1669 – Arnold van Boonen, Dutch portrait painter
1863 – George Santayana, Spanish philosopher/poet/humanist (Last Puritan)
1882 – Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (d. 1967)
1897 – Jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer (three Tests for South Africa 1927-29)
1917 – Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Sindhi scholar
1917 – Arthur C. Clarke, English sci-fi author (2001: A Space Odyssey, Childhood’s End), born in Minehead, England (d. 2008)
1922 – Anthony Simmons, British writer and film director (The Optimists of Nine Elms), born in London (d. 2016)
1964 – Gail Harris, Dewsbury England, actress (Virtual Desire)
1965 – Melanie Sloan, American attorney
1965 – Chris Jones, outfielder (NY Mets), born in Utica, New York