1760 – Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan composer, born in Caracas (d. 1797)
1848 – José Gautier Benítez, Puerto Rican poet, born in Caguas, Puerto Rico (d. 1880)
1871 – Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator (1936-41), born in Ithaca, Greece (d. 1941)
1884 – Otto Meyerhof, German psychologist and biochemist (Nobel 1922), born in Hannover, Germany (d. 1951)
1912 – Eric Feldary, Hungarian actor (Hold Back the Dawn, 16 Fathoms Deep), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1968)
1916 – Benjamin Libet, American scientist (human consciousness), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2007)
1971 – Nicholas Brendon, American actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), born in Los Angeles, California
1971 – Shannen Doherty, American actress (Little House, Beverly Hills 90210), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1972 – Paul Lo Duca, American baseball player, born in Brooklyn, New York
1979 – Paul Nicholls, English actor (EastEnders), born in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England