Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536)
Spanish princess, 1st wife of Henry VIII, Queen of England (1509-33), born in Madrid, Spain
- 1584 John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar, born in Salvington, Sussex, England (d. 1654)
- 1614 Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)
- 1622 Cort Adeler, Norwegian admiral ship builder (served Dutch, Venetian and Danish navies), born in Brevik, Norway (d. 1675)
- 1652 Giovanni Maria Casini, Italian organist, composer, and priest, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1719)
- 1669 Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter, born in Dordrecht,, Dutch Republic (d. 1729)
George Whitefield (1714-1770)
English-born Methodist leader and preacher, born in Gloucester, England
- 1716 Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)
- 1717 Elizabeth Carter, English poet, bluestocking and translator (All the Works of Epictetus Which Are Now Extant), born in Deal, England (d. 1806)
- 1742 Gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819)
- 1748 Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, Flemish harpsichordist, organist and composer, baptized in Brussels (d. 1809)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
German composer (5th Symphony; Ode to Joy), born in Bonn, Electorate of Cologne
- 1775 Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, French opera composer known as 'the French Mozart' (La dame blanche - The White Lady), born in Rouen, France (d. 1834)
Jane Austen (1775-1817)
English novelist (Pride and Prejudice), born in Steventon, England
- 1776 Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810)
- 1787 Mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855)
- 1790 Leopold I, King of Belgium (1831-65), born in Ehrenburg Palace, Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1865)
- 1804 Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889)
- 1809 Pieter van Bosse, Dutch politician, Liberal Minister of Finance, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1879)
- 1812 William Grose, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1900)
- 1819 Robert Selden Garnett, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1861)
- 1822 Charles Edward Horsley, British organist, conductor and composer, born in London (d. 1876)
- 1825 Henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1899)
- 1825 Robert Prescott Stewart, Irish composer, organist, conductor, and teacher, born in Dublin (d. 1894)
- 1827 Jean Abraham Oudemans, Dutch geographer and astronomer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, (d. 1906)
- 1828 John Beatty, American banker, statesman, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Sandusky, Ohio (d. 1914)
- 1830 John Frederick Hartranft, American politician, 17th Governor of Pennsylvania (1873-1879), and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in New Hanover Township, Pennsylvania (d. 1889)
- 1834 Leon Walras, French economist (border use theory), born in Évreux,, France (d. 1910)
- 1847 Augusta Holmes, Irish-French pianist and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1903)
- 1850 Fred Morley, English cricket fast bowler, (4 Tests, 16 wickets, BB 5/56; Nottinghamshire CCC), born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, England (d. 1884)
- 1851 Theodoor de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08), born in Harderwijk, Netherlands (d. 1919)
- 1857 E. E. [Edward Emerson] Barnard, American astronomer (Jupiter's 5th satellite), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1923)
- 1861 Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917)
- 1862 Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la robe), born in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek,, Belgium (d. 1919)
- 1863 George Santayana, Spanish-American philosopher, poet and humanist (Last Puritan), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1952)
- 1863 Ralph Adams Cram, American gothic architect (Cathedral of St Joan NYC), born in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire (d. 1942)
- 1865 Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor (d. 1954)
- 1867 Amy Carmichael, missionary in Dohnavur, India (d. 1951)
- 1869 Albert Pollard, British historian (Dictionary of Natural Biography), born in Ryde, England (d. 1948)
- 1869 Alfred Hill, Australian-New Zealand composer and conductor (Hinemoa), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1960)
- 1869 Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1952)
- 1872 Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (d. 1947)
- 1879 William Duncan, Scottish actor (Hopalong Rides Again, Thunder Trail), born in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland (d. 1961)
Jack Hobbs (1882-1963)
English cricket batsman (61 Tests, 5,410 runs @ 56.94, 15 x 100s; leading 1st-class run-scorer [61,760] and century-maker [199]; Surry), born in Cambridge, England
- 1882 Walther Meissner, German physicist (Meissner effect), born in Berlin, German Empire (d. 1974)
- 1882 Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer and ethno-musicologist, (Psalmus Hungaricus; Hary Janos), born in Kecskemét, Hungary (d. 1967)
- 1883 Max Linder [Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle], French actor, comic and director (Seven Years Bad Luck: Max Prend un Bain), born in Saint-Loubès, Gironde, France (d. 1925)
- 1888 Alexander I, king of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (1921–29) and of Yugoslavia (1929–34), born in Cetinje, Montenegro (d. 1934)
- 1888 Alphonse Juin, French general and Marshal, born in Bône, French Algeria (d. 1967)
- 1892 Cameron Prud'Homme, American actor (The Rainmaker), born in Auburn, New York (d. 1967)
- 1893 Vladimir Golschmann, French-American conductor (St. Louis Symphony, 1931-57), born in Paris, France (d. 1972)
- 1895 Lidj Jasu [Iyasu], Emperor of Ethiopia (1913-16), born in Dessie, Ethiopia (d. 1935)
- 1897 Jacobus Petrus Duminy, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests; Western Province, Transvaal, Oxford University CC) and academic (principal & vice-chancellor University of Cape Town), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1980)
- 1897 Paul Neuhuys, Belgian playwright and poet (Le Canari et le Cerise), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1984)
- 1899 Harold Walter Bailey, British philologist (Khotanese, Sanskrit scholar who spoke 50 languages), born in Devizes, England (d. 1996
Noël Coward (1899-1973)
English playwright (Hay Fever, Private Lives), director (In Which We Serve-1942 Academy Award), actor and singer, born in London
- 1900 V. S. Pritchett, British literary critic and writer (Myth Makers), born in Suffolk (d. 1996)
Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
American anthropologist (Coming of Age in Samoa, Thoughts & Female), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1903 Hardie Albright, American actor (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1975)
- 1903 Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet (El hombre deshabitado, one of the Generation of 27), born in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain (d. 1999) [1]
- 1904 Edward Morris Bernstein, American economist (US negotiator at Bretton Woods conference and establishment of IMF), born in New Jersey (d. 1996)
- 1905 Piet Hein, Dutch poet and inventor (d. 1996)
- 1906 John Morrison, 1st Baron Margadale, English politician and landowner, last non-royal to be raised to the peerage in UK (1965) (d. 1996)
- 1907 Barbara Kent, Canadian actress (Lonesome, Flesh and the Devil), born in Gadsby, Alberta, Canada (d. 2011)
- 1907 Ray C. Bliss, American Republican party figure (Chairman Republican National Committee 1965-69), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 1981)
- 1907 Syd Curnow, South African cricket batsman (7 Tests, HS 47; Transvaal), born in Benoni, South Africa (d. 1986)
- 1908 Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist artist (Eyes on the table, Useless Science or the Alchemist), born in Anglès, Spain (d. 1963) [1]
- 1909 Henricus Verbunt, Dutch civil servant and resistance fighter, born in Tilburg, Netherlands (d. 1944)
- 1909 Lall Singh, Indian cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in India's 1st Test match) (d. 1985)
- 1910 Freddie Brown, English cricketer ("Lettuces! Hearts as big as "), born in Lima, Peru (d. 1991)
- 1910 Robert Noehren, American organist and educator, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2002)
- 1910 Stanojlo Rajičić, Serbian composer, educator, and musicologist, born in Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia (d. 2000)
- 1915 Georgy Sviridov, Soviet Russian neo-romantic composer (The Blizzard; Time; Forward!), born in Fatezh, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1998)
- 1915 Melvin "Turk" Murphy, American Dixieland jazz trombonist, born in Palermo, California (d. 1987)
- 1916 Theo Bitter, Dutch painter and set designer (d. 1994)
- 1916 Udom Patpongsiri, Thai property developer (Father of the Thai sex industry), (d. 1996)
Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008)
English sci-fi author (2001: A Space Odyssey, Childhood's End), born in Minehead, England
- 1917 Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani Sindhi scholar (compiled first Sindhi-English dictionary), born in Jaffer Khan Laghari, Sinjhoro, British India (d. 2011) [1]
- 1918 Henry Clarke, American fashion photographer (Vogue), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1996)
- 1918 Pierre Delanoë [Leroyer], French songwriter and lyricist, born in Paris (d. 2006)
- 1919 Manke Nelis [Cornelis Pieters], Dutch folk-pop vocalist (Small Yodel Boy), and double bassist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1993)
- 1922 Anthony Simmons, British writer and film director (The Optimists of Nine Elms), born in London (d. 2016)
- 1922 Pierre Chany, French cycling journalist (49 x Tour de France; L'Équipe), born in Langeac, Haute-Loire, France (d. 1996)
- 1922 Seymour "Cy" Leslie, American music (Pickwick Records) and video (MGM/UA Home Entertainment) executive, born in Israel (d. 2008)
- 1923 (Silvio) "Tip" Marugg, Antillian poet and writer (Weekend Pilgrimage), born in Willemstad, Curaçao (d. 2006)
- 1923 Werner Haentjes, German conductor and composer of operas and film scores, born in Bocholt, Germany (d. 2001)
- 1926 Alfred Koerppen, German organist, composer, and educator (Hannover Hochschule für Musik und Theater, 1948-91), born in Wiesbaden, Germany (d. 2022)
- 1926 James McCracken, American operatic tenor (Otello), born in Gary, Indiana (d. 1988)
- 1926 Josef Hadar, Israeli violinist and composer (Evening of Roses), born in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine (now Israel) (d. 2006)
- 1927 G Randall P D Garrett, American sci-fi writer (Takeoff (too)!)
- 1927 Peter [Malcolm] Dickinson, Zambia, sci-fi author (Heartsease)
- 1928 Peter Nailor, civil servant/historian
- 1928 Philip K Dick, American sci-fi author (Hugo-1963; Blade Runner), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1929 Doug Ford, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (successful NSW of 50's), born in Maryville, New South Wales
- 1929 Ian Board, British barkeeper (the Colony Room), born in Devon (d. 1994)
- 1929 Nicholas Courtney, British actor (Doctor Who, Incendiary), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 2011)
- 1930 Bill Young, American politician (Congress, 1993-2013), born in Harmarville, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
- 1931 Karl Denver [Angus McKenzie], Scottish pop singer ("Never Say Goodbye"; "Wimoweh"), born in Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland
- 1931 Kenneth Gilbert, Canadian harpsichordist, organist, musicologist, and educator, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2020)
- 1931 Shelby Singleton, American record label owner and producer (Smash Records, Mercury Records), born in Waskom, Texas (d. 2009)
Tom Brookshier (1931-2010)
American football defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles) and broadcaster (CBS), born in Roswell, New Mexico
- 1932 Quentin Blake, English illustrator, British Children's Laureate (1999-2001), born in Sidcup, England
- 1932 Rodion Konstantinovich Schedrin, Soviet-Russian pianist, organist, and composer (The Little Hump-backed Horse), born in Moscow, Russia
- 1933 Johnny "Hammond" Smith, American jazz and bop organist (Wild Horses Rock Steady), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1997)
- 1934 John L. Rotz, American thoroughbred jockey (Preakness Stakes 1962; Belmont Stakes 1970; Racing Hall of Fame 1983), born in Niantic, Illinois (d. 2021)
- 1935 Howard Quilling, American classical composer (From Quiet Beginnings), and educator, born in Enid, Oklahoma (d. 2016)
- 1936 Maurice Setters, English soccer wing half (West Bromwich Albion, Manchester United, Stoke City) and manager (Doncaster Rovers), born in Honiton, England (d. 2020)
- 1936 Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center
- 1937 Bobby Porcelli, American Latin and Afro-Cuban jazz saxophone and flute player, born in New York City
- 1937 Edward Ruscha, American artist (Pop Art), born in Omaha, Nebraska
- 1937 Jim Glaser, American singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again), born in Spalding, Nebraska
- 1937 Joe Farrell, American jazz saxophonist, born in Chicago Heights, Illinois, (d. 1986)
- 1937 Joyce Bulifant, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show - "Marie Slaughter"), born in Newport News, Virginia
- 1938 Frank Deford, American sportswriter
Jimmie Lee Jackson (1938-1965)
American civil rights protester and church deacon, shot and killed by an Alabama State Trooper in 1965, born in Marion, Alabama
- 1938 Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress and director (The Emigrants, Persona), born in Tokyo, Japan
- 1940 Dimitri van Toren, Dutch singer-songwriter, born in Breda, Netherlands (d. 2015)
- 1941 Lesley Stahl, newscaster/correspondent (CBS)
- 1941 Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Italian actor (Cafe Express, Octopus), born in Cercola, Italy (d. 1994)
- 1942 Donald Carcieri, American politician, governor of Rhode Island
- 1943 Steven Bochco, American TV producer and co-creator of Hill Street Blues, LA Law and NYPD Blue, born in New York City (d. 2018)
- 1944 John Abercrombie, American jazz guitarist, born in Portchester, New York (d. 2017)
- 1944 Yosemite Sam, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Friz Freleng, (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Stage Door Cartoon"
- 1945 Bobby George, English darts player (BDO World C'ship 1980, 84 runner-up), born in Manor Park, Essex, England
- 1945 Patti Deutsch, American actress and Match Game panelist
- 1945 Tony Hicks, British rock guitarist (The Hollies), born in Nelson, England
- 1945 Yukio Hattori, Japanese Iron Chef commentator
- 1946 Adriaan van Dis, Dutch author (Promised Country), born in Bergen aan Zee, Netherlands
Benny Andersson (76 years old)
1946 Swedish pop composer and musician (ABBA), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- 1946 Chris Ellison [Ironside], British actor (The Bill - "Frank Burnside"), born in St Pancras, London, England
- 1946 Eduard Krieger, Austrian soccer defensive midfielder (25 caps; Austria Wien, Club Brugge K.V., LASK Linz), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2019)
- 1946 Fred Borgman, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA), born in Aalsmeer, Netherlands (d. 1996)
- 1946 Goolam Rajah, South African cricket administrator (manager RSA national team 1991-2011), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2021)
- 1946 Terence Knox, American actor (Peter-St Elsewhere), born in Richland, Washington
- 1946 Trevor Pinnock, English conductor and harpsichordist (The English Concert), born in Canterbury, England
- 1947 Ben Cross, English actor (Chariots of Fire, Star Trek), born in London, England (d. 2020)
- 1947 Vincent Matthews, American 400m dash (Olympic gold 1972)
- 1948 Christopher Biggins, English actor
- 1949 Billy Gibbons, American blues-rock guitarist (Moving Sidewalks; ZZ Top - "Cheap Sunglasses"; "Legs"), born in Houston, Texas
- 1949 Sugar Blue [Jimmie Whiting], American touring and session blues harmonica player (Louisiana Red; Rolling Stones), born in Harlem, New York City
- 1950 Claudia Cohen, American gossip columnist (NY Post - "Page Six") and socialite, born in Englewood, New Jersey (d. 2007)
- 1950 Ieremia Tabai, I-Kiribati politician (President of Kiribati, 1979-91), born in Nonouti, Kiribati (Gilbert Islands)
- 1950 Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist, born in Zandvoort, Netherlands (d. 2006)
- 1951 Robben Ford, American jazz, rock, and blues guitarist (L.A. Express; Yellowjackets), born in Woodlake, California
- 1952 Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer
- 1952 Joel Garner, Christ Church, Barbados, West Indian cricketer (two-metre West Indian pace bowler 1977-87)
- 1953 Filip Bolluyt, Dutch actor (Daybreak)
- 1954 Joslyn Y Hoyte-Smith, Barbados, 4X400m hurdler (Olympic bronze 1980)
- 1955 Carol M Browner, US Administrator (EPA)
- 1955 Graham Stevenson, English cricket medium pace bowler (2 Tests, 5 wickets; 4 ODIs; Yorkshire CCC, Northamptonshire CCC), born in Ackworth, England
- 1955 Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
- 1955 Xander Berkeley, American actor
- 1956 Mike Gregory, English darts player (BDO World C'ship 1992 runner-up), born in Bath, England (d. 2022)
- 1956 Tommy Burns, Scottish soccer midfielder (8 caps; Celtic, Kilmarnock) and manager (Scotland, Celtic, Kilmarnock, Reading), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2008)
- 1958 Bart Oates, NFL center (NY Giants, SF 49ers)
- 1959 Alison La Placa, NJ, actress (Duet, Catherine-John Larroquette Show)
- 1959 Stephen Irvine, Scottish rock drummer (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions), born in Scotland
- 1960 Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer
- 1961 Bill Hicks, American stand-up comedian and social critic, born in Valdosta, Georgia (d. 1994)
- 1961 LaChanze [Rhonda LaChanze Sapp], American Broadway actress (The Color Purple), born in St. Augustine, Florida
- 1962 Jon Tenney, actor (Brooklyn South)
- 1962 Maruschka Detmers, Schoonebeek Holland, actress (Devil in the Flesh)
- 1962 Melanie Smith, actress (Emily-As the World Turns), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania
- 1962 William "The Refrigerator" Perry, NFL defensive lineman (Chicago Bears), born in Aiken, South Carolina
- 1963 Benjamin Bratt, California, actor (Det Reynaldo Curtis-Law & Order)
- 1963 Cathy Johnston, American golfer, (du Maurier Classic 1990), born in High Point, North Carolina
- 1963 James Mangold, American filmmaker (Girl, Interrupted; Kate & Leopold; Walk the Line; Logan), born in New York City
- 1963 Jeff Carson, American country singer, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 1964 Billy Ripken, American baseball 2nd baseman (Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers) and broadcaster (XM Satellite Radio, MLB Network), born in Havre de Grace, Maryland
- 1964 Gail Harris, Dewsbury England, actress (Virtual Desire)
- 1964 Heike Drechsler, Gera German DR, sprinter (1988 world record)
- 1965 Chris Jones, outfielder (NY Mets), born in Utica, New York
- 1965 J.B. Smoove [Jerry Brooks], American actor, comedian and writer (SNL, 2003-06; Curb Your Enthusiasm), born in Plymouth, North Carolina
- 1965 Melanie Sloan, American attorney
- 1965 Romallis Ellis, lightweight boxer (Olympic bronze 1988), born in Washington, D.C.
- 1966 Clifford Robinson, American basketball center (NBA All Star 1994; 6th Man of Year Award 1993; Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2020)
- 1966 Dennis Wise, English footballer
- 1967 Donovan Bailey, Canadian athlete (WR 100m 9.84 1996; Olympic gold 100m, 4x100m 1996; World C'ship gold 100m, 4x100m 1995, 4x100m 1997), born in Manchester Parish, Jamaica
- 1967 Miranda Otto, Australian actress
- 1968 Darryll Lewis, American NFL cornerback, 1991-2001 (Houston/Tennessee Oilers, and 2 other teams), born in Bellflower, California
- 1968 Paul Scherrer, American actor (Children of Corn II, Free Spirit), born in Rochester, New York
- 1968 Wendy Doolan, Australian golfer (Evian Masters 2004), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- 1968 Yannick Alléno, French chef, born in Puteaux, France
- 1969 Adam Reiss, American astrophysicist (2011 Nobel Prize for Physics for discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe), born in Washington D.C.
- 1969 Charles Mincy, American NFL safety, 1991-99 (Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and 2 other teams), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1969 Craig White, cricketer (England all-rounder 1994-95, AIS graduate)
Lei Jun (53 years old)
1969 Chinese businessman and founder of Xiaomi Inc, born in Xiantao, Hubei
- 1971 Laurence Cottle, Welsh session rock, jazz, and jazz-fusion bass guitarist and composer (Earthworks; Alan Parsons Project; Black Sabbath), born in Swansea, Wales
- 1971 Michael McCary, American R&B singer (Boyz II Men), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1971 Paul van Dyk {Mattias Paul], German DJ, and record producer, born in Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
- 1972 Angela Bloomfield, New Zealand actress
- 1972 Charles Gipson, American baseball player
- 1972 Željko Kalac, Australian soccer player
- 1973 Kristie Boogert, Rotterdam Neth, tennis star (1996 Paris)
- 1973 Mariza [Marisa dos Reis Nunes], Portuguese fado singer, born in Maputo, Portuguese Mozambique
- 1973 Scott Storch, Canadian-American hip-hop producer, born on Long Island, New York
- 1974 Frida Hallgren, Swedish actress
- 1975 Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian rock singer and songwriter (Billy Talent), born in Pierrefonds, Quebec
- 1975 Jacob "Jake" Cinninger, American rock guitarist, and songwriter (Umphrey's McGee), born in Niles, Michigan
- 1975 Jonathan Scarfe, Canadian actor