1668 – Cajetan Kolberer, composer, born in Salzburg, Austria (d. 1732)
1805 – Karl Friedrich Curschmann, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1841)
1825 – William Stubbs, English historian and Anglican bishop of Oxford, born in High Street, Knaresborough, England (d. 1901)
1839 – Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (Epitaph of a small winner), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1908)
1844 – Ernest F. Cambier, Belgian colonial official (built railway in the Congo), born in Ath, Belgium (d. 1909)
1914 – William Vickrey, Canadian economist (Nobel 1996), born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (d. 1996)
1948 – Andrzej Sapkowski, Polish writer (The Witcher), born in Łódź, Poland
1953 – Augustus Pablo, Jamaican musician (King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown), born in St. Andrew, Jamaica (d. 1999)
1961 – Kip Winger, American rock bassist and singer (Winger), born in Denver, Colorado
1983 – Edward Snowden, American NSA contractor who leaked classified information, born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina