Nasteri🚼 1779Jons Jakob Berzelius, chimist si mineralog suedez (d. 1848).
🚼 1831Eduard Suess, geolog austriac (d. 1914).
🚼 1833Benjamin Harrison, al 23-lea presedinte american (d. 1901).
🚼 1860Raymond Poincare, politician francez, al noualea presedinte al Republicii (1913-1920) (d. 1934).
🚼 1864Ion I. C. Bratianu, politician roman (d. 1927).
🚼 1875Constantin Giurescu, istoric roman (d. 1918).
🚼 1890Howard Phillips Lovecraft, scriitor american de romane horror (d. 1937).
🚼 1891Shiso Kanaguri, atlet japonez (d. 1984).
🚼 1892Octav Onicescu, matematician roman (d. 1993).
🚼 1920Zoe Dumitrescu-Busulenga, istoric literar roman (d. 2006).
🚼 1932Vasili Aksionov, scriitor rus (d. 2009).
🚼 1937Andrei Koncealovski, regizor si scenograf rus.
🚼 1944Rajiv Gandhi, politician indian (d. 1991).
🚼 1945Cristian Gatu, handbalist roman.
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