1787 – Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American pioneer of educating the deaf, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1851)
1830 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (Collected Poems), born in Amherst, Massachusetts (d. 1886)
1876 – Anton Mauve (Jr), Dutch painter, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1962)
1918 – Anne Gwynne [Marguerite Gwynne Trice], American model and actress (Ride ’em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein), born in Waco, Texas (d. 2003)
1926 – Guitar Slim [Eddie Jones], blues guitarist (“The Things That I Used to Do”), born in Greenwood, Mississippi (d. 1959)
1935 – Terry Allcock, English footballer (Norwich City), born in Leeds, England
1969 – Nadim Khan, Pakistani cricketer (brother of Moin Pakistani lefty spinner 1993), born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
1969 – Darren Berry, Australian cricketer (Victorian wicket-keeper since 1989-90), born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1969 – Rob Blake, Canadian NHL Hall of Fame defenseman, 1989-2010 (Team Canada, LA Kings and 2 other teams), born in Simcoe, Ontario
1971 – Amanda Hardy, Altona Australia, badminton player (Olympics 1996)