1602 – Jacques de Billy, French Jesuit mathematician (number theory), born in Compiègne, France (d. 1679)
1869 – [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1937-40), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1940)
1884 – Bernard Cronin, English-Australian author and journalist (Three Against the Stars), born in Ealing, England (d. 1968)
1898 – Otto Jochum, German composer, born in Babenhausen, Germany (d. 1969)
1929 – John Macurdy, American operatic bass (Met Opera), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2020)
1936 – Hans Peter Bleuel, German writer (Sex and Society In Nazi Germany), born in Stuttgart, Germany
1941 – Wolfgang Bauer, Austrian playwright known for “Magic Afternoons”, born in Graz, Austria (d. 2005)
1961 – Grant Hart, American punk rock drummer and songwriter (Hüsker Dü), born in South St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 2017)
1968 – Shin-ichiro Miki, Japanese voice actor (Pokémon, Perfect Blue), born in Tokyo, Japan
1976 – Jovan Kirovski, American soccer forward (62 caps; Crystal Palace, Birmingham City, Los Angeles Galaxy, Colorado Rapids), born in Escondido, California