1702 – Roque Joaquín de Alcubierre, Spanish military engineer and archaeologist who rediscovered the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum, born in Zaragoza, Spain (d. 1780)
1858 – Arthur Achleitner, German writer, born in Straubing, Germany (d. 1927)
1920 – Charles Bukowski, German-born American columnist (Notes of a Dirty Old Man) and writer (Hollywood: A Novel) who was described as a “laureate of American lowlife”, born in Andernach, Weimar Republic Germany (d. 1994)
1923 – Joe Hutton, Northumbrian piper and shepherd, born in Halton Lee Gate, Haltwhistle (d. 1995)
1927 – Dennis Moss, British jazz tenor saxophonist, born in Surrey, England (d. 2008)
1946 – Lesley Ann Warren, American actress (Cinderella, Mission Impossible), born in New York City
1948 – Barry Hay, Dutch singer, guitarist, flute and saxophone player (Golden Earring – “Radar Love”), born in Faizabad, India
1957 – Phil Murphy, American financier and politician, Governor of New Jersey (2018-), born in Needham, Massachusetts
1970 – Eric Swann, American NFL defensive tackle, 1991-2000 (Arizona Cardinals; Carolina Panthers), born in Sanford, North Carolina
1981 – Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer, born in Asunción, Paraguay