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Births
1890 – Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter (d. 1969)
1913 – René Clément, French director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1932 – John Updike, American author, poet, and critic (d. 2009)
1941 – Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter (The Falcons) (d. 2006)
1943 – Dennis Linde, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
1945 – Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (The Alan Parsons Project) (d. 2009)
1947 – B. J. Wilson, English drummer (Procol Harum) (d. 1990)
1950 – John Hartman, American drummer (Doobie Brothers)
1959 – Luc Besson, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded EuropaCorp
1966 – Jerry Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alice in Chains)
1970 – Queen Latifah, American rapper, producer, and actress
1979 – Adam Levine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Maroon 5)