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    * 1040 - Rashi, French rabbi and commentator (d. 1105)
    * 1403 - Charles VII of France (d. 1461)
    * 1440 - Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (d. 1457)
    * 1500 - Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564)
    * 1612 - George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (d. 1677)
    * 1705 - Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (d. 1735)
    * 1714 - Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (d. 1795)
    * 1732 - George Washington, First President of the United States (d. 1799)
    * 1756 - Georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (d. 1821)
    * 1778 - Rembrandt Peale, American artist (d. 1860)
    * 1788 - Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (d. 1860)
    * 1796 - Alexis Bachelot, French missionary (d. 1838)
    * 1796 - Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1874)
    * 1806 - Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (d. 1875)
    * 1817 - Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician (d. 1880)
    * 1819 - James Russell Lowell, American poet and essayist (d. 1891)
    * 1825 - Jean Baptiste Salpointe, second Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1898)
    * 1839 - Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (d. 1906)
    * 1840 - August Bebel, German politician (d. 1913)
    * 1849 - Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin, Russian mathematician (d. 1915)
    * 1857 - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English founder of the Boy Scouts (d. 1941)
    * 1857 - Heinrich Hertz, German physicist (d. 1894)
    * 1864 - Jules Renard, French author (d. 1910)
    * 1874 - Bill Klem, Major League Baseball Hall of Fame umpire (d. 1951)
    * 1878 - Walter Ritz, Swiss physicist (d. 1909)
    * 1879 - Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish physical chemist (d. 1947)
    * 1880 - Frigyes Riesz, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1956)
    * 1882 - Eric Gill, British sculptor (d. 1940)
    * 1883 - Marguerite Clark, American silent film actress (d. 1940)
    * 1886 - Hugo Ball, German author and poet (d. 1927)
    * 1887 - Ksawery Tartakower, Polish chess player (d. 1956)
    * 1888 - Owen Brewster, U.S. Senator from Maine (d. 1961)
    * 1889 - Olave Baden-Powell, English Chief Girl Guide (d. 1977)
    * 1891 - Vlas Chubar, Soviet politician (d. 1939)
    * 1892 - Edna St. Vincent Millay, American writer (d. 1950)
    * 1895 - Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian politician, founder of APRA party (d. 1979)
    * 1897 - Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (d. 1947)
    * 1899 - Dwight Frye, American actor (d. 1943)
    * 1899 - George O'Hara, American actor (d. 1966)
    * 1899 - Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (d. 1986)
    * 1900 - Luis Buñuel, Spanish-born film director (d. 1983)
    * 1900 - Seán Ó Faoláin, Irish author (d. 1991)
    * 1902 - Fritz Strassmann, German physicist (d. 1980)
    * 1903 - Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer (d. 1990)
    * 1903 - Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian Nazi (d. 1969)
    * 1903 - Robert Weede, American baritone (d. 1972)
    * 1907 - Sheldon Leonard, American actor (d. 1997)
    * 1907 - Robert Young, American actor (d. 1998)
    * 1908 - Sir John Mills, English actor (d. 2005)
    * 1911 - Bill Baker, baseball player (d. 2006)
    * 1913 - George Holmes Tate, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (d. 2001)
    * 1914 - Renato Dulbecco, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate
    * 1917 - Jane Bowles, American writer and playwright (d. 1973)
    * 1918 - Sid Abel, Canadian hockey player (d. 2000)
    * 1918 - Charlie Finley, American sports entrepreneur (d. 1996)
    * 1918 - Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer
    * 1918 - Robert Wadlow, tallest person in history (d. 1940)
    * 1921 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa, ruler of the Central African Republic (d. 1996)
    * 1921 - Wayne Booth, American literary critic (d. 2005)
    * 1921 - Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (d. 1994)
    * 1922 - Jesús Iglesias, Argentine racing driver (d. 2005)
    * 1925 - Edward Gorey, American illustrator (d. 2000)
    * 1926 - Kenneth Williams, English actor (d. 1988)
    * 1926 - Bud Yorkin, American film director
    * 1928 - Paul Dooley, American actor
    * 1928 - Bruce Forsyth, British entertainer
    * 1928 - Clarence 13X, founder of the Nation of Gods and Earths (d. 1969)
    * 1929 - James Hong, Chinese American actor
    * 1929 - Rebecca Schull, American actress
    * 1930 - Marni Nixon, American singer
    * 1930 - James McGarrell, American painter
    * 1932 - Ted Kennedy, U.S. senator from Massachusetts
    * 1933 - Katharine, Duchess of Kent
    * 1933 - Bobby Smith, English footballer
    * 1934 - Sparky Anderson, American baseball manager
    * 1936 - J. Michael Bishop, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate
    * 1936 - Ernie K-Doe, American singer (d. 2001)
    * 1938 - Ishmael Reed, American writer
    * 1938 - Pierre Vallières, founding member of the Front de libération du Québec (d. 1995)
    * 1940 - Johnson Mlambo, South African politician
    * 1940 - Billy Name, American photographer and Andy Warhol archivist
    * 1941 - Hipólito Mejía, President of the Dominican Republic
    * 1942 - Christine Keeler, English model and showgirl
    * 1943 - Terry Eagleton, British theorist
    * 1943 - Horst Köhler, President of Germany
    * 1944 - Jonathan Demme, American director
    * 1944 - Robert Kardashian, American lawyer (d. 2003)
    * 1944 - Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player
    * 1945 - Leslie Charleson, American actress
    * 1945 - Oliver, American singer (d. 2000)
    * 1947 - Carol Burns, Australian actress
    * 1948 - John Ashton, American actor
    * 1949 - Niki Lauda, Austrian race car driver, three-time F1 world champion and airline entrepreneur
    * 1949 - Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player
    * 1950 - Julius Erving, American basketball player
    * 1950 - Ellen Greene, American actress
    * 1950 - Lenny Kuhr, Dutch singer
    * 1950 - Miou-Miou, French actress
    * 1950 - Genesis P-Orridge, English performer, musician and artist
    * 1950 - Julie Walters, English actress
    * 1952 - Bill Frist, U.S. senator from Tennessee
    * 1953 - Graham Lewis, English musician (Wire)
    * 1953 - Nigel Planer, British actor
    * 1955 - Tim Young, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1959 - Jiří Čunek, Czech politician
    * 1959 - Kyle MacLachlan, American actor
    * 1961 - Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist
   * 1962 - Steve Irwin, Australian herpetologist (d. 2006)
    * 1962 - Lenda Murray, American bodybuilder
    * 1962 - Les Wallace, Scottish darts player
    * 1963 - Vijay Singh, Fijian golfer
    * 1964 - Gigi Fernandez, Puerto Rican tennis player
    * 1966 - Rachel Dratch, American actress and comedienne
    * 1966 - Brian Greig, Australian politician
    * 1966 - Aiden Shaw, English pornographic actor
    * 1967 - Alf Poier, Austrian comedian
    * 1968 - Shawn Graham, Canadian politician
    * 1968 - Bradley Nowell, American musician (d. 1996)
    * 1968 - Jeri Ryan, American actress
    * 1969 - Joaquín Cortés, Spanish dancer
    * 1969 - Brian Laudrup, Danish footballer
    * 1969 - Byron Stroud, American bassist
    * 1970 - Dominic Roussel, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1971 - Lea Salonga, Filipina actress and singer
    * 1972 - Michael Chang, American tennis player
    * 1972 - Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater
    * 1973 - Juninho Paulista, Brazilian footballer
    * 1973 - Claus Lundekvam, Norwegian footballer, currently playing for Southampton F.C.
    * 1973 - Einar Kristian Tveitå, Norwegian athlete
    * 1974 - James Blunt, English musician
    * 1974 - Chris Moyles, English DJ
    * 1975 - Drew Barrymore, American actress
    * 1976 - Faan Rautenbach, South African rugby player
    * 1979 - Brett Emerton, Australian footballer
    * 1979 - Lee Na-young, South Korean actress
    * 1980 - Fredson Camara, Brazilian footballer
    * 1982 - Jenna Haze, American pornographic actress
    * 1982 - Robert Weiner, Jr., American water polo player
    * 1986 - Miko Hughes, American actor
    * 1986 - Rajon Rondo, American basketball player
    * 1988 - Przemysław Kazimierczak, Polish footballer


Some pretty interesting people on my birthday (especially the bolded)

Mutilator7

wow alot man, i know walt disney was born on my b-day :)