1542 – Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Willem and Juliana van Stolberg, born in Dillenburg (d. 1603)
1593 – Matthew Merian the Elder, Swiss engraver and bookseller, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1650)
1729 – Christian G. Heyne, German archaeologist, born in Chemnitz, Germany (d. 1812)
1843 – Melville Reuben Bissell, American inventor of the carpet sweeper, born in Hartwick, New York (d. 1889)
1913 – David Hunt, British diplomat winner of the BBC’s Mastermind television quiz (1977), born in Durham, England (d. 1998)
1935 – Harv Schmidt, American college basketball coach (University of Illinois 1967-74), born in Kankakee, Illinois (d. 2020)
1960 – John Hills, British racehorse trainer (d. 2014)
1961 – Heather Locklear, American actress (T J Hooker, Dynasty), born in Los Angeles, California
1981 – Shane Tutmarc, American songwriter and musician, born in Seattle, Washington
1982 – Hyun Bin, South Korean actor, born in Seoul, South Korea