1430 – King James II of Scotland (1437-60), born in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh (d. 1460)
1622 – Pierre Paul Puget, French artist, born in Marseille, France (d. 1694)
1855 – Camille Looten, French=Flemish priest and literature historian (Flemish committee of France), born in Noordpeene, Belgium (d. 1944)
1861 – J. B. Bury, Irish historian, born in County Monaghan, Ireland (d. 1927)
1908 – Enver Hoxha, Albanian post-war communist leader and dictator of Albania (1944-85), born in Gjirokastër, Albania (d. 1985)
1923 – Bert Kaempfert, German orchestra leader, songwriter (“Strangers in the Night”; “Danke Schoen”), and record producer (The Beatles first recordings), born in Hamburg (d. 1980)
1953 – Tony Carey, American rock keyboardist, and singer-songwriter (Rainbow; Planet P Project), born in Watsonville, California
1960 – Bob Mould, American rock guitarist, songwriter and vocalist (Hüsker Dü; Sugar), born in Malone, New York
1977 – John Mayer, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (“Your Body Is A Wonderland”; “Waiting For The World To Change’; Dead and Company), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
1982 – Frédéric Michalak, French rugby union fly-half (77 Tests; Toulouse, RC Toulon, LOU, Sharks Rugby), born in Toulouse, France