1726 – Charles Burney, English music historian, born in Shrewsbury, England (d. 1814)
1760 – Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan composer, born in Caracas (d. 1797)
1823 – Aleksandr Ostrovsky [Alexander Ostrovsky], Russian playwright (Artists and Admirers), born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1886)
1831 – Grenville M. Dodge, American railroad engineer (Transcontinental Railroad-Union Pacific) and Major General (Union Army), born in Danvers, Massachusetts (d. 1916)
1879 – Frederic G. Melcher, American publisher and editor who founded children’s book week, born in Malden, Massachusetts (d. 1963)
1884 – Otto Meyerhof, German psychologist and biochemist (Nobel 1922), born in Hannover, Germany (d. 1951)
1908 – Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American General and Air Force pilot, born in Waynesboro, Georgia (d. 2006)
1973 – Antonio Osuna, Mexican baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers), born in Sinaloa, Mexico
1985 – Jeísa Chiminazzo, Brazilian supermodel (IMG Models), born in Muçum, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
1994 – Saoirse Ronan, Irish American actress (Brooklyn, Ladybird), born in The Bronx, New York