1585 – French political activist and Cardinal Richelieu is born
1737 - Italian zoologist Galvani was born
1789 – William Bond, American astronomer, inaugural director of the Harvard University Observatory.
1828 - Russian writer Leo Tolstoy is born
Tolstoy
1896 - Hu Yuzhi, leader of the Chinese Democratic League, was born
1907 - Zhou Mingmu, agricultural entomologist and agricultural educator, was born
1911 - Zhu Huisen, educator of the Republic of China.
1915 - Tsuyoshi Shiota, a well-known Japanese Aikido practitioner and founder of Aikido at Yashinkan. (died 1994)
1920 - Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and scientist.
1923 - Daniel Carlton Gaidushek, American virologist.
1928 - Yu Guangzhong, contemporary Chinese writer and poet.
In the afterglow
1934 - Wang Dehui, Hong Kong entrepreneur.
1941 - Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist.
1947-Hiroshi Hiroken, Japanese manga artist.
1957 - Cheng Yu Ling, veteran female entertainer in Hong Kong.
1960 - Hugh Grant, American actor Mario Batali, a well-known chef in the United States.
1963 - Wong Zo-shi, Hong Kong actress.
1966 - Adam Sandler, American actor
1968 - Famous singer Xie Xiaodong (Xie Xiaodong).
1975 - Fei Yong, American baseball player.
1976 - Masaya Matsufumi, Japanese voice actor. Chan Siu-chiu is a Hong Kong actress.
1977 - Yuki Hirakura Japanese comedian
- 1978 - Sean Battier, American basketball player
1980:-Wakana Sakai, Japanese woman.
1981 - Seo Ji-suk, South Korean actor.
1981 - Hu Dingxin, Hong Kong actress.
1982 - Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer
1983 - Kim Young-ho, South Korean actress.
1985 - NBA New York Knicks player JR Smith is born.
1987 - Ding Yiyu (Jung Il-woo), South Korean actor.
1991 - Yang Yang played Da Baoyu in the new version of "Dream of the Red Chamber".
1993 - Ryuhei Kato, Japanese gymnast.