1649 – Joseph François Salomon, French composer, born in Toulon, France (d. 1732)
1860 – Frederik Willem van Eeden, Dutch utopian writer (Walden), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1932)
1893 – Princess Maud of Fife, Countess of Southesk, born in East Sheen Lodge, Richmond-upon-Thames (d. 1945)
1934 – Jane Goodall, British primatologist, anthropologist, and writer (Through a Window: My Thirty Years With the Chimpanzees of Gombe), born in Hampstead, London, England
1937 – Louis Satterfield [also known as Lui-Lui, Ealee, and Sat], American trombone player (The Pharaohs, Earth, Wind and Fire, Phenix Horns), born in Shaw, Mississippi (d. 2004)
1939 – Vitaliy Davidov, Soviet ice hockey player (Olympic gold 1964, 68, 72), born in Moscow
1942 – Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (Janosik), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2005)
1966 – John de Vries, Australian racing driver (Indy Racing League and Australian Formula Holden), born in New South Wales, Australia
1973 – Greg DeLong, American football player, NFL tight end (Minnesota Vikings), born in Orefield, Pennsylvania
1985 – Leona Lewis, English pop singer-songwriter (“Bleeding Love”; “Better In Time”), born in Islington, London