1495 John Bale, English bishop and historian (d. 1563)

1567 Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (d. 1621)

1631 Catharina Questiers, Dutch poet (d. 1669)

1692 Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (d. 1768)

1694 Voltaire, French writer and philosopher (d. 1778)

1718 Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, German composer, critic, and theorist (d. 1795)

1729 Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 6th Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1795)

1760 Joseph Plumb Martin, American sergeant (d. 1850)

1768 Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologian, philosopher, and scholar (d. 1834)

1785 William Beaumont, American surgeon, "Father of Gastric Physiology" (d. 1853)

1787 Samuel Cunard, Canadian businessman, founded the Cunard Line (d. 1865)

1811 Ludwik Gorzkowski, Polish politician, physicist, and revolutionary activist (d. 1857)

1818 Lewis H. Morgan, American lawyer, anthropologist, and theorist (d. 1881)

1834 Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier (d. 1916)

1840 Victoria, Princess Royal of England (d. 1901)

1851 Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Belgian cardinal and theologian (d. 1926)

1852 Francisco Tárrega, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1909)

1853 Hussein Kamel of Egypt (d. 1917)

1854 Pope Benedict XV (d. 1922)

1866 Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Norwegian poet and author (d. 1900)

1866 Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Makuuchi # Yokozuna (d. 1914)

1870 Alexander Berkman, Lithuanian-American activist and author (d. 1936)

1870 Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (d. 1946)

1870 Stanley Jackson (cricketer), English cricketer and politician (d. 1947)

1876 Olav Duun, Norwegian author and educator (d. 1939)

1877 Sigfrid Karg-Elert, German composer and educator (d. 1933)

1878 Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer and politician, Federal Ministry of Justice (Germany) (d. 1949)

1886 Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (d. 1968)

1894 Cecil M. Harden, American politician (d. 1984)

1897 Mollie Steimer, Russian-American activist (d. 1980)

1898 René Magritte, Belgian painter (d. 1967)

1899 Jobyna Ralston, American actress (d. 1967)

1899 Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st List of Chief Ministers of Odisha (d. 1987)

1902 Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (d. 1985)

1902 Mikhail Suslov, Russian soldier, economist, and politician (d. 1982)

1903 Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (d. 1991)

1904 Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1969)

1905 Georgina Battiscombe, British biographer (d. 2006)

1907 Buck Ram, American songwriter and music producer (d. 1991)

1908 Leo Politi, Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1996)

1908 Elizabeth George Speare, American author and educator (d. 1994)

1912 Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (d. 1982)

1913 John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985)

1913 Roy Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)

1913 Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician, author, and academic (d. 1975)

1914 Nusret Fişek, Turkish physician and politician, Ministry of Health (Turkey) (d. 1990)

1914 Henri Laborit, French physician and philosopher (d. 1995)

1915 Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach (d. 1973)

1916 Sid Luckman, American football player and soldier (d. 1998)

1917 Chung Il-kwon, Korean politician, diplomat, and soldier (d. 1994)

1919 Paul Bogart, American director and producer (d. 2012)

1920 Ralph Meeker, American actor (d. 1988)

1920 Stan Musial, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)

1921 Donald Sheldon, American pilot (d. 1975)

1922 Abe Lemons, American basketball player and coach (d. 2002)

1924 Joseph Campanella, American actor (d. 2018)

1924 Milka Planinc, Yugoslav politician, 28th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 2010)

1924 Christopher Tolkien, English author and academic (d. 2020)

1925 Veljko Kadijević, Croatian general and politician, 5th Ministry of Defense (Yugoslavia) (d. 2014)

1926 Matti Ranin, Finnish actor (d. 2013)

1926 William Wakefield Baum, American cardinal (d. 2015)

1927 Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman (d. 2008)

1929 Marilyn French, American author and academic (d. 2009)

1929 Laurier LaPierre, Canadian historian, journalist, and politician (d. 2012)

1930 Marjan Rožanc, Slovenian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1990)

1931 Lewis Binford, American archaeologist and academic (d. 2011)

1931 Revaz Dogonadze, Georgian chemist and physicist (d. 1985)

1931 Stanley Kalms, Baron Kalms, English businessman

1931 Malcolm Williamson, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2003)

1932 Beryl Bainbridge, English author and screenwriter (d. 2010)

1932 Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish composer (d. 2016)

1933 Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2014)

1933 Jean Shepard, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2016)

1933 Etta Zuber Falconer, American educator and mathematician (d. 2002)

1934 Laurence Luckinbill, American actor, director, and playwright

1934 Peter Philpott, Australian cricketer (d. 2021)

1936 Victor Chang, Chinese-Australian surgeon (d. 1991)

1937 John Kerin, Australian politician (d. 2023)

1937 Ingrid Pitt, Polish-English actress (d. 2010)

1937 Marlo Thomas, American actress, producer, and activist

1939 R. Budd Dwyer, American educator and politician, 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania (d. 1987)

1940 Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (d. 2010)

1940 Terry Dischinger, American basketball player (d. 2023)

1940 Richard Marcinko, American commander and author (d. 2021)

1940 Natalia Makarova, Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress

1941 Juliet Mills, English-American actress

1941 David Porter (musician), American songwriter, musician, and producer

1942 Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German educator and politician

1943 Phil Bredesen, American businessman and politician, 48th Governor of Tennessee

1943 Jacques Laffite, French race car driver

1944 Dick Durbin, American lawyer and politician

1944 Earl Monroe, American basketball player

1944 Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)

1945 Vincent Di Fate, American artist

1945 Goldie Hawn, American actress, singer, and producer

1948 Alphonse Mouzon, American jazz drummer (d. 2016)

1948 Michel Suleiman, Lebanese general and politician, 16th President of Lebanon

1950 Hisham Barakat, Egyptian lawyer and judge (d. 2015)

1950 Livingston Taylor, American singer-songwriter and musician

1952 Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch, Welsh banker and politician

1952 Janne Kristiansen, Norwegian lawyer and jurist

1952 Lorna Luft, American actress and singer

1953 Tina Brown, English-American journalist and author

1954 Fiona Pitt-Kethley, English journalist, author, and poet

1955 Peter Koppes, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

1955 Glenn Ridge, Australian radio and television host and producer

1956 Cherry Jones, American actress

1959 Sergei Ratnikov, Estonian footballer and manager

1960 Mark Bailey (rugby union), English rugby player, author, and educator

1960 Brian McNamara, American actor, director, and producer

1960 Brian Ritchie, American bass player and songwriter

1961 João Domingos Pinto, Portuguese footballer and manager

1962 Steven Curtis Chapman, American Christian music singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, author, and social activist

1962 Alan Smith (footballer, born 1962), English football player

1963 Dave Molyneux, Manx motorcycle racer

1963 Nicollette Sheridan, English actress

1964 Shane Douglas, American wrestler and manager

1964 Olden Polynice, Haitian-American basketball player and coach

1964 Liza Tarbuck, English actress, television and radio presenter

1965 Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter

1965 Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (d. 1993)

1966 Troy Aikman, American football player and sportscaster

1966 Evgeny Bareev, Russian chess player and coach

1966 Thanasis Kolitsidakis, Greek footballer

1967 Ken Block, American race car driver (d. 2023)

1967 Tripp Cromer, American baseball player

1967 Toshihiko Koga, Japanese martial artist

1967 Amanda Lepore, American model and singer

1968 Jan Bertels, Belgian politician

1968 Andy Caddick, New Zealand-English cricketer

1968 Alex James (musician), English singer-songwriter, bass player

1968 Antonio Tarver, American boxer, sportscaster, and actor

1969 Ken Griffey Jr., American baseball player and actor

1970 Karen Davila, Filipino journalist

1970 Justin Langer, Australian cricketer and coach

1971 Michael Strahan, American football player, actor, and talk show host

1972 Rich Johnston, English author and critic

1972 Rain Phoenix, American actress and singer

1974 Marina de Tavira, Mexican actress

1975 Jimmi Simpson, American actor

1976 Mihaela Botezan, Romanian long-distance runner

1976 Saleem Elahi, Pakistani cricketer

1976 Martin Meichelbeck, German footballer

1976 Daniel Whiston, English figure skater

1976 Michael Wilson (Australian footballer), Australian footballer

1977 Michael Batiste, American basketball player

1977 Yolande James, Canadian lawyer and politician

1977 Jonas Jennings, American football player

1978 Daniel Bradshaw, Australian footballer

1978 Lucía Jiménez, Spanish actress and singer

1979 Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer

1979 Stromile Swift, American basketball player

1979 Alex Tanguay, Canadian ice hockey player

1980 Hank Blalock, American baseball player

1980 Alec Brownstein, American author and director

1980 Leonardo González (Costa Rican footballer), Costa Rican footballer

1981 Wesley Britt, American football player

1981 Ainārs Kovals, Latvian javelin thrower

1981 Jonny Magallón, Mexican footballer

1982 Ioana Ciolacu, Romanian fashion designer

1982 Georgios Kalogiannidis, Greek archer

1982 John Lucas III, American basketball player and coach

1983 Brie Bella, American wrestler and television personality

1983 Nikki Bella, American wrestler and television personality

1984 Álvaro Bautista, Spanish motorcycle racer

1984 Josh Boone (basketball), American basketball player

1984 Lindsey Haun, American actress, singer, and director

1984 Jena Malone, American actress and singer

1985 Carly Rae Jepsen, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

1985 Jesús Navas, Spanish footballer

1985 Nicola Silvestri, Italian footballer

1986 Colleen Ballinger, American YouTuber, comedian, actress, and singer

1986 Ben Bishop, American ice hockey player

1986 Kristof Goddaert, Belgian cyclist (d. 2014)

1986 Sam Palladio, English actor and musician

1987 Stefan Glarner, Swiss footballer

1987 Eesha Karavade, Indian chess player

1987 Karl Stollery, Canadian ice hockey player

1988 Larry Sanders (basketball), American basketball player

1988 Len Väljas, Canadian skier

1988 Preston Zimmerman, American soccer player

1989 Will Buckley (footballer), English footballer

1989 Dárvin Chávez, Mexican footballer

1989 Fabian Delph, English footballer

1989 José Pirela, Venezuelan baseball player

1989 Chris Singleton (basketball, born 1989), American basketball player

1989 Justin Tucker, American football player

1990 Dani King, English cyclist

1990 Georgie Twigg, English field hockey player

1991 Almaz Ayana, Ethiopian sprinter

1991 Lewis Dunk, English footballer

1991 Peni Terepo, New Zealand rugby league player

1994 Andreas Johnsson, Swedish ice hockey player

1994 Saúl Ñíguez, Spanish footballer

1994 Wyatt Teller, American football player

1995 Chris Chiozza, American basketball player

1995 Vladislav Gavrikov, Russian ice hockey player

1997 Reo Hatate, Japanese footballer

1998 Vangelis Pavlidis, Greek footballer

1999 Jaelin Howell, American soccer player

2000 Isabel May, American actress

2000 Matt O'Riley, English-Danish footballer

2004 Rico Lewis, English footballer

615 Columbanus, Irish missionary and saint (b. 543)

933 Al-Tahawi, Arab imam and scholar (b. 853)

1011 Emperor Reizei, emperor of Japan (b. 950)

1136 William de Corbeil, English archbishop (b. 1070)

1150 García Ramírez of Navarre (b. 1112)

1325 Yury of Moscow, Prince of Moscow and Vladimir

1361 Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1346)

1555 Georgius Agricola, German mineralogist, philologist, and scholar (b. 1490)

1566 Annibale Caro, Italian poet and author (b. 1507)

1579 Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier (b. 1519)

1639 Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (b. 1583)

1652 Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)

1695 Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (b. 1659)

1710 Bernardo Pasquini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1637)

1775 John Hill (botanist), English botanist and author (b. 1719)

1782 Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (b. 1709)

1811 Heinrich von Kleist, German poet and author (b. 1777)

1844 Ivan Krylov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1769)

1859 Yoshida Shōin, Japanese academic and politician (b. 1830)

1861 Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, French priest and activist (b. 1802)

1870 Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech historian and poet (b. 1811)

1874 Marià Fortuny, Spanish painter (b. 1838)

1881 Ami Boué, German-Austrian geologist and ethnographer (b. 1794)

1899 Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)

1907 Harry Boyle (cricketer), Australian cricketer (b. 1847)

1907 Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)

1908 Carl Friedrich Schmidt (1832), German-Russian geologist and botanist (b. 1832)

1909 Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (b. 1851)

1916 Franz Joseph I of Austria (b. 1830)

1922 Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican journalist and activist (b. 1874)

1926 Edward Cummins, American golfer (b. 1886)

1928 Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (b. 1858)

1934 John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1876)

1938 Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1870)

1941 Henrietta Vinton Davis, American actress and playwright (b. 1860)

1942 Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician, List of foreign ministers of Austria-Hungary (b. 1863)

1942 J. B. M. Hertzog, South African general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1866)

1943 Winifred Carney, Irish suffragist, trade unionist, and Irish republican (b. 1887)

1945 Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (b. 1889)

1945 Al Davis (boxer), American boxer (b. 1920)

1945 Ellen Glasgow, American author (b. 1873)

1945 Alexander Patch, American general (b. 1889)

1947 William McCormack, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1879)

1951 Jean Trescases, French soldier who died during the Indochina War

1953 Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver (b. 1903)

1953 António Cabreira, Portuguese polygraph (b. 1868)

1953 Larry Shields, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1893)

1957 Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines (b. 1873)

1958 Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1909)

1959 Max Baer (boxer), American boxer, referee, and actor (b. 1909)

1962 Frank Amyot, Canadian canoeist (b. 1904)

1963 Artur Lemba, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1885)

1963 Robert Stroud, American ornithologist and author (b. 1890)

1964 Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate (b. 1905)

1967 C. M. Eddy, Jr., American author (b. 1896)

1970 Newsy Lalonde, Canadian lacrosse and ice hockey player (b. 1887)

1970 C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (b. 1888)

1973 Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician (b. 1902)

1974 John B. Gambling, American radio host (b. 1897)

1974 Frank Martin (composer), Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (b. 1890)

1975 Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic author (b. 1889)

1980 Sara García, Mexican actress (b. 1895)

1981 Harry von Zell, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)

1982 John Hargrave, English activist and author (b. 1894)

1984 Ben Wilson (basketball), American basketball player (b. 1967)

1986 Jerry Colonna (entertainer), American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)

1987 Jim Folsom, American politician and 42nd Governor of Alabama (b. 1908)

1988 Carl Hubbell, American baseball player and scout (b. 1903)

1989 Harvey Hart, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)

1989 Margot Zemach, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)

1990 Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler and referee (b. 1954)

1991 Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1907)

1992 Kaysone Phomvihane, Laotian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Laos (b. 1920)

1992 Ricky Williams (musician), American singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1956)

1993 Bill Bixby, American actor (b. 1934)

1994 Willem Jacob Luyten, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1899)

1995 Peter Grant (music manager), English actor and manager (b. 1935)

1995 Noel Jones (diplomat), Indian-English diplomat, List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Kazakhstan (b. 1940)

1996 Bernard Rose (musician), English organist and composer (b 1916)

1996 Abdus Salam, Pakistani-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (b. 1926)

1999 Quentin Crisp, English actor, author, and illustrator (b. 1908)

2000 Ernest Lluch, Spanish economist and politician (b. 1937)

2000 Emil Zátopek, Czech runner (b. 1922)

2002 Hadda Brooks, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1916)

2005 Alfred Anderson (veteran), Scottish soldier (b. 1896)

2005 Hugh Sidey, American journalist and academic (b. 1927)

2006 Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Somalian-Djiboutian politician, 1st President of Djibouti (b. 1916)

2006 Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese lawyer and politician (b. 1972)

2007 Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

2007 Tom Johnson (ice hockey), Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1928)

2007 Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1931)

2009 Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1926)

2010 Norris Church Mailer, American author (b. 1949)

2010 David Nolan (libertarian), American activist and politician (b. 1943)

2010 Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American painter and author, co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History (b. 1917)

2011 Anne McCaffrey, American science fiction and fantasy author (b. 1926)

2012 Emily Squires, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)

2012 Austin Peralta, American pianist (b. 1990)

2013 John Egerton (journalist), American journalist and author (b. 1935)

2013 Fred Kavli, Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded Kavli Foundation (United States) (b. 1927)

2013 Dimitri Mihalas, American astronomer and author (b. 1939)

2013 Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)

2013 Bernard Parmegiani, French composer (b. 1927)

2013 Tôn Thất Đính, Vietnamese general (b. 1926)

2013 Maurice Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1929)

2014 John H. Land, American soldier and politician (b. 1920)

2014 Robert Richardson (British Army officer), English general (b. 1929)

2015 Gil Cardinal, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1950)

2015 Ameen Faheem, Indian-Pakistani poet and politician (b. 1939)

2015 Bob Foster (boxer), American boxer and police officer (b. 1938)

2015 Anthony Read, English screenwriter and producer (b. 1935)

2015 Joseph Silverstein, American violinist and conductor (b. 1932)

2016 Hassan Sadpara, Pakistani mountaineer and adventurer (b. 1963)

2017 David Cassidy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)

2021 Lou Cutell, American actor (b. 1930)

2021 Jean-Pierre Schumacher, French Trappist monk and survivor of the Murder of the monks of Tibhirine (b. 1924)

Armed Forces Day (Bangladesh)

Christian Calendar of saints:

- Amelberga of Susteren

- Saint Digain

- Maurus of Parentium

- Pope Gelasius I

- Franciszka Siedliska

- Presentation of Mary

- Saint Rufus (no. 7 in list)

- William Byrd, John Merbecke and Thomas Tallis (Episcopal Church (USA))

- November 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

World Television Day (United Nations observance)