Date | Event |
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1286 |
Elisabeth Richeza of Poland, Queen of Poland (d. 1335) |
1453 |
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515) |
1529 |
Taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter |
1549 |
Charles Philip of Croij, marquis of Havre/earl of Fontenoy, etc |
1566 |
Edward Alleyn, English actor (d. 1626) |
1588 |
Henry II, Prince of Condé, French nobleman (d. 1646) |
1608 |
Giacomo Torelli, Fano, Italy, stage designer, engineer and architect |
1651 |
Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694) |
1653 |
Johann Pachelbel, Nuremberg, composer (Canon in D), (d. 1706) |
1689 |
Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Bavarian master builder (Prague) |
1711 |
Willem IV KH Friso, Dutch prince of Orange-Nassau |
1712 |
Simon Fokke, Dutch book illustrator |
1724 |
John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist/co-founder (Society of It General) |
1732 |
Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer |
1732 |
Thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly, composer |
1751 |
Emmanuel Johann Joseph Schikaneder, composer [or Apr 9] |
1758 |
Wilhelmus Kist, writer/director of Dutch Staatscourant |
1768 |
Carl Bernhard Wessely, composer |
1787 |
John Bake, classical composer |
1789 |
Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer |
1791 |
Lydia Sigourney, US, religious author (How to Be Happy) |
1795 |
James Gordon Bennett, Sr., Keith Scotland, American newspaper publisher (New York Herald) |
1798 |
Richard Delafield, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1873 |
1803 |
Jacobus T Abels, Dutch painter |
1816 |
Gustav Schmidt, composer |
1824 |
Isaac Hardin Duval, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902 |
1827 |
Jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Overbetuwsche Novellen) |
1829 |
James Conner, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1883 |
1845 |
Paul S Methuen, English fieldmarshal/governor of Natal/Malta |
1848 |
Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (d. 1931) |
1849 |
Elizabeth Harrison, US, educator (Natl Congress of Parents & Teachers) |
1854 |
Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal) |
1855 |
Innokenty Annensky, Omsk, Russian Empire, poet, critic and interpreter (poètes maudits) |
1856 |
Sergei Winogradsky, Russian scientist (d. 1953) |
1862 |
Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist |
1862 |
Alphons Diepenbrock, Dutch composer [or Sept 2] |
1864 |
Roger David Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916) |
1866 |
James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, heavyweight champion boxer (1892-97) |
1868 |
Henri Bourassa, French Canadian politician and publisher (d. 1952) |
1870 |
Timotei Popovici, composer |
1871 |
J. Reuben Clark, Jr., American Undersecretary of State (d. 1961) |
1873 |
Guy Standing, English actor (Cradle Song) |
1874 |
Heinrich Otto Ludwig, composer |
1874 |
Ismar Elbogen, German/US rabbi (Encyclopedia Judaica) |
1875 |
Edgar Rice Burroughs, US, sci-fi author (Tarzan of Apes, Mars Saga) |
1876 |
Harriet Shaw Weaver, English political activist (d. 1961) |
1877 |
Francis William Aston, Nobel laureate (d. 1945) |
1878 |
Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1942) |
1883 |
Didier Pitre, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1934) |
1884 |
Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and filmdirector (d. 1947) |
1886 |
Othmar Schoeck, composer |
1887 |
Blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Swiss poet/writer |
1887 |
Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar |
1888 |
Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician (d. 1958) |
1889 |
Richard Arlen, American actor (d. 1976) |
1892 |
Leverett Saltonstall, 55th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1979) |
1893 |
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japans/US painter/etcher/lithographer |
1895 |
Edit Angold, Germany, actor (Suspense, Molly, Blue Angel) |
1895 |
Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Indian musician (d. 1974) |
1896 |
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian theologian (d. 1977) |
1897 |
Andy Kennedy, Irish footballer (d. 1963) |
1898 |
Marilyn Miller, [Renolds], US actress (Sunny)/wife of Jack Pickford |
1900 |
Andrei Vlasov, Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht) |
1900 |
Kazimierz Wilkomirski, composer |
1900 |
Richard Arlen, Virginia, actor (Alice in Wonderland, Crawling Hand) |
1904 |
Johnny Mack Brown, Dothan AL, actor (Lawman is Born, Back Trail) |
1904 |
Ray Flaherty, AFL/NFL/AAFC coach (NY Giants) |
1905 |
Gervase Hughes, composer |
1905 |
Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (d. 2000) |
1906 |
Franz Biebl, German composer (d. 2001) |
1907 |
Joaquin Balaguer, president Dominican Republic |
1907 |
Walter Reuther, labor leader/president (UAW & CIO) |
1908 |
Jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist |
1908 |
Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1980) |
1909 |
E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (d. 1957) |
1911 |
Komei Abe, composer |
1911 |
Marinus Ruppert, Dutch chairman (CNV)/trade union leader |
1913 |
Christian Nyby, American director and film editor (d. 1993) |
1916 |
Sydney Dawson Bailey, pacifist/campaigner |
1919 |
Roy John Britten, Washington, molecular biologist (repeated DNA sequences in eukaryotic genomes), (d. 2012) |
1920 |
Hubert Lampo, Flemish writer/essayist (Coming of Joachim Stiller) |
1920 |
Richard Farnsworth, Los Angeles California, actor (Misery, Havana, Sylvester) |
1921 |
Matt Higgins Doran, composer |
1921 |
Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (Mandarins on Sulfuric Acid) |
1922 |
Yvonne DeCarlo, Vancouver British Columbia, Canadian actress (10 Commandments, Lily-Munsters) |
1922 |
Melvin R Laird, (Rep-R-Mich), US Secretary of Defense (1969-73) |
1922 |
Vittorio Gassman, Genoa Italy, actor (War & Peace) |
1922 |
Yvonne De Carlo, Vancouver BC, actress (10 Commandments, Munsters) |
1922 |
Joe Astroth, East Alton, Illinois, MLB player (Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics), (d. 2013) |
1923 |
Rocky Marciano, Brockton, Massachusetts, heavyweight champion boxer (1952-56), (d. 1969) |
1923 |
Theo H Joekes, journalist/Dutch MP (VVD) |
1925 |
Art[hur E] Pepper, US, alto saxophonist |
1925 |
Ruth S White, composer |
1925 |
Art Pepper, American musician (d. 1982) |
1926 |
Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh |
1927 |
Tommy Evans, rocker (Drifters) |
1928 |
George Maharis, Astoria New York, actor (Buz-Route 66, Most Deadly Game) |
1928 |
Clifford Lincoln, Canadian politician |
1929 |
Anne Ramsey, American actress (d. 1988) |
1931 |
"Boxcar" Willie, singer |
1931 |
Matthew J Rinaldo, (Rep-R-NJ, 1973- ) |
1933 |
Conway Twitty, [Harold Jenkins], Miss, country singer (Hello Darlin') |
1933 |
Tom Vreugdenhil, Dutch MP (CDA) |
1933 |
Ann W. Richards, Lakeview Texas, American politician |
1933 |
Marshall Lytle, Old Fort, North Carolina, Hall of Fame rock bassist (Comets), (d. 2013) |
1934 |
Terepai Maoate, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (1999-2002), (d. 2012) |
1935 |
Seiji Ozawa, Hoten Manchuria, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) |
1937 |
Al Geiberger, Red Bluff CA, PGA golfer (1962 Ontario Open) |
1937 |
Ron O'Neal, Utica NY, actor (Superfly) |
1938 |
Alan Dershowitz, NYC, attorney (Claus Von Bulow, OJ Simpson) |
1938 |
Art Agnos, US, politician(?) |
1939 |
Heinrich Messner, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-bronze-1972) |
1939 |
Katie Webster, [Swamp-Boogie Queen]/US R&B pianist/singer |
1939 |
Lily Tomlin, Detroit, comedienne/actress (9 to 5, Laugh-in, All of Me) |
1941 |
Sid Pye, drummer |
1942 |
C[arolyn] J[anice] Cherryh, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Faded Sun Trilogy) |
1943 |
Pat Connolly-Daniels-Winslow-Banks, US pentathlete (Olympics-7th-1968) |
1943 |
Don Stroud, Honolulu, Hawaii, American actor (Coogan's Bluff, Buddy Holly Story) |
1944 |
Archie Bell, US singer (& the Drells-Tighten up) |
1944 |
Leonard Slatkin, Los Angeles California, conductor (Concert Orch, Neth) |
1945 |
Mustafa Balel, Turkish writer |
1946 |
Barry Gibb, Manchester England, guitarist/singer (Bee Gees) |
1946 |
Greg Errico, San Francisco, California, American drummer (Sly & Family Stone-Stand!) |
1946 |
Roh Moo-Hyun, President of South Korea |
1947 |
Al Green, American politician |
1948 |
Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher |
1948 |
James Rebhorn, Philadelphia, PA, actor (White Collar, Homeland), (d. 2014) |
1949 |
P.A. Sangma, Indian politician |
1950 |
Phillip Fulmer, American football coach |
1951 |
Timothy Zahn, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Cobra Strike) |
1951 |
David Bairstow, England cricketer (d. 1998) |
1953 |
Chuck Orton, US sysop, (Emerald BBS, Oregon) |
1953 |
Beau Billingslea, American voice actor |
1953 |
Ted Petty, American professional wrestler (d. 2002) |
1954 |
Gabor Ormai, viola Player |
1954 |
Dave Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player |
1955 |
Bruce Foxton, rock guitarist (Jam) |
1955 |
Billy Blanks, American martial artist |
1957 |
Gloria Estefan, [Fajardo], Havana, singer (Miami Sound Machine-Conga) |
1957 |
Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball coach |
1958 |
Armi Aavikko, Finnish singer (d. 2002) |
1959 |
Keith Allen Clearwater, Long Beach CA, PGA golfer (1987 Colonial Natl) |
1959 |
Kenny Mayne, American sports journalist |
1961 |
Bam Bam Bigelow, Secaucus NJ, WWF wrestler (Wrestlemania XI) |
1962 |
Robert L Haller, coon Dog Trainer |
1962 |
Ruud Gullit, Suriname/Dutch soccer star (Feyenoord, PSV, AC Milan) |
1962 |
Tony Cascarino, Irish footballer |
1963 |
Carola Smit, Dutch singer (BZN-Bad bad woman) |
1963 |
David Zhuang, China, US table tennis player (Olympics-96) |
1963 |
Stephen Kernahan, Australian rules footballer |
1964 |
Brian Bellows, Canadian ice hockey player |
1964 |
Cécilia Rhode, Swedish model |
1964 |
Ray D'Arcy, Irish DJ and TV presenter |
1965 |
Aldo Swager, soccer player (SC Heerenveen) |
1965 |
Hardy Nickerson, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs) |
1966 |
Katja Bienert, Berlin Germany, actress (Praxis Bulowbogen) |
1966 |
Stephane Talbot, Greenfield Park Que, golfer (1992 Quebec PGA) |
1966 |
Tim Hardaway, NBA guard (Miami Heat) |
1967 |
David Whissell, Quebec politician |
1968 |
Mardi Lunn, Liverpool Australia, LPGA golfer (1994 McDonald's-17th) |
1968 |
Michelle Buckingham, Los Angeles California, Canadian 61 kg judoka (Olymp-20-92, 96) |
1968 |
Mohammed Atta, Egyptian terrorist (d. 2001) |
1969 |
Florence Descampe, Brussels Belgium, LPGA golfer (1992 McCall) |
1969 |
Henning Berg, Norwegian footballer |
1970 |
Barbara Paulus, Vienna Austria, tennis star |
1970 |
Flora Perfetti, Faenza Italy, tennis star |
1970 |
Jodi Lambert, Australian 100m/200m sprinter (Olympics-96) |
1970 |
Hwang Jung-min, South Korean actor |
1970 |
Padma Lakshmi, Indian actress |
1970 |
Vanna, Croatian singer |
1971 |
Gabe Wilkins, NFL defensive end (GB Packers-Super Bowl 31) |
1971 |
Moses Kiptanui, Kenyan 3K runner (world record) |
1971 |
Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer |
1971 |
Ricardo Antonio Chavira, American actor |
1971 |
Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese composer |
1971 |
Lââm, French singer |
1971 |
Jimmy Snuka, Jr., American professional wrestler |
1972 |
Eiman Thakeb, Miss Egypt Universe (1997) |
1972 |
Josh Davis, US, 800m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-96) |
1972 |
Louise Dobson, Shepparton Aust, field hockey fullback (Olympics-96) |
1972 |
Matt O'Dwyer, NFL guard (NY Jets) |
1972 |
Doug Williams, British professional wrestler |
1973 |
Gillian Boxx, Fontana CA, softball catcher (Olympics-gold-96) |
1973 |
Trent Bray, NZ, 100m/200m swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1973 |
Ram Kapoor, Indian actor |
1973 |
J. D. Fortune, Canadian singer (INXS) |
1973 |
Zach Thomas, American football player |
1973 |
Polly Shannon, Canadian actress |
1974 |
Jason Taylor, American football player |
1974 |
Jhonen Vasquez, American comic book artist |
1975 |
Scott Speedman, English-born actor |
1975 |
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Puerto Rican guitarist |
1975 |
Cuttino Mobley, American basketball player |
1976 |
Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer |
1976 |
Marcos Ambrose, Australian racing driver |
1976 |
Erik Morales, Mexican boxer |
1976 |
Clare Connor, England Woman cricketer |
1977 |
Raffaele Giammaria, Italian racing driver |
1977 |
Aaron Schobel, American football player |
1977 |
Shoshana Bean, American stage actress |
1977 |
Aamir Ali, Indian television actor |
1977 |
David Albelda, Spanish footballer |
1978 |
Max Vieri, Australian soccer player |
1978 |
Lucie Blackman, English murder victim (d. 2000) |
1979 |
James O'Connor, Irish footballer |
1980 |
Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian footballer |
1980 |
Chris Riggott, English footballer |
1981 |
Clinton Portis, American football player |
1981 |
Adam Quick, Australian basketball player |
1982 |
Paul Dumbrell, Australian racing driver |
1982 |
Ryan Gomes, American basketball player |
1982 |
Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater |
1983 |
José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer |
1984 |
Joseph Trohman, American musician (Fall Out Boy) |
1984 |
Nick Noble, American soccer player |
1985 |
Camile Velasco, Filipino-American singer |
1986 |
H Debehogne discovers asteroid #8265 La Silla |
1986 |
Gaël Monfils, French tennis player |
1986 |
Anthony Allen, English rugby union player |
1987 |
Dann Hume, New Zealand musician (Evermore) |
1988 |
Gabriel Ferrari, American soccer player |
1988 |
Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladeshi cricketer |
1989 |
Juliana Lohmann, Brazilian actress |
1993 |
Ilona Mitrecey, French singer |
1994 |
Bianca Ryan, American singer |
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