1628 – Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff [Jan Maet], Dutch painter, born in Alkmaar, Netherlands (d. 1669)
1760 – Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, German composer and conductor, born in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany (d. 1802)
1880 – Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister and mayor of Antwerp, born in Roosdaal, Belgium (d. 1961)
1886 – Roman von Ungern-Sternberg ‘the mad Baron’, Baltic-German baron and anti-communist Russian general, born in Graz, Austria-Hungary (d. 1921)
1897 – Albert Moeschinger, Swiss composer, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1985)
1904 – Jesus Garcia Leoz, Spanish composer, born in Olite, Spain (d. 1953)
1909 – Rudolf Kubin, Czech cellist, born in Ostrava, Czech Republic (d. 1973)
1918 – Arthur Chung, President of Guyana, born in Windsor Great Park, United Kingdom (d. 2008)
1939 – Jared Carter, American poet, born in Elwood, Indiana
1939 – Bill Toomey, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1968), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania