1800 – Sydney Nelson, composer
1894 – Shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007)
1895 – J. Edgar Hoover, first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1924-72), born in Washington, D.C.
1943 – Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Indian scientist
1946 – Carl B. Hamilton, Swedish economist and politician
1958 – Ren Woods, actress (Fanta-Roots), born in Portland, Oregon
1969 – Christi Paul, American news anchor
1970 – Brian Morton, Wollongong Australia, canoeist (Olympics 1996)
1977 – Hasan Salihamidžić, Bosnian soccer utility (42 caps; Bayern Munich, 234 games, sporting director), born in Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
1978 – Nina Bott, German actress