends of All Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=35JXzaaRmlIC|date=1 August 1995|publisher=Publications International Limited|isbn=978-0-7853-1689-3|page=98|access-date=17 February 2020|archive-date=23 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523032332/https://books.google.com/books?id=35JXzaaRmlIC|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Giuseppe Signori]], Italian footballer * 1968 – [[Wu'erkaixi]], Chinese journalist and activist *[[1969]] – [[David Douillet]], French martial artist and politician * 1969 – [[Vasily Kudinov]], Russian handball player (d. 2017) *[[1970]] – [[Dominic Purcell]], English-Australian actor and producer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1971]] – [[Denise Richards]], American model and actress<ref name="Chase's2018"/> *[[1972]] – [[Billie Joe Armstrong]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer<ref name="AP"/> * 1972 – [[Philippe Candeloro]], French figure skater<ref>{{cite book|author=Steve Milton|title=Super Skaters: World Figure Skating Stars|url=https://archive.org/details/superskatersworl0000milt|url-access=registration|date=1 February 1997|publisher=Crescent Books|isbn=978-0-517-18482-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/superskatersworl0000milt/page/20 20]}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Taylor Hawkins]], American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ganz |first1=Caryn |last2=Coscarelli|first2=Joe| title=Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Dies at 50 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/arts/music/taylor-hawkins-foo-fighters-dead.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 26, 2022 |date=March 26, 2022}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Valeria Mazza]], Argentine model and businesswoman *[[1973]] – [[Drew Barry]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Drew Barry |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1003/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> * 1973 – [[Goran Bunjevčević]], Serbian footballer (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=20604|title=Goran Bunjevcevic|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=12 February 2020|archive-date=21 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521102606/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=20604|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1973 – [[Raphaël Ibañez]], French rugby player *[[1974]] – [[Kaoru (musician)|Kaoru]], Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer * 1974 – [[Jerry O'Connell]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1975]] – [[Kaspars Astašenko]], Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kaspars Astashenko |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/kaspars-astashenko-8468000 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Václav Prospal]], Czech ice hockey player *[[1976]] – [[Kelly Carlson]], American actress and model<ref name="AP"/> *[[1978]] – [[Rory Kinnear]], English actor and playwright *[[1979]] – [[Conrad Ricamora]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1979 – [[Josh Willingham]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Willingham |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/josh-willingham-425545 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Al Harrington]], American basketball player * 1980 – [[Jason Ritter]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1980 – [[Klemi Saban]], Israeli footballer *[[1981]] – [[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="Chase's2018"/> * 1981 – [[Paris Hilton]], American model, media personality, actress, singer, DJ, author and businesswoman<ref name="Chase's2018"/> * 1981 – [[Pontus Segerström]], Swedish footballer (d. 2014) *[[1982]] – [[Adriano (footballer, born February 1982)|Adriano]], Brazilian footballer * 1982 – [[Brian Bruney]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite book|author=Sporting News|title=Baseball Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b5ON9XuC4noC|date=December 2004|publisher=Sporting News Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-89204-745-1|page=61|access-date=2019-09-29|archive-date=2020-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604012931/https://books.google.com/books?id=b5ON9XuC4noC|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[AB de Villiers]], South African cricketer * 1984 – [[Marcin Gortat]], Polish basketball player * 1984 – [[Katie Hill (basketball)|Katie Hill]], Australian [[3.0 point player|3.0 point]] [[wheelchair basketball]] player *[[1985]] – [[Anders Jacobsen (ski jumper)|Anders Jacobsen]], Norwegian ski jumper *[[1986]] – [[Brett Kern]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brett Kern |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/11555/brett-kern |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Ísis Valverde]], Brazilian actress<ref>{{cite web |url=http://caras.uol.com.br/perfil/isis-valverde|accessdate=February 17, 2023|title=Ísis Valverde |date=5 January 2022 |publisher=Caras|language=Portuguese}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Michael Frolík]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Frolik |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/michael-frolik-8473564 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Case Keenum]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Case Keenum |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15168/case-keenum |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Vasyl Lomachenko]], Ukrainian boxer *[[1989]] – [[Rebecca Adlington]], English swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Ones to watch in Delhi: Rebecca Adlington |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9016935.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=8 January 2022 |date=30 September 2010 |archive-date=17 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217163130/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9016935.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1989 – [[Chord Overstreet]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1990]] – [[Marianne St-Gelais]], Canadian speed skater * 1990 – [[Edin Višća]], Bosnian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Edin Višća|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/edin-visca/121573/|website=Soccerway|access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Phil Pressey]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Phil Pressey |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203515/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Ed Sheeran]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="Chase's2018"/> * 1991 – [[Jeremy Allen White]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=DeInnocentiis |first1=Felicia |title=The Stunning Transformation Of Jeremy Allen White |url=https://www.thelist.com/985395/the-stunning-transformation-of-jeremy-allen-white/ |publisher=[[TheList.com]] |access-date=7 February 2023 |date=29 August 2022}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Bonnie Wright]], English actress, filmmaker, and activist<ref>{{cite news |title=Bonnie Wright Biography |url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/bonnie-wright/ |access-date=February 17, 2023|magazine=Empire}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Meaghan Martin]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1993]] – [[Marc Márquez]], Spanish motorcycle racer *[[1994]] – [[Mason Jobst]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mason Jobst |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/player/mason-jobst-8481480 |access-date=23 September 2024 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] }}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Madison Keys]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/316959/madison-keys|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Madison Keys|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Sebastian Aho (ice hockey, born 1996)|Sebastian Aho]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sebastian Aho |url=https://www.nhl.com/islanders/player/sebastian-aho-8480222 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Sasha Pieterse]], South African-American actress and singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1997]] – [[Gaetano Castrovilli]], Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Gaetano Castrovilli|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/gaetano-castrovilli/366543/|website=Soccerway|access-date=17 February 2025}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Zeki Çelik]], Turkish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Zeki Çelik|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mehmet-celik/322520/|website=Soccerway|access-date=17 February 2025}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Devin White]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Devin White |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4035434/devin-white |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Tyler Dibling]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Tyler Dibling|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/112917/Tyler-Dibling/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=17 February 2025}}</ref> <!--Do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->
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