1823 – Jean Henri Fabre, French nautralist and entomologist (insects and spiders), born in Saint-Léons, Aveyron, France
1872 – Albert Payson Terhune, American novelist (Lad, a Dog), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1942)
1914 – Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter, born in Hlebine, Croatia (d. 1992)
1921 – Joan Dickson, British cellist and teacher, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1994)
1924 – Johan W “Jo” van Marle, KNVB-chairman (1980-93), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1995)
1934 – Hanif Mohammad, Pakistani cricket batsman (55 Tests; longest Test innings in history at 16 hours, 337 v WI 1958; 12 x 100), born in Junagadh, British India (d. 2016)
1942 – Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (2002-12) and President of the People’s Republic of China (2003-13), born in Taizhou, Jiangsu
1951 – Nick Gilder, English singer (Hot Child in the City), born in London
1961 – Ryuji Sasai, Japanese video game composer, born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
1980 – Royce Ring, American baseball player, born in La Mesa, California