1769 – Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), born in Saarlouis, Germany (d. 1815)
1903 – Violet Wilkey, American actress, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1976)
1913 – Haywood Frank Henry, American jazz baritone saxophonist, born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1994)
1928 – Philip Levine, American poet, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2015)
1935 – Georg Katzer, German composer (electroacoustic music), born in Habelschwerdt, Silesia (d. 2019)
1945 – Colonel DeBeers [Edward Wiskoski], American professional wrestler, born in Saint Joseph, Missouri
1955 – Michael Schenker, German rock guitarist (MSG-Coming on Strong, Scorpions), born in Sarstedt, Germany
1955 – Luci Martin, American vocalist (Chic), born in the Bronx, New York
1959 – Chandra Cheesborough, American 4×100 runner (Olympic gold 1984), born in Jacksonville, Florida
1964 – Brad Roberts, Canadian singer (Crash Test Dummies), born in Winnipeg, Canada