1534 – Jose de Anchieta, Spanish saint, Jesuit, poet and missionary to Brazil (founder of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife (d. 1597)
1727 – Michel Adanson, French botanist known for his work on plant classifications, born in Aix-en Provence, France (d. 1806)
1786 – William Rufus DeVane King, American politician, 13th US Vice President (1853), born in Sampson County, North Carolina (d. 1853)
1903 – Willi Forst, Austrian actor and director (Bel Amis, Operette, Vienna Blood), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1980)
1909 – Robert Raglan, British character actor (Dad’s Army – ” Colonel Pritchard”), born in Reigate, Surrey, England (d. 1985)
1919 – Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (6x Olympic gold, 1936-1960), born in Renate, Italy (d. 2012)
1943 – Roberta Shore [Schourop], American actress (The Virginian), and singer, born in Monterey Park, California
1951 – Janis Ian [Fink], American singer-songwriter and folk musician (“At Seventeen”; “Society’s Child”), born in New York City
1971 – Victor Kraatz, Canadian ice dancer (1995 World Champs-4th), born in Berlin, West Germany
1982 – Sian Clifford, English actress (Fleabag – “Claire”), born in London