1853 – Cecil Rhodes, British businessman, diamond merchant and imperialist politician who was Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (1890-96), born in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England (d. 1902)
1874 – Eugen Fischer, Nazi physician (Kaiser Wilhelm Institute), born in Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany (d. 1967)
1902 – Frank Waters, American writer, born in Colorado Springs, Colorado (d. 1995)
1940 – Karen Shepherd, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah), born in Silver City, New Mexico
1951 – Geert Jan Hessing, Dutch rock drummer (Catapult)
1952 – Michael Don McNabb, composer
1954 – Leni Björklund, Swedish politician (Minister for Defence, 2002-06), born in Örebro, Sweden
1957 – Doug Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Ottaw, Ontario, Canada
1959 – Marc Cohn, American folk rock singer (Walking in Memphis), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1973 – Marcus Allbäck, Swedish footballer, born in Gothenburg, Sweden