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• b. 1985Dwight HowardAmerican basketball playerTurns 41 this year
• 1708–1765Francis I, Holy Roman EmperorHoly Roman Emperor from 1745 to 1765
• b. 1941Geoff HurstEnglish former footballerTurns 85 this year
• 1865–1957Jean SibeliusFinnish composer
• 1930–2014Maximilian SchellSwiss actor, filmmaker, and theatre director
• 1861–1938Georges MélièsFrench filmmaker and illusionist
• b. 1973Corey TaylorAmerican musicianTurns 53 this year
• 65 BC–8 BCHoraceRoman lyric poet
• 1922–2011Lucian FreudBritish painter and engraver
• 1947–2017Gregg AllmanAmerican musician
• b. 1961Ann CoulterAmerican conservative political activistTurns 65 this year
• b. 1953Norman FinkelsteinAmerican political scientistTurns 73 this year
• 1911–1976Lee J. CobbAmerican actor
• b. 1951Bill BrysonAmerican-British authorTurns 75 this year
• 1765–1825Eli WhitneyAmerican inventor
• b. 1949Nancy MeyersAmerican filmmakerTurns 77 this year
• b. 1963Wendell PierceAmerican actorTurns 63 this year
• b. 1966Les FerdinandEnglish footballer and managerTurns 60 this year
• 1864–1943Camille ClaudelFrench sculptor and graphic artist
• b. 1945John BanvilleIrish authorTurns 81 this year
• b. 1998Owen TeagueAmerican actorTurns 28 this year
• b. 1986Amir KhanBritish boxerTurns 40 this year
• b. 1962Marty FriedmanAmerican guitaristTurns 64 this year
• 1937–2010James MacArthurAmerican actor and recording artist
• b. 1965David HarewoodBritish actor and presenterTurns 61 this year
• b. 1981Philip RiversAmerican football playerTurns 45 this year
• 1953–1992Sam KinisonAmerican comedian
• b. 1982Hamit AltıntopTurkish footballerTurns 44 this year
• b. 1966Tyler ManeCanadian professional wrestlerTurns 60 this year
• 1832–1910Bjørnstjerne BjørnsonNorwegian writer
• 1927–1998Niklas LuhmannGerman sociologist
• 1916–2006Richard FleischerAmerican film director
• b. 1989Jen LedgerBritish and American drummer and singerTurns 37 this year
• b. 1966Matthew LabyorteauxAmerican film, television and voice actorTurns 60 this year
• 1894–1961James ThurberAmerican cartoonist, author, journalist, and playwright
• 1861–1947William C. DurantAmerican automotive businessman
• b. 1994Cyriel DessersNigerian footballerTurns 32 this year
• 1865–1963Jacques HadamardFrench mathematician
• 1699–1757Maria Josepha of AustriaQueen of Poland from 1733 to 1757
• 1815–1905Adolph MenzelGerman artist
• 1890–1959Bohuslav MartinůCzech composer
• 1925–2005Jimmy SmithAmerican jazz organist
• 1950–1994Dan HartmanAmerican musician
• b. 1939James GalwayIrish flute playerTurns 87 this year
• b. 1986Enzo AmoreAmerican professional wrestler and rapperTurns 40 this year
• 1894–1938E. C. SegarAmerican cartoonist
• b. 1957Phil CollenBritish guitaristTurns 69 this year
• b. 1968Michael ColeAmerican professional wrestling commentatorTurns 58 this year
• b. 1956Andrius KubiliusLithuanian politicianTurns 70 this year
• b. 1989Drew DoughtyCanadian ice hockey playerTurns 37 this year
• b. 1967Kotono MitsuishiJapanese voice actressTurns 59 this year
• 1902–1982Wifredo LamCuban artist
• b. 2002SunghoonSouth Korean singerTurns 24 this year
• b. 1947Thomas CechAmerican biochemistTurns 79 this year
• b. 1979Ingrid MichaelsonAmerican singer-songwriterTurns 47 this year
• b. 1950Rick BakerAmerican former special make-up effects creator and actorTurns 76 this year