1788 – Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (d. 1868)
1848 – William M Harnett, American painter (Old Violin)
1896 – Adele Astaire [Lady Charles Cavendish], American dancer and entertainer, sister of Fred Astaire (Last Man on Earth, Millie), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1981)
1896 – Ye Ting, Chinese military leader (d. 1946)
1928 – Leo P[atrick] Kelley, American sci-fi author (Dead Moon, Vacation in Space)
1933 – Yevgeny Vassilyevich Khrunov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 5)
1935 – Paul van Vliet, Dutch cabaret performer
1957 – Siobhan Fahey, rocker (Bananarama-Venus, Shakespear’s Sister), born in Dublin, Ireland
1966 – Joe Nieuwendyk, NHL forward (Dallas Stars, Team Canada 1998)
1973 – Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer