Robert the Bruce
1274 Robert the Bruce, Scottish king (1306-1329) and national hero, born in Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire (d. 1329)
Robert the Bruce
- 1366 Anne of Bohemia, consort of Richard II of England (d. 1394)
- 1540 Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg
- 1558 Robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon)
- 1561 Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627)
- 1603 Kenelm Digby, English privateer (d. 1665)
- 1628 Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)
- 1657 Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13)
- 1662 Maximilian II Emanuel, elect of Bayern
- 1694 Charles-Antoine Coypel, French carpet designer
- 1697 Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer/cartographer
- 1709 Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, Swedish chemist (d. 1785)
- 1723 Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (d. 1799)
- 1738 Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon/viceroy of Hungary/Netherlands
- 1751 Caroline Matilda of Wales, queen consort of Denmark and Norway (d. 1775)
- 1754 Thomas Bowdler, famous prude, bowdlerized Shakespeare
John Quincy Adams
1767 John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States (D) (1825-1829), born in Braintree, Massachusetts (d. 1848)
John Quincy Adams
- 1810 Eugene L Simonis, Belgian sculptor
- 1811 Joseph Lanman, Comm (Union Navy), (d. 1874)
- 1811 William Robert Grove, Welsh physicist and inventor of the first fuel cell, born in Swansea, Wales
- 1816 French A Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect
- 1825 Edward Henry Hobson, American merchant, banker, politician, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Greensburg, Kentucky (d. 1901)
- 1826 Alexander Afanasyev, Russian folklorist (d. 1871)
- 1832 Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek politician (d. 1896)
- 1838 John Wanamaker, American merchant (Wanamakers Department Store), pioneer in marketing and Postmaster General, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1922)
- 1841 William Paul Roberts, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1910)
- 1844 Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia
- 1846 Leon Bloy, French writer (d. 1917)
- 1850 Annie Armstrong, American missionary leader (d. 1938)
- 1851 Millie & Christine McCoy, American siamese twins born slaves in Whiteville, North Carolina (d.1912)
- 1857 Alfred Binet, French child psychologist who invented the first practical IQ test (Binet–Simon test), born in Nice, France (d. 1911)
- 1860 Johannis J van Laar, Dutch chemist (thermodynamics)
- 1861 George William Norris, (Rep/Sen-Neb) (Lame duck-amendement)
- 1864 Petar Danov, Bulgarian spiritual teacher (d. 1944)
- 1866 R Beer-Hofmann, writer
- 1866 Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1953)
- 1871 Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Farmers' Party)
- 1885 Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter
- 1886 Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (d. 1939)
- 1888 Carl Schmitt, German nazi-lawyer (Verfassungslehre)
- 1888 Lyman Bryson, Valentine Nebr, educator (UN Casebook)
- 1889 Alfred E Green, Perris CA, director (Copacabana, Jolson Story)
- 1890 Arthur W Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal (WWII)
- 1890 Georg Annenkov, Russian/French painter
- 1894 Walter Wanger, [Feuchtwanger], US producer (Stagecoach)
- 1895 Dolly Wilde, English socialite (d. 1941)
- 1897 Bull Connor, American law enforcement official (d. 1973)
- 1898 Hendrik J Pos, Dutch philosopher/CEO (Committee of Watchfulness)
- 1898 Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], Dutch writer/Radio Orange
E. B. White
1899 E. B. White, American writer (Charlotte's Web, Elements of Style), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 1985)
E. B. White
- 1902 Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58)
- 1902 Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Dutch/US phycist
- 1903 Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (d. 1976)
- 1906 Herbert Wehner, German communist/anti-communist politician (SPD)
- 1909 Jacques Clemens, Dutch Catholic priest, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2018)
- 1910 John Francis Boyd, journalist
- 1913 Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, American sci-fi author (Space Lords)
- 1913 Cordwainer Smith, American writer (d. 1966)
- 1915 Colin Kelly, American B-17 Flying Fortress pilot and 1st US air hero during WW II, born in Madison, Florida (d. 1941)
- 1915 George Ivan Smith, diplomat
- 1916 Gough Whitlam, (ALP) Australia, PM (1972-75)
- 1924 Claus Bremer, German dramatist, born in Hamburg (d. 1996)
- 1924 César Lattes, Brazilian physicist (d. 2005)
- 1926 Ralph D Abernathy, American president (SCLC)
- 1926 Frederick Buechner, American author
- 1928 Nic Jonk, sculptor/painter (Jonas & the Whale)
- 1929 David Kelly, actor (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fawlty Towers), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2012)
- 1930 Harold Bloom, American literary critic
- 1931 Hans Klein, politician
- 1931 Herman de Vries, Dutch sculptor
- 1931 Tullio Regge, Italian physicist
- 1933 Olga Havlova, political activist
Giorgio Armani
1934 Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer (American Gigolo), born in Piacenza, Italy
Giorgio Armani
- 1935 Oliver Napier, Northern Irish politician
- 1937 Pai Hsien-yung, Taiwanese writer
- 1939 Seth Gaaikema, Dutch night club performer
- 1940 Terry Patchett, politician
- 1940 Yvon Charbonneau, French Canadian union leader and politician
- 1944 Peter de Savary, English financier/multi-millionaire
- 1944 Myra Gale Brown, former wife of Jerry Lee Lewis
- 1945 Patrick Joseph McGrath, Catholic bishop
- 1946 Edward J Markey, (Rep-D-MA, 1976- )
- 1946 Cuthbert Johnson, Benedictine abbot.
- 1947 Bo Lundgren, Swedish politician
- 1950 Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani nuclear physicist
- 1951 Lawrence J Delucas, PhD/astronaut (STS 50), born in Syracuse, New York
- 1952 John Kettley, English weather forecaster
- 1960 Ariel Castro, Puerto Rican-born American criminal famous for kidnapping 3 women between 2002-4, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico (d. 2013)
- 1964 Kyrill, Prince of Preslav, titular Bulgarian royal family
- 1968 Michael Geist, Canadian academic
- 1983 Evan Roberts, American radio broadcaster
- 1987 Matej Gaspar, Yugoslavia, 5,000,000,000th person (UN)