1710 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman, born in Walkendorf, Germany (d. 1792)
1759 – Frederich von Schiller, German poet and lyricist (Ode to Joy), born in Marbach am Neckar, Germany (d. 1805)
1864 – Alexandre Levy, Brazilian composer and pianist, born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 1892)
1871 – Winston Churchill, American author (Crisis, Crossing), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1947)
1873 – Henri Rabnaud, French composer (Le Premer Glaire), born in Paris, France (d. 1949)
1918 – Oda Blinder, [Yolanda Corsen], Antillean poetess (Doorstep)
1919 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and inventor of the AK-47, born in Kurya, Kuryinsky District, Altai Krai, Russia (d. 2013)
1973 – Patrik Berger, Czech footballer
1980 – Calvin Chen, One of the four members of the Taiwanese boy band, Fei Lun Hai/Fahrenhiet
1982 – Clayton Fortune, English footballer