1728 – Joseph Black, Scottish chemist and physicist known for his discoveries of magnesium, latent heat and carbon dioxide, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1799)
1904 – Clifford P. Case, American lawyer and politician, U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey, born in Franklin Park, New Jersey (d. 1982)
1906 – Cobina W “Coby” Molenaar, Dutch peace activist (d. 1994)
1924 – John Harvey-Jones, English businessman and chairman of ICI (1982-87), born in Hackney, London (d. 2008)
1940 – Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972 – present), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1961 – Doris Dragović, Croatian singer, born in Split, Croatia
1963 – Hu Na, Chinese tennis star, born in Chengdu, Sichuan, China
1974 – Valarie Rae Miller, American actress, born in Lafayette, Louisiana
1975 – Nick Pickard, British actor, born in Surrey, United Kingdom
1984 – Claire Foy, English Actress (The Crown), born in Stockport, England