1865 – Hermann Hirt, German linguist (Indo-European Grammar), born in Magdeburg Prussia (d. 1936)
1894 – Paul Dessau, German orchestral, film, and theater composer and conductor (Adventures of Casanova; Deutsches Miserere; Never Trust a Woman), born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 1979)
1894 – Yoshida Isoya, Japanese architect (modern sukiya style), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1974)
1902 – Ralph Richardson, English actor (Anna Karenina, Doctor Zhivago), born in Cheltenham, England (d. 1983)
1924 – Michel Tournier, French writer (Friday, or, The Other Island), born in Paris (d. 2016)
1927 – James Booth [David Geeves], British actor and screenwriter (Zulu, Keeping Mum), born in Croydon, Surrey (d. 2005)
1928 – Morris “Moose” Charlap, American Broadway composer (Peter Pan; Kelly), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1974)
1943 – Ross M. Lence, American political scientist, born in Whitefish, Montana (d. 2006)
1974 – Ricky Ponting, Australian cricket batsman, captain, coach and broadcaster (168 Tests, 13,378 runs @ 51.85; 41 x 100s), born in Launceston, Tasmania
1987 – Ronan Farrow, American journalist (The New Yorker), born in New York City