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• b. 1973Rian JohnsonAmerican filmmakerTurns 53 this year
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• b. 1946Eugene LevyCanadian actor and comedianTurns 80 this year
• b. 1945Ernie HudsonAmerican actorTurns 81 this year
• b. 1947Wes StudiCherokee actor and film producerTurns 79 this year
• b. 1978Riteish DeshmukhIndian actor and filmmakerTurns 48 this year
• 1778–1829Humphry DavyBritish chemist and inventor
• b. 1949Paul RodgersEnglish-Canadian singerTurns 77 this year
• 1874–1950William Lyon Mackenzie KingCanadian prime minister
• b. 2000Wesley FofanaFrench footballerTurns 26 this year
• 1734–1816Maria I of PortugalQueen of Portugal from 1777 to 1816
• b. 1930Armin Mueller-StahlGerman actorTurns 96 this year
• b. 1948Kemal KılıçdaroğluTurkish politicianTurns 78 this year
• 1706–1749Émilie du ChâteletFrench mathematician, physicist, and author
• b. 1994Nat WolffAmerican actor, musician, and singer-songwriterTurns 32 this year
• 1937–1969John Kennedy TooleAmerican novelist
• 1619–1682Prince Rupert of the RhineGerman-English army officer and admiral
• b. 1983Sébastien OgierFrench rally driverTurns 43 this year
• b. 1956Peter FarrellyAmerican filmmakerTurns 70 this year
• b. 1969Chuck LiddellAmerican mixed martial arts fighterTurns 57 this year
• b. 1973Paula RadcliffeBritish long-distance runnerTurns 53 this year
• 1905–1992Mohammad HidayatullahVice President of India from 1979 to 1984
• b. 1993Kiersey ClemonsAmerican actressTurns 33 this year
• 1873–1939Ford Madox FordEnglish writer and publisher
• b. 1945Jacqueline WilsonEnglish novelistTurns 81 this year
• b. 1967Gigi D'AgostinoItalian DJTurns 59 this year
• b. 1992Quinton de KockSouth African cricketerTurns 34 this year
• b. 1970Sean Patrick ThomasAmerican actorTurns 56 this year
• b. 1992Buddy HieldBahamian basketball playerTurns 34 this year
• b. 1984Shannon WoodwardAmerican actressTurns 42 this year
• b. 1958Mike MillsAmerican musicianTurns 68 this year
• b. 1988David RudishaKenyan middle-distance runnerTurns 38 this year
• 1797–1878Joseph HenryAmerican physicist and inventor
• 1934–2018Ray WilsonEnglish footballer
• 1908–1980Willard LibbyAmerican physical chemist
• 1916–2000Penelope FitzgeraldEnglish novelist and biographer
• 1842–1899Sophus LieNorwegian mathematician
• b. 1995Guerschon YabuseleFrench basketball playerTurns 31 this year
• b. 1981Tim WieseGerman footballerTurns 45 this year
• b. 2002Castello LukebaFrench footballerTurns 24 this year
• 1903–1987Erskine CaldwellAmerican novelist
• 1927–1974Richard LongAmerican actor
• b. 1936Tommy SteeleEnglish entertainerTurns 90 this year
• 1942–1987Paul ButterfieldAmerican blues harmonica player
• 1930–2010Bob GuccioneAmerican photographer, painter and publisher
• 1939–1992Eddie KendricksAmerican singer and songwriter
• b. 1997Shoma UnoJapanese figure skaterTurns 29 this year
• b. 1968Claudio SuárezMexican footballerTurns 58 this year
• b. 1989Taylor YorkAmerican guitaristTurns 37 this year
• 1807–1892John Greenleaf WhittierAmerican Quaker poet and abolitionist
• 1749–1801Domenico CimarosaItalian composer
• 1890–1920Prince Joachim of PrussiaPrussian prince
• b. 1990Graham RogersAmerican actorTurns 36 this year
• b. 1974Marissa RibisiAmerican actressTurns 52 this year
• 1937–2005Kerry PackerAustralian publishing, media and gaming tycoon
• b. 1986Emma BellAmerican actressTurns 40 this year