1642 – Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Italian composer and violinist, born in Modena (d. 1678)
1910 – Soulima Stravinsky, Swiss-American pianist and composer (Igor Stravinsky’s son), born in Lausanne, Switzerland (d. 1994)
1915 – Ian Dawson-Shepherd, campaigner
1925 – Denis Twitchett, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (d. 2006)
1925 – Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft)
1930 – Ray Charles [Robinson], American singer and pianist who pioneered soul music (Georgia on My Mind, Mess Around), born in Albany, Georgia (d. 2004)
1954 – Charlie Barnett, American actor (d. 1996)
1954 – Cherie Blair [née Booth], English wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, born in Bury, England
1970 – Ani DiFranco, American musician
1979 – Bryant McKinnie, NFL Offensive Tackle (Minnesota Vikings), born in Woodbury, New Jersey