1648 – Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706), born in Ribeira Palace, Lisbon (d. 1706)
1726 – Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter, born in Stretta di Morosaglia, France (d. 1807)
1910 – Ernst Tittel, Austrian organist and composer, born in Sternberg, Moravia (d. 1969)
1920 – Padú del Caribe [Juan Chabaya Lampe], Aruban pianist and composer, known as the “Father of the Caribbean” (“Aruba Dushi Tera” – Aruba’s national anthem), born in Oranjestad, Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands (d. 2019)
1930 – Bruce Jay Friedman, American novelist (A Mother’s Kisses), playwright (Scuba Duba) and screenwriter (Splash), born in New York City (d. 2020)
1933 – Ilkka Kuusisto, Finnish opera composer, organist, arts administrator (Finnish National Opera, 1984-92), broadcaster, and educator, born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 2025)
1949 – Jimmy Hall, American southern rock singer and saxophonist (Wet Willie), born in Birmingham, Alabama
1972 – Juanita du Plessis (née Naudé), Namibian Afrikaans country music singer (“Ska-Rumba”), born in Windhoek, South West Africa
1972 – Natrone Means, American NFL running back (San Diego Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Harrisburg, North Carolina
1982 – Brock Gillespie, American basketball player (CB Ciudad de Valladolid), born in Des Moines, Iowa