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[edit] Births
- 1414 - Pope Sixtus IV (d. 1484)
- 1620 - Jean Picard, French astronomer (d. 1682)
- 1664 - Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (d. 1721)
- 1810 - Henri Victor Regnault, French chemist and physicist (d. 1878)
- 1858 - Lovis Corinth, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1925)
- 1870 - Emil Orlik, Czech painter and graphic artist (d. 1932)
- 1893 - Hans Fallada, German writer (d. 1947)
- 1899 - Hart Crane, American poet (d. 1932)
- 1899 - Ernest Hemingway, American author (d. 1961)
- 1903 - Roy Neuberger, American financier and art collector
- 1911 - Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author (d. 1980)
- 1920 - Isaac Stern, Ukrainian violinist (d. 2001)
- 1924 - Don Knotts, American actor
- 1925 - Anne Meacham, actress
- 1926 - Norman Jewison, Canadian film director
- 1932 - Ernie Warlick, American football player
- 1933 - John Gardner, American author (d. 1982)
- 1935 - Norbert Blüm, German politician
- 1938 - Janet Reno, United States Attorney General
- 1941 - Martin Bandier, music publisher
- 1943 - Edward Herrmann, actor
- 1944 - Tony Scott, film director
- 1944 - Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator from Minnesota (d. 2002)
- 1948 - Ed Hinton, sportswriter
- 1948 - Cat Stevens, English singer
- 1948 - Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist
- 1951 - Robin Williams, American comedian
- 1957 - Jon Lovitz, American comedian
- 1960 - Lance Guest, American actor
- 1968 - Brandi Chastain, American soccer player
- 1968 - Lyle Odelein, hockey player
- 1978 - Josh Hartnett, actor
- 1979 - David Carr, American football player
- 1983 - Kellen Winslow Jr., American football player
- 1983 - Eivør Pálsdóttir, Faroese singer and composer
- 1982 - RamaKrishna Gande, Hyderabadi survey analyst
