1620 – Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia
1838 – Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship’s doctor/linguist
1922 – Paul van ‘t Veer, Dutch journalist/writer (Het Vrije Volk)
1926 – Jack Levy, mechanical engineer
1932 – Nand Baert, Belgian radio/TV-host
1946 – Aleksandr Shaparenko, USSR, 1K kayaker (Olympic gold 1972)
1950 – Roman Tam, Hong Kong famous singer (d. 2002)
1968 – Erik Regtop, Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen), born in Schoonebeek, Netherlands
1975 – Casey Barrett, 200m Butterfly (Olympics 1996), born in Montreal, Quebec
2335 – Geordi La Forge, character on Star Trek Next Generation