1820 – Oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation
1866 – Jacinto Benavente y MartÃnez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922)
1872 – Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1956)
1888 – Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder (AVRO)
1909 – Maurice Heath, air marshal
1910 – Baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary (National Association of Women)
1910 – Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Romeo and Juliet)
1917 – Douglas Gunsekera, banker
1968 – Andras Jones, American actor
1977 – Iva Majoli, Croatian tennis player (1996 Pan Pacific), born in Zagreb, Croatia