1561 – Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish-American colonial governor, born in Asunción (d. 1634)
1839 – Charles Peirce, American scientist and philosopher known as “the father of pragmatism”, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1914)
1895 – Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian Telugu writer (Ramayana Kalpa Vrukshamu, Veyipadagalu), born in Nandamuru, Madras state, British India (d. 1976)
1906 – Lambertus “Bertus” van Lyre, Dutch composer (Hooglied -Song of Songs), conductor, and pedagogue, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1972)
1908 – Raymond Scott [Harry Warnow], American composer (‘The Toy Trumpet’), born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 1994)
1923 – Alfredo Nobre da Costa, Portuguese politician (Prime Minister of Portugal, three months in 1978), and engineer, born in Lapa, Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1996)
1948 – Tony Gatlif, Algerian-born French film director (The Crazy Stranger, Vengo), born in Algiers, French Algeria
1966 – Robin Goodridge, British drummer (Bush, 1994-2019 -“Glycerine”), born in Crawley, England
1970 – Paula Kelley, American pop-rock musician and composer, born in Boston, Massachusetts
1988 – Coco Rocha, Canadian model who has appeared on the cover of Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, born in Toronto, Ontario