1826 – William Fiske Sherwin, American composer, born in Buckland, Massachusetts (d. 1888)
1833 – Lucy Hobbs Taylor, 1st US woman dentist, born in Constable, New York (1866)
1853 – Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter, born in Bern, Switzerland (d. 1918)
1854 – John Lane, British publisher (The Bodley Head), born in Devon (d. 1925)
1908 – Maurice (Jean Jacques) Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher
1916 – Horton Foote, American author, playwright and screenwriter
1945 – Herman van Veen, Dutch cabaretier, singer, composer and writer
1949 – Michael Stedman, British World War I Historian and Author
1957 – Mark Gordon, American politician, Governor of Wyoming (2019-), born in New York City
1978 – Ron Dayne, American College Football Hall of Fame running back (Heisman Trophy 1999, University of Wisconsin; NY Giants), born in Lynchburg, Virginia