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• 1328–1398Hongwu EmperorEmperor of China from 1368 to 1398
• 1917–1993Dizzy GillespieAmerican jazz trumpeter
• b. 1953Peter MandelsonBritish politician and diplomatTurns 73 this year
• 1931–2011Shammi KapoorIndian actor
• 1929–1944George StinneyBlack American wrongfully convicted of murder
• b. 1967Paul InceEnglish football player and managerTurns 59 this year
• b. 1983Amber RoseAmerican model and television personalityTurns 43 this year
• b. 1982Lee Chong WeiMalaysian badminton playerTurns 44 this year
• 1941–2025Steve CropperAmerican musician and record producer
• b. 1990Ricky RubioSpanish basketball playerTurns 36 this year
• b. 1957Steve LukatherAmerican guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producerTurns 69 this year
• 1922–2017Liliane BettencourtFrench heiress, socialite and businesswoman
• b. 1942Judy SheindlinAmerican court-show arbitratorTurns 84 this year
• 1912–1997Georg SoltiBritish conductor
• 1950–1986Ronald McNairAmerican astronaut and physicist
• b. 1958Andre GeimDutch-British physicistTurns 68 this year
• 1933–2022Paco GentoSpanish footballer
• b. 1945Nikita MikhalkovRussian filmmaker and actorTurns 81 this year
• 1894–1965Edogawa RanpoJapanese author
• b. 1955Catherine HardwickeAmerican filmmakerTurns 71 this year
• b. 1995Cameron BurgessAustralian soccer playerTurns 31 this year
• 1449–1478George Plantagenet, Duke of ClarenceEnglish magnate
• b. 1943Tariq AliBritish political activist and writerTurns 83 this year
• b. 1982Matt DallasAmerican actorTurns 44 this year
• b. 1993Kane BrownAmerican country singer and songwriterTurns 33 this year
• b. 1945Everett McGillAmerican actorTurns 81 this year
• 1790–1869Alphonse de LamartineFrench author, poet and statesman
• 1914–2010Martin GardnerAmerican mathematics and science writer
• 1930–2023Ivan SilayevSoviet and Russian politician
• 1942–2026Christopher A. SimsAmerican econometrician and macroeconomist
• b. 1992Bernard TomicAustralian tennis playerTurns 34 this year
• 1895–1958Edna PurvianceAmerican actress
• b. 1989Sam VokesWales international footballerTurns 37 this year
• b. 1959Melora WaltersAmerican actressTurns 67 this year
• 1911–1978Mary BlairAmerican artist, animator, and designer
• b. 1952Patti DavisAmerican actress and authorTurns 74 this year
• b. 1942Elvin BishopAmerican musicianTurns 84 this year
• b. 1984Kieran RichardsonEnglish footballerTurns 42 this year
• b. 1970Louis KooHong Kong actorTurns 56 this year
• 1675–1710Emperor HigashiyamaEmperor of Japan from 1687 to 1709
• b. 1992Marzia KjellbergItalian businesswomanTurns 34 this year
• b. 1985HadiseBelgian-born Turkish singerTurns 41 this year
• b. 1957Wolfgang KetterleGerman physicistTurns 69 this year
• b. 1983Charlotte SullivanCanadian actressTurns 43 this year
• b. 1940Manfred MannSouth African-born musicianTurns 86 this year
• b. 1978Will EstesAmerican actorTurns 48 this year
• 1921–2006Malcolm ArnoldEnglish composer
• b. 1983Zack GreinkeAmerican baseball playerTurns 43 this year
• b. 1965Jon Andoni GoikoetxeaSpanish footballerTurns 61 this year
• b. 1971Nick OliveriAmerican musicianTurns 55 this year
• b. 1992Natasha BassettAustralian actressTurns 34 this year
• 1581–1641DomenichinoItalian painter
• b. 1989Festus EzeliNigerian basketball playerTurns 37 this year
• 1757–1816Charles-Pierre AugereauFrench military officer
• 1650–1702Jean BartFrench admiral and privateer
• b. 1976Josh RitterAmerican musicianTurns 50 this year
• 1953–1982Keith GreenAmerican contemporary Christian musician and songwriter
• 1877–1955Oswald AveryCanadian-American physician
• b. 1959Kevin SheedyRepublic of Ireland international footballer and managerTurns 67 this year
• b. 1983Shelden WilliamsAmerican former professional basketball playerTurns 43 this year