1764 – Gottfried Rieger, Czech composer, born in Opavice, Czech Replublic (d. 1855)
1818 – José Amador de los Ríos, Spanish historian and poet, born in Baena, Spain (d. 1878)
1829 – José de Alencar, Brazilian writer (O Guarani), born in Fortaleza, Ceará, Empire of Brazil (d. 1877)
1858 – Anthony Johnson Showalter, American composer, born in Cherry Grove, Virginia (d. 1924)
1889 – John Evans, English cricket batsman (1 Test) and author (‘The Escaping Club’), born in Newtown, Hampshire (d. 1960)
1925 – Scott Carpenter, American astronaut (Mercury 7-Aurora 7), born in Boulder, Colorado (d. 2013)
1927 – Bernard Vukas, Croatian soccer forward (59 caps, Yugoslavia; Hajduk Split; Olympic silver 1948, 52), born in Zagreb, Croatia (d. 1983)
1937 – Una Stubbs, English actress (Till Death Us Do Part), born in Welwyn Garden City
1947 – Jacob Bekenstein, American-Israeli theoretical physicist (Bekenstein-Hawking radiation), born in Mexico City (d. 2015)
1970 – Damon Diletti, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Olympic silver 1992; Champions Trophy gold 1999), born in Perth, West Australia