1763 – José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian statesman, born in Santos, São Paulo (d. 1838)
1879 – George Gunn, English cricketer (elegant English batsman 1907-30), born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1958)
1925 – Hans Fellner, bookseller, born in Vienna (d. 1996)
1928 – John Nash, American mathematician (subject of movie “A Beautiful Mind”) and Nobel laureate, born in Bluefield, West Virginia
1942 – James Carr, American singer (To Love Somebody), born in Como, Mississippi (d. 2001)
1944 – Ban Ki-moon, South Korean politician and 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations (2007-16), born in Injō, Japanese Korea
1954 – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian economist (Minister of Finance 2011-15), born in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State
1954 – Rita Cadillac, Brazilian dancer and singer, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1965 – Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, younger daughter of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía, born in Our Lady of Loreto Clinic, Madrid, Spain
1980 – Markus Winkelhock, German racing driver