1476 – Kan? Motonobu, Japanese painter and calligrapher (Kan? school of painting), born in Kyoto, Japan (d. 1559)
1905 – Sam Levene, American Broadway actor (Demon, Gung Ho, Boomerang), born in Russia (d. 1980)
1921 – John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist, and space researcher, born in London, Ontario (d. 1979)
1921 – Johan “Joop” Doderer, Dutch actor (Swiebertje; My Fair Lady), born in Velsen, Netherlands (d. 2005)
1931 – Cristina Deutekom [Stientje Engela], Dutch operatic coloratura soprano, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2014)
1958 – Scott Hamilton, American figure skater (Olympic gold singles 1984; World C’ship gold 1981, 82, 83, 84), born in Bowling Green, Ohio
1965 – Shania Twain [Eileen Edwards], Canadian Grammy Award-winning country music singer (“You’re Still The One”; “That Don’t Impress Me Much”; “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!”), born in Windsor, Ontario
1973 – Theaster Gates, American installation artist, born in Chicago, Illinois
1980 – Rachel Khoo, English cook, author and broadcaster (The Little Paris Kitchen), born in London, England
1982 – Thiago Motta, Brazilian footballer, born in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
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