1638 – Louis XIV, King of France (1643-1715), known as “The Sun King”, had longest reign in country, born in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France (d. 1715)
1826 – John Wisden, England cricketer (prominent Sussex player), born in Brighton, Sussex, England (d. 1884)
1836 – Justiniano Borgoño, President of Peru (1894), born in Trujillo, Peru (d. 1921)
1881 – Otto Bauer, Austrian Social Democrat, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1938)
1907 – Sunnyland Slim [Albert Luandrew], American blues pianist, born in Vance, Mississippi (d. 1995)
1908 – Cecilia Seghizzi, Italian composer, born in Gotizia, Austria-Hungary (d. 2019)
1912 – Frank Thomas, American animator, born in Fresno, California (d. 2004)
1942 – Werner Herzog, German director (Burden of Dreams, Stroszek, Woyzeck), born in Munich, Germany
1956 – Steve Denton, American tennis player (world’s fastest tennis serve-138 mph), born in Kingsville, Texas
1973 – Rose McGowan, American actress (Charmed) and sexual harassment activist, born in Florence, Italy