1518 – Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)
1915 – Jumbo Elliott, American track coach (d. 1981)
1927 – Jim Weaver, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon), born in Brookings, South Dakota
1929 – Ronnie Biggs, English criminal (Great Train Robbery of 1963), born in Stockwell
1936 – Frank Howard, baseball player (NL Rookie of the Year 1960)
1948 – Floyd Reese, American football administrator (GM Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans 1994-2006) and analyst (ESPN’s NFL Live, ESPN.com), born in Springfield, Missouri (d. 2021)
1955 – Diddú, Icelandic soprano and songwriter
1956 – David Grant, British pop-soul singer (“Stop and Go”; “Could It Be I’m Falling in Love”), and televeion personality (Pop Idol), born in Hackney, London, England
1963 – Caroline Crawley, British alt-rock singer (Shelleyan Orphan; Babacar), born in Bournemouth, England (d. 2016)
1976 – JC Chasez, American singer (*NSYNC)