1732 – Jean-Guillain Cardon, French harpist, teacher, and composer, born in Mons, South Netherlands (d. 1803)
1825 – Edward Frankland, British structural chemist who co-discovered helium and developed the theory of valence, born in Lancaster, England (d. 1899)
1850 – Seth Low, American politician (d. 1916)
1901 – Arie Querido, Dutch social psychiatrist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1983)
1901 – Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician, born in Sevsk, Russia (d. 1973)
1941 – Denise Bombardier, Quebec journalist, television host and novelist, born in Montreal, Canada
1976 – Vincent Polvliet, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1976 – Damien Leith, Irish-Australian singer-songwriter (Australian Idol 2006), born in Dublin, Ireland
1979 – Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer, born in Cascais, Portugal
1984 – Kristy Lee Cook, American country singer (American Idol season 7), born in Seattle, Washington