1623 – Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist and Christian philosopher (Pascal’s Law, Pascal’s Wager), born in Clermont-Ferrand, France (d. 1662)
1904 – Balys Dvarionas, Lithuanian pianist, composer and educator, born in Liepāja, Russian Empire (d. 1972)
1910 – Frederick Harry Baines, English figurative painter, born in Manchester, England (d. 1995)
1916 – Pat Buttram, American actor (Mr Haney-Green Acres), born in Addison, Alabama (d. 1994)
1924 – Wassil Bykau, Belarusian writer, born in Bytschki, Vitebsk Region (d. 2003)
1935 – Tommy Devito, American rock baritone vocalist and guitarist (Four Seasons – “Sherry”), born in Montclair, New Jersey (d. 2020)
1942 – J Edward Oliver, British cartoonist (Record Mirror; Buster and Master’s Mind), born in Dartford, Kent, England (d. 2007)
1942 – Neil Chalmers, British zoologist and director of the National History Museum in London (1988-2004), born in Surrey, England
1945 – Radovan Karadžić, Bosnian Serb politician, 1st President of Republika Srpska (1992-96) and war criminal convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity, born in Petnjica, Montenegro, Yugoslavia
1982 – Joe Cheng, Taiwanese model and actor (Mischievous Kiss, Chinese Partner), born in Taichung, Taiwan