1744 – Georg Augustin Holler, German composer (d. 1814)
1809 – Sylvanus William Godon, Commander (Union Navy), (d. 1879)
1897 – Henry Wadsworth, American actor (The Thin Man, Applause, Fast and Loose), born in Maysville, Kentucky (d. 1974)
1907 – Benny Payne, American jazz pianist (Cab Calloway; Billy Daniels Show), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1986)
1915 – Arthur Fagg, English cricket batsman (5 Tests; dual double-centuries for Kent v Essex 1938) and umpire (18 Tests, 7 ODIs), born in Chartham, England (d. 1977)
1926 – Eva Bartok, Hungarian-born actress (Crimson Pirate), born in Kecs kemet, Hungary (d. 1998)
1926 – Patricia Hutchinson, British ambassador (Uruguay)
1932 – Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa (1999-2008), 1st vice-president (1994-99) and economist, born in Mbewuleni, Eastern Cape
1947 – Bernard Giraudeau, La Rochelle France, actor (L’Annee des Meduses)