1561 – Jacopo Peri, Italian composer and singer who wrote the 1st recognized opera “Dafne”, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1633)
1868 – Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (US Nat C’ship 1890), born in Rosedale, New York (d. 1954)
1905 – Jean Gebser [Hans Gebser], German-Swiss philosopher, author (Ursprung und Gegenwart (The Ever-Present Origin)), linguist, and poet, born in Posen, German Empire (d. 1973)
1927 – Yootha Joyce, British actress (Man About the House, George and Mildred), born in Wandsworth, London (d. 1980)
1942 – Hans-Joachim Klein, German 100m swimmer (Olympic bronze 1964), born in Darmstadt, Germany
1947 – Ray Wise, American actor (Twin Peaks, Dead End), born in Akron, Ohio
1952 – Doug Fieger, American singer–songwriter (The Knack – “My Sharona”), born in Oak Park, Michigan (d. 2010)
1954 – Don Stark, American actor (That ’70s Show – “Bob”), born in New York City
1966 – Steven Finn, Canadian NHL defenseman (LA Kings), born in Laval, Quebec, Canada
1981 – Bernard Mendy, French footballer (Paris Saint-Germain), born in Évreux, France