1561 – Anthony Babington, English page and conspirator to Mary, Queen of Scots, convicted of plotting the assassination of Elizabeth I, born in Dethick, England (d. 1586)
1632 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microbiologist, microscopist who was the first to observe bacteria and protozoa and naturalist (Philosophical Transactions), born in Delft, Dutch Republic (d. 1723)
1810 – Carl Baermann, German clarinetist and composer, born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1885)
1887 – Octave Lapize, French cyclist (Tour de France 1910), born in Paris, France (d. 1917)
1893 – Merian C. Cooper, American film director and producer (King Kong) and aviator (Kościuszko Squadron, Director-Pan American Airways), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 1973)
1947 – Edgar Broughton, British rocker (Edgar Broughton Band – “Out Demons, Out!”), born in Warwick, Warwickshire, England
1959 – Michelle Lujan Grisham, American politician, Governor of New Mexico (2019-), born in Los Alamos, New Mexico
1960 – B.D. Wong, American actor (M. Butterfly), born in San Francisco, California
1983 – Marc Leishman, Australian golfer (British Open 2015 runner-up; PGA Rookie of the Year 2009), born in Warrnambool, Victoria
1987 – Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer, born in Likasi, Zaire (now Congo)