1567 – Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer and pioneer in development of opera (L’Orfeo, espro della Beata Vergine), baptized in Cremona, Italy (d. 1643)
1848 – Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (d. 1926)
1918 – Eddy Arnold, American country music singer (“Make The World Go Away”; “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye”), born in Henderson Tennessee (d. 2008)
1923 – Ellis Larkins, American classically trained (1st Black student at Peabody Institute) jazz pianist (Ruby Braff), and accompanist (Ella Fitzgerald; Eartha Kitt, Mildred Bailey), born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 2002)
1936 – Robert Smith, American baseball administrator (President International Baseball Federation 1981-93; IOC Olympic Order), born in Greenville, Illinois (d. 2021)
1936 – Wavy Gravy, American clown and activist
1938 – Mireille Darc, French actress (Week End, Hurried Man), born in Toulon
1938 – Lenny Welch, American singer (Since I Fell for You), born in New York
1958 – Ron Simmons, American professional wrestler
1978 – Dwayne DeRosario, Canadian footballer