1839 – Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Council President of Denmark (d. 1912)
1840 – Theodor Philipsen Danish painter (d. 1920)
1861 – Joseph Cuypers, Dutch architect (St Bavo, Haarlem), born in Roermond, the Netherlands (d. 1949)
1890 – Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Hell to Eternity)
1927 – Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-born footballer (d. 2002)
1929 – Edward O Wilson, American sociobiologist, world’s leading authority on ants, born in Birmingham, Alabama
1959 – Eliot Spitzer, American politician (Governor of New York 2007-8), born in the Bronx, New York
1965 – Claudio Mezzadri, Swiss tennis star
1970 – David Wilson, WLAF safety (Scottish Claymores)
1973 – Pokey Reese, American baseball player