1831 – Adam Badeau, American author, Union Army officer, and diplomat, born in NYC, New York (d. 1895)
1843 – Elisabeth of Wied [pseudonym Carmen Sylva], Queen consort of Romania and poet, born in Neuwied, Germany (d. 1916)
1880 – Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, French composer (Ophellia), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1952)
1934 – Benny Dees, American college basketball coach (U of New Orleans; U of Wyoming; Western Carolina Uni), born in Mount Vernon, Georgia (d. 2021)
1938 – Jon Voight, American actor (Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy), born in Yonkers, New York
1962 – Carles Puigdemont [i Casamajó], Catalan politician and nationalist (President of Catalonia, 2016-17), born in Amer, Catalonia, Spain
1964 – Craig Grebeck, American baseball infielder (Florida Marlins), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
1967 – Lilly [formerly Andy] Wachowski, American film director (Matrix trilogy), born in Chicago, Illinois
1969 – Jennifer Ehle, American actress, born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1973 – Theo Epstein, American baseball executive and President of Baseball Operations, born in NYC, New York