1561 – Jacopo Peri, Italian composer and singer who wrote the 1st recognized opera “Dafne”, born in Rome (d. 1633)
1904 – Jaap [Jacobus Albertus Wilhelmus] Burger, Dutch politician and chairman (PvdA), born in Willemstad, Netherlands (d. 1986)
1908 – John Reginald Bevins, British Conservative politician, born in Liverpool, Lancashire (d. 1996)
1910 – Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect (Dulles Airport (Virginia); Gateway Arch (St. Louis, Missouri); IBM Building (Rochester, Minnesota); MIT Chapel (Cambridge, Massachusetts)), born in Kirkkonummi, Finland (d. 1961)
1955 – Rob Wiedijk, Dutch rock vocalist (Bob Color), born in Netherlands
1956 – Joan Allen, American actress (Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker, In Country), born in Rochelle, Illinois
1977 – Mayra Verónica, Cuban-American model and actress, born in Havana, Cuba
1983 – Andrew Garfield, British American actor (The Amazing Spider-Man), born in Los Angeles, California
1987 – Zakir Khan, Indian comedian (On Air with AIB), born in Indore, India
1995 – Liana Liberato, American actress (Light as a Feather), born in Galveston, Texas