1647 – Denis Papin, French physicist (Papiniaanse pot, steam machine), born in Blois, France (d. 1712)
1764 – Charles Percier, French architect, born in Paris (d. 1838)
1771 – Henry Maudslay, English inventor of the metal lathe, born in Woolwich, London (d. 1831)
1902 – Jack Roy Armstrong, English historian (History of Sussex), born in Broadstairs, Kent (d. 1993)
1926 – Marc Bohan, French fashion designer, born in Paris
1936 – Lex Humphries, American jazz drummer (Sun Ra Arkestra), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
1949 – Þórarinn Eldjárn, Icelandic writer (The Blue Tower), born in Reykjavik, Iceland
1963 – Lily Yip, Chinese-American table tennis player (Olympics 1992, 96), born in Guangzhou, China
1967 – Yukiko Okada, Japanese idol singer, born in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan (d. 1986)
1976 – Jim Weaver, American baseball pitcher (Olympic bronze 1996)