1081 – Louis VI ‘The Fat’, King of the Franks (1108-37) (d. 1137)
1850 – Peter Lange-Muller, Danish composer and pianist, born in Frederiksberg, Denmark (d. 1926)
1892 – Charlie Bachman, American College Football Hall of Fame guard and coach (Notre Dame, Florida, Michigan State), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1985)
1927 – Grant Beglarian, American composer, born in Tiflis, Georgia (d. 2002)
1933 – Lou Rawls, American soul singer-songwriter and producer (“You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine”, “Natural Man”), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2006)
1943 – Orton Enderlein, German [GDR] luger (Olympic gold women’s singles 1964; World C’ships gold 1965, 67)), born in Trünzig, Sachsen, Germany
1955 – Uwe Benter, German rowing coxswain (Olympic gold coxed four 1972), born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1970 – Todd Steussie, American NFL guard / tackle (Pro Bowl 1997-98; Minnesota Vikings), born in Canoga Park, California
1973 – Jon Theodore, American drummer ( Queens of the Stone Age), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1990 – Chanel Iman, American model (Victoria’s Secret), born in Atlanta, Georgia