- 1415 Vasili II 'the Blind' Grand Prince of Moscow (1425-62) (d. 1462)
Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452-1516)
King of Aragon (1479-1516), King of Naples (1504-16), born in Sada Palace, Sos, Aragon
- 1503 Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1558-64) who organized defense against the Ottoman invasion, born in Alcalá de Henares, Castile (d. 1564)
- 1538 Thomas Howard, English 4th Duke of Norfolk (executed for treason by Queen Elizabeth I for his part in Ridolfi plot to overthrow her), born in Kenninghall, Norfolk, England (d. 1572)
- 1628 Constantine Huygens Jr., Dutch poet, painter and cartoonist, born in The Hague, Dutch Republic (d. 1697)
- 1628 Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician who founded the science of microscopic anatomy, born in Crevalcore, near Bologna, Papal States (d. 1694)
- 1656 Adolf H. van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat and politician (d. 1731)
- 1698 Gaetano Maria Schiassi, Italian composer (d. 1754)
- 1709 Georg Steller, German naturalist (d. 1746)
- 1713 Christian Friedrich Schale, German composer (d. 1800)
- 1713 Raphael Weiss, German composer and priest, born in Wangen (d. 1779)
- 1745 John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (d. 1807)
- 1748 John Playfair, Scottish clergyman, geologist and mathematician, born in Benvie, Scotland (d. 1819)
- 1749 Lorenzo Da Ponte [Emanuele Conegliano], Italian-American librettist (Don Giovanni), poet, and libertine priest, born in Ceneda, Republic of Venice (now Vittorio Veneto, Italy) (d. 1838)
- 1755 Philipp Christoph Kayser, German composer and pianist, born in Frankfurt (d. 1823)
- 1769 Joseph Williamson, English philanthropist and tunnel builder (Williamson tunnels in Liverpool), born in West Riding, England (d. 1840)
- 1771 Georg Friedrich Creuzer, German classical scholar (Idea und Probe), born in Marburg an der Lahn, Hesse (d. 1858)
- 1772 Friedrich von Schlegel, German romantic writer and critic (Lucinde), born in Hanover (d. 1829)
- 1776 Louise, Queen of Prussia, wife of Frederick William III (famously pleaded with Napoleon), born in Hanover (d. 1810)
- 1780 Juan José Landaeta, Venezuelan composer, born in Caracas, Venezuela, (d. 1814)
- 1787 William Etty, English painter of historical nudes, born in York, England (d. 1849)
- 1788 Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German Romantic poet (Das Marmorbild), born at Schloß Lubowitz, Prussia (d. 1857)
- 1796 José María Vargas, Venezuelan doctor, botanist and 2nd President of Venezuela (1835-36), born in La Guaira, Venezuela (d. 1854)
- 1809 William David Porter, Commander (Union Navy), (d. 1864)
- 1810 John McCloskey, 1st American cardinal and Archbishop of New York, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1885)
- 1810 Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet (d. 1886)
- 1812 Victor Tesch, Belgian industrialist and politician, born in Messancy, Belgium (d. 1892)
- 1818 George Wythe Randolph, American Secretary of War for the Confederacy, born in Charlottesville, Virginia (d. 1867)
- 1822 Willem Roelofs, Dutch painter and lithographer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1897)
- 1824 Thomas James Churchill, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1905)
- 1832 William Henry Penrose, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born at Madison Barracks in Sackett's Harbor, New York (d. 1903)
- 1839 Dudley Buck, American organist, composer, and music writer, born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1909)
- 1842 Ina Coolbrith, American poet laureate of California (1st poet laureate of any US state), born in Nauvoo, Illinois (d. 1928)
- 1844 Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (Spanish Dancer), born in Pamplona, Spain (d. 1908)
- 1846 Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (d. 1850)
Kate Sheppard (1847-1934)
New Zealand suffragette and the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement, born in Liverpool, England
- 1850 Mary Mills Patrick, American author and 1st President of Istanbul Woman's College, born in Canterbury, New Hampshire (d. 1940)
- 1850 Spencer Gore, British tennis player (1st Wimbledon winner 1877), born in Wimbledon, England (d. 1906)
Pauline Johnson (1861-1913)
Canadian poet, writer and performer (The White Wampum), born on The Native Reserve, Upper Canada [1]
- 1863 E J Ratcliffe [Edward], British stage and screen actor, born in London (d. 1948)
- 1865 Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch sports organizer (founder Dutch Football & Athletics Ass'n, Koninklijke HFC; est. hockey in Netherlands; President International Skating Union 1892–94), born in Witmarsum, Netherlands (d. 1954)
- 1866 Amanda Aldridge, British opera singer, pianist, teacher, and composer of parlour songs and light orchestral pieces music, born in Upper Norwood, London, England (d. 1956)
- 1867 Hector Guimard, French Art Nouveau architect and designer (entrances to Paris Metros), born in Lyon (d. 1942)
Lillian Wald (1867-1940)
American pioneering nurse and social activist who started American community nursing with the Henry Street Settlement in NYC, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1870 Alfred Kastner, Austrian-American harpist and composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1948)
- 1872 Felix Borowski, British-American composer, educator (Chicago Musical College, 1896-1925), and musicologist (Chicago Symphony, 1908-56), born in Burton-in-Kendal, England (d. 1956)
- 1873 Jakob Wassermann, German writer and novelist (My Life as German and Jew), born in Fürth, Bavaria, German Empire (d. 1934)
- 1875 Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, Russian pianist, and composer (Contrapuntal Sketches), born in Kishinev, Russia (d. 1961)
- 1876 Edvard Eriksen, Danish-Icelandic sculptor, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1959)
- 1878 Karel van de Woestijne, Flemish writer and poet (God at Sea), born in Ghent, Netherlands (d. 1929)
- 1880 Mike Jacobs, American boxing promoter (Twentieth Century Sporting Club - Joe Louis' promoter; 3 x $1m fights), born in NYC, New York (d. 1953)
- 1881 Thomas Quinlan, British opera impresario, born in Bury, England (d. 1951)
- 1884 Stuart Holmes, American actor (Life's Shop Window, Prisoner of Zenda), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1971)
- 1885 Hans Luther, German politician and German Chancellor (1925-6), born in Berlin (d. 1962)
- 1887 Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist and Grandmaster of Ninjutsu (d. 1972)
- 1888 Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (Academy Award, Going My Way), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1961)
- 1888 Krsto Odak, Croatian composer, born in Siverić (d. 1965)
- 1891 Jacob van Gelderen, Dutch economist (Kondratiev waves), sociologist and politician (SDAP) (d. 1940)
- 1891 Sam Jaffe, American actor (The Asphalt Jungle; Gunga Din; Dr Zorba), born in NYC, New York (d. 1984)
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
Swiss composer (King David; Pacific 231), born in Le Havre, France
- 1892 Eva Turner, British operatic soprano, born in Werneth, Oldham, England (d. 1990)
- 1892 Gregory La Cava, American director (d. 1952)
- 1896 Harry Krimer, French actor (Napoleon, Les vagabonds magnifiques, La course du flambeau), born in Paris, France (d. 1991)
- 1896 Nancy Cunard, British writer and activist, born in London (d. 1965)
- 1896 Sherman Billingsley, American bootlegger and nightclub owner (Stock Club- NYC), born in Enid, Oklahoma Territory (d. 1966)
- 1898 Cyrus "Cy" Kendall, American actor (Tarzan's New York Adventure, Mysteries of Chinatown), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1953)
- 1899 Finn Høffding, Danish composer (Karlsvognen), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1997)
- 1899 Robert Meier, German WW1 veteran, formerly Germany's oldest man. (d. 2007)
- 1903 (Leon Bismarck) "Bix" Beiderbecke, American jazz cornetist, considered one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, pianist, and composer (In A Mist), born in Davenport, Iowa (d. 1931)
- 1905 Rene Bernier, Belgian composer, born in Saint-Gilles, Bedlgium (d. 1984)
- 1905 Richard Haydn, British actor (The Sound of Music, Alice in Wonderland), born in Camberwell, London, England (d. 1985)
- 1907 Robert de Roos, Dutch composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1976)
- 1908 Kristjan Palusalu, Estonian wrestler (Olympic gold Greco-Roman, freestyle heavyweight 1936), born in Varemurru, Estonia (d. 1987)
- 1909 Gerard Croiset, Dutch parapsychologist, born in Laren, Netherlands (d. 1980)
- 1911 Warner Anderson, American actor (The Bubble, Destination Moon, Peyton Place), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1976)
- 1914 Chandler Harper, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1950), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 2004)
- 1915 Charles Groves, English conductor (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, 1963-77), born in London (d. 1992)
- 1915 Harry Bertoia, Italian-born American artist and furniture designer (d. 1978)
- 1916 Manuel "Manny" Greenhill, American record producer and manager (d. 1996)
- 1916 Pamela Mason [Ostrer], British actress, author and talk-show host (Lady Possessed), born in Rochford, England (d. 1996)
- 1917 Frank Perconte, American sergeant from Easy Company during WWII (portrayed in Band of Brothers), born in Joliet, Illinois (d. 2013)
- 1918 Günther Rall, German ace fighter pilot, born in Gaggenau, Germany (d. 2009)
- 1918 Heywood Hale Broun, American TV commentator and sports correspondent, born in NYC, New York (d. 2001)
- 1919 Marion Hutton [Thornburg], American singer (Glenn Miller Orchestra, 1938-42), and actress (In Society), born in Battle Creek, Michigan (d. 1987) [1]
- 1920 (Kenneth) "Jethro" Burns, American country singer, and mandolin player (Homer & Jethro -"The Battle of Kookamonga"), born in Conasauga, Tennessee (d. 1989)(
- 1920 Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea (d. 2007)
- 1920 Boris Vian, French novelist (L'Écume des jours - Froth On The Daydream), and songwriter ("Le Déserteur" (The Deserter)), born in Ville d'Avray, France (d. 1959)
- 1921 Cecil "Cec" Linder, Polish-Canadian actor (Goldfinger, Quatermass and the Pit), born in Galicia, Poland (d. 1992)
- 1921 Paul Coates, American columnist (Tonight! America After Dark), born in NYC, New York
- 1922 Adam Kennedy, American actor (The Californians) screenwriter (The Domino Principle), novelist (Just Like Humphrey Bogart), and painter, born in Lafayette, Indiana (d. 1997)
- 1923 (John) Don Abney, American session and touring jazz pianist, and musical director, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2000)
- 1925 Ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Een liefdesgeschiedenis), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1900)
- 1925 Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (d. 2005)
- 1927 Barbara Sinatra, American model and philanthropist, born in Bosworth, Missouri (d. 2017)
- 1927 Claude Laydu, Belgian-born Swiss actor (Diary of a Country Priest), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2011)
- 1927 Donn Trenner, American jazz pianist, arranger, and orchestra leader (Steve Allen's Westinghouse Show), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2020)
- 1927 Paul Wunderlich, German lithographer/painter/sculptor
- 1928 Arthur Milton, English cricketer (opening batsman late 50's)
James Earl Ray (1928-1998)
American assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., born in Alton, Illinois
- 1928 Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer (The Last Torch Song, The Violet Seller), born in Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, Spain (d. 2013)
- 1929 Pat Patrick, American auto racing team owner (Patrick Racing; Indianapolis 500, 1973, 1982, 1989; Emerson Fittipaldi IndyCar title, 1989), born in Kentucky (d. 2021)
- 1930 Raymond Rasberry, American pianist and singer (d. 1995)
- 1930 Sandor Iharos, Hungarian runner, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1996)
- 1931 Georges Dor, Quebec author, playwright, singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
- 1932 Anatoliy Roschin, Soviet super heavyweight wrestler (Olympic gold 1972)
- 1933 Bernadetta Matuszczak, Polish composer (Diary of a Fool; Apocalypsis According to St. John), born in Toruń, Poland (d. 2021)
- 1933 Ralph Emery, American country music DJ and television host (Nashville Now), born in McEwen, Tennessee (d. 2022)
- 1934 Fou Ts'ong, Chinese-British concert pianist, born in Shanghai, Republic of China (d. 2020)
- 1935 Graham Farmer, Australian rules footballer
- 1935 Ivan Calin, Moldavian President and Prime Minister 1980-1990), born in Ribneta, Moldova (d. 2012)
- 1936 Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan Vocalist and journalist (d. 1989)
- 1936 Juda Bar-Norwegian, Israeli-Dutch mime artist and actor (King)
Sepp Blatter (87 years old)
1936 Swiss sports administrator (President FIFA 1998-2015; later banned for corruption), born in Visp, Switzerland
- 1937 Alfred Janson, Norwegian jazz and classical pianist and composer (Passacaglia Vendetta; Variations over Variations on a Norwegian Folk Tune), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2019)
- 1937 Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1937 John Creighton, New Zealand rugby union hooker (1 Test, 6 apps NZ; Canterbury), born in Rotherham, New Zealand (d. 2022)
- 1937 Oscar Abrams, Guyanese-born architect and community organizer (Keskidee Centre) (d. 1996)
- 1938 Ijaz Butt, Pakistani cricket batsman & wicketkeeper (8 Tests, 5 dismissals, 1 x 50; Lahore, Multan, Punjab, Rawalpindi) and executive (President PCB 2008-11), born in Sialkot, Pakistan (d. 2023)
- 1938 Kazım Ayvaz, Turkish wrestler (Olympic gold lightweight 1964; World C'ship gold welterweight 1958; lightweight 1962), born in Rize, Turkey (d. 2020)
- 1938 Marina Vlady, French actress (Conjugal Bed, The Hunt), born in Clichy France
- 1938 Norman Blake, American guitarist, mandolin, banjo, and fiddle player and songwriter, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- 1938 Ron Mix, American NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1939 Irina Press, Soviet 80m hurdles runner and pentathlete (Olympic gold 1960, 64), born in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (d. 2004)
- 1939 Len Ashurst, English soccer defender (Sunderland AFC 409 games) and manager (Cardiff City, Sunderland, Newport County), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2021)
- 1939 Paolo Signorelli, Italian footballer, 1960-70 (Trevigliese, Pro Patria, Atalanta), born in Bassa, Italy (d. 2018)
Chuck Norris (83 years old)
1940 American martial arts actor (Missing in Action), born in Ryan, Oklahoma
- 1940 David Rabe, American playwright (Streamers), born in Dubuque, Iowa
- 1940 Dean Torrence, American surf music singer (Jan & Dean - "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena"), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1940 Francis Schwartz, American experimental claassical composer (Fluxus)
- 1940 Joe Bugel, American football coach (offensive line Washington Redskins 'Hogs', Super Bowl 1982, 87; Phoenix Cardinals, Oakland Raiders), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)
- 1941 Daniel Kirkland Lentz, American composer, born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania
- 1941 George Smith, American Chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2018), born in Norwalk, Connecticut
- 1941 Piotr Warzecha, Polish composer, born in Bytom, Poland (d. 2015)
- 1943 Alfred Whitford 'Fred' Lerdahl, American composer (Arches), pedagogue, and music theorist, born in Madison, Wisconsin
- 1943 Angelique Pettyjohn, [Dorothy Lee Perrins], American actress (Clambake; Repo Man), and burlesque queen, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1992)
- 1943 Robert Allworth, Australian composer (A Different Time, A Different Place), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2017)
- 1943 Sandra Palmer, American golfer (Titleholders Championship 1972, US Open 1975), born in Fort Worth, Texas
- 1943 Stephen Montague, American composer, born in Syracuse, New York
- 1944 David Friedman, American jazz and session percussionist, vibraphone and marimba player (Double Image), born in New York City
- 1945 Birgitta Sellén, Swedish politician
- 1945 Elizabeth Brumfiel [Elizabeth Stern], American feminist archaeologist, former president of the American Anthropological Association
- 1945 HO de Villiers, South African rugby union fullback (14 caps; Villager FC, Western Province), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2022)
- 1945 Katharine Houghton, American actress (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), born in Hartford, Connecticut
- 1945 Pete Nelson [Lipscomb], British pop singer (The Flower Pot Men - "Let's Go To San Francisco"), born in Uxbridge, London, England (d. 2005)
- 1946 Curley Culp, American Pro Football HOF defensive tackle (6 × Pro Bowl; First-team All-Pro 1975; NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1975; Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Oilers), born in Yuma, Arizona (d. 2021)
- 1946 Gaylord Birch, American drummer (Reconstruction, Honey Dripper), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1996)
- 1946 Hiroshi Fushida, Japanese racing driver
- 1946 Mike Hollands, Australian animator
- 1947 Bob Greene, American journalist (Chicago Tribune), born in Bexley, Ohio
- 1947 Laurie Langenbach, Dutch author
- 1947 Paul Condon, Baron Condon, British law enforcement officer (Metropolitan Police Commissioner, 1993-2000)
- 1947 Tom Scholz, American rock guitarist, singwriter, and inventor (Boston - "More Than a Feeling"), born in Toledo, Ohio
Kim Campbell (76 years old)
1947 Canada's 1st female Prime Minister and 19th overall (1993), born in Port Alberni, British Columbia
- 1948 Austin Carr, American basketball guard (NBA All-Star 1974; NBA All-Rookie First Team 1972; Cleveland Cavaliers), born in Washington D.C.
- 1948 Ed Grundy, American rocker (Bloodrock)
- 1948 Jean-Pierre Adams, French soccer centre-back (22 caps; Nîmes, Nice, Paris Saint-Germain), born in Dakar, Senegal (d. 2021)
- 1950 Ted McKenna, Scottish drummer (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band; Rory Gallagher), born in Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, (d. 2019)
- 1952 Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe politician
- 1952 Oupa J. Gqozo, South African warden/army commandant (Ciskei)
- 1953 Carolien van de Berg, Ditch actress (Havinck), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1953 Paul Haggis, Canadian screenwriter, film director and producer (Crash, Due South), born in London, Ontario
- 1953 Ronnie Earl [Ronald Horvath], American blues guitarist (The Broadcasters), born in Queens, New York
- 1954 Scott Litt, American sound engineer and record producer (Flaming Lips; R.E.M.), born in New York
- 1954 Tina Charles [Hoskins], British disco singer ("I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)"), born in Whitechapel, London, England
- 1955 Gary Louris, American singer-songwriter and musician (Jayhawks), born in Toledo, Ohio
- 1955 Juliusz Machulski, Polish director/writer/actor (Do It Yourself)
- 1955 Toshio Suzuki, Japanese racing driver
- 1955 Youssra [Seveen Nessim], Egyptian actress and singer, born in Cairo, Egypt
- 1956 Janet Alex-Anderson, American golfer (US Open 1982), born in West Sunbury, Pennsylvania
- 1956 Mitchell Lichtenstein, American actor; son of Roy Lichtenstein
- 1957 Adolfo Horta, Cuban Heavey weight boxer (Olympic silver 1980), born in Camaguey, Cuba
- 1957 Matt Knudsen, American actor, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
Osama bin Laden (1957-2011)
Islamic militant and founder of al-Qaeda, born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 1957 Shannon Lee Tweed, Canadian actress and Playboy playmate (Nov 1981, Playmate of the Year 1982), born in St Johns, Newfoundland
Sharon Stone (65 years old)
1958 American actress (Basic Instinct, Sliver, Casino), born in Meadville, Pennsylvania
- 1960 Anne MacKenzie, SCottish journalist and broadcaster, born on Stornoway, Scotland
- 1960 Linda Jezek, American backstroke swimmer (Pan Am Gold-1979), born in California
- 1961 Bobby Petrino, American football coach
- 1961 Jesse Sapolu, Samoan NFL guard (SF 49ers), born in Apia, Samoa
- 1961 Laurel Clark, American naval officer and NASA astronaut (died in Columbia space shuttle disaster), born in Ames, Iowa (d. 2003)
- 1961 Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast (Olympics 1984), actor (American Anthem), born in Van Nuys, California
- 1961 Pam Oliver, American sportscaster, born in Dallas, Texas
- 1962 Andre Waters, American NFL safety (Arizona Cardinals), born in Andre Waters, Belle Glade, Florida
- 1962 Gary Clark, Scottish rock singer-songwriter and record producer (Danny Wilson - "Mary's Prayer"), born in Dundee, Scotlaand
- 1962 Seiko Matsuda [Noriko Kamachi], Japanese pop singer, born in Furume, Japan
- 1963 (Frederick) Rick Rubin, American record producer (Run-DMC; Public Enemy; Red Hot Chilil Peppers; Johnny Cash), co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, born in Long Beach, New York
- 1963 Jasmine Guy, American actress (A Different World - "Whitley"), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1963 Jeff Ament, American rock bassist, and songwriter (Pearl Jam - "Jeremy"), born in Havre, Montana
- 1963 John Cangelosi, American MLB outfielder (Houston Astros), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1964 David Faber, American television reporter
- 1964 Greg Campbell, Australian cricket fast bowler (4 Tests, 13 wickets; 12 ODIs), born in Launceston, Australia
- 1964 Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper (Money Love), born in Stockholm, Sweden
Prince Edward (59 years old)
1964 Prince of Britain and son of Elizabeth II, born in Buckingham Palace, London
- 1965 Pepsi Tate [Huw Smith], Welsh glam-rock bassist (Tigertailz), born in Cardiff, Wales (d. 2007)
- 1965 Rod Woodson, American NFL cornerback/kick returner (11 Pro Bowl; Super Bowl 2000, Baltimore Ravens), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
- 1966 Edie Brickell, American rock singer-songwriter (New Bohemians - '"What I Am"), married to Paul Simon, born in Oak Cliff, Texas
- 1966 Gráinne Mulvey, Irish contemporary classical composer (Rational Optional Insanity; Scorched Earth; Akanos), born in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
- 1966 Michael Timlin, American MLB pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays), born in Midland, Texas
- 1966 Stephen Mailer, American actor (Red Meat, League of Their Own, War & Love), born in NYC, New York
- 1967 Omer Tarin [Omer Salim Khan], Pakistani poet, scholar and activist, born in Peshawar, Pakistan