1728 – Joseph Black, Scottish chemist and physicist known for his discoveries of magnesium, latent heat and carbon dioxide, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1799)
1844 – Anatole France [Jacques Anatole Thibault], French writer (Thaïs, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921), born in Paris (d. 1924)
1907 – August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal, born in Steyr, Austria (d. 1947)
1924 – Geoffrey Johnson Smith, Scottish Conservative politician (1959-2001), born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 2010)
1947 – Lee Kerslake, British drummer (Uriah Heep; Ozzy Osbourne), born in Winton, Bournemouth, Dorset, England (d. 2020)
1953 – Peter Garrett, Australian environmentalist, activist, former politician (Labour Party), and musician (Midnight Oil), born in Wahroonga, Sydney
1972 – Jim Ballard, American NFL and WLAF quarterback (Scottish Claymores, Buffalo Bills), born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
1975 – Nicky Sualua, American NFL fullback (Dallas Cowboys), born in Santa Ana, California
1976 – Lukas Haas, American actor and musician (Witness, Inception), born in Los Angeles, California
1985 – Benjamín Rojas, Argentine actor and singer, born in La Plata, Argentina