1601 – Louis XIII, King of France (1610-43), born in Palace of Fontainebleau, France (d. 1643)
1722 – Samuel Adams, American revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party) and politician (Lt Gov-Mass, 1789-94), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1803)
1824 – William “Bull” Nelson, American Major General (Union Army), born in Maysville, Kentucky (d. 1862)
1925 – Robert Edwards, English physiologist, 1st IVF program, Nobel Prize 2010, born in Batley, Yorkshire (d. 2013)
1927 – “Earring” George Mayweather, American blues harmonica player, born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 1995)
1927 – Patrick O’Neal, American actor (Under Siege, The Stepford Wives, King Rat, Night of the Iguana), born in Ocala, Florida (d. 1994)
1931 – Freddy Quinn [Franz Nidl], Austrian pop singer (“Schön war die Zeit”), and actor, born in Niederfladnitz, Austria
1950 – Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese-American actor (Nash Bridges, Mortal Kombat franchise), born in Tokyo, Japan
1967 – Jason Dungjen, American pairs skater (with partner Kyoko Ina), born in Detroit, Michigan
1978 – Brad Arnold, American singer (3 Doors Down – “Kryptonite”), born in Escatawpa, Mississippi