1648 – Johann Michael Bach, German composer (In Dulci Jubilo), born in Arnstadt, Germany (d. 1694)
1782 – Vicente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, general and 2nd President of Mexico (1829), born in Cuilapan, Oaxaca, Mexico (d. 1831)
1898 – David de Jong, Dutch writer (Mutiny on the Canal)
1899 – P.L. [Pamela Lyndon] Travers, Australian British writer (Mary Poppins), born in Maryborough, Australia (d. 1996)
1905 – Elizabeth Lane, 1st female British supreme court justice, born in Bowden, Cheshire (d. 1988)
1914 – Tove Jansson, Finnish author and illustrator (Moomins), born in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (d. 2001)
1940 – Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (Iris-Another World, Guiding Light), born in McAlester, Oklahoma (d. 2008)
1943 – Ken Norton, American heavyweight boxer who had 3 famous fights with Muhammad Ali, born in Jacksonville, Illinois (d. 2013)
1974 – Derek Fisher, American NBA guard (LA Lakers) and manager (LS Sparks), born in Little Rock Arkansas
1976 – Rhona Mitra, English actress, born in London, England