1433 – Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher of the Italian Renaissance, born in Figline Valdarn, near Florence (d. 1499)
1582 – Dmitry Ivanovich [Dmitry of Uglich], Russian Tsarevich and son of Ivan IV “the Terrible”, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1591)
1824 – Rufus Saxton, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Greenfield, Massachusetts (d. 1908)
1925 – Victor Zorza, Polish journalist and specialist on the Soviet Union, born in Kołomyja, Poland (d. 1996)
1930 – Thomas ap Rees, British botanist, born in Frome, England (d. 1996)
1944 – Keith Adrian [Johnson], British-Dutch stage and screen actor, director, and playwright, born in New Delhi, British India (d. 2004)
1963 – Sinitta [Malone], British-American singer (“So Macho”; “Toy Boy”), born in Seattle, Washington
1965 – Frankie Paul [Paul Blake], Jamaican reggae musician, born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2017)
1977 – Louis-José Houde, Canadian stand-up comic, born in Saint-Apollinaire, Quebec
1995 – Myki Meeks [Mikey Reichert], American drag queen and performer (RuPaul’s Drag Race season 18 winner), born in Tampa, Florida