1296 – John the Blind, King of Bohemia (1310-46) and Count of Luxembourg, born in Luxembourg (d. 1346)
1360 – Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)
1836 – José Teodor Vilar, Spanish organist and composer (La Rambla de les Flors), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1905)
1856 – Paul Geisler, German conductor, composer, and pedagogue, born in Stolp, Pomerania (now Słupia, Poland) (d. 1919)
1856 – Edward L. Doheny, American oil tycoon who drilled the 1st successful oil well in Los Angeles and set off the California oil boom, born in Fond du lac, Wisconsin (d. 1935)
1912 – Jorge Amado de Faria, Brazilian writer (O Pais do Carnaval), born near Itabuna, Brazil (d. 2001)
1918 – Arnett Cobb, American jazz tenor saxophonist (Lionel Hampton), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1989)
1962 – Suzanne Collins, American author (The Hunger Games Trilogy), born in Hartford, Connecticut
1983 – Mathieu Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Fridolijn, Dutch jazz singer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands