1848 – Cornelis Adrianus Pekelharing, Dutch physician, born in Zaandam, Netherlands (d. 1922)
1860 – Lizzie Borden, American woman acquitted of the murder of her parents (gave her mother forty whacks), born in Fall River, Massachusetts (d. 1927)
1877 – Arthur Fielder, English cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), born in Plaxtol, Tonbridge, Kent (d. 1949)
1900 – Roscoe [Charles Barnet] Harvey, British soldier, born in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo (d. 1996)
1907 – Isabel Jewell, American actress (Gone With The Wind), born in Shoshoni, Wyoming (d. 1972)
1919 – Robert Pinget, French novelist (The Interrogation) and playwright, born in Geneva (d. 1997)
1954 – Srđa Trifković, Serbian-American journalist and foreign affairs editor (Chronicles), born in Belgrade, Serbia
1956 – Yoshiaki Yatsu, Japanese professional wrestler (NJPW/WCCW/WWF) and mixed martial artist, born in Oura, Gunma, Japan
1976 – Benedict Cumberbatch, British actor (12 Years a Slave; Sherlock), born in London, England
1977 – Tony Mamaluke, American professional wrestler