1577 – Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)
1884 – Lewis Bennison, American actor (The Road Called Straight), born in Oakland, California (d. 1929)
1917 – Martin Donnelly, cricketer (brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war)
1921 – George Mackey Brown, poet
1934 – Emmanuel “Rico” Rodriguez, Jamaican ska trombonist (The Specials), born in Kingston (d. 2015)
1941 – Alan Howard, rock bassist (Brian Poole and The Tremeloes)
1967 – Marianne Werdel Witmeyer, tennis star, born in Los Angeles, California
1979 – Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish auto racer (F1 World Champion 2007), born in Espoo, Finland
1979 – Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer and violinist (Stream of Passion)
1984 – Randall Munroe, American webcomic author