1865 – Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals) and manager (Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Washington Sens, Brooklyn Superbas, Boston RS), born in Queenstown, Ireland (d. 1953)
1873 – Hippolyte Daeye, Belgium (Sereniteit) (d. 1952)
1890 – Solomon Mikhoels, Soviet actor and chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (d. 1948)
1920 – Sid Fleischman, American author, and screenplay writer (The Whipping Boy; Blood Alley: The Abracadabra Kid), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2010)
1940 – Jan Schaefer, Dutch asst secretary of state (PvdA)
1951 – Ray Benson [Seifert], American Western swing singer-songwriter, and record producer (Asleep at the Wheel), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1962 – Marcel Brands, soccer player (RKC)
1970 – Kelli James, American field hockey forward (Olympics, 1996), born in Medford, New Jersey
1971 – Greg Johnson, Canadian NHL hockey center, 1994-2006 (Detroit Red Wings, Nashville Predators (captain 2002-06), and 2 other teams), born in Thunder Bay, Ontario (d. 2019)
1986 – T. J. Jordan, American basketball player