1715 – Bendix Friedrich Zinck, Danish organist and composer, born in Schwabstedt, Duchy of Schleswig (d. 1799)
1730 – Motoori Norinaga, Japanese physician, scholar, and writer (Kojiki-den (Commentaries on the Kojiki)), born in Matsuzaka, Japan (d. 1801)
1774 – Daniel D. Tompkins, American politician, 6th US Vice President (1817-25), born in Scarsdale, New York (d. 1825)
1862 – Johannes Schlaf, German writer and translator, born in Querfurt, Germany (d. 1941)
1909 – Kurt Schwaen, German classical composer, and pedagouge, born in Katowice, German Empire (d. 2007)
1922 – Jim McConnon, English cricketer (England off-spinner against Pakistan 1954), born in Burnopfield, England (d. 2003)
1930 – Harold Blanchard, American jazz pianist and jazz and classical composer (New Earth Sonata), born in Harlem, New York City (d. 2010)
1937 – Anna Davies, Italian philologist and Professor of Comparative Philology (Oxford U), born in Milan (d. 2014)
1954 – Robert Menasse, Austrian writer (Die Vertreibung aus der Hölle), born in Vienna
1985 – Michelle Wolf, American comedian (Nice Lady, The Daily Show), born in Hershey, Pennsylvania