1651 – Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest and saint of the Catholic Church, born in Reims, Champagne, Kingdom of France (d. 1719)
1664 – François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general, born in Hôtel de Conti, Paris (d. 1709)
1770 – David Thompson, English-Canadian explorer and cartographer (mapped more Canadian territory than anybody else), born in Westminster, England (d. 1857)
1901 – Simon Kuznets, American economist (Nobel 1971), born in Pinsk, Russian Empire (d. 1985)
1938 – Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak film director (Crucial Years), born in Kojšov, Czechoslovakia
1945 – Claude van de Berge, Flemish writer (Graph Theory), born in Assenede, Belgium
1948 – Wayne Kramer [Kambes], American guitarist (MC5 – “Kick Out The Jams”), and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2024)
1948 – Perry King, American actor (Andy Warhol’s Bad; Riptide; The Hasty Heart), born in Alliance, Ohio
1959 – Stephen Harper, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada (2006-15), born in Toronto, Ontario
1976 – Victor Glover, American astronaut (Artemis II), born in Pomona, California