1699 – Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)
1870 – Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer
1893 – Ivan Alexandrovich Vishnegradsky, composer
1897 – Sidney Bechet, American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and band leader, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1959)
1922 – Franjo Tuđman, Croatian politician and President of Croatia (1990-1999), born in Veliko Trgovišće, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (d. 1999)
1943 – Tania León, Cuban-born American composer (Drummin’), conductor, and educator, born in Havana, Cuba
1961 – Ulrike Folkerts, German actress
1966 – Raphael Saadiq, American musician (Tony! Toni! Toné!), born in Oakland California
1969 – Danny Wood, American musician (New Kids), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1984 – Mark Zuckerberg, American internet entrepreneur and co-founder of Facebook, born in White Plains, New York