1709 – Samuel Johnson, English scholar and lexicographer (A Dictionary of the English Language), born in Lichfield Staffordshire (d. 1784)
1818 – Marcellus Augustus Stovall, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Sparta, Georgia (d. 1895)
1859 – Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher and politician, born in Indiana, Pennsylvania (d. 1940)
1863 – Hermann Kutter, Swiss Protestant theologian (founder of Christian Socialism in Switzerland), born in Bern, Switzerland (d. 1931)
1875 – Henriette Renié, French harp prodigy, composer, and teacher, born in Paris, France (d. 1956)
1890 – Vladimír Ambros, Czech composer, born in Prostějov, Czech Republic (d. 1956)
1897 – Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer, born in San Sebastián, Spain (d. 1988)
1926 – Bud Greenspan, American documentary maker (Olympic Games; IOC Olympic Order award 1985), born in NYC, New York (d. 2010)
1939 – Bob Whittaker, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas), born in Eureka, Kansas
1950 – Shabana Azmi, Indian actress (Ankur, Neerja), born in Hyderabad, India