1748 – Joseph Bramah, British inventor and locksmith who invented the beer pump, born in Stainborough, Yorkshire, England (d. 1814)
1762 – Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer, arranger, and organist, born in Imperial City of Nordhausen (d. 1830)
1784 – Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal, born in Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1877)
1822 – Leroy Augustus Stafford, Confederate American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born near Cheneyville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana (d. 1864)
1832 – James Wimshurst, British designer and inventor (electrostatic generator), born in Poplar, England (d. 1898)
1915 – Roderic Coote, British Anglican bishop of Colchester (1966-87), born in Woking, England (d. 2000)
1927 – Maurice Ronet, French film actor, director, and writer (Frantic, Sphinx, Circle of Love), born in Nice, France (d. 1983)
1938 – Frederic Rzewski, American concert pianist and composer (Spacecraft), born in Westfield, Massachusetts (d. 2021)
1951 – Max Weinberg, American rock drummer (E Street Band; Conan O’Brien Show – Max Weinberg 7), born in Newark, New Jersey
1970 – Gerry Creaney, Scottish footballer, born in Coatbridge, Scotland