1427 – Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland (1447-92), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1492)
1667 – Jonathan Swift, satirist (Gulliver’s Travels, A Modest Proposal), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1745)
1756 – Ernst Chladni, German physicist (d. 1827)
1847 – August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer
1898 – Roy “Link” Lyman, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears)
1915 – Henry Taube, chemist (Nobel 1983)
1943 – Jerry Hunt, American composer, born in Waco, Texas (d. 1993)
1954 – June Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-I’m So excited)
1957 – Colin Mochrie, Scottish-born Canadian comedian
1967 – Gary Jones, NFL safety (NY Jets)