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| *[[1772]] - [[Charles Fourier]], French philosopher (d. [[1837]]) | *[[1772]] - [[Charles Fourier]], French philosopher (d. [[1837]]) | ||
| *[[1803]] - [[Flora Tristan]], French feminist and socialist philosopher (d. [[1844]]) | *[[1803]] - [[Flora Tristan]], French feminist and socialist philosopher (d. [[1844]]) | ||
| - | * 1803 - [[James Curtiss]], Mayor of Chicago (d. [[1859]]) | ||
| - | *[[1848]] - [[Randall Thomas Davidson]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (d. [[1930]]) | ||
| - | *[[1859]] - [[Walter Camp]], sports authority known as the "Father of American Football" (d. [[1925]]) | ||
| - | *[[1860]] - [[Will Keith Kellogg]], American cereal manufacturer (d. [[1951]]) | ||
| - | *[[1867]] - [[Holger Pedersen]], Danish linguist (d. [[1953]]) | ||
| - | *[[1870]] - [[Gustav Landauer]], German anarchist and revolutionary (d. [[1919]]) | ||
| - | *[[1873]] - [[John McGraw (baseball)|John McGraw]], American baseball player and manager (d. [[1934]]) | ||
| *[[1883]] - [[Gino Severini]], Italian painter (d. [[1966]]) | *[[1883]] - [[Gino Severini]], Italian painter (d. [[1966]]) | ||
| - | *[[1886]] - [[Ed Lafitte]], American baseball player (d. [[1971]]) | ||
| - | *[[1889]] - [[Gabriela Mistral]], Chilean writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1957]]) | ||
| - | *[[1890]] - [[Marjory Stoneman Douglas]], American conservationist and writer (d. [[1998]]) | ||
| - | *[[1891]] - [[Ole Kirk Christiansen]], Danish inventor (d. [[1958]]) | ||
| - | *[[1893]] - [[Allen Dulles]], American Central Intelligence Agency director (d. [[1969]]) | ||
| - | *[[1897]] - [[Walter Winchell]], American broadcaster and journalist (d. [[1972]]) | ||
| - | *[[1899]] - [[Robert Casadesus]], French pianist (d. [[1972]]) | ||
| *[[1908]] - [[Percy Faith]], Canadian composer and musician (d. [[1976]]) | *[[1908]] - [[Percy Faith]], Canadian composer and musician (d. [[1976]]) | ||
| *[[1909]] - [[Robert Charroux]], French writer (d. [[1978]]) | *[[1909]] - [[Robert Charroux]], French writer (d. [[1978]]) | ||
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Births
- 1770 - William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850)
- 1772 - Charles Fourier, French philosopher (d. 1837)
- 1803 - Flora Tristan, French feminist and socialist philosopher (d. 1844)
- 1883 - Gino Severini, Italian painter (d. 1966)
- 1908 - Percy Faith, Canadian composer and musician (d. 1976)
- 1909 - Robert Charroux, French writer (d. 1978)
- 1911 - Hervé Bazin, French writer (d. 1996)
- 1913 - Charles Vanik, American politician (d. 2007)
- 1915 - Stanley Adams, American actor (d. 1977)
- 1915 - Billie Holiday, American singer (d. 1959)
- 1915 - Henry Kuttner, American writer (d. 1958)
- 1916 - Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1917 - R.G. Armstrong, American actor
- 1918 - Bobby Doerr, American baseball player
- 1919 - Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer
- 1919 - Roger Lemelin, Quebec novelist and television writer (d. 1992)
- 1920 - Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player
- 1922 - Mongo Santamaria, Cuban musician (d. 2003)
- 1924 - Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer
- 1927 - Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (d. 2003)
- 1928 - James Garner, American actor
- 1928 - Alan J. Pakula, American film producer and director (d. 1998)
- 1928 - James White, Northern Irish science fiction writer (d. 1999)
- 1929 - Bob Denard, French mercenary (d. 2007)
- 1930 - Andrew Sachs, English actor
- 1931 - Donald Barthelme, American author
- 1933 - Wayne Rogers, American actor
- 1934 - Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (d. 2007)
- 1935 - Bobby Bare, American musician
- 1935 - Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician
- 1936 - Jean-Pierre Changeux, French neuroscientist
- 1938 - Jerry Brown, American politician
- 1938 - Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) (d. 2005)
- 1938 - Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpeter
- 1939 - Francis Ford Coppola, American film director
- 1939 - Sir David Frost, English broadcaster and TV host
- 1941 - Gorden Kaye, British actor
- 1944 - Julia Phillips, American film producer and writer (d. 2002)
- 1944 - Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor of Germany
- 1944 - Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager
- 1945 - Martin Lewis, British newsreader
- 1945 - Megas, Icelandic singer, songwriter and writer
- 1945 - Joël Robuchon, French chef
- 1945 - Werner Schroeter, German film director
- 1946 - Colette Besson, French runner (d. 2005)
- 1947 - Patricia Bennett, American singer (The Chiffons)
- 1947 - Florian Schneider, German musician (Kraftwerk)
- 1947 - Eliseo Soriano, Philippine evangelist
- 1948 - Carol Douglas, American singer
- 1949 - John Oates, American musician (Hall & Oates)
- 1951 - Janis Ian, American singer and songwriter
- 1954 - Jackie Chan, Hong Kong actor
- 1954 - Tony Dorsett, American football player
- 1955 - Werner Stocker, German actor (d. 1993)
- 1956 - Annika Billström, Swedish politician
- 1956 - Christopher Darden, American O.J. Simpson prosecutor
- 1957 - Kim Kap-su, South Korean actor
- 1961 - Pascal Olmeta, French footballer
- 1962 - Andrew "Andy" Hampsten, American cyclist
- 1962 - Hugh O'Connor, American actor (d. 1995)
- 1962 - Alain Robert, French rock and urban climber
- 1963 - Jaime de Marichalar, duke of Lugo, Spanish royalty
- 1964 - Russell Crowe, New Zealand actor
- 1964 - Steve Graves, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965 - Bill Bellamy, American actor and comedian
- 1965 - Alison Lapper, British artist
- 1966 - Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player
- 1967 - Artemis Gounaki, composer, writer and music producer
- 1968 - Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer
- 1969 - Ricky Watters, American football player
- 1970 - Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist
- 1971 - Guillaume Depardieu, French actor
- 1971 - Victor Kraatz, Canadian figure skater
- 1971 - Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, American actress
- 1973 - Carole Montillet, French skier
- 1973 - Ève Salvail, Canadian model
- 1975 - Ronde Barber, American football player
- 1975 - Tiki Barber, American football player
- 1975 - Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player
- 1976 - Kevin Alejandro, American actor
- 1977 - Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress
- 1977 - Guido van der Werve, Dutch artist
- 1978 - Vladimir Voltchkov, Belarusian tennis player
- 1979 - Tony Malone, British designer and activist
- 1979 - Adrián Beltré, Dominican baseball player
- 1982 - Sonjay Dutt, Indian American professional wrestler
- 1986 - Brooke Brodack, American internet celebrity
- 2007 - Princess Haalah bint Hashim, of Jordan
Deaths
- 1307 - Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I of England (b. 1271)
- 1498 - King Charles VIII of France (b. 1470)
- 1614 - El Greco, Greek-born artist (b. 1541)
- 1638 - Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese ruler of Satsuma (b. 1576)
- 1651 - Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer (b. 1603)
- 1658 - Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic (b. 1595)
- 1661 - Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English soldier and politician (b. 1604)
- 1663 - Francis Cooke, Mayflower pilgrim (b. c. 1583)
- 1668 - William Davenant, English poet (b. 1606)
- 1719 - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French saint (b. 1651)
- 1739 - Dick Turpin, English highwayman (hanged) (b. 1706)
- 1747 - Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1676)
- 1761 - Thomas Bayes, English mathematician (b. 1702)
- 1766 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685)
- 1767 - Franz Sparry, composer (b. 1715)
- 1782 - Taksin, King of Thailand (b. 1734)
- 1789 - Abd-ul-Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1725)
- 1789 - Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist (b. 1722)
- 1801 - Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (b. 1724)
- 1804 - Toussaint Louverture, Haitian Revolutionary (b. 1743)
- 1811 - Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757)
- 1823 - Jacques Charles, French chemist (b. 1746)
- 1833 - Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish politician (b. 1775)
- 1836 - William Godwin, English political writer (b. 1756)
- 1850 - William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762)
- 1858 - Anton Diabelli, Austrian music publisher, editor, and composer (b. 1781)
- 1868 - D'Arcy McGee, Canadian journalist and Father of Confederation (b. 1825)
- 1871 - Alexander Lloyd, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
- 1885 - Carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (b. 1804)
- 1891 - P. T. Barnum, American circus impresario (b. 1810)
- 1920 - Karl Binding, German jurist (b. 1841)
- 1928 - Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (b. 1873)
- 1939 - Joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)
- 1943 - Jovan Dučić, Serbian poet
- 1943 - Alexandre Millerand, President of France (b. 1859)
- 1947 - Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer and industrialist (b. 1863)
- 1950 - Walter Huston, Canadian-born actor (b. 1884)
- 1955 - Theda Bara, American film actress (b. 1885)
- 1968 - Jimmy Clark, Scottish race car driver (b. 1936)
- 1981 - Kit Lambert, British record producer and manager (The Who) (b. 1935)
- 1981 - Norman Taurog, American film director (b. 1899)
- 1982 - Brenda Benet, American actress (b. 1945)
- 1982 - Harald Ertl, Austrian racing driver (b. 1948)
- 1984 - Frank Church, U.S. Senator from Idaho (b. 1924)
- 1990 - Ronald Evans, American astronaut (b. 1933)
- 1992 - Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1903)
- 1994 - Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (b. 1923)
- 1994 - Golo Mann, German historian (b. 1909)
- 1994 - Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (b. 1953)
- 1997 - Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (b. 1923)
- 1997 - Georgi Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935)
- 1997 - Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese film producer (Godzilla) (b. 1910)
- 2001 - David Graf, American actor (b. 1950)
- 2001 - Beatrice Straight, American actress (b. 1914)
- 2002 - John Agar, American actor (b. 1921)
- 2003 - Cecile de Brunhoff, French storyteller (b. 1903)
- 2004 - Victor Argo, American actor (b. 1934)
- 2005 - Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer (b. 1922)
- 2005 - Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
- 2005 - Cliff Allison, British racing driver (b. 1932)
- 2007 - Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
- 2007 - Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1917)
Notes
William Wordsworth
Charles Fourier
Zéro de conduite
Victor Brauner
Billie Holiday
Violette Leduc
Theda Bara
P. T. Barnum
El Greco
August
Daniel Emilfork
Madeleine Laure
Donald Barthelme
Henry Ford
Francis Ford Coppola
Bronisław Malinowski
Jim Thompson
Axel Bauer
Talk:18th century in literature
Alan J. Pakula
7 April (redirect page)
History of modern literature
William Godwin
Ian Richardson
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