1872 – Habibullah Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1901-19), born in Samarkand, Uzbekistan (d. 1919)
1886 – Raymond A Spruance, U.S. Navy admiral (Battle of Midway), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1969)
1899 – Otto Reinhold, German composer, born in Erzgebirge (d. 1965)
1924 – S. R. [Sellapan Ramanathan] Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (1999-2011), born in Singapore (d. 2016)
1933 – Edward Brandt Jr., American physician and public health official, born in Oklahoma (d. 2007)
1945 – Iain MacDonald-Smith, English yachtsman (Olympic gold Flying Dutchman 1968), born in Oxford, England
1947 – Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch soccer left winger or forward (46 caps; Anderlecht), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2020)
1971 – Julian Assange, Australian founder of Wikileaks, born in Townsville, Queensland
1976 – Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1978 – Katia Zygouli, Greek supermodel, born in Thessaloniki, Greece