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• 456 – Remistus, Roman general (magister militum), is besieged by a Gothic force at Ravenna and later executed in the Palace in Classis, outside the city.
• 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
• 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks.
• 1382 – Louis the Great's daughter, Mary, is crowned "king" of Hungary.
• 1462 – The Battle of Świecino (also known as the Battle of Żarnowiec) is fought during Thirteen Years' War.
• 1577 – The Peace of Bergerac is signed between Henry III of France and the Huguenots.
• 1630 – The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
• 1631 – Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
• 1683 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules": the first known description of protozoa.
• 1716 – Jean Thurel enlists in the Touraine Regiment at the age of 18, the first day of a military career that would span for over 90 years.
• 1761 – The Battle of Kosabroma is fought.
• 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
• 1776 – The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
• 1778 – The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe (the Lenape or Delaware Indians).
• 1787 – The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
• 1793 – The Battle of Peyrestortes is fought.
• 1794 – The Battle of Sprimont is fought.
• 1809 – Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War. The territory to become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn.
• 1813 – The Second Battle of Kulm is fought.
• 1814 – Francis Scott Key finishes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", later to be the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner".
• 1849 – American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.
• 1859 – Joshua A. Norton declares himself "Norton I, Emperor of the United States."
• 1861 – Battle of Pavón is fought.
• 1862 – American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history.
• 1862 – American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
• 1894 – Battle of Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
• 1900 – Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac.
• 1901 – The Battle of Blood River Poort is fought.
• 1901 – The Battle of Elands River is fought.
• 1908 – The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge. He becomes the first airplane fatality.
• 1914 – Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• 1914 – World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
• 1916 – World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
• 1924 – The Border Defence Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
• 1924 – The Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian is formed.
• 1928 – The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people. It is the third deadliest natural disaster in United States history, behind the Galveston hurricane of 1900 and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
• 1930 – The Ararat rebellion is suppressed.
• 1932 – A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident.
• 1939 – World War II: The Soviet Union joins Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland during the Polish Defensive War of 1939.
• 1939 – World War II: A German U-boat U 29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous.
• 1939 – Taisto Mäki becomes the first man to run the 10,000 metres in under 30 minutes, in a time of 29:52.6.
• 1940 – World War II: Following the German defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely.
• 1941 – World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense, restoring Vsevobuch in the face of the Great Patriotic War, is issued.
• 1941 – World War II: Soviet forces enter Teheran marking the end of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
• 1943 – World War II: The Russian city of Bryansk is liberated from Germans.
• 1944 – World War II: Allied Airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden.
• 1944 – World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro independence Estonian units.
• 1944 – World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
• 1948 – The Lehi (also known as the Stern gang) assassinates Count Folke Bernadotte, who was appointed by the United Nations to mediate between the Arab nations and Israel.
• 1948 – The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
• 1949 – The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
• 1957 – Malaysia joins the United Nations.
• 1961 – The world's first retractable-dome stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• 1965 – The Battle of Chawinda is fought between Pakistan and India.
• 1974 – Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
• 1976 – The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, is unveiled by NASA.
• 1978 – The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
• 1980 – After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
• 1980 – Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
• 1983 – Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
• 1987 – Pope John Paul II embraces an AIDS-infected boy while visiting San Francisco.
• 1991 – Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
• 1991 – The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
• 1992 – An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin, Germany.
• 2001 – The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
• 2006 – Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the long-dormant volcano in at least 10,000 years.
• 2006 – An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread protests across the country.
• 2011 – Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.

Births[edit]

• 879 – Charles the Simple, French king (d. 929)
• 1192 – Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219)
• 1550 – Pope Paul V (d. 1621)
• 1605 – Francesco Sacrati, Italian composer (d. 1650)
• 1630 – Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)
• 1639 – Hans Herr, Swiss bishop (d. 1725)
• 1674 – Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (d. 1728)
• 1677 – Stephen Hales, English physiologist and chemist, invented Forceps (d. 1761)
• 1687 – Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and scholar (d. 1772)
• 1688 – Maria Luisa of Savoy (d. 1714)
• 1730 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian general (d. 1794)
• 1739 – John Rutledge, American judge and politician, 2nd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1800)
• 1743 – Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and political scientist (d. 1794)
• 1771 – Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (d. 1816)
• 1773 – Jonathan Alder, American captain and farmer (d. 1849)
• 1783 – Nadezhda Durova, Russian officer (d. 1866)
• 1819 – Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (d. 1901)
• 1820 – Émile Augier, French playwright (d. 1889)
• 1825 – Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American politician and jurist (d. 1893)
• 1826 – Bernhard Riemann, German-Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1866)
• 1850 – Guerra Junqueiro, Portuguese lawyer, journalist, and politician (d. 1923)
• 1854 – David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick Motor Company (d. 1929)
• 1857 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (d. 1935)
• 1859 – Frank Dawson Adams, Canadian geologist and academic (d. 1942)
• 1860 – Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (d. 1934)
• 1862 – Jean de Madre, French polo player (d. 1934)
• 1864 – James Tancred, English admiral (d. 1943)
• 1868 – James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (d. 1956)
• 1869 – Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian political scientist, historian, and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938)
• 1874 – Walter Murdoch, Australian author and academic (d. 1970)
• 1878 – Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (d. 1950)
• 1878 – Antoine Védrenne, French rower (d. 1937)
• 1879 – Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (d. 1930)
• 1879 – Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian businessman, politician, and activist (d. 1973)
• 1881 – Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1955)
• 1883 – William Carlos Williams, American pediatrician and poet (d. 1963)
• 1884 – Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (d. 1920)
• 1886 – Anton Irv, Estonian military commander (d. 1919)
• 1886 – Feyhaman Duran, Turkish artist (d. 1970)
• 1890 – Gabriel Heatter, American journalist (d. 1972)
• 1892 – Hendrik Andriessen, Dutch organist and composer (d. 1981)
• 1895 – Georg Faehlmann, Russian-Estonian sailor (d. 1975)
• 1897 – Earl Webb, American baseball player and coach (d. 1965)
• 1900 – Hughie Critz, American baseball player (d. 1980)
• 1900 – J. Willard Marriott, American businessman, founded the Marriott Corporation (d. 1985)
• 1901 – Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (d. 1972)
• 1902 – Bea Miles, Australian author (d. 1973)
• 1903 – Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (d. 1984)
• 1903 – Frank O'Connor, Irish author and educator (d. 1966)
• 1903 – Minanogawa Tōzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (d. 1971)
• 1903 – Olavi Paavolainen, Finnish essayist (d. 1964)
• 1904 – Frederick Ashton, Ecuadorian-English dancer and choreographer (d. 1988)
• 1904 – Jerry Colonna, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1986)
• 1904 – Edgar G. Ulmer, Czech-American director, screenwriter, and set designer (d. 1972)
• 1905 – Vladan Desnica, Croatian novelist (d. 1967)
• 1906 – J. R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (d. 1996)
• 1906 – Edgar Wayburn, American physician and environmentalist (d. 2010)
• 1907 – Warren E. Burger, American lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1995)
• 1908 – John Creasey, English author and politician (d. 1973)
• 1908 – Rafael Israelyan, Georgian-Armenian architect, designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral (d. 1973)
• 1909 – Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator (d. 1968)
• 1912 – Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress (d. 2011)
• 1913 – M. Srikantha, Sri Lankan civil servant (d. 1982)
• 1914 – Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (d. 2008)
• 1914 – Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1996)
• 1915 – M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director (d. 2011)
• 1916 – Mary Stewart, English-Scottish author (d. 2014)
• 1917 – William Grut, Swedish pentathlete (d. 2012)
• 1917 – Ib Melchior, Danish-American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1917 – Isang Yun, South Korean-German composer and educator (d. 1995)
• 1918 – Lea Gottlieb, Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer, founded the Gottex Company (d. 2012)
• 1918 – Chaim Herzog, Irish-Israeli general and politician, 6th President of Israel (d. 1997)
• 1920 – Alan Cooley, Australian public servant (d. 1997)
• 1920 – Dinah Sheridan, English actress (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Agostinho Neto, Angolan politician, 1st President of Angola (d. 1979)
• 1923 – Ralph Sharon, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Drifting Cowboys) (d. 1953)
• 1925 – John List, American murderer (d. 2008)
• 1926 – Bill Black, American bass player (The Blue Moon Boys) (d. 1965)
• 1926 – Curtis Harrington, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Hovie Lister, American pianist (The Statesmen Quartet and Masters V) (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Jack McDuff, American singer and organist (d. 2001)
• 1927 – George Blanda, American football player (d. 2010)
• 1928 – Park Honan, American author and academic
• 1928 – Brian Matthew, English radio host
• 1928 – Roddy McDowall, English-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1998)
• 1929 – Sil Austin, American saxophonist (d. 2001)
• 1929 – David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley, Irish air marshal
• 1929 – Pat Crowley, American actress
• 1929 – Stirling Moss, English race car driver
• 1930 – David Huddleston, American actor
• 1930 – Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist and composer (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Theo Loevendie, Dutch clarinet player and composer
• 1930 – Edgar Mitchell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1930 – Jim Rohn, American philosopher and author (d. 2009)
• 1930 – Thomas P. Stafford, American general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1931 – Anne Bancroft, American actress and singer (d. 2005)
• 1931 – Jean-Claude Carrière, French actor and screenwriter
• 1932 – Robert B. Parker, American author (d. 2010)
• 1932 – Indarjit Singh, Indian-English journalist
• 1933 – Chuck Grassley, American politician
• 1933 – Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
• 1933 – Claude Provost, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 1984)
• 1934 – Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (d. 1969)
• 1935 – Ken Kesey, American author and activist (d. 2001)
• 1936 – Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Michael Hennagin, American composer and educator (d. 1993)
• 1936 – Rolv Wesenlund, Norwegian actor and singer (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Nigel Boocock, English-Australian motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
• 1937 – Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1938 – Paul Benedict, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1938 – Perry Robinson, American clarinet player and composer
• 1938 – Bobby Wine, American baseball player and coach
• 1939 – Carl Dennis, American poet and educator
• 1939 – Shelby Flint, American singer-songwriter and voice actress
• 1939 – David Souter, American lawyer and jurist
• 1940 – Lorella De Luca, Italian actress and director (d. 2014)
• 1940 – Jan Eliasson, Swedish diplomat, 4th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 1940 – Sotiris Moustakas, Cypriot-Greek actor (d. 2007)
• 1940 – Gilberto Parlotti, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 1972)
• 1941 – Bob Matsui, American lawyer and politician (d. 2005)
• 1942 – Robert Graysmith, American author and illustrator
• 1942 – Des Lynam, Irish-born British journalist and author
• 1942 – Lupe Ontiveros, American actress and producer (d. 2012)
• 1944 – Les Emmerson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Five Man Electrical Band)
• 1944 – Reinhold Messner, Italian mountaineer and explorer
• 1945 – David Emerson, Canadian economist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada
• 1945 – Phil Jackson, American basketball player and coach
• 1945 – Bruce Spence, New Zealand actor
• 1945 – Bhakti Charu Swami, Indian religious leader
• 1946 – Billy Bonds, English footballer and manager
• 1946 – Heimar Lenk, Estonian journalist and politician
• 1947 – Tessa Jowell, English politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
• 1947 – Gail Carson Levine, American author
• 1947 – Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
• 1948 – Karl Alber, German footballer
• 1948 – Raphy Leavitt, Puerto Rican-American accordion player and composer (d. 2015)
• 1948 – Kemal Monteno, Bosnian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
• 1948 – John Ritter, American actor and producer (d. 2003)
• 1949 – Ron Stevens, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
• 1950 – Narendra Modi, Indian politician, 15th Prime Minister of India
• 1950 – Fee Waybill, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Tubes)
• 1951 – Russell Brown, Scottish politician
• 1951 – Piet Kleine, Dutch speed skater
• 1951 – Cassandra Peterson, American actress, television host, and producer
• 1953 – Tamasin Day-Lewis, English chef and author
• 1953 – Altaf Hussain, Pakistani-English politician
• 1953 – Rita Rudner, American actress and screenwriter
• 1953 – Steve Williams, Welsh drummer and songwriter (Budgie)
• 1954 – Joël-François Durand, French pianist and composer
• 1955 – Charles Martinet, American voice actor
• 1955 – Scott Simpson, American golfer
• 1955 – Brendan O'Carroll, Irish actor and writer
• 1956 – Thad Bosley, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 – Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Yothu Yindi) (d. 2013)
• 1957 – David Bintley, English ballet dancer and director
• 1957 – Steve Bryles, American politician (d. 2012)
• 1958 – Janez Janša, Slovenian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Slovenia
• 1958 – Tom Waddell, Scottish-American baseball player
• 1959 – Charles Lawson, Irish actor
• 1960 – John Bottomley, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
• 1960 – Kevin Clash, American voice actor and puppeteer
• 1960 – John Franco, American baseball player
• 1960 – Damon Hill, English race car driver
• 1960 – Alan Krueger, American economist and academic
• 1961 – Jim Cornette, American wrestling manager and sportscaster
• 1961 – Nives Meroi, Italian mountaineer
• 1961 – Ty Tabor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (King's X, Platypus, and The Jelly Jam)
• 1962 – Jonathan Lord, English politician
• 1962 – Baz Luhrmann, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Hesham Qandil, Egyptian engineer and politician, 51st Prime Minister of Egypt
• 1962 – BeBe Winans, American singer-songwriter and producer (BeBe & CeCe Winans)
• 1963 – Masahiro Chono, American-Japanese wrestler
• 1963 – William Shockley, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 – James Urbaniak, American actor
• 1965 – Kyle Chandler, American actor and producer
• 1965 – Kim Davis, American clerk
• 1965 – Yuji Naka, Japanese video game designer, created Sonic the Hedgehog
• 1965 – Guy Picciotto, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Rites of Spring, Fugazi, Happy Go Licky, and One Last Wish)
• 1965 – Bryan Singer, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 – Doug E. Fresh, American rapper and producer
• 1966 – Stéphane Rousseau, Canadian actor
• 1967 – Michael Carbajal, American boxer
• 1967 – Koen Wauters, Flemish singer-songwriter and actor (Clouseau)
• 1967 – Malik Yoba, American actor and singer
• 1968 – Akhenaton, French rapper and producer
• 1968 – Anastacia, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1968 – Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece
• 1968 – Lord Jamar, American rapper and actor (Brand Nubian)
• 1968 – Jonn Penney, English singer (Ned's Atomic Dustbin)
• 1968 – Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
• 1969 – Steady B, American rapper
• 1969 – Adam Devlin, English guitarist and songwriter (The Bluetones)
• 1969 – Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player
• 1969 – Keith Flint, English singer-songwriter (The Prodigy and Flint)
• 1969 – Greg King, New Zealand lawyer (d. 2012)
• 1969 – Tarvo Seeman, Estonian chess player
• 1969 – Matthew Settle, American actor
• 1970 – Mark Brunell, American football player and coach
• 1970 – Jim Conroy, American voice actor
• 1971 – Nate Berkus, American interior designer and television host
• 1971 – Mike Catt, South African-English rugby player
• 1971 – Adriana Karembeu, Slovak model and actress
• 1971 – Mauro Milanese, Italian footballer
• 1971 – Jens Voigt, German professional cyclist
• 1971 – Ian Whyte, Welsh basketball player and actor
• 1972 – Bobby Lee, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Diego Albanese, Argentinian rugby player
• 1973 – Ada Choi, Hong Kong actress
• 1973 – Demis Nikolaidis, Greek footballer
• 1974 – Mirah, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Microphones)
• 1974 – DJ Babu, Filipino-American DJ
• 1974 – Tormod Granheim, Norwegian skier
• 1974 – Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player and coach
• 1975 – Pumpkinhead, American rapper (d. 2015)
• 1975 – Wilko de Vogt, Dutch footballer
• 1975 – Jade Esteban Estrada, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1975 – Jimmie Johnson, American race car driver
• 1975 – Constantine Maroulis, American singer-songwriter and actor (Pray for the Soul of Betty)
• 1975 – Austin St. John, American actor and martial artist
• 1976 – Peja, Polish rapper and producer (Slums Attack)
• 1976 – Daniella Rush, Czech porn actress
• 1977 – Anna Marie Cseh, Hungarian-English model and actress
• 1977 – Genaro García, Mexican boxer (d. 2013)
• 1977 – Yelena Godina, Russian volleyball player
• 1977 – Simone Perrotta, Italian footballer
• 1978 – Sheeri Cabral, American computer scientist
• 1978 – Shawn Horcoff, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Steffen Algreen, Danish footballer
• 1979 – Akin Ayodele, American football player
• 1979 – Chuck Comeau, Canadian drummer (Simple Plan and Reset)
• 1979 – Billy Miller, American actor
• 1980 – Dan Haren, American baseball player
• 1980 – Shabana Mahmood, English lawyer and politician
• 1980 – Oliver Risser, Namibian footballer
• 1981 – Casey Janssen, American baseball player
• 1981 – Bakari Koné, Ivorian footballer
• 1981 – Francis Manioru, Solomon sprinter
• 1982 – Francine Prieto, Filipino actress
• 1982 – Hope Larson, American illustrator
• 1982 – Garth Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Wade Robson, Australian dancer and choreographer
• 1983 – Aiza Seguerra, Filipino actress and singer
• 1983 – Jennifer Peña, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1983 – RJ Jimenez, Filipino singer
• 1984 – Domenico Citro, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Mary Descenza, American swimmer
• 1984 – De La Ghetto, American-Puerto Rican singer-songwriter (Arcángel & De La Ghetto)
• 1984 – John Kucera, Canadian skier
• 1984 – Patrick van Luijk, Dutch sprinter
• 1984 – Eugenia Volodina, Russian model
• 1985 – Tomáš Berdych, Czech tennis player
• 1985 – Brendan Clarke, Irish footballer
• 1985 – José Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 – Alexander Ovechkin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Mason Raymond, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala, Tongan royal and Crown Prince of Tonga
• 1985 – Jon Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Panic! at the Disco and The Young Veins)
• 1986 – Paolo De Ceglie, Italian footballer
• 1986 – Ravichandran Ashwin, Indian Cricketer
• 1986 – Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Japanese voice actor
• 1986 – Yussef Suleiman, Syrian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1987 – Paul Huntington, English footballer
• 1987 – Yang Ko-han, Taiwanese actress (d. 2015)
• 1989 – Kate Deines, American soccer player
• 1990 – Sean Scannell, English footballer
• 1991 – Ryan Bolden, American baseball player (d. 2014)
• 1991 – Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese golfer
• 1991 – Justyna Jegiołka, Polish tennis player
• 1991 – Minako Kotobuki, Japanese voice actress and singer (Sphere)
• 1996 – Ella Purnell, English actress
• 1999 – Daniel Huttlestone, English actor and singer