1866 – Alexey Troitsky, Russian chess problemist, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1942)
1909 – Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (Margin)
1914 – Bill Owen [William Owen Rowbotham], British actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Not So Dusty), born in Acton, Middlesex, England (d. 1999)
1916 – Horton Foote, American author, playwright and screenwriter
1944 – Clyde Lee, American NBA player, born in Nashville, Tennessee
1972 – Aris Brimanis, NHL defenseman (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1982 – Kate Maberly, English actress (Secret Garden), born in Reigate, England
1983 – Johnny Flynn, English actor (Emma) and singer-songwriter, born in Johannesburg, South Africa
1984 – Antoni Porowski, Canadian chef and TV personality (Queer Eye), born in Montreal, Quebec
1987 – Robert Clark, American-Canadian actor (The Zack Files), born in Chicago, Illinois