1571 – Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621)
1624 – Empress Meishō (d. 1696)
1859 – Carrie Chapman Catt, American women’s suffrage leader and founder (League of Women Voters), born in Ripon, Wisconsin (d. 1947)
1890 – Karel Čapek, Czech writer, playwright and critic (R.U.R.); coined the word “robot”, born in Malé Svatoňovice, Hungary (d. 1938)
1928 – Fernand J St Germain, American politician (Rep-D-RI, 1961- ), born in Blackstone, Massachusetts (d. 2014)
1947 – Ronnie Landfield, American abstract painter, born in The Bronx, New York
1950 – Rio Reiser, German rock musician and singer (Ton Steine Scherben), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1996)
1965 – Vincent Brown, American NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1978 – Mathieu Garon, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Chandler, Canada
1980 – Sergio García, Spanish golfer (US Masters 2017), born in Borriol, Castellón