1613 – François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, French writer of maxims and memoirs, born in Paris, Kingdom of France (d. 1680)
1834 – Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian and political writer, born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1896)
1852 – Edward Bouchet, American physicist, 1st African American to receive US Ph.D, born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1918)
1890 – Frank Martin, Swiss composer (In Terra Fax), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1974)
1903 – Roy Acuff, Maynardville Tenn, country musician (Hee Haw)
1912 – Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo, composer
1939 – Jim Kimsey, co-founder of AOL, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2016)
1964 – Andrew Landenberger, Australian tornado sailor (Olympic bronze 1992, 96)
1968 – Danny Nucci, actor (Gabriel Ortega-Falcon Crest)
1986 – Heidi Montag, American reality television star (The Hills), born in Crested Butte, Colorado