1524 – Luis de Camões, Portuguese poet considered Portugal’s greatest, known for the national epic “The Lusiads”, born in Lisbon, Portugal [date of birth disputed] (d. 1580)
1746 – Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish-Lithuanian military leader and statesman considered a national hero, born in Mereczowszczyzna, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1817)
1876 – Victor Vreuls, Belgian composer and musician, born in Verviers, Belgium (d. 1944)
1888 – Paul Althaus, German theologist (The Christian Truth), born in Obershagen, Province of Hanover (d. 1966)
1918 – Ida Lupino, British-American actress (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) and director (The Hitch-Hiker), born in London, England (d. 1995)
1937 – Magnar Solberg, Norwegian biathlete (Olympic gold 20k individual 1968, 72), born in Soknedal, Norway
1948 – Tamás Wichmann, Hungarian sprint canoeist (World C’ship gold x 9; Olympic silver C-1 1000m 1972, C-2 1000m 1968; bronze C-1 1000m 1976), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2020)
1953 – Tatsurō Yamashita, Japanese soft rock singer-songwriter (“Christmas Eve”; “Zutto Issho sa”), born in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
1957 – Evan Wolfson, American attorney and gay rights activist who founded Freedom to Marry, born in Brooklyn, New York
1987 – Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player, born in Brno, Czechia