1553 – Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)
1805 – Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer
1897 – Sidney Bechet, American jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/band leader
1900 – Leo Smit, Dutch composer who died in a Nazi extermination camp, born in Amsterdam (d. 1943)
1905 – Jean Daniélou, French cardinal (d. 1974)
1916 – Del Moore, American comedian and actor (Cal-Bachelor Father), born in Pensacola, Florida (d. 1970)
1917 – Herta Ryder, literary agent
1924 – Joly Braga Santos, composer
1948 – Dave LaRoche, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1980 – Eugene Martineau, Dutch decathlete