1519 :Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal
1561 :Santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic
1602 :John Lightfoot, English theologist/literary (Horae Hebraicae)
1790 :John Tyler, Va, (D/W) 10th Pres (1841-1845)
1799 :Edward Stanley, Earl Derby (C), British PM (1852, 1858-59, 1866-68)
1813 :John Letcher, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1884
1816 :James Gallant Spears, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869
1817 :Constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet
1819 :Edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive US oil well
1819 :Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/founder (American Hebrew Congregations)
1821 :Joshua Thomas Owen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1887
1822 :Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter
1826 :Wilhelm Liebknecht, German MP (social-democratic)
1829 :Ritta & Christina, Siamese twins, in Sardinia
1829 :Robert Emmet Rodes, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1848 :Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War
1869 :Ales Hrdlicka, US, anthropologist/curator (US National Museum)
1869 :Edwin Lutyens, architect, London
1875 :Lou Henry Hoover, 1st lady (1929-33)
1876 :Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian/antifascist
1883 :Donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Micromanometric analysis)
1888 :James E Casey, founder (United Parcel Service)
1892 :Jązsef Mindszenty, [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal
1895 :Ernest Jnger, German philosopher (Anschwellender Bocksgesang)
1900 :John McEwen, 18th Australian Prime Minister (1967-68)
1901 :Frans U Kailas, Finnish poet
1905 :Annunzio Mantovani, Venice Italy, orch leader (Mantovani)
1909 :Moon Mullican, hillbilly pianist (7 Nights of Rock)
1913 :Jack Jones, British trade unionist (CH)
1914 :Chapman Pincher, British journalist/author (about secret service)
1915 :George Chisholm, Scottish jazz trombonist
1916 :Eugene J McCarthy, Watkins Minn, (Sen-D-Minn, pres candidate 1968)
1916 :John Paul, Governor-General (Bahamas)
1917 :Arthur Knight, CEO (Courtaulds)
1918 :John Read, CEO (TSB Group)
1918 :Sam Walton, billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart)
1921 :Hugh Neill, Lord-Lieutenant (South Yorkshire)
1925 :Lord Justice Beldam
1927 :Arthur Ravenel Jr, (Rep-R-South Carolina)
1927 :John McLaughlin, TV commentator (McLaughlin Group)
1927 :John Vane, FRS/pharmacologist
1927 :Lord Ross
1929 :Sheila Kitzinger, author, anthropologist & child birth educator
1930 :Hugh Edward Conway Seymour, marquis of Hertford
1930 :Marquess of Hertford
1931 :Evelyn de Rothschild, English banker/multi-millionaire
1931 :James Weatherhead, moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland)
1931 :Lord Tebbit, British CH
1931 :Sylvia Law, British town planner
1937 :Anne Stoddart, diplomat
1937 :Billy Carter, Plains Georgia, brother of Pres Carter
1938 :Bert de Vries, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (CDA)
1938 :Margaret Howard, British broadcaster
1940 :Raymond Davis, US rock vocalist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep)
1942 :Larry Pressler, (Sen-R-SD, 1979- )
1943 :John Major, British PM (C, 1990-97)
1944 :James Diggle, FBA, classicist
1944 :John Suchet, British TV journalist (Independent TV News)
1945 :Willem Ruis, Dutch TV host (Willem Ruis Show)
1946 :Ronald Farrow, radio producer/priest
1947 :Aleksandr Stepenovich Viktorenko, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3, 8, 14, 20)
1947 :Peter Hinchcliffe, co-founder (Iceland Frozen Foods)
1954 :Karen Anne Quinlan, NJ, famous comatose patient (right to die case)
1955 :Henry Bellingham, MP
1956 :Lisa J Allen, TV reporter/lawyer
1961 :Ane-Marie Sanches, newscaster (Suriname TV/Radio)
1969 :Jeff Blackshear, guard (Baltimore Ravens)
1969 :[Jane] Kim[berly] Batten, McRae Georgia, 400m hurdler (Oly-silver-96)
1971 :Lennart van Reen, son of author Ton v R/publisher Corrie Zelen
1971 :Ryan Mark Lambert
1972 :John Rothell, Titusville Florida, 400m hurdler
1987 :7th Golden Raspberry Awards: Howard the Duck wins
2334 :Beverly Crusher, Copernicus Luna, fictional doctor-Star Trek Next Gen
2336 :Deanna Troi, Betazed, fictional counsellor-Star Trek Next Generation