1750 – Paul Ignaz Kürzinger, German composer and pedagogue, born in Mergentheim, Duchy of Württemberg (d. 1837)
1838 – Tobias Asser, Dutch advocate of world law (Nobel 1911), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1913)
1900 – Heinrich Müller, German Nazi, Director of the Gestapo (1939-45) and most senior Nazi official never captured or confirmed to have died, born in Munich, German Empire (d. ?)
1906 – Kurt Gödel, Austrian-American mathematician (Gödel’s incompleteness theorems), born in Brünn, Austria-Hungary (d. 1978)
1922 – William Broomfield, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan), born in Royal Oak, Michigan (d. 2019)
1926 – [Nelle] Harper Lee, American author (To Kill a Mockingbird), born in Monroeville Alabama (d. 2016)
1949 – Jerome “Jay” Apt, American astronaut (STS 37, 47, 59, 79), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
1949 – Bruno Kirby, American actor (When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers), born in Hell’s Kitchen, New York (d. 2006)
1960 – Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic powerlifter (World’s Strongest Man 1984 , 86 , 88, 90), born in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland (d. 1993)
1960 – John Cerutti, American baseball pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays) and broadcaster (Rogers Sportsnet), born in Albany, New York (d. 2004)

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1724 – Colonel Thomas Gardner, American heroic political figure and soldier, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1775)
1884 – Louis de Bree [Louis Davids], actor (De man zonder hart, The Cross-Patch, Bluejackets), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1971)
1905 – Philip Radcliffe, English composer, born in Godalming, Surrey, England (d. 1986)
1929 – Nina Ponomaryova, Russian athlete (Olympic gold USSR discus 1952, 60; bronze 1956), born in Smychka, Russia (d. 2016)
1939 – João Bernardo “Nino” Vieira, Bissau-Guinean politician (President of Guinea-Bissau, 1980-99 and 2005-09), born in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea (d. 2009)
1951 – Paul “Ace” Frehley, American rock guitarist (Kiss; Frehley’s Comet), born in The Bronx, New York City
1967 – Tommy Smith, Scottish jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator (Scottish National Jazz Orchestra), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1973 – Andre Gower, American actor (Monster Squad), born in Los Angeles, California
1978 – Adamantia Kontogiorgi, Greek actress (Erotas), born in Paris
1980 – Sybille Bammer, Austrian tennis player, born in Linz, Austria

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1873 – Otto zur Linde, German author (Charon), born in Essen, Germany (d. 1938)
1880 – Mikhail Fokine, Russian choreographer and founder of modern dance, born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1942)
1912 – A. E. van Vogt, Canadian sci-fi author (Wizard of Linn), born in Gretna, Manitoba (d. 2000)
1938 – Maurice Williams, American doo-wop singer, and songwriter (Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs – “Stay”), born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (d. 2024)
1944 – Amien Rais, Indonesian politician (leader of Muhammadiyah 1995-2000), born in Surakarta, Dutch East Indies
1947 – Donna De Varona, American swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-64), born in Greenwich, Connecticut
1967 – Kane [Glenn Jacobs], American professional wrestler, born in Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
1972 – Juanita du Plessis (née Naudé), Namibian Afrikaans country music singer (“Ska-Rumba”), born in Windhoek, South West Africa
1976 – Sarah Tueting, American ice hockey goalie (USA, Olympics 1998), born in New York City
1985 – Nam Gyu-Ri, Korean singer (member of See Ya), born in Seoul, South Korea

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