1828 – Karol Studzinski, Polish violinist and composer, born in The Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Cracow (now Kraków, Poland) (d. 1883)
1915 – Robert Motherwell, American painter (Elegies to the Spanish Republic), born in Aberdeen, Washington (d. 1991)
1919 – Leon Kirchner, American contemporary classical composer (Pulitzer Prize for Music 1967), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2009)
1923 – Simeon ten Holt, Dutch minimalist composer (Canto Ostinato), born in Bergen, Netherlands (d. 2012)
1926 – Raymond Jacobs, American Marine Corp sergeant (one of the WWII Iwo Jima flag planters), and news journalist, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 2008)
1948 – Michio Kaku, American physicist, futurist, author (Physics of the Impossible; The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything), broadcaster, and peace activist, born in San Jose, California
1958 – Jools Holland, British rock keyboardist (Squeeze), and TV presenter (Later…), born in Blackheath, London
1963 – Arnold Vanderlyde, Dutch boxer, born in Sittard, Netherlands
1969 – Louise McPaul, Australian javelin thrower (Olympic silver 1992, 96), born in Port Kembla, New South Wales
1974 – Kristy Sargeant, Canadian ice pairs (1994 Skate Canada), born in Edmonton, Alberta