1779 – Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington
1792 – Eliza Courtney, English illegitimate daughter of Charles Grey and Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, born in Aix-en-Provence (d. 1859)
1827 – Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, American politician, lawyer and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Unadilla, New York (d. 1912)
1850 – Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. 1931)
1881 – Pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo)
1907 – Nadine Conner, California, soprano (Carmen, Pamina-Magic Flute)
1942 – David O’Dowd, Chief Constable (Northamptonshire)
1943 – Aleksandr Pavlovich Alexandrov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-9, TM-3)
1951 – Gordon Brown, British Labour Prime Minister (2007–10), born in Giffnock, Scotland
1962 – Kenn Nesbitt, American children’s author