1578 – Catharina Belgica of Nassau, Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg and daughter of William the Silent, born in Antwerp (d. 1648)
1686 – Charles, Duke of Berry, French heir presumptive to the Spanish throne (1700-07), born at the Palace of Versailles, France (d. 1714)
1803 – John Ericsson, Swedish-American inventor (screw propeller, rotating turret), born in Långban, Sweden (d. 1889)
1844 – Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist and archaeologist, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1935)
1912 – Milton Friedman, American economist (Nobel Prize Economics 1976), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
1914 – Louis De Funes, French actor and writer (The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacobs), born in Courbevoie, France (d. 1983)
1939 – France Nuyen, Vietnamese-French actress (St Elsewhere, Diamond Head), born in Marseilles, France
1958 – Bill Berry, American drummer (R.E.M., 1980-97 – “Losing My Religion”; “Stand”), born in Duluth, Minnesota
1962 – Troy Murray, Canadian NHL hockey center (Chicago Black Hawks, Colorado Avalanche, and 3 other teams), and broadcaster (Black Hawks), born in Calgary, Alberta (d. 2026)
1965 – Pat Finn, American television actor (The Middle, Marvin Marvin), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 2025)