1527 – Matthäus Ludecus, German clerk, tax collector, and liturgical composer, born in Wilsnach, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1606)
1930 – John Neel, American jazz and film score composer (Blue Martini; Scream of the Butterfly), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1973)
1939 – Trevor James Hold, British composer, writer, and musicologist (John Clare Songbook), born in Northampton, England (d. 2004)
1944 – Fannie Flagg, American actress and comediene (Candid Camera), born in Birmingham, Alabama
1947 – Geoff Workman, British record producer and engineer (Toto; Queen; The Cars), born in Liverpool, England
1953 – Sunny Johnson, American actress (Flashdance), born in Bakersfield, California (d. 1984)
1955 – Gulshan Grover, Indian actor known as the “Bad Man” in Bollywood cinema (I Am Kalam), born in New Delhi, India
1957 – Mark Levin, American conservative talk radio host (The Mark Levin Show), and author (Men In Black: How The Supreme Court Is Destroying America; Unfreedom of the Press), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1967 – Tyler Stewart, Canadian drummer and vocalist (Barenaked Ladies – “One Week”), born in Toronto, Ontario
1971 – Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor (Silver Spoons – “Alfonso”; Fresh Prince of Bel-Air – “Carlton’), singer, dancer, and director, born in New York City