Cicero
106 BC Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher, born in Arpinum (d. 43 BC)
Cicero
- 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 Henriette Sontag, German soprano (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)
Clement Attlee
- 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)
J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1893 Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, French novelist/essayist (Gilles)
- 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
- 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)
Ngô Đình Diệm
Ray Milland
1905 Ray Milland, Welsh actor (Lost Weekend-Academy Award 1945), born in Neath, Wales (d. 1986)
Ray Milland
- 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)
- 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 Estevez, composer
- 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, US 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)
- 1920 Renato Carosone, Italian musician (d. 2001)
- 1921 John Russell, American actor (Pale Rider, Rio Bravo), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1991)
- 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 Gostuski, composer
- 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 singer (d. 2005)
- 1924 Doug Ellis, British entrepreneur
- 1926 Danny Overbea, American singer and guitarist (40 Cups of Coffee), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
George Martin
1926 George Martin, British record producer (The Beatles), born in London, England (d. 2016)
George Martin
- 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)
- 1936 Betty Rollin, actress (Crossing Delancey)/author (Last Wish)
- 1936 Jos Kunst, Dutch composer, born in Roermond (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
Bobby Hull
- 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
- 1944 David Atherton, English conductor
- 1944 Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke
- 1945 Stephen Stills, American songwriter and guitarist (Crosby, Stills & Nash), 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
John Paul Jones
- 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 (Glen Campbell 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)
- 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.
- 1955 Palmolive, English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats)
Mel Gibson
1956 Mel Gibson, American actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon) and filmmaker, born in Peekskill, New York
Mel Gibson
- 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, rocker (Boys Band)
- 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 OBE, 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)
Michael Schumacher
1969 Michael Schumacher, German auto racer (World F1 champion 1994-95, 2000-05), born in Hürth, Germany
Michael Schumacher
- 1969 Jarmo Lehtinen, Finnish rally co-driver (15 WRC wins with Mikko Hirvonen), born in Helsinki, Finland
- 1969 Gerda Weissensteiner OMRI, Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot (Olympic gold women's singles 1994), born in Bolzano, Italy
- 1970 Mahaya Petrosian, Iranian actress
- 1970 Christian Duguay, American comic actor
- 1970 Matt Ross, American actor
- 1972 Yoon Chan, South Korean actor
- 1972 Nichole Nordeman, American singer
- 1973 Dan Harmon, American voice actor, producer and writer (Rick and Morty, Community), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 1974 Stefan Ustorf, Kaufbeuren Ger, NHL right wing (Washington Capitals)
