1550 – Pope Paul V [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21) and persecutor of Galileo, born in Rome (d. 1621)
1643 – Gilbert Burnet, Scottish philosopher and Bishop of Salisbury, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1715)
1853 – Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Patristischen Philosophie), born in Paderborn, Germany (d. 1924)
1854 – David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American automobile pioneer (Buick Motor Company), born in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland (d. 1929)
1878 – Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (Le donne de buon umore), born in Rome (d. 1950)
1884 – Charles Tomlinson Griffes, American composer (White Peacock), born in Elmira, New York (d. 1920)
1909 – Elizabeth Wilkinson, professor German University College London
1944 – Reinhold Messner, Italian mountain climber (Mount Everest), born in Brixen (Bressanone), Italy
1971 – David Hynes, Australian baseball outfielder (Olympics 1996)
1985 – Mason Raymond, Canadian ice hockey player