Cicero
106 BC Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher, born in Arpinum (d. 43 BC)
- 1196 Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)
- 1624 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in America
- 1680 Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker
- 1698 Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)
- 1710 Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)
- 1719 Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773)
- 1722 Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)
- 1730 Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician
- 1757 Johann Abraham Sixt, composer
- 1760 John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1835)
- 1763 Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator
- 1777 Louis Poinsot, French instrument worker
- 1777 M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino
- 1778 Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861)
- 1786 [Johann Christian] Friedrich Schneider, German composer and conductor (d. 1853)
- 1789 Carl Gustav Carus, German physiologist & painter, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1869)
- 1793 Lucretia Coffin Mott, American teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist
- 1802 Feliks Ostrowski, Polish pianist and composer, born in Kraśnik, Russian Empire (d. 1860)
- 1802 Charles Pelham Villiers, British House of Commons member (d. 1898)
- 1803 Douglas William Jerrold, author/playwright/wit (Punch Mag), born in London, England
- 1806 (Gertrude) "Henriette" Sontag, later Countess Rossi, German operatic soprano (Carl Maria von Weber's "Euryanthe"), born in Koblenz, Germany (d. 1854)
- 1810 Antoine T. d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1897)
- 1810 Eliza Von Bretton di Zerega, Danish West Indies, baroness
- 1819 Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (d. 1900)
- 1823 Jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer
- 1828 Karl Collan, Finnish composer
- 1829 John G R Acquoy, theologist/church historian
- 1829 Konrad Duden, German linguist (Der grosse Duden)
- 1830 Alexander Ewing, composer
- 1835 Larkin Goldsmith Mead, sculptor
- 1836 Sakamoto Ryoma, Japanese revolutionary (d. 1867)
- 1840 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgian helped lepers in Hawaii
- 1853 Iwan Knorr, German composer, born in Mewe (d. 1916)
- 1855 Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)
- 1861 William Renshaw, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1881-6, 89), born in Leamington Spa, England (d. 1904)
- 1861 Ernest Renshaw, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1888), born in Leamington, England (d. 1899)
- 1862 Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)
- 1865 Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (The Mikado), born in London, England (d. 1936)
- 1868 Franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian
- 1869 Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer
- 1870 Henry Eichheim, American composer (Bali -Symphonic Variations), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1942)
- 1870 Henry Handel Richardson [Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson], Australian novelist (Richard Mahoney), born in East Melbourne, Australia (d. 1946)
- 1873 Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese businessman (d. 1957)
- 1876 Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/pres (1949-60)
- 1879 Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, US First Lady (1923-29)
- 1880 Donat Raymond, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame builder (head Canadian Arena Company, Montreal Forum rebuilt in 1968) and politician, born in St. Stanislas de Kostka, Quebec (d. 1963)
- 1882 Willem Benoy, Flemish actor and director (Pygmalion), born in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1939)
Clement Attlee
1883 Clement Attlee, British Prime Minister (L-1945-51), born in Putney, London (d. 1967)
- 1884 E. Stanley Jones, American evangelist (Christ of Indian road), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1973)
- 1884 Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1948)
- 1886 Arthur Mailey, Australian cricket spin bowler (21 Tests, 99 wickets; 10/66 v Gloucestershire 1921), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1967)
- 1886 John G Fletcher, American poet (Epic of Arkansas)
- 1886 Josephine Hull, American Academy award actress (Harvey), born in Newtonville, Massachusetts (d. 1957)
- 1887 Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan)
- 1887 August Macke, German painter (d. 1914)
- 1889 Nicholas Soussanin, Russian-American actor (Last Command, Captain Fury), born in Yalta part of modern day Crimea, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1975)
- 1891 Osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj) [NS=Jan 15]
J. R. R. Tolkien
1892 J. R. R. Tolkien, British author (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings), born in Bloemfontein, South Africa (d. 1973)
- 1893 Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, French novelist and essayist (Gilles)
- 1893 Godfried Devreese, Belgian violinist, composer (Gothic Symphony), and conductor, born in Kortrijk, Belgium (d. 1972)
- 1894 ZaSu Pitts, American actress (Life With Father, Dames, Wedding March), born in Parsons, Kansas (d. 1963)
- 1895 Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, Ukrainian composer and the father of modern Ukrainian music, born in Zhytomyr, Russian Empire (d. 1968)
- 1895 Mihail Andricu, composer
- 1895 Borys Lyatoshynsky, Ukrainian composer, conductor, and teacher, born in Zhytomyr, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1968)
- 1896 Joe Falcaro, American bowler (National Match Game champion 1929-33), born in Lawrence, New York (d. 1951)
- 1897 Marion Davies [Marion Cecelia Douras], American actress (Operator 13), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1961)
- 1897 Pola Negri [Barbara A Chalupiec], Polish-American stage actress (Madame Dubarry), born in Lipno, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire (d. 1987)
- 1899 Johan Hin, Dutch yachtsman (Olympic gold 12' dinghy 1920), born in Harlem, Netherlands (d. 1957)
- 1900 Dorothy Arnzer, director
- 1900 Maurice Jaubert, French composer, born in Nice (d. 1940)
- 1901 Eric Voegelin, German American philosopher (Order & History), born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1985)
Ngô Đình Diệm
1901 Ngô Đình Diệm, President and authoritarian leader of South Vietnam (1954-63), born in Quảng Bình, French Indochina (d. 1963)
- 1902 Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, diplomat/politician
- 1902 Preston Jackson [James Preston McDonald], American jazz trombonist (Preservation Hall Jazz Band), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1983)
- 1903 Charles Foulkes, Canadian general
- 1904 Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte)
- 1905 Dante Giacosa, engineer/designer
Ray Milland
1905 Ray Milland, Welsh actor (Lost Weekend-Academy Award 1945), born in Neath, Wales (d. 1986)
- 1905 Anna May Wong, American actress, 1st Chinese-American movie star (Shanghai Express), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1961)
- 1906 Roman Brandstaetter, writer
- 1906 Doc Hayes, American basketball coach (Southern Methodist University 1947-67), born in Krum, Texas (d. 1973)
- 1906 Gus Suhr, American baseball first baseman (1435 MLB games Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies; only player to be sued by a fan injured after struck by a foul ball), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2004)
- 1906 Aleksey Stachanov, Russian model miner, born in Lugovaya, Russian Empire (d. 1977)
Victor Borge
1909 Victor Borge [Borge Rosenbaum], Danish-American comedian and pianist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2000)
- 1910 Thomas Stuart Willan, historian
- 1910 Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball utility (World Series 1941; Brooklyn Dodgers), born in Coalinga, California (d. 2000)
- 1911 John Sturges, American director (Old Man & Sea, Magnificent 7)
- 1912 Robert Flemyng, British actor (The Deadly Affair, Funny Face), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1995)
- 1912 Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and senator (d. 2002)
- 1912 Armand Lohikoski, Finnish director (d. 2005)
- 1912 Cliff Melton, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1942; NL saves leader 1937; NY Giants), born in Brevard, North Carolina (d. 1986)
- 1914 Jean Louvel, Flemish pianist/conductor/composer
- 1915 Sid Hudson, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1941, 42; Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox), born in Coalfield, Tennessee (d. 2008)
- 1915 Jack Levine, American social realist painter, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2010),
- 1916 Antonio Estévez, Venezuelan composer and conductor (Cantata Criolla), born in Calabozo, Guárico, Venezuela (d. 1988)
- 1916 Elizabeth "Betty" Furness, American actress, journalist and consumer activist (Dangerous Corner, Studio 1), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
- 1916 Maxene Andrews, American singer (Andrew Sisters - "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1995)
- 1916 Fred Haas, American golfer (5 PGA Tour titles; Ryder Cup 1953), born in Portland, Arkansas (d. 2004)
- 1916 Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist (Beaux Arts Trio), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2011)
- 1917 Vernon A. Walters, American diplomat and US permanent rep to the UN (1989-91), born in NYC, New York (d. 2002)
- 1917 Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)
- 1919 Jesse White, American actor (Bedtime for Bonzo, Maytag repairman, Million Dollar Mermaid), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1997)
- 1919 Herbie Nichols, American jazz pianist and composer ("Lady Sings the Blues"), born in Manhattan, New York City (d. 1963)
- 1920 Renato Carosone, Italian canzone napoletana singer, pianist, songwriter ("Tu vuò fà l'americano" - "You Want to Be American"), and accordionist, born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 2001)
- 1920 Siegfried Buback, German Federal Prosecutor, born in Wilsdruff, Saxony, Germany (d. 1977)
- 1921 John Russell, American actor (Pale Rider, Rio Bravo), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1991)
- 1921 Musa Kaleem [Orlando Wright], American jazz saxophonist, born in Wheeling, West Virginia (d. 1988)
- 1922 Bill Travers [William Inge Lindon-Travers], British actor, director, officer and animal rights activist (Born Free, Gorgo), born in Sunderland, England (d. 1994)
- 1922 Jacques Wildberger, Swiss composer (In My End is My Beginning), born in Born, Switzerland (d. 2006)
- 1922 Morten Nielsen, Danish poet/resistance fighter
- 1923 Dragutin Gostuški, Serbian composer, and musicologist (d. 1988)
- 1923 Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Australian actor, pilot and radio announcer, born in Coogee, New South Wales, Australia (d. 2009)
- 1923 Hank Stram, American Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (KC Chiefs Super Bowl 1970), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2005)
- 1923 Bud Adams Jr., American NFL team owner (Tennessee Titans), born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma (d. 2013)
- 1924 Andre Franquin, cartoonist
- 1924 Henry M Fazzie, South African Union/UDF-leader
- 1924 Roy Harding, British teacher
- 1924 Nell Rankin, American operatic mezzo-soprano (Carmen; Metropolitan Opera, 1951-76), born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 2005)
- 1924 Doug Ellis, British entrepreneur
- 1926 Danny Overbea, American rock singer and guitarist (40 Cups of Coffee), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
George Martin
1926 George Martin, British record producer (The Beatles; Jeff Beck; America), born in London, England (d. 2016)
- 1928 Frank Ross Anderson, Canadian International Chess Master (1954)
- 1929 Marilyn Lloyd, (Rep-D-TN, 1975- )
- 1929 Sergio Leone, Italian director who invented spaghetti westerns (The Man with No Name trilogy), born in Rome, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1989)
- 1929 Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer
- 1930 Edward "Eddie" Egan, American actor (The French Connection, Joe Forrester), born in NYC, New York (d. 1995)
- 1930 Salvatore "Robert" Loggia, American actor (Jagged Edge, Big, Officer & a Gentleman, Scarface), born in Staten Island, New York (d. 2015)
- 1930 Marcel Dubé, Quebec playwright
- 1932 Anatoli Petrovich Kuklin, Russian cosmonaut
- 1932 Jaswick Taylor, West Indian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests; 5/109 in Test debut 1958), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1999)
- 1932 Mara Corday [Marilyn Joan Watts], American actress, model and Playboy Playmate (Foxfire, Black Scorpion), born in Santa Monica, California
- 1932 Coo Coo Marlin, American auto racer (NASCAR nine top 5, 51 top 10 finishes in 165 Winston Cup starts), born in Columbia, Tennessee (d. 2005)
- 1934 Bryan George Kelly, composer
- 1934 Carla Hills, American lawyer and politician (Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1975-77), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1935 David Vine, British sports broadcaster (BBC Match of the Day, World Snooker C'ships, Olympics coverage), born in Newton Abbot, England (d. 2009)
- 1935 Jeremy Kemp, British actor (The Winds of War; The Blue Max), born in Chesterfield, England (d. 2019) [some sources give birth date as 3 Feb 1934]
- 1936 Betty Rollin, actress (Crossing Delancey)/author (Last Wish)
- 1936 Jos Kunst, Dutch composer, born in Roermond, Netherlands (d. 1996)
- 1937 Glen Larson, American television producer & writer (Battlestar Galactica, Magnum PI, & Knight Rider), born in Long Beach, CA, (d. 2014)
Bobby Hull
1939 Bobby Hull, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame left wing (Art Ross Trophy 1960, 62, 66; Hart Memorial Trophy 1965, 66), born in Pointe Anne, Ontario
- 1939 Nikos Alefantos, Greek soccer midfielder and manager (Olympiacos), born in Edessa, Greece (d. 2020)
- 1939 Janice Crosio, Australian politician
- 1940 Thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas)
- 1940 Bernard Blaut, Polish soccer midfielder (36 caps; KP Legia Warsaw, FC Metz) and manager (UAE), born in Krapkowice, Poland (d. 2007)
- 1941 Shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide)
- 1941 Malcolm Dick, New Zealand rugby union winger (15 caps) and administrator (New Zealand Rugby Union council 1986-92), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1942 John Thaw, British actor (d. 2002)
- 1942 John Marsden, Australian lawyer, gay activist (d. 2006)
- 1943 Van Dyke Parks, American songwriter/producer/arranger (Song Cycle; Orange Crate Art), born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- 1943 Petras Bingelis, Lithuania conductor, founder and artistic director (Kaunas State Choir, 1969-2020), born in Mardasava, Lithuania (d. 2020)
- 1943 HK Gruber, Austrian double bassist, conductor, and composer (Frankenstein!!), born in Vienna, Austria
- 1944 David Atherton, English conductor
- 1944 Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke
- 1945 Stephen Stills, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Buffalo Springfield - "For What It's Worth"; Crosby, Stills & Nash - "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"), born in Dallas, Texas
John Paul Jones
1946 John Paul Jones [John Baldwin], English rock bassist and songwriter (Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven), born in London
- 1946 Cissy King, American entertainer
- 1946 Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek soccer striker (28 caps; Olympiacos), born in Kaisariani, Greece (d. 2002)
- 1947 Sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut
- 1947 Fran Cotton, English rugby union prop forward (31 caps England, 7 British Lions; Coventry R.F.C., Sale), born in Wigan, England
- 1948 Larry McNeeley, banjo player (The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour), born in Lafayette, Indiana
- 1948 Manfred Kokot, East German athlete (world record 50m indoor sprint 5.61s 1973), born in Templin, Germany
- 1949 Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)
- 1949 Gary Lavelle, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1977, 83; SF Giants), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania
- 1950 Victoria Principal, American actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas), born in Fukuoka, Japan
- 1950 Beth Anderson, American composer, born in Lexington, Kentucky
- 1950 Rick MacLeish, Canadian ice hockey center (Stanley Cup 1974, 75; Philadelphia Flyers; NHL All Star 1977, 78), born in Lindsay, Ontario (d. 2016)
- 1950 Olivier Greif, French classical composer (Lettres de Westerbork), born in Paris (d. 2000)
- 1951 Frank Chikane, Secretary-General of South African Council of Churches
- 1951 Gary Nairn, Australian politician
- 1952 Jim Ross, American pro wrestling announcer (WWE), born in Fort Bragg, California
- 1953 Angelo Parisi, French judoka (Olympic gold heavyweight 1980), born in Arpino, Italy
- 1953 Peter Taylor, English soccer winger (4 caps; Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur) and manager (Leicester City, Hull, Crystal Palace), born in Rochford, England
- 1954 Ross The Boss [Ross Friedman], American guitarist (The Dictators), born in the Bronx, New York
- 1954 Ned Lamont, American businessman and politician, Governor of Connecticut (2019-), born in Washington, D.C.
Mel Gibson
1956 Mel Gibson, American actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon) and filmmaker, born in Peekskill, New York
- 1956 Willy T. Ribbs, American auto racer (first African-American to drive in Indianapolis 500), born in San Jose, California
- 1957 Frank Dicopoulos, actor (Frank Cooper-Guiding Light), born in Akron, Ohio
- 1958 Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker
- 1959 Rusty Golden, American pop, country, and gospel singer-songwriter and musician (The Boys Band; The Goldens), born in Brewton, Alabama
- 1960 Sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City, Noida, India
- 1961 Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop)
- 1961 Lynn Hill, American rock climber (IFSC Climbing World Cup gold 1990), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1962 Darren Daulton, American baseball catcher (MLB All-Star 1992, 93, 95; World Series 1997; Silver Slugger Award 1992; Philadelphia Phillies), born in Arkansas City, Kansas (d. 2017)
- 1962 Francesca Lia Block, American author
- 1962 Guy Pratt, English musician, born in London, United Kingdom
- 1962 Gavin Hastings, Scottish rugby union fullback and captain (61 caps Scotland, 6 caps British Lions; Watsonians, London Scottish, Cambridge University), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1963 Aamer Malik, Pakistani cricket batsman (14 Tests, 2x100s 1989; 24 ODIs), born in Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab, Pakistan
- 1963 Jim Everett, American NFL quarterback (Pro Bowl 1990; NFL passing TD leader 1988, 89; LA Rams, New Orleans Saints), born in Emporia, Kansas
- 1963 Jerome Young, American pro wrestler (New Jack), born in Greensboro, North Carolina
- 1963 Alex Wheatle MBE, black British novelist
- 1964 Cheryl Miller, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward, coach and broadcaster (Olympic gold 1984; USC; TNT), born in Riverside, California
- 1964 Bruce LaBruce, Canadian filmmaker
- 1966 Chetan Sharma, Indian cricket fast bowler (23 Tests, 61 wickets; 65 ODI), born in Ludhiana, Punjab, India
- 1966 Luis Sojo, Venezuelan MLB infielder (World Series 1996, 1998–2000; Seattle Mariners, NY Yankees), born in Petare, Edo Miranda, Venezuela
- 1966 Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer
- 1967 Magnus Gustafsson, Swedish tennis player (Davis Cup 1998), born in Lund, Sweden
- 1968 Kent Carlsson, Swedish tennis player (9 ATP tour singles titles; world #6 1988)
- 1968 Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)
- 1969 Nikki Nelson, Topaz Lake Nev, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry)
