1869 – Hendrikus Colijn, Dutch army officer and Anti-Revolution Party (ARP) politician (Prime Minister, 1925-26 and 1933-39), born in Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands (d. 1944)
1871 – William McDougall, English psychologist and polymath, born in Tonge, Middleton (d. 1938)
1887 – Julian S. Huxley, English biologist/philosopher, Darwin’s Bulldog, born in London, England (d. 1975)
1906 – (Samuel) Billy Wilder, Austrian-American filmmaker (Stalag 17: Some Like It Hot; The Lost Weekend; The Apartment), born in Sucha, Austria-Hungary (now Sucha Beskidzka, Poland) (d. 2002)
1912 – Vit Nejedly, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1945)
1936 – Ferran Olivella, Spanish soccer defender (18 caps Spain, 2 Catalonia; FC Barcelona 214 games), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 2023)
1940 – Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian author and director (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up, Taste of Cherry), born in Tehran (d. 2016)
1952 – Graham Greene, First Nations actor (Dances with Wolves), born in Ohsweken, Six Nations Reserve, Ontario
1958 – Ruby Turner, Jamacaian-British rock singer (“No Where to Run”), born in Montego Bay, Jamaica
1961 – Jimmy Somerville, Scottish rock guitarist, and singer-songwriter (Bronski Beat; Communards), born in Glasgow, Soctland