1522 – Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist and naturalist, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1605)
1917 – Jessica “Decca” Mitford, English author (American Way of Death), activist and one of the Mitford sisters, born in Gloucestershire (d. 1996)
1922 – Charles Evers, American civil rights leader (1st Black mayor in Mississippi since Reconstruction), born in Decatur, Mississippi (d. 2020)
1924 – Daniel Akaka, American educator and politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii), born in Honolulu, Hawaii (d. 2018)
1926 – Gerrit Viljoen, South African politician (Chair of the Broederbond), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2009)
1951 – Richard D. Gill, British-Dutch mathematician, born in Redhill, Surrey
1962 – Filip Dewinter, Belgian politician (Vlaams Belang), born in Bruges, Belgium
1967 – Harry Connick Jr, American pop and jazz singer and pianist (We Are in Love; When Harry Met Sally), actor (Will and Grace), and TV Personality (American Idol, 2013), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1970 – Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer, born in Washington, D.C.
1985 – Shaun Livingston, American basketball player, born in Peoria, Illinois