1483 – Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)
1679 – Jan Dismas Zelenka, Bohemian composer born at Louňovice, Lands of the Bohemian Crown (d. 1745)
1855 – Samedbey Mehmandarov, Russian general (d. 1931)
1886 – David Ben-Gurion, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (1948-53, 1955-63), born in Płonsk, Poland (d. 1973)
1908 – Enver Hoxha, Albanian post-war communist leader and dictator of Albania (1944-85), born in Gjirokastër, Albania (d. 1985)
1925 – Angela Lansbury, Irish-British-American Golden Globe and multiple Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (Gaslight; The Manchurian Candidate; Mame; Murder, She Wrote; Beauty and the Beast), born in London, England (d. 2022)
1927 – Günter Grass, German writer, playwright (The Tin Drum) and Nobel Prize laureate (1999), born in the Free City of Danzig (d. 2015)
1929 – Bill Green, American politician (Rep-R-NY, 1978-93), born in New York City (d. 2002)
1970 – Kazuyuki Fujita, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter
1992 – Bryce Harper, American baseball outfielder (7 × MLB All-Star; NL MVP 2015, 21; NLCS MVP 2022; All-MLB First Team 2021; Washington Nationals, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Las Vegas, Nevada