1761 – Charles Pichegru, French army general and royalist who plotted to overthrow Napoleon, born in Arbois, Franche-Comté (now France) (d. 1804)
1836 – Benjamin Edward Woolf, British-American violinist, composer (The Mighty Dollar), playwright, and journalist, born in London, England (d. 1901)
1886 – Andrew Ducat, English cricketer and footballer international (Test for Eng 1921), born in London, England (d. 1942)
1887 – Kathleen Clifford, American actress (When the Clouds Roll by), born in Charlottesville, Virginia (d. 1962)
1921 – Hua Guofeng, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (1976-81) and Premier of the People’s Republic of China (1976-80), born in Jiaocheng County, Shanxi (d. 2008)
1935 – (Salvatore) “Sonny” Bono, American musician, vocalist (Sonny and Cher – “I Got You Babe”), songwriter (“Bang Bang”; “Needles and Pins”), actor (Hairspray), and politician (US Congress (R)-CA, 1995-98), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1998)
1935 – Kenneth Price, ceramic artist and print maker (Hot Bottoms; Tamed), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
1948 – Eckhart Tolle, German-born author (The Power of Now) and spiritual teacher, born in Lünen, Germany
1953 – Janice Dickinson, American model (Vogue) and TV personality (America’s Next Top Model), born in Brooklyn, New York
1975 – Vanina Ickx, Belgian racing driver