- 1463 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (d. 1512)--
- 1496 - Claude, Duke of Guise, French soldier (d. 1550)
- 1616 - Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)
- 1620 - Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)
- 1632 - Sir Christopher Wren, English architect (d. 1723)
- 1656 - Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746)
- 1660 - Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1723)
- 1677 - Stanislaus I Leszczyński, King of Poland (d. 1766)
- 1700 - Charlotte Aglaé of Orléans, Duchess of Modena (d. 1761)
- 1711 - Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (d. 1795)
- 1719 - Gottfried Achenwall, German statistician (d. 1772)
- 1759 - Chauncey Goodrich, U.S. Senator from Connecticut (d. 1815)
- 1780 - Pauline Bonaparte, princess Borghese, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1825)
- 1784 - Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1865)
- 1785 - George Ormerod, English historian and antiquarian (d. 1873)
- 1808 - Karl Andree, German geographer (d. 1875)
- 1819 - The Báb, Persian founder of the Bábí Faith (d. 1850)
- 1819 - Carl Mikuli, Polish pianist (d. 1897)
- 1822 - Thomas Hughes, English novelist (d. 1896)
- 1832 - Constantin Lipsius, German architect (d. 1894)
- 1854 - Arthur Rimbaud, French poet (d. 1891)
- 1858 - John Burns, English politician (d. 1943)
- 1859 - John Dewey, American philosopher (d. 1952)
- 1864 - James F. Hinkle, American politician, sixth Governor of New Mexico (d. 1951)
- 1874 - Charles Ives, American composer (d. 1954)
- 1882 - Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1956)
- 1889 - Margaret Dumont, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1890 - Jelly Roll Morton, American composer (d. 1941)
- 1891 - James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
- 1891 - Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya (d. 1978)
- 1893 - Charley Chase, American comedian (d. 1940)
- 1894 - Olive Thomas, American actress (d. 1920)
- 1895 - Rex Ingram, American actor (d. 1969)
- 1897 - Crown Prince Eun of Korea (d. 1970)
- 1900 - Wayne Morse, U.S. Senator from Oregon (d. 1974)
- 1904 - Anna Neagle, English actress (d. 1986)
- 1904 - Tommy Clement Douglas, Canadian politician (d. 1986)
- 1905 - Ellery Queen, pseudonym of two American writers (d. 1982)
- 1907 - Arlene Francis, American television personality (d. 2001)
- 1909 - Sugiyama Yasushi, Japanese painter (d. 1993)
- 1913 - Grandpa Jones, American banjo player and singer (d. 1998)
- 1914 - Fayard Nicholas, American dancer (d. 2006)
- 1917 - Jean-Pierre Melville, French director (d. 1973)
- 1918 - Robert Lochner, German journalist (d. 2003)
- 1919 - Tracy Hall, American inventor (d. 2008)
- 1922 - John Anderson, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1923 - Robert Craft, American conductor
- 1925 - Art Buchwald, American humorist (d. 2007)
- 1925 - Tom Dowd, American recording engineer (d. 2002)
- 1925 - Roger Hanin, French actor
- 1931 - Richard Caliguiri, American politician (d. 1988)
- 1931 - Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (d. 1995)
- 1932 - Rosey Brown, American football player (d. 2004)
- 1932 - William Christopher, American actor (M*A*S*H)
- 1934 - Eddie Harris, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1996)
- 1934 - Michiko, empress of Japan
- 1935 - Jerry Orbach, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1937 - Juan Marichal, Dominican baseball player
- 1937 - Wanda Jackson, American rock and rockabilly singer
- 1938 - Iain Macmillan, Abbey Road photographer (d. 2006)
- 1940 - Kathy Kirby, British singer
- 1940 - Robert Pinsky, American poet and Poet Laureate of the United States
- 1942 - Earl Hindman, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1942 - Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1943 - Dunja Vejzovic, Croatian soprano
- 1944 - David Mancuso, American disc jockey
- 1946 - Lewis Grizzard, American writer and humorist (d. 1994)
- 1946 - Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1946 - Lucien Van Impe, Belgian cyclist
- 1949 - Valeri Borzov, Ukrainian athlete
- 1950 - Tom Petty, American musician
- 1951 - Patrick Hall, British politician
- 1951 - Leif Pagrotsky, Swedish politician
- 1951 - Claudio Ranieri, Italian football player and manager
- 1953 - Keith Hernandez, American baseball player
- 1953 - Bill Nunn, American actor
- 1954 - Steve Orich, orchestrator
- 1954 - Günter Müller, German sound artist, improvisor and percussionist
- 1955 - Thomas Newman, American composer
- 1955 - David Profumo, English novelist
- 1955 - Aaron Pryor, American boxer
- 1956 - Danny Boyle, English film director
- 1957 - Susanna Haavisto, Finnish actress and singer
- 1958 - Valerie Faris, American film director
- 1958 - Lynn Flewelling, American fantasy author
- 1958 - Scott Hall, American professional wrestler
- 1958 - Mark King, English musician and singer (Level 42)
- 1958 - Dave Krieg, American football player
- 1958 - Viggo Mortensen, American actor
- 1958 - Ivo Pogorelic, Croatian pianist
- 1958 - Dave Finlay, Irish professional wrestler
- 1960 - Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (d. 2004)
- 1960 - Lepa Brena, famous Yugoslav singer
- 1961 - Ian Rush, Welsh footballer
- 1961 - Michie Tomizawa, Japanese voice actress
- 1962 - David M. Evans, American screenwriter and film director
- 1962 - Dave Wong, Hong Kong/Taiwanese singer-songwriter
- 1963 - Julie Payette, Canadian astronaut
- 1963 - Nikos Tsiantakis, Greek footballer
- 1965 - Norman Blake, Scottish musician
- 1965 - Jil Caplan, French singer and songwriter
- 1965 - Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1965 - William Zabka, American actor
- 1966 - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Al-Qaeda leader (d. 2006)
- 1966 - Allan Donald, South African cricketer
- 1966 - Stefan Raab, German entertainer
- 1966 - Patrick J. Volkerding, Founder and maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution
- 1967 - Luigi Lo Cascio, Italian actor
- 1967 - Luck Mervil, Québécois actor and singer
- 1967 - Marco Ngai, Hong Kong actor
- 1969 - Juan González, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1969 - Laurie Daley, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1969 - Lambros Papakostas, Greek high jumper
- 1970 - Chavo Guerrero, Jr., American professional wrestler
- 1970 - Michelle Malkin, American political commentator and author
- 1971 - Dannii Minogue, Australian singer
- 1971 - Snoop Dogg, American rapper
- 1972 - Will Greenwood, England rugby union player
- 1976 - Tom Wisniewski, American guitarist (MxPx)
- 1977 - Matt Jansen, English footballer
- 1977 - Leila Josefowicz, Canadian classical violinist
- 1978 - Virender Sehwag, Indian cricketer
- 1978 - Paul Wilson, Irish bass player (Snow Patrol)
- 1978 - Michael Johns, American Idol (season 7) finalist
- 1979 - Paul Ifill, Barbadian footballer
- 1979 - John Krasinski, American actor
- 1979 - Paul O'Connell, Irish rugby player
- 1980 - Gary Jarman, English musician
- 1980 - Jose Veras, Dominican baseball player
- 1981 - Willis McGahee, American football player
- 1981 - Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1981 - Francisco Javier Rodríguez, Mexican footballer
- 1982 - Yasser Al-Qahtani, Saudi footballer
- 1982 - Becky Brewerton, Welsh golfer
- 1983 - Alex Nackman, musician
- 1983 - Luis Saritama, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1983 - Takayuki Yamada, Japanese actor
- 1984 - Florent Sinama-Pongolle, French footballer
- 1984 - Andrew Trimble, Northern Irish rugby player for Irish rugby team
- 1985 - Jennifer Nicole Freeman, American actress
- 1985 - Dominic McGuire, American basketball player
- 1985 - James Sutton, British racing driver
- 1986 - Priyanka Sharma, Indian actress
- 1988 - Risa Niigaki, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
- 1994 - Morgan Featherstone, Australian model
Holidays and observances
- Christianity - the feast day of martyr Andrew of Crete, Caprasius of Agen
- October 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Bahá'í Faith - Holy Day - Birth of the Báb
- French Republican Calendar - Orge (Barley) Day, twenty-ninth day in the Month of Vendémiaire
Today after the lunch at KFC ....My classmate give a lil surprise ....a chocolate cake

Yea...whatever.....my next b'day cake have to be special :P
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