846 – Louis II, the Stutterer, King of France (877-79)
846 – Louis the Stammerer, King of West Francia (d. 879)
1050 – Henry IV, German emperor (1056/84-1105) [or Nov 11]
1339 – Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (d. 1365)
1351 – Duke Leopold III of Austria (d. 1386)
1500 – Benvenuto Cellini, sculptor/goldsmith/author (Perseus)
1526 – Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, queen of Sweden and duchess of Finland (d. 1583)
1530 – Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (d. 1563)
1539 – Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (d. 1596)
1549 – Anna of Austria, fourth wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1580)
1567 – Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (d. 1626)
1578 – Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (d. 1642)
1585 – Jan Bro?ek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d. 1652)
1607 – Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (d. 1658)
1611 – François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (d. 1656)
1618 – Johannes Flittner, composer
1629 – St. Oliver Plunkett, last Catholic martyr to die in England. (d. 1681)
1636 – Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (d. 1711)
1643 – John Strype, English historian and biographer (d. 1737)
1661 – Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (d. 1725)
1666 – James Sherard, composer
1704 – Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (d. 1779)
1720 – Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (d. 1791)
1727 – Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, founder of the Moscow University (d. 1797)
1731 – Theodore-Jean Tarade, composer
1748 – Christoph Rheineck, composer
1757 – Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor
1761 – Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer
1762 – Spencer Perceval, (Tory), British PM (1809-12)
1778 – Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1837)
1782 – Viscount Goderich, (Tory), British PM (1827-28)
1798 – Benjamin Lee, Baronet Guinness, Irish brewer/Dublin mayor
1805 – Alessandro Nini, composer
1808 – John Taylor, American religious leader (d. 1887)
1815 – Crawford Williamson Long, surgeon/pioneer (use of ether)
1815 – Douglas Hancock Cooper, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879
1825 – Joseph Benjamin Palmer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1890
1832 – Johann Gottfred Matthison-Hansen, composer
1835 – Godfrey Weitzel, (Union volunteers Major general, died in 1884)
1847 – Emma Albani, Canadian soprano (d. 1930)
1853 – Jose Santos Zelaya, (L), ruler of Nicaragua (1893-1910)
1855 – Guido Adler, Austria, musicologist (Still in the Music)
1859 – Charles Brantley Aycock, (Gov-NC)
1859 – William Henry Grattan Flood, composer
1860 – Boies Penrose, United States Senator from Pennsylvania (d. 1921)
1862 – Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer/conductor/organist (Cyrano)
1863 – Alfred Reisenauer, composer
1865 – Monty Bowden, cricketer (England Test capt v S Africa at 23)
1871 – Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer
1871 – Stephen Crane, US, novelist/poet (Red Badge of Courage)
1877 – Roger Quilter, British composer
1878 – Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentina, jurist (Nobel Peace Prize 1936)
1878 – Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (d. 1925)
1879 – Pal Teleki-von Szek, geographer/premier Hungary (1920-21, 39-41)
1880 – Alfred L Wegener, German meteorologist (continental shift)
1880 – Grantland Rice, sportswriter (NY Her Trib 1914-30, Colliers 1925-37)
1880 – Karel Paul van der Mandele, financier/director (Rotterdamsche Bank)
1880 – Sholem Asch, Poland, Yiddish novelist/playwright (Three Cities)
1881 – Edward Van Sloan, American actor (d. 1964)
1886 – Hermann Broch, Austria, novelist (Sleepwalkers, Bewitchment)
1887 – Max Trapp, composer
1887 – L. S. Lowry, British painter of industrial scenes (d. 1976)
1889 – Philip John Noel-Baker, statesman/disarmament advocate (Nobel 1959)
1890 – James Barton, NJ, Broadway actor (Tobacco Road, Iceman Cometh)
1891 – Dirk Vollenhoven, Dutch composer/philosopher
1892 – Alexander Alekhine, Russia, world chess champion (1927-35, 37-46)
1896 – Edmund Blunden, English poet/critic (Undertones of War)
1897 – Naomi Mitchison, author (African Heroes, Return to Fairy Hill)
1898 – Arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (d. 1960)
1902 – Eugen Jochum, Babenhausen Bavaria, German conductor (Hamburg Orch)
1902 – Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian poet/dramatist/novelist (The Defeat)
1903 – Don Robey, US gospel singer
1903 – Gerard “Ge” Nabrink, Dutch anarchist/co-founder (NVSH)
1903 – Jean Tardieu, author
1903 – Max Adrian, Enniskillen Northern Ireland, actor (Devils, Music Lover)
1903 – Max Adrian, Irish actor (d. 1973)
1903 – Edward “Carji” Greeves, Australian rules footballer (d. 1963)
1904 – Laura Laplante, St Louis MO, actress (Cat & Canary)
1905 – Paul-Émile Borduas, Quebec painter (d. 1960)
1906 – Johnny Indrisano, American boxer and actor (d. 1968)
1907 – Rio Gebhardt, composer
1907 – Terence Tenison Cuneo, artist
1909 – Bruno Bjelinski, composer
1911 – Henri Troyat, French author and historian (d. 2007)
1914 – William “Sabby” Lewis, jazz pianist/arranger
1915 – Carlos A Nicolaas, Bonaire, teacher/poet
1915 – Michael Denison, York England, actor (Importance of Being Ernest)
1917 – Clarence E Miller, (Rep-R-OH, 1967- )
1917 – Margaret Taylor Burroughs, US author/house painter (Black Queen)
1917 – Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, US, sci-fi author (Anything Box)
1919 – John Secondari, Rome Italy, newscaster (Open Hearing)
1920 – James J Kilpatrick, Okla City Okla, columnist (60 Minutes)
1920 – Ted Lowe, English former snooker commentator
1921 – Ilse Aichinger, Austria, author
1921 – Jan Tausinger, composer
1921 – John Willard Peterson, composer
1922 – George S Irving, Springfield Mass, singer/actor (Dumplings)
1922 – Jeff Richards, Portland Oregon, actor (Don’t Go Near the Water)
1923 – Bruce Dooland, cricketer (Australian leg-spinner, 3 Tests mid-forties)
1923 – Edward A de Jongh, Antillian author (The Arch)
1923 – Gordon R[upert] Dickson, Canada, sci-fi author (Genetic General)
1923 – Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish soprano (d. 2005)
1924 – Robert N Rapoport, social anthropologist
1924 – Süleyman Demirel, 9th President of Turkey
1928 – James Edward Bradford, DC, HW weightlifer (Olympic-silver-1952, 56)
1928 – Leon Hart, NFLer (Heisman Trophy)
1929 – Betsy Palmer, E Chicago Ind, actress (Mr Roberts, Friday the 13th)
1929 – Nicholas Mavroules, (Rep-D-MA, 1979- )
1929 – Rudy [Herman R] Kousbroek, literary (Leopold the Buch)
1930 – A. R. Gurney, American playwright
1932 – John Clark, English-born actor/director
1932 – Al Arbour, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1934 – Aat Veldhoen, Dutch artist
1934 – Hugh Bidwell, mayor (London)
1934 – Umberto Agnelli, VP (Fiat)
1934 – William James Matthias, composer
1934 – William Mathias, British composer (d. 1992)
1935 – Gary J Player, Johannesburg S Afr, PGA golfer (Brit Open-1959, 68, 74)
1935 – Edward Said, Palestinian-born literary critic (d. 2003)
1936 – Eddie Colman, English footballer (d. 1958)
1937 – Bill Anderson, country singer (Still, From This Pen)
1938 – Patrick Buchanan, commentator/politician (Crossfire)
1939 – Barbara Bosson, Belle Vernon Pa, actr (Fay-Hill St Blues, Hooperman)
1940 – Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Chief Justice of India
1940 – Barry Sadler, American singer (d. 1989)
1941 – Joe Louis Caldwell, Texas City, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1964)
1941 – Johnny Kendall, [Johan Donkerkaat], Dutch blues singer
1941 – Robert Foxworth, Houston Tx, actor (Chase-Falcon Crest, Frankenstein)
1941 – Alfio Basile, Argentine football coach
1942 – John M Spratt Jr, (Rep-D-SC, 1983- )
1942 – Larry Flynt, magazine publisher (Hustler)
1942 – Marcia Wallace, Creston Iowa, actress (Carol-Bob Newhart Show)
1942 – Michael Zaslow, Inglewood CA, actor (Roger Thorpe-Guiding Light)
1942 – Shere Hite, author/sex therapist
1943 – Salvatore Adamo, popular singer
1943 – John McEnery, English actor
1944 – Keith Emerson, England (Emerson, Lake & Palmer-Brain Salad Surgery)
1944 – Oscar Temaru, President of French Polynesia
1945 – Rick Grech, Bordeaux France, rock bassist (Blind Faith, Traffic)
1946 – Dennis Muren, American special effects artist
1947 – Anna Stuart, actress (Donna Love-Another World)
1947 – Rolando Garbey, Oriente Cuba, light MW boxer (Olympic-silver-1968)
1947 – Jim Steinman, American songwriter
1948 – Phil Myre, Canadian ice hockey player
1949 – Jeannie Berlin, LA Cal, actress (Heartbreak Kid, Portnoy’s Complaint)
1949 – Michael D. Griffin, NASA chief administrator
1950 – Dan Peck, Panama City Fla, rock vocalist/guitarist (America)
1950 – Tony Hymphris, political activist
1951 – Craig Serjeant, cricketer (Australian batsman late seventies)
1951 – Ronald Bell, Youngstown Oh, rock sax (Kool & The Gang)
1951 – Fabrice Luchini, French actor
1953 – Jackie Zeman, actress (Bobbie Spencer-General Hospital)
1953 – Michael Zaslow, Inglewood CA, actor (One Life to Live, Guiding Light)
1953 – N Jan Davis, Cocoa Beach Florida, PhD/astronaut (STS 47, 60, 85)
1954 – Ruben Guerrero, Mexico, relay swimmer (Olympic-1968)
1955 – Beth Leavel, American musical theatre actress
1956 – Charles Moore, British editor-in-chief (Sunday Telegraph)
1956 – Lyle Lovett, Klein Tx, country singer (God Will, Joshua Judges Ruth)
1957 – Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer (d. 1988)
1958 – Rachel Ticotin, NYC, actress (Grace-For Love & Honor, Total Recall)
1958 – Jim Steinmeyer, Illusion creator
1958 – Charlie Kaufman, American screenwriter
1959 – Eddie MacDonald, rocker (The Alarm-Knocking on Heaven’s Door)
1960 – Damon Green, Pensacola FL, Nike golfer (1990 Pensacola Open-49th)
1960 – Elizabeth Dennehy, actress (Guiding Light) [or Oct 1]
1960 – Fernando Valenzuela, Navajua Mexico, pitcher (LA Dodgers, SD Padres)
1960 – Said Aquita, runner (Oly-gold/bronze-1984)
1961 – Anne Donovan, Ridgewood NJ, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984)
1961 – Kim Krizan, Calif, writer/actress (Slacker, Dazed & Confused)
1961 – Magne Furuholmen, Oslo Norway, keyboardist/vocalist (Aha-Take on Me)
1961 – Paul Jackson, cricketer (slow lefty bowler for Victoria & Queensland)
1961 – Louise Boije af Gennäs, Swedish writer and novelist
1961 – Calvin Johnson, American musician (Beat Happening, The Halo Benders, Dub Narcotic Sound System)
1962 – Anthony Kiedis, rock vocalist (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1962 – Kelly Kelland, London Ontario, softball 1st baseman (Olympics-96)
1962 – Maga Furuholmen, rocker
1962 – Michelle Estill, Scottsdale AZ, LPGA golfer (1991 PING-Cellular One)
1962 – Robert Willis, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer
1963 – Antonella Ella, Italian entertainer
1963 – Brian Forde, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals)
1963 – Rick Allen, rock drummer (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages)
1963 – Kenny Alphin, American guitarist (Big & Rich)
1963 – Monty Sopp, American professional wrestler
1963 – Mark Hughes, Welsh footballer
1964 – Eddie Williams, Sheveport LA, infielder (Detroit Tigers)
1964 – Kosala Kuruppuarachchi, cricketer (bowls 2 Tests for Sri Lanka 86-87)
1964 – Richard Cooper, NFL tackle (NO Saints, Phila Eagles)
1964 – Daran Norris, American actor
1965 – Richard Stephens, NFL guard/tackle (Oakland Raiders)
1966 – Bob Wells, Yakima WA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
1966 – Danny Everett, 4x400m runner (Olympic-gold-1988)
1966 – Paul Lewis, Australian field hockey forward (Olympics-silver-92, 96)
1966 – Ruud Cabbage, soccer player (FC Twente)
1966 – Willie D, American hip hop artist, famous for being a member of The Geto Boys
1966 – Mary Hansen, Australian guitarist and singer (Stereolab) (d. 2002)
1967 – Steve Fritz, Salina Kansas, decathlete
1967 – Sophie B. Hawkins, American musician
1967 – Tina Arena, Australian singer
1967 – Carla van de Puttelaar, Dutch photographer
1968 – Bernard Dafney, NFL tackle (Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens)
1968 – Kent Graham, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals)
1968 – Park Shin-yang, South Korean actor
1969 – Barron Wortham, NFL linebacker (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1969 – Darryl Ashmore, NFL tackle (Washington Redskins)
1969 – Jill Reeve, Hoosick Falls NY, field hockey defender (Olympics-96)
1969 – Tie Domi, Windsor, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1970 – Alla Korot, Odessa USSR, actress (Jenna Norris-Another World)
1970 – Dawn Marple, Salem Ohio, team handball wing/back (Olympics-1996)
1970 – Sherwin Campbell, cricketer (WI opening batsman 1995)
1971 – Keith Whitecotton, Camrose Alberta, golfer (Alberta Jr-1989, 90)
1971 – Laura Moss, Kings Mt Ohio, actress (Amanda Cory-Another World)
1971 – Rob Waldrop, CFL defensive tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
1971 – Terry Dean, WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire)
1971 – Vikram Chatwal, Indian hotelier
1972 – Glen Murray, Halifax, NHL right wing (Pitts Penguins)
1972 – Jenny McCarthy, Chicago IL, playmate (Oct, 1993)/host (Singled Out)
1972 – Toni Collette, Australian actress
1972 – Paul Dickov, Scottish footballer
1973 – Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress
1973 – Geoff Horsfield, English footballer
1974 – V V S Laxman, cricketer (Indian Test batsman v S Africa 1996- )
1975 – Van Hiles, NFL safety (Chicago Bears)
1975 – Bo Bice, American singer
1975 – Scott “Skippy” Chapman, American musician
1976 – Matt Chapman, American cartoonist and voice actor
1976 – Logan Marshall-Green, American actor
1978 – Manju Warrier, Indian actress
1978 – Mary Kate Schellhardt, American actress
1979 – Delgado, Angolan footballer
1979 – Milan Dudi?, Serbian footballer
1979 – Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler
1979 – Coco Crisp, American baseball player
1982 – Michael Copon, American actor
1983 – Yuko Ogura, Japanese model
1983 – Josh Wicks, American soccer player
1983 – Jon Wilkin, English rugby league footballer
1984 – Natalia Tena, English actress
1985 – Dizzee Rascal, English rapper
1986 – Penn Badgley, American actor
1987 – Caitlin McCarthy, Victoria’s Secret model
1988 – Ross Montague, English footballer
1986- Deepak Sharma (me)