1762 – Jakob Haibel, Austrian composer, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1826)
1822 – Gregor Mendel, Austrian monk and geneticist (discoverer of laws of heredity), born in Heinzendorf, Austria (d. 1884)
1838 – Augustin Daly, American playwright and theatrical manager, born in Plymouth, North Carolina (d. 1899)
1847 – Max Liebermann, German impressionist painter and print maker, born in Berlin, Prussia (d. 1935)
1881 – Leon de Smet, Belgian painter (Luminist school), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1966)
1903 – Jef van de Wiele, Belgian pro-Nazi politician, born in Deume, Belgium (d. 1979)
1928 – Charles David Ganao, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (1996-1997), born in Djambala, French Equatorial Africa (d. 2012)
1941 – Kurt Raab, German actor who worked with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, born in Bergreichenstein, Germany (d. 1988)
1945 – Betty Burfeindt, American golfer (Women’s PGA C’ship 1976), born in New York City
1975 – Ray Allen, American basketball guard (10-time NBA All Star), born in Merced, California