1636 – Pietro Sanmartini, Italian composer, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1701)
1884 – Ludomir Różycki, Polish composer and conductor (Eros i Psyche; Pan Twardowski), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1953)
1905 – Greta Garbo, Swedish actress and Hollywood silent film star (Anna Karenina, Grand Hotel, Camille), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1990)
1906 – Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (abstract algebra), born in Lille, France (d. 1992)
1910 – Leon Stein, American composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2002)
1929 – Louis Myers, American blues guitarist and harmonica player, born in Byhalia, Mississippi (d. 1994)
1947 – Giancarlo Minardi, Italian founder and Managing Director of Minardi Formula One team, born in Faenza, Italy
1961 – Martin “Frosty” Beedle, British session and touring drummer (Cutting Crew – “(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight”), born in North Ferriby, East Yorkshire, England
1973 – Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada
1978 – Pilar López de Ayala, Spanish actress (Juana la Loca), born in Madrid, Spain