1882 – Josef Christiaens, Belgian auto racer (first foreigner to enter Indianapolis Motor Speedway “Harvest Classic”), born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium (d. 1919)
1882 – Mohammad Mosaddegh, Prime Minister of Iran (1951-53) who was overthrown in a coup d’état aided by the CIA and the British SIS, born in Tehran, Persia (d. 1967)
1923 – Åke Hermanson, Swedish composer, born in Mollösund, Sweden (d. 1996)
1928 – Sergiu Comissiona, Romanian-Israeli-American conductor (Haifa Symphony, 1959-64; Gothenburg Symphony, 1966-77; Philharmonic; Baltimore Symphony, 1969-84), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2005)
1929 – Pauline Yates, British actress (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin), born in St Helens, Merseyside (d. 2015)
1946 – Neil MacGregor, British arts administrator (Director of the British National Gallery and the British Museum), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1949 – Kale Browne, American actor (Michael Hudson-Another World), born in San Rafael, California
1967 – John Franklin, American actor (Cousin Itt in The Adams Family), born in Blue Island, Illinois
1978 – Jasmine “Fish” Leong, Chinese Malaysian singer (Courage), born in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
1982 – Matt Costa, American singer-songwriter, born in Huntington Beach California