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==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1210]] – [[Afonso III of Portugal]] (d. 1279)<ref>{{cite book|author=Sir Frederick Dixon HARTLAND|title=A chronological dictionary or index to the genealogical chart, etc|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nEJfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA6|year=1854|pages=6}}</ref> *[[1282]] – [[Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena]] (d. 1348)<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles F. H. Evans|title=Studies in Genealogy and Family History in Tribute to Charles Evans on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pK1pAAAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy|page=395}}</ref> *[[1310]] – [[Preczlaw of Pogarell]], [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] and [[Bishop of Wrocław]] (d. 1376) *[[1352]] – [[Rupert of Germany]], Count Palatine of the Rhine (d. 1410) *[[1479]] – [[Guru Amar Das]], Indian 3rd [[Sikh Guru]] (d. 1574) *[[1504]] – [[Stanislaus Hosius]], Polish cardinal (d. 1579) *[[1530]] – [[Gabriel, comte de Montgomery]], French nobleman (d. 1574) *[[1542]] – [[Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter]], English soldier and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire]] (d. 1623) *[[1582]] – [[John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg]] (d. 1628) ===1601–1900=== *[[1684]] – [[Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné]], French wife of [[Adrien Maurice de Noailles]] (d. 1739) *[[1747]] – [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. 1792) *[[1749]] – [[Jean-Frédéric Edelmann]], French pianist and composer (d. 1794) *[[1764]] – [[Robert Craufurd]], Scottish general and politician (d. 1812) *[[1800]] – [[Louis Christophe François Hachette]], French publisher (d. 1864) *[[1813]] – [[Søren Kierkegaard]], Danish philosopher and author (d. 1855) *[[1818]] – [[Karl Marx]], German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist (d. 1883) *[[1826]] – [[Eugénie de Montijo]], French wife of [[Napoleon III]] (d. 1920)<ref>{{cite book | first=Jasper Godwin | last=Ridley | title=Napoleon III and Eugenie | location=London | publisher=Constable | year=1979 | isbn=978-0-09461-380-5 | page=137}}</ref> *[[1830]] – [[John Batterson Stetson]], American businessman, founded the [[John B. Stetson Company]] (d. 1906) *[[1832]] – [[Hubert Howe Bancroft]], American ethnologist and historian (d. 1918) *[[1833]] – [[Ferdinand von Richthofen]], German geographer and academic (d. 1905) *[[1834]] – [[Viktor Hartmann]], Russian painter and architect (d. 1873) *[[1843]] – [[William George Beers]], Canadian dentist and patriot (d. 1900) *[[1846]] – [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]], Polish journalist and author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1916)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1905 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1905/sienkiewicz/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=23 December 2021}}</ref> *[[1858]] – [[John L. Leal]], American physician (d. 1914) *[[1859]] – [[Charles B. Hanford]], American Shakespearean actor (d. 1926)<ref>{{cite book|first=A. D.|last= Storms|title=The Players Blue Book|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924027213259|year=1901|publisher=Sutherland & Storms|location=Worcester, MA|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924027213259/page/n263 258]-259}}</ref> *[[1864]] – [[Nellie Bly]], American journalist and author (d. 1922)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|editor=Commire, Anne|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|volume=14|year=2002|publisher=Yorkin Publications, Gale Group|location=Waterford|isbn=978-0-78764-073-6|page=65}}</ref> *[[1865]] – [[Helen Maud Merrill]], American litterateur and poet (d. 1943) *[[1866]] – [[Thomas B. Thrige]], Danish businessman (d. 1938) *[[1869]] – [[Fabián de la Rosa]], Filipino painter and educator (d. 1937) * 1869 – [[Hans Pfitzner]], German composer and conductor (d. 1949) *[[1873]] – [[Leon Czolgosz]], American assassin of [[William McKinley]] (d. 1901)<ref>{{cite census | title = Twelfth Census of the United States | year = 1900 | location = Orange, Cuyahoga, Ohio | roll = T623 1261 | page = 4A | line = 34 }}</ref> *[[1874]] – [[Thomas Bavin]], New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (d. 1941) *[[1882]] – [[Sylvia Pankhurst]], English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist (d. 1960) *[[1883]] – [[Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell]], English general and politician, 43rd [[Governor-General of India]] (d. 1950) * 1883 – [[Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler]], American mathematician (d. 1966)<ref>{{cite book | first1=Louise S. | last1=Grinstein | first2=Paul J. | last2=Campbell | chapter=Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler (1883-1966) | 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=241}}</ref> *[[1884]] – [[Chief Bender]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1954) *[[1885]] – [[Kingsley Fairbridge]], South African-Australian scholar and politician (d. 1924) *[[1887]] – [[Mervyn S. Bennion]], American captain, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1941) *[[1889]] – [[Herbie Taylor]], South African cricketer and soldier (d. 1973) *[[1890]] – [[Christopher Morley]], American journalist and author (d. 1957) *[[1892]] – [[Dorothy Garrod]], British archaeologist (d. 1968)<ref>{{cite book | first=Brian M. | last=Fagan | title=Archaeologists: Explorers of the Human Past | location=Oxford | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2003 | isbn=978-0-19511-946-6 | page=139}}</ref> *[[1898]] – [[Elsie Eaves]], American engineer (d. 1983)<ref>{{cite web | title=Obituary for Elsie Eaves | work= New York Times | date=April 2, 1983 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/02/obituaries/elsie-eaves.html | access-date=22 March 2020}}</ref> * 1898 – [[Blind Willie McTell]], American Piedmont blues singer and guitar player (d. 1959) *[[1899]] – [[Freeman Gosden]], American actor and screenwriter (d. 1982) *[[1900]] – [[Helen Redfield]], American geneticist (d. 1988)<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict02ogil | title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the mid-20th Century | last1=Ogilvie |first1=Marilyn Bailey | last2=Harvey |first2=Joy Dorothy | year=2000 | publisher=Routledge | author-link=Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie | author-link2=Joy Harvey | isbn=978-0-41592-040-7 | location=New York | pages=[https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict02ogil/page/1082 1082] | oclc=40776839 | url-access=registration}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Janne Mustonen]], Finnish politician (d. 1964)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Janne Mustonen |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911092.aspx |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=27 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415201123/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911092.aspx |archive-date=15 April 2017 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref> *[[1903]] – [[James Beard]], American chef and author (d. 1985) *[[1905]] – [[Floyd Gottfredson]], American author and illustrator (d. 1986) *[[1907]] – [[Iryna Vilde|Daryna Dmytrivna Polotniuk]], Bukovinian (Ukrainian) journalist and author (d. 1982)<ref>{{cite web | title=Iryna Vilde | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309154840/http://leksika.com.ua/10820314/ure/vilde | url=http://leksika.com.ua/10820314/ure/vilde | archive-date=9 March 2016 | website=Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia | access-date=22 March 2020 | year=2016}}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Leo Lionni]], American author and illustrator (d. 1999) *[[1911]] – [[Andor Lilienthal]], Russian-Hungarian chess player (d. 2010) * 1911 – [[Pritilata Waddedar]], Indian educator and activist (d. 1932)<ref>{{cite web | title=Pritilata's 100th birthday today | website=The Daily Star | date=5 May 2011 | url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-184343 | access-date=22 March 2020}}</ref> *[[1913]] – [[Duane Carter]], American race car driver (d. 1993) *[[1914]] – [[Tyrone Power]], American actor (d. 1958) *[[1915]] – [[Alice Faye]], American actress and singer (d. 1998) *[[1916]] – [[Zail Singh]], Indian politician, 7th [[President of India]] (d. 1994) *[[1919]] – [[Georgios Papadopoulos]], Greek colonel and politician, 169th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 1999) *[[1921]] – [[Arthur Leonard Schawlow]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1999) *[[1922]] – [[Irene Gut Opdyke]], Polish nurse and humanitarian (d. 2003) *[[1923]] – [[William C. Campbell (golfer)|William C. Campbell]], American golfer (d. 2013) * 1923 – [[Cathleen Synge Morawetz]], Canadian mathematician (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite book | first=James D. | last=Patterson | chapter=Cathleen Synge Morawetz | 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/152 152] | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/152 }}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Leo Ryan]], American soldier, educator, and politician (d. 1978) *[[1927]] – [[Pat Carroll]], American actress (d. 2022) *[[1929]] – [[Ilene Woods]], American actress (d. 2010) *[[1932]] – [[Stan Goldberg]], American illustrator (d. 2014) *[[1933]] – [[Collie Smith]], Jamaican cricketer (d. 1959) *[[1934]] – [[Henri Konan Bédié]], Ivorian politician, 2nd [[President of Côte d'Ivoire]] (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite book|author=South Africa. Parliament (1994–)|title=Joint Sittings of Both Houses of Parliament: (Hansard)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-JsUAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Government Printer}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Victor Garland]], Australian accountant and politician, 26th [[Minister for Veterans' Affairs|Australian Minister for Veterans' Affairs]] (d. 2022) *[[1935]] – [[Eddie Linden]], Scottish poet and magazine editor (d. 2023) * 1935 – [[Bernard Pivot]], French journalist, talk show host, and producer (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-05-06 |title=Bernard Pivot, journaliste, créateur d'« Apostrophes », est mort |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/05/06/bernard-pivot-journaliste-createur-d-apostrophes-est-mort_6231907_3382.html |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=fr}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Sandy Baron]], American actor and comedian (d. 2001) *[[1937]] – [[Beryl Burton]], English racing cyclist (d. 1996) <ref name="Obituary">[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/beryl-burton-obituary-1346085.html Clifford, Tim, (7 May 1996), Beryl Burton Obituary, The Independent]. Retrieved 20 July 2015</ref> * 1937 – [[Delia Derbyshire]], English musician, arranger and composer (d. 2001)<ref>{{cite news|last=Hodgson|first=Brian|author-link=Brian Hodgson|title=Obituary: Delia Derbyshire|newspaper=[[The Guardian|Guardian Unlimited]]|date=7 July 2001|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/jul/07/guardianobituaries1}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Michael Murphy (actor)|Michael Murphy]], American actor *[[1939]] – [[Ray Gosling]], English journalist, author, and activist (d. 2013) *[[1940]] – [[Lance Henriksen]], American actor *[[1942]] – [[Jean Corston, Baroness Corston]], English lawyer and politician * 1942 – [[Tammy Wynette]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998) *[[1943]] – [[Michael Palin]], English actor and screenwriter * 1943 – [[Ignacio Ramonet]], Spanish journalist and author *[[1944]] – [[Bo Larsson]], Swedish footballer (d. 2023) * 1944 – [[John Rhys-Davies]], Welsh actor and screenwriter * 1944 – [[Roger Rees]], Welsh-American actor and director (d. 2015) *[[1945]] – [[Kurt Loder]], American journalist, author, and critic * [[1946]] – [[Jim Kelly (martial artist)|Jim Kelly]], American actor, athlete, and martial artist (d. 2013)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yardley |first=William |date=2013-07-02 |title=Jim Kelly, Star of Martial Arts Movies, Dies at 67 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/arts/jim-kelly-star-of-martial-arts-movies-dies-at-67.html |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Bill Ward (musician)|Bill Ward]], English drummer and songwriter *[[1950]] – [[Maggie MacNeal]], Dutch singer *[[1952]] – [[Ed Lee (politician)|Ed Lee]], American politician and attorney, 43rd [[Mayor of San Francisco]] (d. 2017) *[[1955]] – [[Jon Butcher]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and freelance multimedia producer *[[1956]] – [[Steve Scott (athlete)|Steve Scott]], American runner and coach *[[1957]] – [[Richard E. Grant]], Swazi-English actor, director, and screenwriter *[[1958]] – [[Robert DiPierdomenico]], Australian footballer and sportscaster *[[1959]] – [[Bobby Ellsworth]], American singer and bass player * 1959 – [[Ian McCulloch (singer)|Ian McCulloch]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1959 – [[Brian Williams]], American journalist *[[1960]] – [[Doug Hawkins]], Australian footballer and sportscaster *[[1961]] – [[Marg Downey]], Australian actress * 1961 – [[Hiroshi Hase]], Japanese wrestler and politician *[[1963]] – [[James LaBrie]], Canadian singer-songwriter * 1963 – [[Simon Rimmer]], English chef and author * 1963 – [[Scott Westerfeld]], American author and composer *[[1964]] – [[Jean-François Copé]], French politician, French Minister of Budget * 1964 – [[Heike Henkel]], German high jumper * 1964 – [[Don Payne (writer)|Don Payne]], American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013) * 1964 – [[Minami Takayama]], Japanese voice actress and singer *[[1966]] – [[Shawn Drover]], Canadian drummer * 1966 – [[Sergei Stanishev]], Bulgarian politician, 46th [[Prime Minister of Bulgaria]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Almanac Bulgaria 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PzZpAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Sofia Press Agency}}</ref> * 1966 – [[Josh Weinstein]], American screenwriter and producer *[[1967]] – [[Adam Hughes]], American author and illustrator * 1967 – [[Charles Nagy]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Nagy Stats |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/charles-nagy-119640 |website=mlb.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref> * 1967 – [[Alexis Sinduhije]], Burundian journalist and politician *[[1971]] – [[Harold Miner]], American basketball player *[[1972]] – [[James Cracknell]], English rower * 1972 – [[Žigmund Pálffy]], Slovakian ice hockey player * 1972 – [[Mikael Renberg]], Swedish ice hockey player *[[1975]] – [[Meb Keflezighi]], American runner *[[1976]] – [[Dieter Brummer]], Australian actor (d. 2021) * 1976 – [[Juan Pablo Sorín]], Argentinian footballer and sportscaster *[[1977]] – [[Tiffany Roberts]], American footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tiffany Roberts |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27684 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=20 March 2024 }}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Vincent Kartheiser]], American actor *[[1980]] – [[Yossi Benayoun]], Israeli footballer * 1980 – [[Hank Green]], American entrepreneur, educator, and vlogger *[[1981]] – [[Craig David]], English singer-songwriter, musician and producer * 1981 – [[Danielle Fishel]], American actress *[[1982]] – [[Vanessa Bryant]], American philanthropist and model<ref>{{Cite web|last=Silas|first=Karen|date=February 28, 2020|title=Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa Bryant's background - everything you need to know|url=https://www.hola.com/us/celebrities/20200228fl35tfdf88/vanessa-laine-bryant-nationality-childhood-biography-1/|website=HOLA|language=en-US|access-date=12 February 2022}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Corey Parker (rugby league)|Corey Parker]], Australian rugby league footballer *[[1983]] – [[Henry Cavill]], English actor *[[1985]] – [[Shoko Nakagawa]], Japanese actress and singer * 1985 – [[Emanuele Giaccherini]], Italian footballer * 1985 – [[P. J. Tucker]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/tuckepj01.html|title=P.J. Tucker Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Graham Dorrans]], Scottish footballer *[[1988]] – [[Adele]], English singer-songwriter *[[1989]] – [[Chris Brown]], American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor * 1989 – [[Agnes Knochenhauer]], Swedish curler<ref>{{Cite web |title=Agnes Knochenhauer |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/138421 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=24 March 2024 }}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Raúl Jiménez]], Mexican footballer *[[1994]] – [[Celeste (singer)|Celeste]], British singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Celeste Epiphany Waite |url=https://californiabirthindex.org/birth/celeste_epiphany_waite_born_1994_23375512 |website=californiabirthindex.org |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[James Conner (American football)|James Conner]], American football player<ref>{{Cite web |title=James Conner |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ConnJa00.htm |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=pro-football-reference.com}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Christopher Eubanks]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Christopher Eubanks |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/E865/overview |website=atptour.com |publisher=ATP Tour |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Mayar Sherif]], Egyptian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/318711/mayar-sherif|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Mayar Sherif|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Logan Gilbert]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Logan Gilbert Stats |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/logan-gilbert-669302 |website=mlb.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Mitch Marner]], Canadian hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mitch Marner Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/player/mitch-marner-8478483 |website=nhl.com |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Aryna Sabalenka]], Belarusian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aryna Sabalenka {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/320760/aryna-sabalenka |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Nathan Chen]], American figure skater * 1999 – [[Justin Kluivert]], Dutch footballer *[[2003]] – [[Carlos Alcaraz]], Spanish tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carlos Alcaraz {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=ATP Tour}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Jenna Davis]], American actress and YouTuber<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dodson |first=P. Claire |date=January 6, 2023 |title=Before She Was M3GAN, Jenna Davis Was the "Penny Nickel Dime" Girl |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/m3gan-actress-jenna-davis-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108035123/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/m3gan-actress-jenna-davis-interview |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=[[Teen Vogue]] |publisher=Condé Nast}}</ref> * 2004 – [[Kirsty Muir]], Scottish freestyle skier<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kirsty Muir |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/139190 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=20 March 2024 }}</ref> <!--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. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order of surname. 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