1503 – Nostradamus [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist and prophet (Les Propheties), born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France (d. 1566)
1640 – Aphra Behn, English playwright and novelist, baptized in Canterbury, England (d. 1689)
1908 – Laurence Naismith, British actor (Diamonds Are Forever, Camelot, Persuaders), born in Thames Ditton, Surrey, England (d. 1992)
1920 – Clark Terry, American jazz trumpeter, born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 2015)
1924 – Raj Kapoor, Indian actor known as “the greatest showman of Hindi cinema” (Awaara, Boot Polish), born in Peshawar, British India (d. 1988)
1932 – Étienne Tshisekedi, Congolese opposition leader, born in Luluabourg, Central Congo (d. 2017)
1935 – Lewis Arquette, American actor (Horror Show, Book of Love), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2001)
1955 – Jane Crafter, Asutralian-American golfer (1987 JC Penney Mixed Teams), born in Perth, Australia
1985 – Nonami Takizawa, Japanese gravure idol and actress, born in Saitama prefecture, Japan
1995 – Princess Olimpia Preslavska of Bulgaria, born in London