1596 – Frederick V, Elector Palentine (1610-23), King of Bohemia (1619-20), defeated at Battle of White Mountain, born in Deinschwang, Palatinate (d. 1632)
1880 – Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet and art critic (coined the term ‘Cubism’), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1918)
1896 – Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization), born in Novo Selo, Ottoman Empire (d. 1990)
1922 – Jay Pritzker, American entrepreneur (co-founder of Hyatt hotels), philanthropist, founder of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)
1928 – Yvette Vickers [Vedder], American actress (Attack of 50 Foot Woman; Attack of the Giant Leeches), and Playboy playmate (July 1959), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. c. 2010)
1931 – Gordon Greig, British political journalist (Daily Mail) (d. 1995)
1960 – Branford Marsalis, American jazz, classical and funk saxophonist (Sting; Tonight Show, 1992-95), born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
1968 – Chris Boardman, British cyclist (world 1 hour record), born in Merseyside, England
1971 – Thalia Sodi, Mexican actress and singer known as the “Queen of Latin Pop”, born in Mexico City
1976 – Zemfira [Ramazanova], Russian rock singer (Forgive Me My Love), born in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia, Soviet Union