xxxx :Anne-Marie Martin, Toronto Can, actress (Dori Doreau-Sledge Hammer)
xxxx :Mic Michaels, rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown)
1154 :Sancho I, king of Portugal (1185-1211)
1155 :Alfonso VIII, the Noble One, king of Castilia
1523 :Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician
1579 :Frans Snyders, Flemish animal painter
1599 :Ottavio Piccolomini, Italian/Spanish marshal
1633 :George Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax/author (Character of a Trimmer)
1636 :Yen Jo-ch, Chinese scholar of Ch'ing dynasty
1657 :Guido Starhemberg, Austria earl/fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)
1679 :Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scientist
1724 :Willem A Alting, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1780-97)
1736 :Johann H Schepp, German/Neth engraver
1744 :Abigail Smith Adams, 2nd 1st lady (1797-1801)
1748 :Carlos IV, king of Spain (1788-1808)
1771 :Ephraim McDowell, surgeon (pioneered abdominal surgery)
1811 :Ben McCulloch, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1821 :F M Dostojewski, writer
1821 :Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Russia, novelist (Crime & Punishment)
1836 :Thomas Bailey Aldrich, US, author/editor (Story of a Bad Boy)
1864 :Alfred Hermann Fried, Germany, pacifist (Nobel 1911)
1868 :Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist
1869 :Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia
1870 :Nils Kjr, Norwegian playwright (Det evige Savn)
1872 :Frederick A Stock, Jlich, Germany, conductor (Theodore Thomas Orch)
1883 :Ernest Ansermet, Vevey Switzerland, conductor (Ruilles de Printemps)
1885 :George S Patton, US general (Sicily/Italy/Normandy) "Old Blood & Guts"
1887 :Roland Young, London England
1888 :Maulana Azad, 1st minister of education in independent India
1893 :Alceu Amoroso Lima, Brazilian author
1895 :Beulah Ecton Woodard, US sculptor
1896 :Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Sicily, NYC Mafia gangster
1897 :Gordon W Allport, US, psychologist (personalities)
1898 :Father Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, Germany, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher
1900 :Hugh Scott, (Sen-R-Penn), minority whip
1903 :Charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine
1904 :Alger Hiss, State Department official hid papers in a pumpkin
1905 :Israel Aaron Maisels, lawyer
1910 :Arnold D W Tilanus, Dutch MP (CHU)
1910 :Frideswide Frances Emma Knight, musician/socialist
1910 :Yisrael Eldad, British extremist politician
1912 :Cissie Elizabeth Charlton, football matriarch
1913 :Peter Black, TV critic
1914 :Daisy Bates, publisher/head (Arkansas NAACP)
1914 :Hansje Toussaint, [Hermina A Schenk], singer (Sing of the Cross)
1914 :Howard Fast, NYC, screenwriter (Rachel & the Stranger, Spartacus)
1914 :Perry Bass, Texas billionaire
1915 :Bernhard Heiliger, sculptor
1915 :William Proxmire, (Sen-D-WI, 1957-88) (Golden Fleece Awards)
1916 :Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman
1917 :[Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, US, sci-fi author (Earth War)
1920 :Roy Jenkins, British MP (Labour)
1922 :Kurt Vonnegut Jr, Ind, author (Slaughterhouse Five, Sirens of Titan)
1924 :Piet J A van der Sanden, Dutch MP (CDA)
1925 :Jonathan Winters, Dayton OH, comedian (J Winters Show, Mork & Mindy)
1927 :Lord Wolfson, English multi-millionaire
1927 :Mose Allison, Tippo Mississippi, jazz artist (Black Country Suite)
1928 :Edward Zorinsky, (Sen-D-NB, 1976-88)
1928 :Ernestine Anderson, jazz vocalist
1928 :Lavern Baker, US singer (Tweedle Dee, Jim Dandy, Saved)
1929 :Carlos Fuentes, Mexican author (Death of Artemio Cruz)
1929 :H M Enzensberger, writer
1929 :Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German author (Verhr von Habana)
1929 :LaVern Baker, Chicago, R&B vocalist (I Cried a Tear)
1930 :Kenneth Fleetwood, fashion designer
1931 :Fortney H [Pete] Stark, (Rep-D-CA, 1973- )
1932 :Al Levitt, drummer
1934 :Paula Myers-Pope, US, platform diver, 2 silver, 1 bronze (Oly 1952-60)
1937 :Buddy Jimmy Lee Land Ace, singer
1937 :Warner Wolf, Wash DC, sportscaster (WABC-TV, WCBS-TV)
1938 :Roger Laver, [Jackson], rock keyboardist (Tornados)
1940 :Barbara Boxer, (Rep-D-CA, 1983-92/Sen-D-CA, 1993- )
1943 :Chas Hodges, rocker
1943 :Karin Kent, [Janneke Kanteman], Dutch singer
1944 :Jesse Colin Young, NYC, rock vocalist (Youngbloods-Soul of a City Boy)
1945 :Chris Dreja, London, rocker (Yardbirds)
1945 :Daniel Ortega Saavedra, president of Nicaragua (1984-90)
1945 :Vince Martell, NYC, rock guitarist (Vanilla Fudge)
1946 :Chip Hawkes, rocker
1946 :Corrine Brown, (Rep-D-Florida)
1946 :Vladimir Alekseyevich Soloviyov, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-10, T-15, TM-10)
1947 :Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist
1947 :Callum Alexander MacDonald, historian
1947 :Pat "Dirty" Daugherty, rocker (Black Oak Arkansas)
1950 :Jim Peterik, rocker (Survivor)
1952 :Paul Cowsill, Newport RI, rock keyboardist (Cowsills-We Can Fly)
1953 :Andy Partridge, English rock vocalist/guitarist (XTC-Oranges & Lemons)
1955 :Jigme Singye Wangchuk, king of Bhutan (1972- )
1956 :Billy Smith, Reidsville NC, country singer (Billy & Terry Smith)
1956 :Ian Craig Marsh, England, rocker (Heaven 17-Electric Dreams)
1960 :Lisa Welch Semler, Aberdeen Md, playmate (Sep, 1980)
1965 :Brian Wilson, NYC, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1966 :Benedicta Boccoli, Milan Italy
1966 :Jeff Buckley, musician
1968 :Jo Kittsee, Germany, rocker (Fuzzbox-Into Rescue)
1968 :Wyatt Pauley, Ecuador, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies)
1970 :Derry Brownson, rock keyboardist (EMF-Unbelievable)
1970 :Lee Parkin Starsky, daughter of Ringo
1972 :Berry Oakley, US rock bassist (Allman Brothers-Motor Breakdown)
1973 :Stacy Perrone, Wolcott Conn, Meet Miss America-Connecticut (1997)
1974 :Phillip Ward, linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
1982 :Lil' Dave, [Davis Shelton], Boston Mass, rapper (Another Bad Creation)