1287 – Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England, born in Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire, England (d. 1330)
1730 – Fedele Fenaroli, Italian composer, born in Lanciano, Italy (d. 1818)
1881 – Hans Windisch, German New Testament scholar, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1935)
1916 – Luis Herrera de la Fuente, Mexican pianist, conductor (Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, 1954-72), and composer, born in Mexico City (d. 2014)
1921 – Karel Appel, Dutch painter (Vragende Children), born in Amsterdam (d. 2006)
1935 – James Peebles, Canadian American astrophysicist (Ostriker–Peebles criterion), 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
1947 – Johan Cruyff, Dutch soccer player and coach (Ajax/Barcelona), born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (d. 2016)
1957 – Eric Bristow MBE [‘The Crafty Cockney’], English darts player (BDO World Champion 1980-81, 84-86), born in Hackney, England (d. 2018)
1983 – DeAngelo Williams, American National Football League runningback, born in Wynne, Arkansas
1988 – Anna Stöhr, Austrian rock climber and bouldering competition champion, born in Reith im Alpbachtal, Austria