1717 – Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia (1740-1780) only woman to rule Habsburg Empire in her own right, born in Vienna (d. 1780)
1776 – Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa, Portuguese composer (d. 1825)
1840 – Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin of Tarascon), born in Nîmes, France (d. 1897)
1920 – Gareth Morris, British flautist (d. 2007)
1937 – Zohra Lampert, American actress (Doctor’s Hospital, Girl With Something Extra), born in NYC, New York
1961 – Dennis Rodman, American NBA forward (Chicago Bulls), born in Trenton, New Jersey
1965 – Natalie Massenet, entrepreneur and founder of Net-a-Porter, born in Los Angeles, California
1976 – Mark Delaney, Welsh footballer (Aston Villa), born in Haverfordwest, Wales
1986 – Robert Pattinson, English actor (Cedric Diggory-Harry Potter, Edward Cullen-Twilight), born in London, England
1987 – Candice King, American actress (The Vampire Diaries), born in Houston, Texas