1734 – Jean-Baptiste Rey, French conductor (Paris Opera) and composer, born in Lauzerte, France (d. 1810)
1803 – William Allen, American politician (Rep, Governor of Ohio 1874-76), born in Edenton, North Carolina (d. 1879)
1835 – George Dashiell Bayard, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Seneca Falls, New York (d. 1862)
1867 – Antoon van Welie, Dutch painter, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1956)
1870 – Saki [Hector Hugo Munro], British writer (Reginald; When William Came), born in Akyab, British Burma (d. 1916)
1906 – Kam Tong, Chinese American actor (Have Gun Will Travel, Across the Pacific, Flower Drum Song), born in San Francisco (d. 1969)
1931 – Alison Plowden, English historian (d. 2007)
1948 – Laurent Voulzy, French singer and composer, born in Paris, France
1950 – Leonard Maltin, American movie critic (Entertainment Tonight), born in NYC, New York
1964 – Robson Green, British actor (Soldier Soldier) and singer-songwriter (Robson and Jerome), born in Hexham, England