1799 – Honoré de Balzac, French novelist (La Comédie Humaine), born in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France (d. 1850)
1911 – Annie M. G. Schmidt, Dutch writer (Fam Doorsnee, Jip and Janneke), born in Kapelle, Netherlands (d. 1995)
1920 – Elizabeth “Betty” Driver, British singer and actress (Coronation Street, Pardon the Expression), born in Leicester, England (d. 2011)
1930 – James McEachin, American actor and author (Perry Mason, Harry-Tenafly), born in Rennert, North Carolina
1931 – Ken Boyer, American baseball player (d. 1982)
1938 – Astrid Kirchherr, German photographer, helped establish The Beatles image, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 2020)
1959 – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, Native Hawaiian singer, songwriter (“Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World”), and Hawaiian sovereignty advocate, born in Honolulu, Hawaii (d. 1997)
1980 – Austin Kearns, American Baseball player
1992 – Jack Gleeson, Irish actor (Game of Thrones), born in Cork
2010 – Lady Cosima Windsor, daughter of Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster