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==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[10 BC]] – [[Claudius]], Roman emperor (died 54)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Claudius |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/claudius.shtml |website=BBC |access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref> *[[AD 126|126]] – [[Pertinax]], Roman emperor (died 193) * [[845]] – [[Sugawara no Michizane]], Japanese scholar and politician (died 903) * [[992]] – [[Hyeonjong of Goryeo]], Korean king (died 1031) *[[1068]] – [[Emperor Taizu of Jin]], Chinese emperor (died 1123) *[[1313]] – [[Emperor Kōgon|Kōgon]], Japanese emperor (died 1364) *[[1377]] – [[Emperor Go-Komatsu|Go-Komatsu]], Japanese emperor (died 1433) *[[1385]] – [[John Fitzalan, 6th Earl of Arundel]] (died 1421) *[[1410]] – [[John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen]], German count (died 1475) *[[1492]] – [[Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen]], German prince (died 1566) *[[1520]] – [[Sigismund II Augustus|Sigismund II]], Polish king (died 1572) *[[1545]] – [[Andrew Melville]], Scottish theologian and scholar (died 1622)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Kirk |first1=James |title=Melville, Andrew (1545–1622), university principal and theologian |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/18543}}</ref> *[[1555]] – [[Edward Kelley]], English spirit medium (died 1597)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Schleiner |first1=Louise |title=Kelley, Sir Edward (1555–1597/8), alchemist |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/15289}}</ref> *[[1579]] – [[Luis Vélez de Guevara]], Spanish author and playwright (died 1644) ===1601–1900=== *[[1626]] – [[Sabbatai Zevi]], Montenegrin rabbi and theorist (died 1676) *[[1630]] – [[Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh]], English politician, [[Lord High Treasurer]] (died 1673)<ref>{{cite ODNB|last1=Hutton |first1=Ronald |title=Clifford, Thomas, first Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1630–1673), politician |date=3 January 2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/5664}}</ref> *[[1659]] – [[Sebastiano Ricci]], Italian painter (died 1734)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Meijers |first1=Dulcia |title=Ricci, Sebastiano |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/oao/9781884446054.013.90000372417|isbn=978-1-884446-05-4 }}</ref> *[[1713]] – [[Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|Charles I]], German duke and prince (died 1780) *[[1714]] – [[Richard Wilson (painter)|Richard Wilson]], Welsh painter and academic (died 1782) *[[1738]] – [[Jacques François Dugommier]], French general (died 1794) *[[1744]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]], French soldier, biologist, and academic (died 1829) *[[1770]] – [[William Clark]], American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th [[List of Governors of Missouri|Governor of Missouri Territory]] (died 1838)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Steffen |first1=Jerome O. |title=Clark, William (1770-1838), explorer, Indian agent, and governor of Missouri Territory |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.2000185}}</ref> *[[1779]] – [[Francis Scott Key]], American lawyer, author, and poet (died 1843)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Mezo |first1=Richard E. |title=Key, Francis Scott (1779-1843), author and lawyer |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1600907}}</ref> * 1779 – [[Lorenz Oken]], German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (died 1851) *[[1809]] – [[William B. Travis]], American colonel and lawyer (died 1836)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=McDonald |first1=Archie P. |title=Travis, William Barret (1809-1836), commander of Texas forces at the battle of the Alamo |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0300498}}</ref> *[[1815]] – [[Richard Henry Dana Jr.]], American lawyer and politician (died 1882)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Gale |first1=Robert L. |title=Dana, Richard Henry, Jr. (1815-1882), lawyer and author |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1602681}}</ref> *[[1818]] – [[Maria Mitchell]], American astronomer and academic (died 1889)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Kohlstedt |first1=Sally Gregory |title=Mitchell, Maria (1818-1889), astronomer and teacher |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1301151}}</ref> *[[1819]] – [[Herman Melville]], American novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1891)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Parker |first1=Hershel |title=Melville, Herman (1819-1891), novelist and poet |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1601119}}</ref> *[[1831]] – [[Antonio Cotogni]], Italian opera singer and educator (died 1918)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Forbes |first1=Elizabeth |title=Cotogni, Antonio |date=2002 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O005271}}</ref> *[[1843]] – [[Robert Todd Lincoln]], American lawyer and politician, 35th [[United States Secretary of War]] (died 1926)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Spetter |first1=Allan Burton |title=Lincoln, Robert Todd (1843-1926), secretary of war and minister to Great Britain |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0500439}}</ref> *[[1856]] – [[George Coulthard]], Australian footballer and cricketer (died 1883) *[[1858]] – [[Gaston Doumergue]], French lawyer and politician, 13th [[President of France]] (died 1937) * 1858 – [[Hans Rott]], Austrian organist and composer (died 1884)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Banks |first1=Paul |title=Rott, Hans |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.23940}}</ref> *[[1860]] – [[Bazil Assan]], Romanian engineer and explorer (died 1918)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VlIhAQAAIAAJ|title=Romanian Inventors|publisher=Editura OSIM|year=2000|page=158|isbn=9789739640060}}</ref> *[[1861]] – [[Sammy Jones]], Australian cricketer (died 1951) *[[1865]] – [[Isobel Lilian Gloag]], English painter (died 1917) *[[1871]] – [[John Lester]], American cricketer and soccer player (died 1969) *[[1877]] – [[George Hackenschmidt]], Estonian-English wrestler and strongman (died 1968) *[[1878]] – [[Konstantinos Logothetopoulos]], Greek physician and politician, [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (died 1961) *[[1881]] – [[Otto Toeplitz]], German mathematician and academic (died 1940) *[[1885]] – [[George de Hevesy]], Hungarian-German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1966)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cockcroft |first1=John Douglas |title=George De Hevesy, 1885-1966 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1967 |volume=13 |pages=125–166 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1967.0007}}</ref> *[[1889]] – [[Walther Gerlach|Walter Gerlach]], German physicist and academic (died 1979)<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Friedrich |editor1-first=Bretislav |editor2-last=Schmidt-Böcking |editor2-first=Horst |title=Molecular beams in physics and chemistry: from Otto Stern's pioneering exploits to present-day feats$BBretislav Friedrich, Horst Schmidt-Böcking, editors |date=2021 |publisher=Springer |location=Cham |isbn=9783030639631 |page=121}}</ref> *[[1891]] – [[Karl Kobelt]], Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd [[List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Swiss Confederation]] (died 1968) *[[1893]] – [[Alexander of Greece]] (died 1920) *[[1894]] – [[Ottavio Bottecchia]], Italian cyclist (died 1927) *[[1898]] – [[Morris Stoloff]], American composer and musical director (died 1980) *[[1899]] – [[Raymond Mays]], English race car driver and businessman (died 1980)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Bartrip |first1=P. W. J. |title=Mays, (Thomas) Raymond (1899–1980), racing driver and businessman |date=8 January 2015 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/95678}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Otto Nothling]], Australian cricketer and rugby player (died 1965) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Pancho Villa (boxer)|Francisco Guilledo]], Filipino boxer (died 1925) *[[1903]] – [[Paul Horgan]], American historian, author, and academic (died 1995)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Keene |first1=Ann T. |title=Horgan, Paul (1903-1995), writer |date=July 2002 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1603464}}</ref> *[[1905]] – [[Helen Sawyer Hogg]], American-Canadian astronomer and academic (died 1993)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Clement |first1=Christine |title=Helen Sawyer Hogg, 1905-1993 |journal=Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers |date=1993 |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=83–86 |bibcode=1993JAVSO..22...83C |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993JAVSO..22...83C/abstract |access-date=28 July 2020 |language=en |issn=0271-9053}}</ref> *[[1907]] – [[Eric Shipton]], Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (died 1977)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Lloyd |first1=Peter |last2=McConnell |first2=Anita |title=Shipton, Eric Earle (1907–1977), explorer and mountaineer |date=4 October 2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31679}}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[James Henry Govier]], English painter and illustrator (died 1974) * 1910 – [[Walter Scharf]], American pianist and composer (died 2003)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Care |first1=Ross |title=Scharf, Walter |date=2 June 2011 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2103577}}</ref> * 1910 – [[Gerda Taro]], German war photographer (died 1937) *[[1911]] – [[Jackie Ormes]], American journalist and cartoonist (died 1985) *[[1912]] – [[David Brand]], Australian politician, 19th [[Premier of Western Australia]] (died 1979) * 1912 – [[Gego]], German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (died 1994)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Navarro-Castro |first1=Gustavo |editor-first1=Iliana |editor-last1=Cepero |title=Gego |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T031174|isbn=978-1-884446-05-4 }}</ref> * 1912 – [[Henry Jones (actor)|Henry Jones]], American actor (died 1999)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vallance |first1=Tom |title=Obituaries: Henry Jones |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituaries-henry-jones-1095073.html |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The Independent |date=21 May 1999}}</ref> *[[1914]] – [[Jack Delano]], American photographer and composer (died 1997)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Thompson |first1=Donald |title=Delano, Jack |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.45160}}</ref> * 1914 – [[Alan Moore (war artist)|Alan Moore]], Australian painter and educator (died 2015)<ref>{{cite news |title=Alan Moore, war artist - obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12076325/Alan-Moore-war-artist-obituary.html |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=31 December 2015 |language=en}}</ref> * 1914 – [[J. Lee Thompson]], English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Turner |first1=Adrian |title=J Lee Thompson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/sep/04/guardianobituaries.filmnews1 |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=4 September 2002}}</ref> *[[1916]] – [[Fiorenzo Angelini]], Italian cardinal (died 2014)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wooden |first1=Cindy |title=Cardinal Angelini, minister to the sick and poor, dies at 98 |url=https://catholicherald.co.uk/cardinal-angelini-minister-to-the-sick-and-poor-dies-at-98/ |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=Catholic Herald |date=25 November 2014}}</ref> * 1916 – [[Anne Hébert]], Canadian author and poet (died 2000) *[[1918]] – [[T. J. Jemison]], American minister and activist (died 2013)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vitello |first1=Paul |title=Rev. T. J. Jemison, Civil Rights Leader Who Organized Early Boycott, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/23/us/rev-t-j-jemison-civil-rights-pioneer-dies-at-95.html |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=23 November 2013}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Stanley Middleton]], English author (died 2009)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Davis |first1=Philip |title=Stanley Middleton |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jul/29/stanley-middleton-obituary |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=29 July 2009}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Raul Renter]], Estonian economist and chess player (died 1992) * 1920 – [[James Mourilyan Tanner]], British paediatric endocrinologist (died 2010)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce |title=Dr. James M. Tanner, an Expert in How Children Grow, Is Dead at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/science/24tanner.html |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=24 August 2010}}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[Jack Kramer]], American tennis player, sailor, and sportscaster (died 2009)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Michael |title=Jack Kramer obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/sep/13/jack-kramer-obituary |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=13 September 2009}}</ref> * 1921 – [[Pat McDonald (actress)|Pat McDonald]], Australian actress (died 1990) *[[1922]] – [[Arthur Hill (Canadian actor)|Arthur Hill]], Canadian-American actor (died 2006) *[[1924]] – [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia]] (died 2015) * 1924 – [[Frank Havens (canoeist)|Frank Havens]], American canoeist (died 2018)<ref>{{cite web|title=Frank Havens|url=https://www.olympic.org/frank-havens|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref> * 1924 – [[Marcia Mae Jones]], American actress and singer (died 2007)<ref>{{cite news |last1=McLellan |first1=Dennis |title=Marcia Mae Jones, 83; TV, film actress |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-07-me-jones7-story.html |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=7 September 2007}}</ref> * 1924 – [[Frank Worrell]], Barbadian cricketer (died 1967) *[[1925]] – [[Ernst Jandl]], Austrian poet and author (died 2000) *[[1926]] – [[George Habash]], Palestinian politician, founder of the [[PFLP]] (died 2008)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Andoni |first=Lamis |date=13 July 2009 |title=Habash: The bearer of the dream |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2009/7/13/habash-the-bearer-of-the-dream |access-date=2022-07-06 |work=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> * 1926 – [[George Hauptfuhrer]], American basketball player and lawyer (died 2013) * 1926 – [[Hannah Hauxwell]], English TV personality (died 2018)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hayward |first1=Anthony |title=Hannah Hauxwell obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/feb/01/hannah-hauxwell-obituary |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=1 February 2018}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[María Teresa López Boegeholz]], Chilean oceanographer (died 2006) * 1927 – [[Anthony G. Bosco]], American bishop (died 2013) *[[1928]] – [[Jack Shea (director)|Jack Shea]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Jack Shea, Legendary TV Director and Former DGA President, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jack-shea-director-dga-bob-hope-448371/ |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=29 April 2013}}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Leila Abashidze]], Georgian actress (died 2018)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Abramia |first1=Natia |title=Leila Abashidze: Georgian actress who became a star of Soviet cinema |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/leila-abashidze-actress-died-georgia-film-soviet-cinema-a8325271.html |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The Independent |date=1 May 2018}}</ref> * 1929 – [[Hafizullah Amin]], Afghan educator and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan)|Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (died 1979) * 1929 – [[Ann Calvello]], American [[roller derby]] racer (died 2006)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Ann Calvello, 76, a Legend in Roller Derby's Rowdy Rinks, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/17/sports/othersports/ann-calvello-76-a-legend-in-roller-derbys-rowdy-rinks.html |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 March 2006}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Lionel Bart]], English composer (died 1999)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Snelson |first1=John |title=Bart [Begleiter], Lionel |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.02134}}</ref> * 1930 – [[Pierre Bourdieu]], French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (died 2002)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Douglas |title=Obituary: Pierre Bourdieu |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jan/28/guardianobituaries.books |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=28 January 2002}}</ref> * 1930 – [[Julie Bovasso]], American actress and writer (died 1991) * 1930 – [[Lawrence Eagleburger]], American lieutenant and politician, 62nd [[United States Secretary of State]] (died 2011)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gwertzman |first1=Bernard |title=Lawrence Eagleburger, a Top Diplomat, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/us/politics/05eagleburger.html |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=4 June 2011}}</ref> * 1930 – [[Károly Grósz]], Hungarian politician, 51st [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (died 1996) * 1930 – [[Geoffrey Holder]], Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (died 2014)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dunning |first1=Jennifer |last2=McDonald |first2=William |title=Geoffrey Holder, Dancer, Actor, Painter and More, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/07/arts/geoffrey-holder-dancer-choreographer-and-man-of-flair-dies-at-84.html |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=6 October 2014}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Ramblin' Jack Elliott]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Lockard |first1=Craig A. |last2=Cohen |first2=Ronald D. |title=Elliott, Ramblin' Jack |date=11 February 2013 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2235095}}</ref> * 1931 – [[Trevor Goddard (cricketer)|Trevor Goddard]], South African cricketer (died 2016)<ref>{{cite news |title=Trevor Goddard, great South African cricket all-rounder – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/11/29/trevor-goddard-great-south-african-cricket-all-rounder-obituary/ |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=30 November 2016}}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Meir Kahane]], American-Israeli rabbi and activist, founded the [[Jewish Defense League]] (died 1990)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kifner |first1=John |title=Meir Kahane, 58, Israeli Militant and Founder of the Jewish Defense League |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/06/obituaries/meir-kahane-58-israeli-militant-and-founder-of-the-jewish-defense-league.html |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=6 November 1990}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Dom DeLuise]], American actor, singer, director, and producer (died 2009)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Dom DeLuise |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/may/07/obituary-dom-deluise |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=6 May 2009}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Masaichi Kaneda]], Japanese baseball player and manager (died 2019)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Belson |first1=Ken |title=Masaichi Kaneda, Japan's 'Emperor' of Baseball, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/sports/baseball/masaichi-kaneda-dead.html |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=11 October 2019}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Meena Kumari]], Indian actress (died 1972) * 1933 – [[Teri Shields]], American actress, producer, and agent (died 2012) * 1933 – [[Dušan Třeštík]], Czech historian and author (died 2007) *[[1934]] – [[John Beck (cricketer)|John Beck]], New Zealand cricketer (died 2000) * 1934 – [[Derek Birdsall]], English graphic designer (died 2024)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hollis |first1=Richard |title=Derek Birdsall obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/jun/23/derek-birdsall-obituary |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=23 June 2024}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Geoff Pullar]], English cricketer (died 2014)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mason |first1=Peter |title=Geoff Pullar obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/dec/28/geoff-pullar |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=28 December 2014}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[W. D. Hamilton]], British biologist, psychologist, and academic (died 2000)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Grafen |first1=Alan |title=William Donald Hamilton. 1 August 1936 — 7 March 2000 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=January 2004 |volume=50 |pages=109–132 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2004.0009}}</ref> * 1936 – [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves Saint Laurent]], Algerian-French fashion designer, co-founded [[Yves Saint Laurent (brand)|Yves Saint Laurent]] (died 2008)<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Yves Saint Laurent |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/2063264/Obituary-Yves-Saint-Laurent.html |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=1 June 2008 |language=en}}</ref> * 1936 – [[Laurie Taylor (sociologist)|Laurie Taylor]], English sociologist, radio host, and academic *[[1937]] – [[Al D'Amato]], American lawyer and politician *[[1939]] – [[Bob Frankford]], English-Canadian physician and politician (died 2015) * 1939 – [[Terry Kiser]], American actor * 1939 – [[Stephen Sykes]], English bishop and theologian (died 2014) * 1939 – [[Robert James Waller]], American author and photographer (died 2017)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grimes |first1=William |title=Robert James Waller, Author of 'The Bridges of Madison County,' Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/books/robert-james-waller-bridges-of-madison-county-author-dies.html |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=11 March 2017}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Mahmoud Dowlatabadi]], Iranian writer and actor * 1940 – [[Mervyn Kitchen]], English cricketer and umpire * 1940 – [[Henry Silverman]], American businessman, founded [[Cendant]] *[[1941]] – [[Ron Brown]], American captain and politician, 30th [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] (died 1996) * 1941 – [[Étienne Roda-Gil]], French songwriter and screenwriter (died 2004)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kirkup |first1=James |title=Etienne Roda-Gil |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/etienne-rodagil-730521.html |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The Independent |date=4 June 2004}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Jerry Garcia]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Jarnow |first1=Jesse |title=Garcia, Jerry |date=25 July 2013 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2241229}}</ref> * 1942 – [[Giancarlo Giannini]], Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1944]] – [[Dmitry Filippov (politician)|Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov]], Russian banker and politician (died 1998) *[[1945]] – [[Douglas Osheroff]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1946]] – [[Boz Burrell]], English singer-songwriter, bass player, and guitarist (died 2006) * 1946 – [[Rick Coonce]], American drummer (died 2011) * 1946 – [[Richard O. Covey]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut * 1946 – [[Fiona Stanley]], Australian epidemiologist and academic *[[1947]] – [[Lorna Goodison]], Jamaican poet and author * 1947 – [[Chantal Montellier]], French comics creator and artist<ref>{{cite web |title=CV |url=http://montellier.org/spip.php?article35 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701191550/http://montellier.org/spip.php?article35 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-07-01 |publisher=montellier.org (archived)}}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Avi Arad]], Israeli-American screenwriter and producer, founded [[Marvel Studios]] * 1948 – [[Cliff Branch]], American football player (died 2019)<ref>{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=William |title=Cliff Branch, Raiders' Elusive All-Pro Receiver, Dies at 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/sports/football/cliff-branch-raiders-dead.html |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=5 August 2019}}</ref> * 1948 – [[David Gemmell]], English journalist and author (died 2006)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Priest |first1=Christopher |title=David Gemmell |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/aug/02/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=1 August 2006}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Bettina Arndt]], Australian writer and commentator<ref>{{cite book |last1=Coleman |first1=Peter |last2=Cornish |first2=Selwyn |last3=Drake |first3=Peter |title=Arndt's Story: The Life of an Australian Economist |date=2007 |publisher=ANU Press |location=Canberra, A.C.T. |isbn=9780731538102 |pages=91–93}}</ref> * 1949 – [[Kurmanbek Bakiyev]], Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd [[President of Kyrgyzstan]] * 1949 – [[Jim Carroll]], American poet, author, and musician (died 2009)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Warner |first1=Simon |title=Jim Carroll obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/sep/22/jim-carroll-obituary |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=22 September 2009}}</ref> * 1949 – [[Ray Nettles]], American football player (died 2009) *[[1950]] – [[Roy Williams (basketball coach)|Roy Williams]], American basketball player and coach *[[1951]] – [[Tim Bachman]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title= Tim Bachman, Original Bachman-Turner Overdrive Guitarist + Vocalist, Dead at 71|website=[[Loudwire]] |date=30 April 2023 |url=https://loudwire.com/tim-bachman-bachman-turner-overdrive-dead-71/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608014103/https://loudwire.com/tim-bachman-bachman-turner-overdrive-dead-71/ |url-status=live |archive-date=2023-06-08}}</ref> * 1951 – [[Tommy Bolin]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976) * 1951 – [[Pete Mackanin]], American baseball player, coach, and manager *[[1952]] – [[Zoran Đinđić]], Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Serbia]] (died 2003)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Glenny |first1=Misha |title=Zoran Djindjic |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/mar/13/guardianobituaries.balkans |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=13 March 2003}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Robert Cray]], American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Laing |first1=Dave |title=Cray, Robert |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.49132}}</ref> * 1953 – [[Howard Kurtz]], American journalist and author *[[1954]] – [[Trevor Berbick]], Jamaican-Canadian boxer (died 2006) * 1954 – [[James Gleick]], American journalist and author * 1954 – [[Benno Möhlmann]], German footballer and manager *[[1957]] – [[Anne-Marie Hutchinson]], British lawyer (died 2020)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/oct/19/anne-marie-hutchinson-obituary|title=Anne-Marie Hutchinson obituary|first=Catherine|last=Baksi|newspaper=The Guardian |date=19 October 2020|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> * 1957 – [[Taylor Negron]], American actor and screenwriter (died 2015)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Itzkoff |first1=Dave |title=Taylor Negron, of 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' Dies at 57 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/12/movies/taylor-negron-of-fast-times-at-ridgemont-high-dies-at-57.html |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=12 January 2015}}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Rob Buck]], American guitarist and songwriter (died 2000) * 1958 – [[Michael Penn]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1958 – [[Kiki VanDeWeghe|Kiki Vandeweghe]], American basketball player and coach *[[1959]] – [[Joe Elliott]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer *[[1960]] – [[Chuck D]], American rapper and songwriter<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Jackson |first1=Margaret |title=Chuck D |date=11 February 2013 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2234730}}</ref> * 1960 – [[Suzi Gardner]], American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1962]] – [[Jacob Matlala]], South African boxer (died 2013) *[[1963]] – [[Demián Bichir]], Mexican-American actor and producer * 1963 – [[Coolio]], American rapper, producer, and actor (died 2022)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/arts/music/coolio-rapper-dead.amp.html | title=Coolio, 'Gangsta's Paradise' Rapper, Dies at 59 | newspaper=The New York Times | date=29 September 2022 | last1=Medina | first1=Eduardo | last2=Oxenden | first2=Mckenna }}</ref> * 1963 – [[John Carroll Lynch]], American actor * 1963 – [[Koichi Wakata]], Japanese astronaut and engineer<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=John |title=Japanese Missions to the International Space Station: Hope from the East |date=2019 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham, Switzerland |isbn=9783030045340 |page=22}}</ref> * 1963 – [[Dean Wareham]], New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1964]] – [[Adam Duritz]], American singer-songwriter and producer * 1964 – [[Fiona Hyslop]], Scottish businesswoman and politician *[[1965]] – [[Brandt Jobe]], American golfer * 1965 – [[Sam Mendes]], English director and producer *[[1966]] – [[James St. James]], American club promoter and author *[[1967]] – [[Gregg Jefferies]], American baseball player and coach * 1967 – [[José Padilha]], Brazilian director, producer and screenwriter *[[1968]] – [[Stacey Augmon]], American basketball player and coach * 1968 – [[Dan Donegan]], American heavy metal guitarist and songwriter * 1968 – [[Shigetoshi Hasegawa]], Japanese baseball player and sportscaster *[[1969]] – [[Andrei Borissov]], Estonian footballer and manager * 1969 – [[Kevin Jarvis]], American baseball player and scout * 1969 – [[Graham Thorpe]], English cricketer and journalist (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-05 |title=Graham Thorpe: Former England and Surrey batter dies aged 55 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/c06kkkkjmz6o |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Quentin Coryatt]], American football player * 1970 – [[David James (footballer, born 1970)|David James]], English footballer and manager * 1970 – [[Eugenie van Leeuwen]], Dutch cricketer *[[1972]] – [[Nicke Andersson]], Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1972 – [[Christer Basma]], Norwegian footballer and coach * 1972 – [[Todd Bouman]], American football player and coach * 1972 – [[Tom Woods|Thomas Woods]], American historian, economist, and academic *[[1973]] – [[Gregg Berhalter]], American soccer player and coach * 1973 – [[Tempestt Bledsoe]], American actress * 1973 – [[Veerle Dejaeghere]], Belgian runner * 1973 – [[Edurne Pasaban]], Spanish mountaineer *[[1974]] – [[Cher Calvin]], American journalist * 1974 – [[Marek Galiński (cyclist)|Marek Galiński]], Polish cyclist (died 2014) * 1974 – [[Tyron Henderson]], South African cricketer * 1974 – [[Dennis Lawrence]], Trinidadian footballer and coach * 1974 – [[Beckie Scott]], Canadian skier *[[1975]] – [[Vhrsti]], Czech author and illustrator *[[1976]] – [[Don Hertzfeldt]], American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor * 1976 – [[Søren Jochumsen]], Danish footballer * 1976 – [[Nwankwo Kanu]], Nigerian footballer * 1976 – [[David Nemirovsky]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1976 – [[Hasan Şaş]], Turkish footballer and manager * 1976 – [[Cristian Stoica]], Romanian-Italian rugby player *[[1977]] – [[Marc Denis]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster * 1977 – [[Haspop]], French-Moroccan dancer, choreographer, and actor * 1977 – [[Darnerien McCants]], American-Canadian football player * 1977 – [[Damien Saez]], French singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1977 – [[Yoshi Tatsu]], Japanese wrestler and boxer *[[1978]] – [[Andy Blignaut]], Zimbabwean cricketer * 1978 – [[Björn Ferry]], Swedish biathlete * 1978 – [[Dhani Harrison]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1978 – [[Chris Iwelumo]], Scottish footballer * 1978 – [[Edgerrin James]], American football player *[[1979]] – [[Junior Agogo]], Ghanaian footballer (died 2019) * 1979 – [[Nathan Fien]], Australian-New Zealand rugby league player * 1979 – [[Jason Momoa]], American actor, director, and producer * 1979 – [[Grant Wooden]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/grant-wooden/summary.html|title=Grant Wooden - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2023-01-25}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Mancini (Brazilian footballer)|Mancini]], Brazilian footballer * 1980 – [[Romain Barras]], French decathlete * 1980 – [[Esteban Paredes]], Chilean footballer *[[1981]] – [[Dean Cox]], Australian footballer * 1981 – [[Pia Haraldsen]], Norwegian journalist and author * 1981 – [[Christofer Heimeroth]], German footballer * 1981 – [[Stephen Hunt (footballer, born 1981)|Stephen Hunt]], Irish footballer * 1981 – [[Jamie Jones-Buchanan]], English rugby player *[[1982]] – [[Basem Fathi]], Jordanian footballer * 1982 – [[Montserrat Lombard]], English actress, director, and screenwriter *[[1983]] – [[Bobby Carpenter (American football)|Bobby Carpenter]], American football player * 1983 – [[Craig Clarke]], New Zealand rugby player * 1983 – [[Julien Faubert]], French footballer * 1983 – [[David Gervasi]], Swiss decathlete *[[1984]] – [[Steve Feak]], American game designer * 1984 – [[Francesco Gavazzi]], Italian cyclist * 1984 – [[Brandon Kintzler]], American baseball player * 1984 – [[Bastian Schweinsteiger]], German footballer *[[1985]] – [[Stuart Holden]], Scottish-American soccer player * 1985 – [[Adam Jones (baseball)|Adam Jones]], American baseball player * 1985 – [[Cole Kimball]], American baseball player * 1985 – [[Tendai Mtawarira]], South African rugby player * 1985 – [[Kris Stadsgaard]], Danish footballer * 1985 – [[Dušan Švento]], Slovak footballer *[[1986]] – [[Damien Allen]], English footballer * 1986 – [[Anton Strålman]], Swedish ice hockey player * 1986 – [[Andrew Taylor (footballer, born 1986)|Andrew Taylor]], English footballer * 1986 – [[Elena Vesnina]], Russian tennis player * 1986 – [[Mike Wallace (American football)|Mike Wallace]], American football player *[[1987]] – [[Iago Aspas]], Spanish footballer * 1987 – [[Karen Carney]], English women's footballer * 1987 – [[Taapsee Pannu]], Indian actress<ref>{{Cite news|title=Taapsee Pannu: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday {{!}} eTimes|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Taapsee-Pannu|access-date=2020-07-31|newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Sébastien Pocognoli]], Belgian footballer * 1987 – [[Lee Wallace]], Scottish footballer *[[1988]] – [[Mustafa Abdellaoue]], Norwegian footballer * 1988 – [[Travis Boak]], Australian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Travis Boak|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/T/Travis_Boak.html|work=AFL Tables|access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Patryk Małecki]], Polish footballer * 1988 – [[Nemanja Matić]], Serbian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/3861/Nemanja-Matic/overview|title=Nemanja Matic|website=Premier League|access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Bodene Thompson]], New Zealand rugby league player *[[1989]] – [[Madison Bumgarner]], American baseball player * 1989 – [[Tiffany Young]], Korean American singer, songwriter, and actress<ref name="Russell2014">{{cite book |author=Russell |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution |date=2014-04-29 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1 |page=72 |access-date=2022-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527064350/https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |archive-date=2016-05-27 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Aledmys Díaz]], Cuban baseball player * 1990 – [[Elton Jantjies]], South African rugby player *[[1991]] – [[Piotr Malarczyk]], Polish footballer * 1991 – [[Marco Puntoriere]], Italian footballer *[[1992]] – [[Austin Rivers]], American basketball player * 1992 – [[Mrunal Thakur]], Indian actress *[[1993]] – [[Álex Abrines]], Spanish basketball player * 1993 – [[Leon Thomas III]], American actor and singer * 1993 – [[Saleh Gomaa]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/66/36/63/oft-lop.pdf |title=Men's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012: List of Players: Egypt |date=13 July 2012 |publisher=[[FIFA]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120714062313/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/66/36/63/oft-lop.pdf |page=3 |archive-date=14 July 2012 |access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Sergeal Petersen]], South African rugby player * 1994 – [[Ayaka Wada]], Japanese singer *[[1995]] – [[Madison Cawthorn]], American politician<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bioguide search|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C001104|access-date=2021-01-08|website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Katie Boulter]], British tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Katie Boulter {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/319125/katie-boulter |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Kim Chaewon]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite web|title=르세라핌, 日 전국구 인기 확인 팬미팅 투어 성료..8만 관객 동원|url=https://www.chosun.com/entertainments/music/2024/08/01/N3NCMUKZZ5NGQAO5D5YGX6LFII/|work=Osen|date=1 August 2024|access-date=2 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Scottie Barnes]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scottie Barnes {{!}} Toronto Raptors |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630567/scottie-barnes/ |access-date=28 February 2024 |website= |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]]}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Park Si-eun (actress, born 2001)|Park Si-eun]], South Korean actress * 2001 – [[Ben Trbojevic]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web|title=Ben Trbojevic - Career Stats & Summary|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/ben-trbojevic/summary.html|website=Rugby League Project}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Joseph Sua'ali'i]], Australian-Samoan rugby league player<ref>{{cite web|title=Joseph Suaalii - Career Stats & Summary|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/joseph-suaalii/summary.html|website=Rugby League Project}}</ref>
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