1680 – Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, Flemish composer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1730)
1727 – Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist, born in Châtillon-les-Dombes, France (d. 1773)
1882 – Wyndham Lewis, English author (Tarr, Apes of God) and co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art, born in Amherst, Nova Scotia (d. 1957)
1935 – Pervis Staples, American gospel vocalist (The Staple Singers -“Uncloudy Day”), born in Drew, Mississippi (d. 2021)
1945 – (Percy) Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan politician (Prime Minister, 2018-2022; President, 2005-15}, born in Weeraketiya, British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
1948 – Andrea Marcovicci, American actress (Berrengers – “Gloria”; Trapper John, M.D. – “Fran”), born in NYC, New York
1962 – Vladimir Vladimirovich Karashtin, Russian cosmonaut
1965 – Mark Petkovsek, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals), born in Beaumont, Texas
1970 – Elizabeth Anne Allen, American actress
1983 – Jon Lech Johansen, Norwegian software developer (DeCSS software), born in Harstad, Norway