Events

1533 - William I of Orange (d. 1584)
1581 - Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)
1706 - Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (d. 1780)
1718 - Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784)
1743 - Edmund Cartwright, British inventor (d. 1823)
1815 - Anthony Trollope, English novelist (d. 1882)
1845 - Carl Spitteler, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
1856 - Henri Philippe Pétain, French soldier and statesman (d. 1951)
1876 - Erich Raeder, German naval commander (d. 1960)
1876 - Ioannis Georgiadis, Greek fencer (d. 1960)
1878 - Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958)
1882 - Hugh Dowding, Scottish fighter pilot (d. 1970)
1887 - Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (d. 1931)
1889 - Stafford Cripps, British politician (d. 1952)
1889 - Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924)
1896 - Benjamin Whorf, American linguist (d. 1941)
1897 - Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955)
1899 - Oscar Zariski, Russian-born mathematician (d. 1986)
1903 - José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange (d. 1936)
1904 - Willem de Kooning, Dutch painter (d. 1997)
1905 - Robert Penn Warren, American poet (d. 1989)
1906 - William Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946)
1907 - William Sargant, British psychiatrist (d. 1988)
1908 - Marceline Day, American actress (d. 2000)
1914 - William Castle, American film director and producer (d. 1977)
1916 - Lou Thesz, American professional wrestler (d. 2002)
1922 - J.D. Cannon, American actor (d. 2005)
1924 - Sir Clement Freud, British writer, radio personality, and politician
1926 - Thorbjörn Fälldin, Prime Minister of Sweden
1929 - Dr.Rajkumar, Kannada actor
1930 - Jerome Callet, American musician
1930 - Richard Donner, American film director and producer
1933 - Claire Davenport, British actress (d. 2002)
1933 - Helmuth Lohner, Austrian actor
1933 - Freddie Scott, American singer
1933 - Alan Eagleson, Canadian hockey agent and promoter
1934 - Shirley MacLaine, American actress and author
1936 - Jill Ireland, British actress (d. 1990)
1937 - Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2001)
1940 - Sue Grafton, American author
1941 - John Williams, Australian guitarist
1942 - Richard M. Daley, American politician
1942 - Barbra Streisand, American singer/actress
1945 - Doug Clifford, American drummer (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
1945 - Dick Rivers, French singer and actor
1945 - Robert Knight, American singer
1947 - Roger D. Kornberg, American chemist, Nobel-prized
1947 - Claude Dubois, Quebec singer and songwriter
1947 - Josep Borrell Fontelles, Former President of the European Parilment, Socialist
1949 - Véronique Sanson, French singer and songwriter
1952 - Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
1953 - Eric Bogosian, American actor and writer
1954 - Mumia Abu-Jamal, American death-row inmate
1954 - Captain Sensible, British guitarist (The Damned)
1955 - John de Mol, Dutch media tycoon
1957 - David J, British musician
1957 - Boris Williams, British musician (The Cure)
1958 - Valery Lantratov, Russian ballet dancer
1958 - Jiří Meitner, Czech painter (imaginary realism)
1958 - Brian Paddick, British police commander
1959 - Malcolm Oastler, Australian engineer
1960 - Paula Yates, British television presenter (d. 2000)
1962 - Stuart Pearce, English footballer and manager
1962 - Steve Roach, Australian rugby player
1963 - Billy Gould, American musician (Faith No More)
1963 - Mano Solo, French singer
1963 - Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian musician (Vennaskond), anarchist
1964 - Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian and actor
1964 - Djimon Hounsou, Beninese actor
1965 - Son Chang Min, South Korean actor
1966 - Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer
1967 - Omar Vizquel, American baseball player
1968 - Stacy Haiduk, American actress
1968 - Hashim Thaci, Kosovan politician
1968 - Yuji Nagata, Japanese professional wrestler
1968 - Todd Jones, American baseball player
1969 - Melinda Clarke, American actress
1969 - Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer
1969 - Viveca Paulin, Swedish actress
1971 - Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitarist and singer (Evil Superstars and dEUS)
1971 - Aaron Austin, American pornographic actor
1972 - Chipper Jones, baseball player
1972 - Jure Košir, Slovenian skier
1972 - Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer
1972 - Nicolas Gill, French Canadian judoka
1973 - Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer
1974 - Dave Vitty, aka Comedy Dave, British television host
1974 - Brian Marshall, American bassist (Creed)
1974 - Joseph Bruce, American rapper (Insane Clown Posse)
1974 - Kristie Krabe, American stage actress
1974 - Derek Luke, American actor
1975 - Sam Doumit, American actress
1976 - Steve Finnan, Irish footballer
1977 - Carlos Beltran, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
1977 - Siarhiej Bałachonaŭ, Belarusian writer
1978 - Eric Balfour, American actor
1978 - Kim Hyun-ju, Korean actress
1980 - Austin Nichols, American actor
1981 - Taylor Dent, American tennis player
1982 - Kelly Clarkson, American singer
1983 - Princess Iman bint Al Hussein, of Jordan
1984 - Tyson Ritter member of all american rejects
1998 - Ryan Newman, American actress Births

624 - Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury
709 - Wilfrid, English archbishop and saint
1338 - Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)
1342 - Pope Benedict XII (b. 1285)
1622 - Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577)
1656 - Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
1731 - Daniel Defoe, English writer (b. 1660)
1736 - Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663)
1779 - Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
1852 - Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783)
1891 - Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (b. 1800)
1924 - G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist (b. 1844)
1938 - George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
1939 - Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
1942 - Karin Boye, Swedish author (b. 1900)
1942 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)
1944 - William Stephens, U.S. political figure (b. 1859)
1945 - Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (b. 1899)
1947 - Willa Cather, American writer (b. 1873)
1947 - Hans Biebow, German war criminal (b. 1902)
1960 - Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
1964 - Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (declined) (b. 1895)
1965 - Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878)
1967 - Vladimir Komarov, cosmonaut (b. 1927)
1974 - Bud Abbott, American actor and comedian (b. 1895)
1975 - Pete Ham, Welsh musician and frontman of Badfinger (b. 1947)
1980 - Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer (b. 1904)
1982 - Ville Ritola, Finnish athlete (b. 1896)
1986 - Wallis Simpson, American wife of Edward, Duke of Windsor (b. 1896)
1993 - Oliver Tambo, South African activist and politician (b. 1917)
1997 - Pat Paulsen, American comedian and politician (b. 1927)
1997 - Eugene Stoner, American engineer and weapons designer (b. 1922)
2001 - Al Hibbler, American singer (b. 1915)
2001 - Leon Sullivan, African-American civil rights leader and pastor (b. 1922)
2004 - Estée Lauder, American cosmetics entrepreneur (b. 1906)
2005 - Ezer Weizman, President of Israel (b. 1924)
2005 - Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist (b. 1910)
2006 - Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b. 1927)
2006 - Moshe Teitelbaum, Hassidic rabbi (b. 1914)
2006 - Brian Labone, English footballer (b. 1940) Holidays and observances
in the Roman Catholic Church:

Saint Alexander (died 178)
Saint Egbert of Northumbria
Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen
Saint Honorius
Saint Maria Euphrasia Pelletier (d. 1868)