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Art and culture

Births

• 1832 - Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (d. 1917)
• 1890 - Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1977)
• 1901 - Alice Prin, French singer and artist (d. 1953)
• 1904 - Graham Greene, British novelist (d. 1991)
• 1904 - Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India (d.1966)
• 1907 - Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
• 1911 - Jack Finney, American author (d. 1995)
• 1913 - Karl Miller, German footballer (d. 1967)
• 1914 - Jack Parsons, American rocket scientist (d. 1952)
• 1914 - Bernarr Rainbow, historian of music education, organist, and choir master (d.1998)
• 1917 - Christian de Duve, English-born biologist, Nobel laureate
• 1917 - Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1921 - Albert Scott Crossfield, American test pilot (d. 2006)
• 1921 - Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000)
• 1926 - Jan Morris, English writer
• 1928 - George "Spanky" McFarland, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1928 - Wolfhart Pannenberg, German theologian
• 1929 - Moses Gunn, African-American actor (d. 1993)
• 1930 - Dave Barrett, Premier of British Columbia
• 1932 - Maury Wills, American baseball player
• 1934 - Earl Wilson, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1935 - Omar Sivori, Argentine football player (d. 2005)
• 1936 - Dick Barnett, American basketball player
• 1937 - Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., American attorney (d. 2005)
• 1938 - Rex Reed, American movie critic and actor
• 1938 - Waheed Murad, Pakistani film actor and director (d. 1983)
• 1943 - Franklin Rosemont, American artist
• 1945 - Don McLean, American songwriter
• 1946 - Gen.Sonthi Boonyaratglin, President of Council for National Security and Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Army
• 1948 - Avery Brooks, American actor
• 1948 - Donna Karan, American fashion designer
• 1948 - Chris LeDoux, American musician and rodeo performer (d. 2005)
• 1949 - Richard Hell, American musician
• 1949 - Annie Leibovitz, American photographer
• 1950 - Persis Khambatta, Indian actress (d. 1998)
• 1950 - Michael Rutherford, English musician (Genesis)
• 1951 - Sting, English musician and actor
• 1951 - Romina Power, Italian singer
• 1952 - Wahed Wafa, Afghan singer
• 1955 - Lorraine Bracco, American actress
• 1955 - Phil Oakey, English singer (The Human League)
• 1960 - Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1960 - Robbie Nevil, American singer and songwriter
• 1964 - Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
• 1966 - Rodney Anoa'i (Yokozuna), Samoan-American professional wrestler (d. 2000)
• 1967 - Frankie Fredericks, Namibian athlete
• 1967 - Bud Gaugh, American musician (Sublime)
• 1967 - Gillian Welch, American singer and songwriter
• 1968 - Victoria Derbyshire, British radio presenter
• 1968 - Jeff Martin, Canadian singer/songwriter
• 1968 - Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player
• 1968 - Glen Wesley, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1969 - Mitch English, American actor
• 1969 - Damon Gough, English singer
• 1970 - Colin Rivas, Galician artist
• 1970 - Kelly Ripa, American actress
• 1970 - Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress
• 1971 - James Root, American guitarist (Slipknot)
• 1971 - Tiffany, American singer
• 1972 - Tara Dawn Holland, Miss America 1997
• 1973 - Lene, Norwegian singer (Aqua)
• 1973 - Efren Ramirez, American actor
• 1973 - Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player
• 1973 - Maria Wetterstrand, Swedish politician
• 1973 - Proof, American rapper (D12) (d. 2006)
• 1974 - Paul Teutul Jr., co-star of American Chopper
• 1974 - Sam Roberts, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1974 - Simon Gregson, British actor
• 1974 - Mark Porter, New Zealand racing driver (d. 2006)
• 1976 - Mandisa, American singer
• 1976 - Jason Dodson, American political consultant and teacher of esotericism
• 1977 - Leon del Muerte, American guitarist
• 1978 - Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer
• 1979 - Francisco Fonseca, Mexican footballer
• 1979 - Maja Ivarsson, lead singer, The Sounds
• 1980 - B.Dilek Aydın, the guru of CRM, canım
• 1981 - Luke Wilkshire, Australian soccer player
• 1981 - Toro, Taiwanese singer
• 1982 - George Pettit, Canadian singer (Alexisonfire)
• 1986 - Camilla Belle, American actress
• 1987 - Dia Frampton, American singer (Meg & Dia)
• 1987 - Phil Kessel, American ice hockey player
• 1989 - George Francis Hotz, American Hacker, first iPhone hack
• 1990 - Dean Bouzanis, Australian soccer player
• 1993 - Tara Lynne Barr, American actress

Deaths

• 939 - Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine
• 1559 - Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)
• 1626 - Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (b. 1567)
• 1629 - Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1575)
• 1629 - Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584)
• 1708 - Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles, French general (b. 1650)
• 1724 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (b. 1644)
• 1746 - Josiah Burchett, English Secretary of the Admiralty
• 1764 - William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1775 - Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703)
• 1782 - Charles Lee, British and U.S. general (b. 1732)
• 1786 - Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral (b. 1725)
• 1803 - Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (b. 1722)
• 1804 - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French automobile pioneer (b. 1725)
• 1817 - Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, Russian naval commander and admiral (b. 1744)
• 1850 - Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
• 1853 - François Jean Dominique Arago, French mathematician (b. 1786)
• 1927 - Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 - Alexandru Averescu, Romanian soldier and politician (b. 1859)
• 1947 - Peter D. Ouspensky, Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1962 - Boris Y. Bukreev, Russian mathematician (b. 1859)
• 1968 - Marcel Duchamp, French artist (b. 1887)
• 1971 - Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter (b. 1911)
• 1973 - Paul Hartman, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1973 - Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
• 1974 - Vasily Shukshin, Russian writer, actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1929)
• 1975 - Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian political leader, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1903)
• 1981 - Harry Golden, American journalist (b. 1902)
• 1981 - Hazel Scott, West Indian-born singer (b. 1920)
• 1985 - Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1987 - Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1915)
• 1987 - Madeleine Carroll, British-born actress (b. 1906)
• 1988 - Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini (b. 1906)
• 1994 - Harriet Hilliard Nelson, American actress (b. 1909)
• 1996 - Robert Bourassa, politician, premier of Quebec (b. 1933)
• 1998 - Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and entrepreneur (b. 1907)
• 1998 - Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (b. 1924)
• 1999 - Heinz G. Konsalik, German novelist (b. 1921)
• 2001 - Franz Biebl, German composer (b. 1906)
• 2002 - Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-born physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)
• 2003 - John T. Dunlop, U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
• 2005 - Bert Eriksson, Belgian neo-Nazi (b. 1931)
• 2005 - Nipsey Russell, American comedian (b. 1918)
• 2005 - August Wilson, American playwright (b. 1945)
• 2006 - Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938)
• 2006 - Tamara Dobson, American actress (b. 1947)
• 2006 - Paul Halmos, Hungarian-born American mathematician (b. 1916)

Notes

   * Georges Bataille
   * Marcel Duchamp
   * Groucho Marx
   * Alice Prin
   * John Sinclair (poet)
   * Ken Marcus

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