1750 – Alessio Prati, Italian composer, born in Ferrara, Italy (d. 1788)
1838 – Joel Asaph Allen, American zoologist (Allen’s rule) and first curator of birds and mammals at the American Museum of Natural History, born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1921)
1860 – Lizzie Borden, American woman acquitted of the murder of her parents (gave her mother forty whacks), born in Fall River, Massachusetts (d. 1927)
1896 – A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer (Citadel, Shining Victory), born in Cardross (d. 1981)
1899 – Paul de Groot, Dutch communist politician (CPN) and editor (The Truth), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1986)
1946 – Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player (US Open 1972), born in Bucharest, Romania
1952 – John Griesheimer, American Republican politician, born in Saint Clair, Missouri
1966 – Nancy Carell [Walls], American actress (Saturday Night Live), born in Cohasset, Massachusetts
1977 – Ed Smith, English cricketer
1980 – Giorgio Mondini, Italian racing driver