1839 – Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist, made advances in electrical engineering, born in Vladimir, Russia (d. 1896)
1877 – Rudolf Hilferding, Austrian-German Marxist economist (SPD Minister of Finance), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1941)
1891 – Henry O’Neill, American actor (“Lady Killer”; “Nothing But Trouble”), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1961)
1947 – Dmitri Alexeev, Russian concert pianist (Leeds International Competition, 1975), and teacher (Royal College of Music – London, 2010-present), born in Moscow, USSR
1951 – Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian politician, President of Colombia (2010-18) and Nobel laureate (2016), born in Bogotá, Colombia
1959 – Florent Vollant, Innu-Canadian musician (Kashtin), born in Labrador, Newfoundland
1965 – Claudia Christian, American actress (Babylon 5), and author, born in Glendale, California
1969 – Cate Shortland, Australian film director and screenwriter (Somersault; Lore; Black Widow), born in Temora, New South Wales, Australia
1977 – Aaron Kamin, American guitarist, and singer-songwriter (The Calling), born in Studio City, California
1989 – Ben Sahar, Israeli soccer striker (44 caps; Chelsea, Espanyol, Willem II, Hapoel Be’er Sheva), born in Holon, Israel