1381 – Saint Colette of Corbie, French abbess and reformer (Poor Clares), born in Corbie, County of Amiens, Duchy of Burgundy (d. 1447)
1616 – Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish-French mystic, born in Lille (d. 1680)
1881 – Essington Lewis, Australian industrialist, Director-General of the Department of Munitions in WWII, born in Burra, South Australia (d. 1961)
1887 – George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic who established the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man, born in Alexandropol, Armenia, Russian Empire (d. 1949) disputed date
1907 – Jeff Morrow [Leslie Irving Morrow], American actor (Robe, Union Pacific, Temperatures Rising), born in New York City (d. 1993)
1931 – Ian Hendry, British actor (The Avengers, The Lotus Eaters), born in Ipswich, Suffolk (d. 1984)
1947 – Drew Abbott, American rock guitarist (Silver Bullet Band, 1974-83), born in Royal Oak, Michigan
1949 – Rakesh Sharma, Indian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-11), first Indian in space, born in Patiala, India
1955 – Jay McInerney, American novelist (Bright Lights, Big City), born in Hartford, Connecticut
1967 – Viktor Bout, Russian arms dealer, born in Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union