1554 – Philip William, Prince of Orange (1584) and Knight of the Golden Fleece (1599), born in Buren, Gelderland (d. 1618)
1865 – Tikhon Toropets, Pskov Russia, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint
1894 – Paul Dessau, German composer and conductor (Adventures of Casanova, Never Trust a Woman), born in Hamburg, Germany
1895 – Ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author/poet (Loke Saar Havre)
1896 – John Seldon Whale, theologian
1915 – Édith Piaf, [E Giovanna Gassion], chanteuse (Little Sparrow), born in Paris, France (d. 1963)
1943 – William DeVries, American cardiothoracic surgeon (artificial heart), born in Brooklyn, New York
1955 – Susil Fernando, cricketer (5 Tests for Sri Lanka 1983)
1974 – Mikko Paananen, Finnish bassist (HIM)
1988 – Peter Winn, English footballer