1736 – Jean-Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer noted for his computation of an orbit for Halley’s Comet (1759) and author of History of Ancient Astronomy from Its Origin to the Establishment of the School of Alexandria, born in Paris (d. 1793)
1851 – Josif Marinković, Serbian composer, born in Vranjevo, Novi Bečej (d. 1931)
1923 – Anton Heiller, Austrian organist and composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1979)
1939 – Breyten Breytenbach, South African poet and painter, born in Bonnievale, South Africa
1942 – Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, American sci-fi author (Hotel Transylvania), born in Berkeley, California
1949 – Joe Barton, American politician (U.S. House of Representatives, 1985-2019), born in Waco, Texas
1955 – Željka Antunović, Croatian politician, 1st female Minister of Defence, born in Virovitica, Yugoslavia
1971 – Will Shields, American NFL guard (KC Chiefs), born in Fort Riley, Kansas
1975 – Tom Dolan, American 400m freestyle/200m/400m medley swimmer (Olympic gold 1996)
1987 – Ingrid Bisu, Romanian-German actress and scriptwriter (Toni Erdmann), born in Bucharest, Romania