1764 – Pieter Nieuwland, Dutch scientist and mathematician (known as “Dutch Isaac Newton”), born in Diemermeer (d. 1794)
1904 – Cooney Weiland, Canadian ice hockey coach (Stanley Cup 1941 Boston Bruins; Harvard Uni) and NHL forward (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings), born in Seaforth, Ontario (d. 1985)
1906 – George Trevelyan, British educational pioneer and a founding father of the New Age movement, born in London (d. 1996)
1943 – Pablo Gomez, Spanish rock drummer (Los Bravos – “Black Is Black”), born in Barcelona, Catalonia
1943 – Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American TV chef (Chef Tell), born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 2007)
1948 – Bernard-Henri Lévy, French public intellectual, born in Béni Saf, Oran, French Algeria
1952 – Oleg Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer, born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR
1968 – Cary Blanchard, American NFL kicker (Indianapolis Colts), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2016)
1974 – Chris Sununu, American politician, Governor of New Hampshire (2017-), born in Salem, New Hampshire
1974 – Angela Gossow, German vocalist (Arch Enemy), born in Cologne, Germany