1815 – Adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist, born in Breslau, Prussian Silesia (d. 1905)
1935 – Dharmendra, Indian actor (Sholay), born in Nasrali, Punjab, British India
1945 – John Banville, Irish novelist and journalist
1947 – Thomas R. Cech, American chemist, Nobel laureate
1951 – Bill Bryson, American British author (Notes From a Small Island), born in Des Moines, Iowa
1958 – George Rogers, American College Football Hall of Fame running back (Heisman Trophy 1980, U of South Carolina; #1 pick 1981 NFL Draft; Super Bowl 1987; NO Saints, Washington Redskins), born in Duluth, Georgia
1960 – Lim Guan Eng, Secretary-General of the Malaysian Democratic Action Party (DAP), born in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
1979 – Christian Wilhelmsson, Swedish footballer, born in Malmö Municipality, Sweden
1982 – Chrisette Michele [Payne], American RandB and soul singer-songwriter (“Be OK”; “Epiphany”), born in Central Islip, New York,
1986 – Kate Voegele, American musician, born in Bay Village, Ohio