1768 – Karl Bernhard Wessely, German composer (Sulamith und Eusebia), born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1826)
1862 – Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer and theorist (Wagner Opera sets), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1928)
1931 – Boxcar Willie [Travis Martin], American soldier (USAF) and singer (“King of the Road”), born in Ellis County, Texas (d. 1999)
1940 – Annie Ernaux (née Duchesne), French writer (Les Années (The Years); Nobel Prize in Literature, 2022), born in Lillebonne, Normandy, France
1972 – Josh Davis, American swimmer (Olympic gold 4×100/200m freestyle relay/4x100m medley relay 1996), born in San Antonio, Texas
1977 – David Albelda, Spanish soccer midfielder (51 caps; Valencia CF 351 games), born in La Pobla Llarga, Spain
1980 – Lara Pulver, English stage and screen actress (Spooks), born in Southend-on-Sea, England
1986 – Gaël Monfils, French tennis player (world #6 2016; 10 x ATP career titles), born in Paris, France
1989 – Bill Kaulitz, Germany singer-songwriter (Tokio Hotel), born in Leipzig, East Germany
1994 – Carlos Sainz Jr., Spanish Formula One racing driver, born in Madrid, Spain