1697 – Giovanni Canaletto, Italian painter (Regatta on the Grand Canal) and printmaker, born in Venice (d. 1768)
1701 – Charles le Beau, French historian (d. 1778)
1844 – Harvey W. Wiley, American chemist known for leadership in the passage of the landmark Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, born in Kent, Indiana (d. 1930)
1882 – Lucien Petit-Breton, French road cyclist (Tour de France 1907-8), born in Plessé, France (d. 1917)
1924 – Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer, born in Råde, Norway (d. 2013)
1952 – Jerry Royster, American baseball player
1958 – Thomas Hearns, American boxer (first boxer to win world titles in 5 weight divisions), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1961 – Eric Jespersen, Port Alberni BC, star sailor (Olympic bronze 1992, 96)
1966 – Alan Mills, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles), born in Lakeland, Florida
1967 – Gary John Anderson, New Zealand track and road cyclist (Olympics 1996-bronze), born in Wanganui, New Zealand