1552 – Simon Forman, English Elizabethan astrologer and occultist, born in Quidhampton, England (d. 1611)
1668 – Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician, born in Voorhout, Netherlands (d. 1738)
1830 – Isma’il Pasha, Khedive of Egypt (1863-79), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1895)
1869 – Henri Matisse, French impressionist painter (Odalisque), born in Le Cateau-Cambresis, France (d. 1954)
1885 – Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, born in Province of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1970)
1919 – Tommy Byrne, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1950; World Series 1949, 56; NY Yankees), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2007)
1919 – Recy Taylor, American civil rights activist and sexual assault victim, born in Abbeville, Alabama (d. 2017)
1921 – Lynn Compton, American jurist (Sirhan Sirhan prosecutor) and commissioned officer (Easy Company, 101st Airborne), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
1954 – Hermann Tilke, German racing circuit architect, born in Olpe, Germany
1959 – Val Kilmer, American actor (Iceman in “Top Gun”; Batman in “Batman Forever”), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2025)