1588 – Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654)
1655 – Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italian 244th Pope (1721-24)
1854 – Louis H Chrispijn, Dutch actor and director (Krates, Lost and Found, Silvia Silombra), born in Amsterdam, Netherland (d. 1926)
1857 – Ronald Ross, British pathologist (Nobel Prize 1902), born in Almora, North-Western Provinces, British India (d. 1932)
1915 – John Habakkuk, principal (Jesus College in Oxford)
1944 – Armistead Maupin, American author
1952 – Manfred Langer, Austrian/Dutch disco builder
1969 – Lyle Mouton, American outfielder (Chicago White Sox), born in Lafayette, Louisiana
1976 – Mark Delaney, Welsh footballer
1978 – Ryan Bukvich, American baseball player