401 – Theodosius II, the Younger, Eastern Roman emperor (408-450), born in Constantinople (d. 450)
1903 – Clare Boothe Luce, American politician and U.S. ambassador to Italy, born in New York City (d. 1987)
1906 – Joseph “Fud” Livingston, American jazz clarinetist, arranger, and composer (“Im Thru With Love”), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1957)
1917 – Robert B. Woodward, American organic chemist (Nobel 1965), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1979)
1928 – Marilyn Maye, American cabaret and standards singer, born in Wichita, Kansas
1958 – Bob Bell, British engineer and Chief Technical Officer of the Renault Formula One team, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1963 – Doris Leuthard, Swiss politician, President of Switzerland (2017), born in Merenschwand, Switzerland
1970 – Q-Tip [Kamaal Fareed, born Jonathan Davis], American rapper, actor, record producer and DJ, born in Harlem, New York
1979 – Shemekia Copeland, American blues singer (Turn the Heat Up!), born in Harlem, New York
1983 – Ryan Merriman, American actor (The Ring Two), born in Choctaw, Oklahoma