- Jacques Amyot, French humanist, translator and Abbot of Bellozanne, born in Melun (d. 1593)
- Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, 1st Queen consort of Prussia (1701-05), born in Iburg Castle, Osnabrück, Hanover (d. 1705)
- Paul Valéry [Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry], French author, philosopher and poet (La Jeune Parque), born in Sète, France (d. 1945)
- Lena Christ, German writer (The Rumplhanni), born in Glonn, Bavaria (d. 1920)
- Dickinson W. Richards, American physician (Nobel 1956 - development of cardiac catheterization and the characterisation of a number of cardiac diseases), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1973)
- Preston Lockwood [Reginald], British actor (Time Bandits, Jeeves and Wooster), born in West Ham, Essex (d. 1996)
- Errol Parker [Raphael Shecroun], French Algerian jazz pianist and drummer, born in Oran, French Algeria (d. 1998)
- Leland H. Hartwell, American scientist (Nobel 2001 - discoveries of protein molecules that control the division (duplication) of cells), born in Los Angeles, California
- Soviet Union tests a 58-megaton hydrogen bomb named Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated
- Brazilian McLaren driver Ayrton Senna wins the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, his record 8th Grand Prix win of the season, and clinches his first Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship
- MTA begins installing automated fare collection turnstiles in New York City
- Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona announces his retirement from football on his 37th birthday
- Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks win the 2014 Japan Series
- Enrico Caterino Davila, Italian writer (Storia delguerre civili Francia), born in Padua, Italy (d. 1631)
- William Graham Sumner, American sociologist (Folkways), born in Paterson, New Jersey (d. 1910)
- Bobby Bragan, American baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves) and utility (Philadelphia Phillies, Brooklyn Dodgers), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2010)
- Sven-David Sandström, Swedish composer (Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy), born in Motala, Sweden (d. 2019)
- T. Graham Brown, American country music singer ("Come As You Were"), born in Arabi, Georgia