1522 – Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician known for solving the quartic equation, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1565)
1883 – S Z Sakall [Gerö Jenö], Hungarian stage and film character actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), born in Budapest Hungary (d. 1955)
1897 – Howard Johnson, American hotelier (Howard John’s chain), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1972)
1912 – Burton Lane, American film and stage composer and lyricist (Finian’s Rainbow), born in New York City (d. 1997)
1950 – Osamu Kido, Japanese wrestler (NJPW/UWF), born in Kawasaki, Japan (d. 2023)
1961 – Max Vadukul, Indian-British photographer (The New Yorker; Rolling Stone; Vogue), born in Nairobi, Kenya
1962 – Michael T. Weiss, American actor (The Pretender, Days of Our Lives), born in Chicago, Illinois
1964 – Maria Grazia Chiuri, Italian fashion designer and Dior creative director (2016-25), born in Rome, Italy
1964 – Laura Poitras, American documentary film maker (Citizenfour – Academy Award Best Docu), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1981 – Jason Kapono, American basketball small forward (NBA C’ship 2006 Miami Heat; NBA 3-Point Contest champion 2007, 08), born in Long Beach, California