* 1965 – David Robinson, American basketball player

In 1985 David Gower's England team was strengthened by the return of Gooch and Emburey as well as the emergence at international level of Tim Robinson and Mike Gatting.

* 1928 – David Robinson, Irish horticulturist ( d. 2004 )

* 1949 – David Robinson, American drummer ( The Modern Lovers, DMZ, and The Cars )

( C ) 1983 Acorn Computers Ltd. Thanks are due to the following contributors to the development of the Electron ( among others too numerous to mention ):- Bob Austin, Astec, Harry Barman, Paul Bond, Allen Boothroyd, Ben Bridgewater, Cambridge, John Cox, Chris Curry, 6502 designers, Jeremy Dion, Tim Dobson, Joe Dunn, Ferranti, Steve Furber, David Gale, Andrew Gordon, Martyn Gilbert, Lawrence Hardwick, Hermann Hauser, John Herbert, Hitachi, Andy Hopper, Paul Jephcot, Brian Jones, Chris Jordan, Computer Laboratory, Tony Mann, Peter Miller, Trevor Morris, Steve Parsons, Robin Pain, Glyn Phillips, Brian Robertson, Peter Robinson, David Seal, Kim Spence-Jones, Graham Tebby, Jon Thackray, Topexpress, Chris Turner, Hugo Tyson, John Umney, Alex van Someren, Geoff Vincent, Adrian Warner, Robin Williamson, Roger Wilson.

Through the work of Werner Israel, Brandon Carter, and David Robinson the no-hair theorem emerged, stating that a stationary black hole solution is completely described by the three parameters of the Kerr – Newman metric ; mass, angular momentum, and electric charge.

Chaplin's childhood was fraught with poverty and hardship, prompting biographer David Robinson to describe his eventual trajectory as " the most dramatic of all the rags to riches stories ever told.

David Robinson notes that the film provided " a welcome distraction " from the " wretchedness " of his home life ; Grey was pregnant for a second time, frustrating Chaplin and exacerbating difficulties between the pair.

Today, the film is seen by the British Film Institute as one of Chaplin's " great features ", while David Robinson says it shows the star at " his unrivalled peak as a creator of visual comedy.

According to David Robinson, this also had an effect on the quality of the film.

David Robinson writes that the film's failure was probably due to it seeming too old-fashioned compared to many of the other films released that year, such as the French New Wave films.

According to David Robinson, unlike in more conventional slapstick comedies, the comic moments in Chaplin's films centred on the Tramp's attitude to the things happening to him: the humour did not come from the Tramp bumping into a tree but from his lifting of his hat to the tree in apology.

In the 20th century, theologians like Jürgen Moltmann, Hans Küng, John Robinson, Bishop David Jenkins, Don Cupitt and Bishop Jack Spong challenged traditional theological positions and understandings of the Bible ; following these developments some have suggested that passages have been mistranslated or that they do not refer to what we understand as " homosexuality.

It has inspired a new genre, the Robinsonade as works like Johann David Wyss's The Swiss Family Robinson ( 1812 ) adapt its premise and has provoked modern postcolonial responses, including J. M. Coetzee's Foe ( 1986 ) and Michel Tournier's Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique ( in English, Friday ) ( 1967 ).

* 1987 – Sir David Robinson, English philanthropist and entrepreneur ( b. 1904 )

Robinson has been referred to by author David Falkner as " the father of modern base-stealing.

She and Jackie had three children: Jackie Robinson Jr. ( born November 18, 1946 ), Sharon Robinson ( born January 13, 1950 ), and David Robinson ( born May 14, 1952 ).

For many years Robinson also worked as legal advisor for the Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform with future Trinity College senator David Norris.

* Robinson, David and Jennifer Lowery ( Editors ), 2000.

The 1992 Olympic basketball Dream Team, the first to use current NBA stars, featured Michael Jordan as the anchor, along with Bird, Magic, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Scottie Pippen, Clyde Drexler, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Chris Mullin, Charles Barkley, and Christian Laettner.

Tim Duncan and David Robinson won the 1999 championship with the Spurs, and Shaquille O ' Neal and Kobe Bryant started the 2000s with three consecutive championships for the Lakers.

Modern ragtime composers include William Bolcom, Trebor Tichenor, David Thomas Roberts, Max Morath and Reginald Robinson.

* 1947 – David Letterman, American comedian and talk show host

* 1950 – David Cassidy, American actor, singer, songwriter and guitarist ( The Partridge Family )

* 1770 – David Thompson, Canadian explorer ( d. 1857 )

* 1900 – David Manners, Canadian-American actor ( d. 1998 )

* 1960 – David Miscavige, American leader of the Church of Scientology

* 1924 – David Rowbotham, Australian poet ( d. 2010 )

* 1984 – David Bentley, English footballer

* 1854 – Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden.

* 1925 – David A. Huffman, American computer scientist, developed the Huffman coding ( d. 1999 )

* 1942 – David Steinberg, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and author

* 1980 – Charlie David, Canadian actor

* 1958 – David Feherty, Irish golfer

* 1971 – David Monahan, American actor

* 1960 – David Yow, American singer-songwriter ( Scratch Acid, The Jesus Lizard, and Qui )

* 1985 – David Hart Smith, Canadian wrestler

* 1890 – David Wilber, American politician ( b. 1820 )

In the mid-19th century important leaders included Transcendentalists such as Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 1803 – 1882 ) and Henry David Thoreau ( 1817 – 1862 ).

* 1948 – David Gemmell.

* 1969 – David Wain, American actor

* 1970 – David James, English footballer

* 1983 – David Gervasi, Swiss decathlete

* 1956 – David Grant, English singer ( Linx )

* 1982 – David Florence, Scottish canoe racer