1755 – Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussia general and Minister of War (1808-10) who reformed the Prussian army, born in Bordenau, Electorate of Hanover, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1813)
1886 – Ben Travers, British playwright known for his farces and “The Bed Before Yesterday”, born in London (d. 1980)
1897 – Karl Marx, German composer and conductor, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1985)
1898 – Leon Štukelj, Slovene gymnast (Olympic gold, 1924,1928; World Championship gold, 1922, 1926), born in Novo Mesto, Austria-Hungary (now Slovenia) (d. 1999)
1927 – Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician, known for the Taniyama–Shimura conjecture, born in Kisai, Japan (d. 1958)
1929 – Grace Kelly, American actress (Rear Window) and Princess of Monaco, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1982)
1959 – Vincent Irizarry, American actor (Guiding Light; Santa Barbara), born in Queens, New York
1969 – Kathleen Hanna, American singer and songwriter, born in Portland, Oregon
1970 – Harvey Stephens, British child actor (Damien in “The Omen”), born in Putney, London
1984 – Sepp De Roover, Belgian soccer right back (2 caps; FC Eindhoven, Sparta Rotterdam, FC Groningen, SC Lokeren, NAC Breda), born in Geel, Belgium