1603 – Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior, born in Iwanowice, Kalisz, Poland (d. 1673)
1904 – Nnamdi Azikiwe, 1st President of Nigeria (1963-66), born in Zungeru, Northern Nigeria Protectorate (d. 1996)
1919 – Udo Kasemets, Estonian-born Canadian composer, born in Talinn, Estonia (d. 2014)
1925 – Michel Jouvet, French neuroscientist and medical researcher who discovered the region of the brain that controls rapid eye movement (REM sleep), born in Lons-le-Saunier, Jura, France (d. 2017)
1930 – Salvatore Riina, Italian mobster and chief of the Sicilian Mafia, born in Corleone, Sicily, Italy (d. 2017)
1930 – Alice Adams, American sculptor, born in NYC, New York
1949 – Pattie Santos, American singer (It’s a Beautiful Day), born in San Francisco (d. 1989)
1958 – Boris Krivokapić, Serbian academic
1976 – Danny Wallace, British author, born in Dundee, United Kingdom
1979 – Bruce Irons, American surfer, born in Lihue, Hawaii