1818 – Charles Gounod, French composer (Faust; La reine the Saba; Funeral March of a Marionette), born in Paris (d. 1893)
1867 – Henry Lawson, Australian writer and poet (n the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses), born in Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1922)
1904 – Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1981)
1915 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1996)
1930 – James Gathers, American 200m runner (Olympic bronze 1952), born in South Carolina
1958 – Sam Hamad, Syrian-born Canadian politician, born in Damascus, Syria
1960 – Thomas Haden Church, American actor (Sideways), born in Yolo, California
1965 – Dermontti Dawson, American NFL center (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Lexington, Kentucky
1970 – Will Forte, American writer, actor and comedian (SNL, 2002-10; The Last Man on Earth), born in Alameda County, California
1988 – Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player