Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376)
English prince, knight and heir to King Edward III, born in Woodstock Palace, England
- 1542 Richard Grenville, English parliament leader/vice-admiral (Roanoke)
- 1553 Ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands
- 1594 Nicolas Poussin, French painter, born near Les Andelys, France (d. 1665)
- 1623 Cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman (Chatham), born in Dordrecht, Dutch Republic (d. 1672)
- 1624 Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704)
- 1638 Samuel Apostool, Dutch vicar/theologist (The Sun)
- 1640 Bernard Lamy, French mathematician (d. 1715)
- 1755 Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (d. 1809)
- 1767 Rachel Donelson Jackson, wife of President Andrew Jackson (1828-37), (d. 1828)
- 1789 Josiah Henson, American slave and settlement founder (d. 1883)
- 1801 Benjamin Raymond, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1883)
- 1805 William Butler Ogden, American real estate investor, politician (1st Mayor of Chicago, 1837-38), railroad executive (president of Union Pacific, 1862-63), and philanthropist, born in Walton, New York (d. 1877) at 72
- 1809 François-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (d. 1866)
- 1833 Edward Moody McCook, American lawyer, politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Steubenville, Ohio (d. 1909)
- 1865 L H Perquin, Dutch religious radio speaker
- 1867 Konstantin Balmont, Russian writer, born in Gumnishchi, Shuya (d. 1945)
- 1888 Ramon Lopez Velarde, Mexican poet (La Sangre Devota)
- 1890 Georg Wüst, Posen, German Oceanographer who provided the first complete understanding of the temperature, salinity and deep-current structure of the Atlantic Ocean
- 1894 Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian mathematician (d. 1947)
- 1900 Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (d. 1984)
- 1902 Erik Erikson, Frankfurt Germany, American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst who coined the phrase "identity crisis"
- 1906 Léon Degrelle, Belgian Walloon Rexist Party leader, and Nazi collaborator, born in Bouillon, Belgium (d. 1994)
- 1906 Louis RJ Ridder van Rappard, Dutch mayor (Zoelen)
Sam Giancana (1908-1975)
American mobster and boss of the Chicago Outfit (1957-66), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1911 Wilbert Awdry, British Anglican cleric and children's writer (Thomas the Tank Engine), born in Ampfield, England (d. 1997)
- 1913 Trevor Huddleston, English pastor/chairman (Anti-Apartheid)
- 1914 Cees [Cornelis A B] Bantzinger, Dutch cartoonist/illustrator
- 1914 Hilda Terry, American Cartoonist (d. 2006)
- 1914 Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist and illustrator (The New Yorker), born in Râmnicu Sărat, Buzău County, Romania (d. 1999)
Yuri Andropov (1914-1984)
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1982-84) and KGB Chief (1967-82), born in Nagutskaya, Stavropol Region, Russian Empire
François Tombalbaye (1918-1975)
Dictator and 1st President of Chad (1960-75), born in Bessada, Moyen-Chari French Chad
- 1919 Van T. Barfoot, American Army colonel and Medal of Honour recipient, born in Edinburg, Mississippi (d. 2012)
- 1920 Amy Clampitt, American poet (The Kingfisher), born in Iowa (d. 1994)
- 1920 George Ernest Leslie, Scottish trade union official, born in Leith, Scotland (d. 1996)
- 1922 [Morris] Mo Udall, American politician (Rep-D-AZ, 1961-91), born in St Johns, Arizona (d. 1998)
- 1924 Ezer Weizman, 7th President of Israel (d. 2005)
- 1925 Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (Tarumba, Maltiempes)
- 1926 Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist (d. 2006)
- 1927 Hugo Pratt, Italian graphic artist, born in Rimini, Italy (d. 1995)
- 1932 Einar K Enevoldson, American Nasa test pilot (X-24B)
- 1932 Mario Cuomo, American politician (Governor-D-NY, 1983-95), born in NYC, New York (d. 2015)
- 1933 Mohammad Ali Rajai, President of Iran (1981) who was assassinated by a bomb while in office, born in Qazvin, Persia (d. 1981)
- 1935 Fernand Schokweiler, British judge
- 1936 William Joseph Levada, American Catholic prelate
- 1939 Brian Jacques, British author, born in Liverpool, England (2011)
- 1939 Ward Connerly, American political activist (affirmative action), born in Leesville, Louisiana
- 1942 Tony Coelho, American politician (Rep-D-California, 1979-89), born in Los Banos, California
- 1943 Xaveria Hollander [Vara de DeVries], Dutch author (The Happy Hooker), born in Soerabaja, Dutch East Indies
- 1944 Robert Keppel, American criminologist
- 1945 Lawrence Wilkerson, American retired military officer
- 1945 Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Philippine senator
- 1947 Alain Aspect, French physicist (Nobel Prize 2022 for experiments with entangled photons), born in Agen, France [1]
- 1950 Lakshmi Mittal, Indian industrialist (ArcelorMittal), born in Sudulpur, India
- 1952 Lorna Young, Scottish promoter of Fairtrade products, born in Dumfries, Scotland (d. 1996)
Xi Jinping (69 years old)
1953 General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (2012-) and President of the People's Republic of China (2013-), born in Beijing
- 1954 Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan hotel manager
- 1955 Sally E Silverstone, Walthamstow England, Co-Captain (Biosphere 2)
- 1965 Adam Smith, American politician (D-Wash), born in Washington, D.C.
- 1965 Annelies Bredael, Belgian rower
- 1968 Adam Rapp, American playwright and author (Red Light Winter), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1988 Miku Ishida, Japanese teen idol
- 2015 Prince Nicolas of Sweden, Duke of Ångermanland, born in Danderyd
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