1710 – Jonathan Trumbull, American politician and statesman, born in Lebanon, Connecticut (d. 1785)
1725 – Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist, born in Paris (d. 1810)
1813 – Lyman Trumbull, U.S. Senator from Illinois (1855-73), born in Colchester, Connecticut (d. 1896)
1875 – Aleister Crowley, British occultist, founded the religion of Thelema, born in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire England (d. 1947)
1908 – Ann Lane Petry, American journalist and author (Street), born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut (d. 1997)
1932 – Dusan Makavejev, Serbian film director (Man is Not a Bird), born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1949 – Stan Hansen, American professional wrestler, born in Borger, Texas
1950 – Robin Askwith, English actor (Confessions Sex Comedies), born in Southport, Lancashire, England
1966 – Brian Kennedy, Northern Irish musician and author, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1997 – Boris, Prince of Bulgaria, born in Madrid, Spain