1644 – François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (Quatre dialogues sur l’immortalité de l’âme), born in Paris (d. 1724)
1769 – Jean Aimé Vernier, French harpist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1838)
1846 – Justus van Maurik, Dutch author and cigar manufacturer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1904)
1868 – Bernarr McFadden, American physical culture advocate, credited with beginning the culture of health and fitness in the United States, born in Mill Spring, Missouri (d. 1955)
1892 – Harold Foster, Canadian-American cartoonist (Prince Valian), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (d. 1982)
1929 – Helmut Rahn, German footballer who scored the winning goal in the final of the 1954 World Cup, born in Essen, Germany (d. 2003)
1935 – Betsy von Furstenberg, German-American actress (Machine Calls it Murder), born in Nelheim, Germany (d. 2015)
1939 – Eric Weissberg, American singer and musician (“Dueling Banjos”), born in New York City (d. 2020)
1952 – Gianna Rolandi, American soprano (Der Rosenkavalier), born in New York City
1953 – James “J.T.” Taylor, American RandB singer (Kool and The Gang – “Ladies’ Night”; “Celebration”; “Joanna”), born in Laurens, South Carolina