1725 – Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter, born in Tournus, France (d. 1805)
1810 – Thomas Jefferson McKean, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Burlington, Pennsylvania (d. 1870)
1871 – Leonid Andreyev, Russian journalist and writer (Red Laugh, Seven Hangs), born in Oryol, Russia (d. 1919)
1874 – Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1918-27), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1942)
1924 – Gerald D. Lascelles, son of English princess Mary, born in Goldsborough Hall, Yorkshire (d. 1952)
1934 – Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist, born in Maastricht, Netherlands
1939 – Festus Mogae, 3rd President of Botswana (1998-2008), born in Serowe, Bechuanaland, Botswana
1967 – Serj Tankian, Armenian-born singer (System of a Down), born in Beirut, Lebanon
1978 – Alan Lee, Irish footballer, born in Galway, Ireland
1983 – Chantelle Houghton, British TV personality, born in Wickford, Essex, England