1672 – Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French playwright and poet, born in Paris (d. 1731)
1882 – Jacob Clay, Dutch philosopher and physicist (cosmic rays as charged particles), born in Berkhout, Netherlands (d. 1955)
1905 – Joseph Bonanno, Italian-American mafioso and crime boss of the Bonanno crime family, born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Italy (d. 2002)
1925 – Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (Difference and Repetition), born in Paris, France (d. 1995)
1926 – Bobby Edwards [Moncrief], American country singer-songwriter (“You’re The Reason”), born in Anniston, Alabama (d. 2012)
1938 – Hargus “Pig” Robbins, American Nashville session piano player (Patsy Cline; Charlie Rich; Roger Miller; Bob Dylan; Ween), born in Spring City, Tennessee (d. 2022)
1944 – Relus ter Beek, Dutch Labour Party politician (House of Representatives, 1971-89; Minister of Defense, 1989-94; Queen’s Commissioner of Drenthe, 1995-2008), born in Coevorden, Netherlands (d. 2008)
1979 – Jay Chou, Taiwanese singer and producer known as the ‘King of Mandopop’, born in New Taipei City, Taiwan
1988 – Ashleigh Murray, American actress (Riverdale), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1999 – Karan Brar, American actor (Diary of a Wimpy Kid; Bunk’d), born in Redmond, Washington