1554 – Philip William, Prince of Orange (1584) and Knight of the Golden Fleece (1599), born in Buren, Gelderland (d. 1618)
1714 – John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)
1784 – Marcus Morton, 16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1864)
1869 – Eduard Hermann, German linguist (Homer) Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (d. 1950)
1884 – Antonin Zapotocky, Czech communist politician (President of Czechoslovakia 1953-57), born in Zákolany, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1957)
1926 – Herb Stempel, American game show contestant
1934 – Pratibha Patil, 1st female President of India (2007-12) and Governor of Rajasthan (2004-07), born in Nadgaon, India
1944 – Mitchell Feigenbaum, American mathematical physicist
1947 – Janie Fricke, American country music singer (“It Ain’t Easy Bein’ Easy”), born in South Whitley, Indiana
1967 – Criss Angel [Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos], American magician and illusionist (Criss Angel Mindfreak), born in Hempstead, New York