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• b. 2002Joe ScallyAmerican soccer playerTurns 24 this year
• 1378–1458Pope Callixtus IIIHead of the Catholic Church from 1455 to 1458
• 695–715Muhammad ibn al-QasimUmayyad general and governor of Sindh
• b. 1995Gabby DouglasAmerican artistic gymnastTurns 31 this year
• 1878–1966Elizabeth ArdenCanadian-American businesswoman
• 1572–1617Emperor Go-YōzeiEmperor of Japan from 1586 to 1611
• 1830–1895Isma'il Pasha of EgyptKhedive of Egypt and Sudan from 1863 to 1879
• b. 1968Junot DíazDominican-American writer and academicTurns 58 this year
• 1930–2008OdettaAmerican singer
• 1838–1929Émile LoubetPresident of France from 1899 to 1906
• b. 1999Calvin BasseyNigerian footballerTurns 27 this year
• 1947–2023Rita LeeBrazilian musician, author, actress and television host
• b. 1997Cameron Carter-VickersProfessional soccer playerTurns 29 this year
• b. 1954Hermann TilkeGerman engineer, racing driver and F1 circuit designerTurns 72 this year
• b. 2000Alycia ParksAmerican tennis playerTurns 26 this year
• b. 1979Ricky WhittleEnglish actorTurns 47 this year
• b. 1972Grégory CoupetFrench footballerTurns 54 this year
• b. 1964Michael McDonaldAmerican comedian and actorTurns 62 this year
• b. 1980Richie McCawNew Zealand international rugby union playerTurns 46 this year
• 1805–1876Marie d'AgoultFranco-German romantic author and historian
• b. 2002Sophia LafortezaFilipina and American singerTurns 24 this year
• b. 1971Brent BarryAmerican basketball playerTurns 55 this year
• 1763–1806Pierre-Charles VilleneuveFrench Navy officer
• b. 1945Connie WillisAmerican science fiction writerTurns 81 this year
• b. 1953Jane BadlerAmerican actress and singerTurns 73 this year
• 1550–1588Henri I, Duke of GuiseDuke of Guise
• 1885–1970Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-HolsteinDuchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1905 to 1918
• 1933–2005Edward BunkerAmerican novelist, screenwriter, and actor
• b. 1961Nina Li ChiHong Kong actressTurns 65 this year
• 1842–1931Giovanni BoldiniItalian painter
• 1878–1937Horacio QuirogaUruguayan writer
• b. 1965Tony DorigoAssociation football playerTurns 61 this year
• b. 1937Avram HershkoHungarian-Israeli biochemistTurns 89 this year
• 1668–1738Herman BoerhaaveDutch botanist and physician
• 1948–2014Sandy JardineScottish professional footballer
• b. 1959Baron WaqaPresident of Nauru from 2013 to 2019Turns 67 this year
• b. 1987Javaris CrittentonAmerican basketball playerTurns 39 this year
• 1912–1993John FrostBritish Army general
• b. 1974Tony KanaanBrazilian racing driverTurns 52 this year
• 1952–2020Vaughan JonesNew Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist
• b. 1997Bright Osayi-SamuelNigerian footballerTurns 29 this year
• 1855–1912Giovanni PascoliItalian poet and classical scholar
• b. 1999Leif DavisEnglish footballerTurns 27 this year
• 1930–2010Jaime EscalanteBolivian educator, teacher and mathematician
• b. 1985Jan SmitMusical artistTurns 41 this year
• 1920–1999Rex AllenAmerican film actor, singer and songwriter
• b. 1991ND StevensonAmerican cartoonist and producerTurns 35 this year
• 1881–1955Max PechsteinGerman painter
• b. 1959Paul WesterbergAmerican musicianTurns 67 this year
• b. 1951Kenny RobertsAmerican motorcycle racerTurns 75 this year
• b. 2001Katie VolynetsAmerican tennis playerTurns 25 this year
• 1938–1995Rosalind CashAmerican actress
• 1504–1538Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of SavoyDuchess consort of Savoy
• b. 1987Nemanja NikolićHungarian footballerTurns 39 this year
• b. 1991DjenéTogolese footballerTurns 35 this year
• b. 1997Ludovic BlasFrench footballerTurns 29 this year
• 1925–2003Daphne OramBritish composer and electronic musician