1769 – Napoleon Bonaparte, French military leader and Emperor of the French (1804-14, 1815), born in Ajaccio, Corsica, France (d. 1821)
1860 – Roosje Vos, Dutch trade union leader, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1932)
1893 – Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer, born in Pukekohe, New Zealand (d. 1950)
1901 – Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov, Russian mathematician (group theory), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1975)
1925 – Mike Connors [Krekor Ohanian], American actor (Mannix), born in Fresno, California (d. 2017)
1935 – Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr, American civil rights activist (National Urban League), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1944 – Frederick Knight, American singer and songwriter (I’ve Been Lonely So Long), born in Birmingham, Alabama
1947 – Raakhee Gulzar, Indian actress (Shubho Mahurat), born in Ranaghat, Bengal, India
1970 – Maddie Corman, American actress
1972 – Chris Morrissey, American actor, and film director (Heavy Makeup), born in Hollywood, California