1755 – Pierre-Louis Couperin, French organist and composer (d. 1789)
1884 – Wintter Haynes Watts, American composer, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1962)
1887 – Lawrance Collingwood, English composer, born in London (d. 1982)
1914 – Henry Ralph Carr, soldier
1916 – Horton Foote, American author, playwright and screenwriter
1927 – Joop F Wolff, Dutch editor (Truth)/Dutch politician (CPN)
1946 – Wes Unseld, NBA all-star (Baltimore Bullets, MVP 1969)
1981 – Mei-Ting Sun, Chinese-born pianist
1982 – François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (d. 2008)
1982 – Carlos Marinelli, Argentine footballer