Confucius
551 BC Confucius, Chinese philosopher and founder of Confucianism, born in Zou, Lu state, China (d. ~479 BC)
Confucius
Livia
58 BC Livia Drusilla [Julia Augusta], Wife and adviser of Roman Emperor Augustus and mother of Emperor Tiberius, probably born in Rome (d. 29)
Livia
- 1330 Nicolas Flamel, French alchemist (d. 1417?)
- 1493 Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet and litterateur, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1543)
- 1565 Alessandro Tassoni, Modena Italy, political writer (Rape of Bucket)
- 1596 Vredius, [Olivier de Wree], Flemish historian/poet/mayor
- 1605 Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer (d. 1694)
- 1612 Michel Anguier, French sculptor
- 1667 Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)
- 1698 Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, French mathematician/astronomer
- 1705 Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, England, corrupt politician (Chiswick)
Augustus FitzRoy
1735 Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, British Prime Minister (1768-70), born in Derbyshire, England (d. 1811)
Augustus FitzRoy
- 1746 Sir William Jones, British Orientalist and jurist born in London (d. 1794)
- 1761 Budan de Boislaurent, mathematician
- 1780 Elie Decazes, French Bourbon Restoration political figure
- 1785 David Walker, abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens), born in Wilmington, North Carolina
- 1789 Richard Bright, England, physician (Bright's Disease/nephritis)
- 1793 Denis-Auguste Affre, Franc, archbishop of Paris (1840-48) and opponent of King Louis-Philippe
- 1803 Prosper Mérimée, French author (d. 1870)
- 1807 Arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss-American geologist, geographer and meteorologist, born in Boudevilliers, Switzerland (d. 1884)
- 1811 Friedrich Hecker, Baden, German revolutionary republican politician
- 1819 Jacob G de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch vicar/theologist
- 1821 Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (d. 1874)
- 1823 Alexandre Cabanel, French painter (d. 1889)
- 1824 Alfred Gilpin Jones, Weymouth NS, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06)
- 1824 Francis Turner Palgrave, England, poet (Golden Treasury)/prof (Oxford)
- 1828 Friedrich A Lange, Prussia, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism)
- 1833 James Deering Fessenden, American lawyer, politician, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Westbrook, Maine (d. 1862)
- 1836 Thomas Crapper, English plumber and inventor (ballcock), born in Thorne, Yorkshire (d. 1910)
- 1839 Frances E C Willard, NY, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance Union)
- 1840 Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-Col (Confederate Army)
- 1840 Rudolf Baumbach, Thuringia [Germany], writer of student drinking songs
Georges Clémenceau
1841 Georges Clémenceau, Prime Minister of France (Radical-Socialist Party: 1906-09, 1917-20) who defended Dreyfuss, born in Mouilleron-en-Pareds, France (d. 1929)
Georges Clémenceau
Henri Moissan
1852 Henri Moissan, French chemist who isolated the element "fluorine" from its compounds (Nobel 1906), born in Paris (d. 1907)
Henri Moissan
- 1854 Adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus), born in Norwich, England
- 1855 Thomas F Tout, historian (Manchester school of historiography), born in London, England
- 1856 Edward Herbert Thompson, American diplomat and archaeologist (Mayan civilization), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1935)
- 1856 Kate Douglas Wiggins, author (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm)
- 1860 Paul Ulrich Villard, Lyon, French Chemist and Physicist who discovered gamma rays
- 1861 Amélie of Orléans, queen of Portugal (d. 1951)
- 1863 Charles, Lisbon Portugal, king (1889-1908)
- 1864 Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch)
- 1867 Hiranuma Kiichirō, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1952)
- 1871 Pietro Badoglio, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (1943-44) and Italian General (1922-43), born in Grazzano Monferrato, Italy (d. 1956)
- 1872 Tom Terriss, director (His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru), born in London, England
- 1873 Julian Coolidge, American mathematician (Study-Segre school), born in Brookline, Massachusetts (d. 1954)
- 1873 Waclaw Rawicz, [Berent], biologist/writer, born in Warsaw, Poland
- 1880 Ralph Edward Flanders, Barnet VT, (Sen-VT)
- 1882 Eugenio d' Ors y Rovira, essayist/philosopher, born in Barcelona, Spain
- 1888 Herman McNeile, soldier, novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond), born in Cornwall, England
- 1889 Carlos I King of Portugal, Lisbon (1889-1908)
- 1892 Edmond Thieffry, Belgian WW I pilot/air pioneer
- 1893 Marie V Felix, prince of Luxemburg/Bourbon-Parma
- 1895 Charles Petrie, historian, born in Liverpool, England
- 1895 Wallace K Harrison, US architect (UN, Lincoln Center), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
- 1897 Muchtar Auesow, writer
- 1898 Carl Clauberg, Nazi concentration camp doctor (d. 1957)
- 1901 Friedrichs, mathematician
- 1901 Ed Sullivan, TV variety show host/gossip columnist (Ed Sullivan Show), born in NYC, New York
- 1904 Hendrik J Hofstra, Dutch minister of Finance (PvdA)
- 1907 John Prickett, teacher/ecumenist
- 1907 Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (d. 1931)
- 1909 Al Capp, [Alfred Gerald Caplin], cartoonist (Li'l Abner), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- 1909 Stephen Spender, poet [or Feb 28]
- 1910 Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines (1961-65)
- 1913 Edith Mary Ellis Peters Pargeter, author
- 1913 Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss artist and illustrator
- 1914 Harold Taylor, Canadian educator (Art & the Future)
- 1914 Lord Abinger [James Richard Scarlett], Datchet, Berkshire, English Conservative peer, campaigned for reform of the ancient law on treasure trove
- 1916 Lord Cockfield, Horsham, United Kingdom, British politician (European Commissioner)
- 1919 Lenn Hjortzberg, Karlskrona Sweden, director (Persona, Devil's Eye)
- 1922 Phyllis Friend, chief nursing officer (DHSS)
- 1923 Duke of Buccleuch, British large landowner/art collector
- 1923 Fred Robbins, DJ (Coke Time with Eddie Fisher, Robbins Nest), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1924 Antonio Jacinto, Portuguese West Africa, Angolan poet
- 1925 Seymour Cray, American inventor (Cray Research, Cray I supercomputer), born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (d. 1996)
- 1927 Thomas J. J. Altizer, US Radical theologian (God is Dead), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- 1929 Nigel Althaus, British government broker
- 1929 Nikolay Ryzhkov, Premier of USSR (1985-1991)
- 1930 Robin Buchanan, CEO (NHS Supplies Auth, Wessex Regional Health Auth)
- 1932 Michael G[reatrex] Coney, Canadian sci-fi author (Cat Karina)
- 1933 Madeleine M Kunin, Switzerland (Gov-D-Vt), 1st Jewish gov of Vermont
- 1933 Miguel Berrocal, Sculptor (d. 2006)
- 1936 Sherwood L Boehlert, (Rep-R-NY, 1983- )
- 1937 Colin Berry, professor (morbid anatomist)
- 1939 Stuart Kauffman, American biologist
- 1940 Alekander Sergeyevich Ivanchenkov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 29/31, T-6)
- 1940 Aleksandr Y Kalery, Russian cosmonaut
- 1940 George Greenstein, author (Secret of a Jewish Baker)
- 1941 Edmund Stoiber, German politician
- 1943 Mike Kreidler, (Rep-D-Washington)
- 1943 Warren Lieberfarb, American media executive
- 1947 Gillian Rose, philosopher/writer
- 1947 Jon Snow, British TV journalist (Channel 4)
- 1947 Bob Carr, Australian politician
- 1947 Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician
- 1950 Brian Keenan, Irish author (An Evil Cradling), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- 1951 Wei Chen, Canadian journalist
- 1955 Stéphane Dion, Canadian politician
- 1958 Lory Del Santo, Verona Italy, Miss Italy (1980)
- 1959 Billy Montana, Country/Western performer (No Yesterday, Angelia)
- 1961 Anne White, Charleston WV, tennis (Wore spandex in '85 Wimbledon)
- 1961 Quentin Kawananakoa, pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii
- 1962 S C Grant, British Lt-General
- 1965 Joel Rane, author (Step on Up)
- 1966 Erno Das, lighting tech/gaffer (Spiegels, Lovely Liza)
- 1969 Mark Everett, American fugitive
- 1969 Ben Greenman, American author
- 1972 Dita Von Teese, American burlesque artist
- 1976 Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist
- 1996 Celeste & Johnny Edison, Assyria & Pele's twins, boy & girl