1540 – Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician who calculated π to 35 places, born in Hildesheim, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1610)
1757 – Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, Italian composer and conductor, born in Cuneo, Kingdom of Sardinia (d. 1821)
1884 – Lucien d’Azambuja, French astronomer (studied the solar chromosphere), born in Paris, France (d. 1970)
1887 – Lily Strickland, American composer of art songs, piano, and silent film music, and ethnomusicologist (The Music Courier), born in Anderson, South Carolina (d. 1958)
1932 – Parry O’Brien, American athlete (Olympic gold shot put 1952, 1956; silver 1960), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2007)
1943 – John Beck, American actor (Dallas, Flamingo Road, Santa Barbara), born in Chicago, Illinois
1944 – James Cran, British MP
1946 – Rick Allen, American rock bass player and keyboardist (The Box Tops – “Cry Like A Baby”), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
1974 – Jermaine Dye, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 2000, 06; World Series MVP 2005 Chicago White Sox; Gold Glove Award 2000 KC Royals), born in Oakland, California
1998 – Ariel Winter, American actress and singer (Alex Dunphy in “Modern Family”; Sofia the First, Phineas and Ferb), born in Fairfax, Virginia