1730 – Jean-Joseph Rodolphe, Alsatian composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1812)
1861 – Bjarni Thorsteinsson, Icelandic organist, composer, musical folklorist, and priest, born in Melur, Mýrasýsla, Iceland (d. 1938)
1918 – Marcel Chaput, French Canadian politician, born in Hull, Quebec (d. 1991)
1926 – Bill Justis, American rock and roll musician (Raunchy), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1982)
1943 – Anthony Iannaccone, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York City
1949 – Katha Pollitt, American poet and writer, born in Brooklyn Heights, New York
1953 – Marcel Zeeuw, Surinamese soldier (participant in the Sergeant Coup, 1982), born in Paramaribo, Suriname (d. 2015)
1961 – Isaac Mizrahi, American fashion designer and TV presenter, born in Brooklyn, New York
1963 – Yim Jae-beom, South Korean rock singer, born in Seoul, South Korea
1976 – Ben Pridmore, World Memory Champion (2004, 2008, 2009) and inventor of the Ben System, born in Boston, England