1584 – Melchior Teschner, German composer, born in Wschowa, Poland (d. 1635)
1893 – Harold Urey, American physical chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), born in Walkerton, Indiana (d. 1981)
1912 – Richard Carlson, American stage and screen actor (All I Desire,; I Led 3 Lives), screenwriter and director (Riders to the Stars), born in Albert Lea, Minnesota (d. 1977)
1930 – Alf Valentine, Jamaican cricketer (great West Indian lefty spinner), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2004)
1933 – Darijan Božič, Slovenian composer and conductor, born in Slavonski Brod, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (d. 2018)
1950 – Debbie Stabenow, American politician (Senator-D-Michigan 2001-), born in Gladwin, Michigan
1951 – Rick Burleson, American Major League Baseball shortstop (Boston Red Sox, California Angels; 4x All-Star, Gold Glove Award, Red Sox Hall of Fame), born in Lynwood, California
1960 – Phil King, British rock bassist (Lush; Jesus and Mary Chain; The Fallen), born in London
1974 – Anggun [Sasmi], Indonesian-French pop, rock, and world music singer-songwriter (Snow in the Sahara; In Your Mind), television personality, and U.N. global ambassador, born in Jakarta, Indonesia
1984 – Phạm Văn Quyến, Vietnamese former footballer considered one of the most promising young Vietnamese players, born in Hưng Nguyên, Vietnam