1776 – Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810)
1865 – Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor (d. 1954)
1867 – Amy Carmichael, missionary in Dohnavur, India (d. 1951)
1869 – Albert Pollard, British historian (Dictionary of Natural Biography), born in Ryde, England (d. 1948)
1897 – Paul Neuhuys, Belgian playwright and poet (Le Canari et le Cerise), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1984)
1937 – Joe Farrell, American jazz saxophonist, born in Chicago Heights, Illinois, (d. 1986)
1950 – Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist, born in Zandvoort, Netherlands (d. 2006)
1968 – Darryll Lewis, American NFL cornerback, 1991-2001 (Houston/Tennessee Oilers, and 2 other teams), born in Bellflower, California
1972 – Charles Gipson, American baseball player
1981 – Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer