1705 – Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, French composer and violinist, born in Paris (d. 1770)
1738 – William Herschel, German-British astronomer (discovered Uranus), born in Hanover, Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1822)
1888 – James Morrison, American actor (Wine of Youth, Little Detectives), born in Mattoon, Illinois (d. 1974)
1928 – Seldon Powell, American jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist, born in Lawrenceville, Virginia (d. 1997)
1930 – J.G. Ballard, British novelist (Empire of the Sun; Crash), born in 1930 Shanghai International Settlement, Republic of China (d. 2009)
1935 – Jerry Douglas, American Grabby Awards Hall of Fame film director, screenwriter, and playwright, born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 2021)
1937 – William “Little Willie” John, American RandB singer (“Fever”; “Leave My Kitten Alone”), born in Cullendale, Arkansas (d. 1968)
1937 – Jimmy Ellis, American soul singer (The Trammps – “Disco Inferno”), born in Rock Hill, South Carolina (d. 2012)
1945 – Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Norwegian-born Swedish singer-songwriter (ABBA – “Fernando”), born in Bjørkåsen, Norway
1947 – William B. Richardson, American Democratic politician and diplomat who was Governor of New Mexico (2003-11), Representative of New Mexico (1983-97) and US Ambassador to the UN (1997-98), born in Pasadena, California (d. 2023)