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Today's birthdays:
1427 - Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)
1473 - Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)
1491 - Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)
1673 - Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian linguist and scholar (d. 1723)
1684 - Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (d. 1757)
1685 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1757)
1694 - Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (d. 1758)
1757 - Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (d. 1823)
1759 - Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary leader (d. 1794)
1794 - Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (d. 1881)
1800 - Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (d. 1891)
1854 - C. W. Post, American entrepreneur (d. 1914)
1865 - Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912)
1873 - Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942)
1874 - Martin Lowry, British chemist (d. 1936)
1880 - Andrei Bely, Russian writer (d. 1934)
1883 - Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (d. 1958)
1902 - Jack Sharkey, American boxer (d. 1994)
1906 - Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (d. 1967)
1911 - Sid Gilman, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2003)
1911 - Mahalia Jackson, American singer (d. 1972)
1911 - Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet (d. 1996)
1912 - Don Siegel, American director (d. 1991)
1914 - Jackie Coogan, American actor (d. 1984)
1916 - François Mitterrand, President of France (d. 1996)
1919 - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, Shah of Iran (d. 1980)
1925 - Jan Wolkers, Dutch author
1942 - Bob Hoskins, British actor
1945 - Pat Conroy, American writer
1946 - Pat Sajak, American game show host
1947 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady of the United States and Senator from New York
1947 - Jaclyn Smith, American actress
1947 - Holly Woodlawn, Puerto Rican actress
1951 - Bootsy Collins, American musician (P Funk)
1952 - Andrew Motion, English poet
1957 - Bob Golic, American football player
1958 - Rita Wilson, American actress
1961 - Dylan McDermott, American actor
1962 - Cary Elwes, British actor
1963 - Natalie Merchant, American singer
1965 - Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Hong Kong singer and actor
1967 - Keith Urban, New Zealand singer
1971 - Anthony Rapp, American singer and actor
1973 - Seth MacFarlane, American animator, creator of Family Guy and American Dad!
1977 - Jon Heder, American actor
Letty: Here's Cary Elwes (Princess Bride & Robin Hood, Men in Tights)