1753 – Christian Friedrich Ruppe, German-Dutch composer, brother of Friedrich Christian Ruppe, born in Salzungen, Imperial County of Reuss, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1826)
1827 – Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician, born in Vermont (d. 1906)
1827 – Joseph Anthony Mower, American Major General (Union Army), born in Woodstock, Vermont (d. 1870)
1845 – William Lewis Douglas, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts, born in Plymouth, Massachusetts (d. 1924)
1868 – Willis Rodney Whitney, American Chemist, founder of the General Electric research laboratory, and pioneer of industrial scientific research, born in Jamestown, NY (d. 1958)
1940 – John Banham, British businessman, director-general CBI, born in Cornwall (d. 2022)
1941 – Michael Aldrich, British inventor (online shopping), born in Brocket Hall, England (d. 2014)
1965 – Tom Gibis, American voice actor (Shikamaru Nara-Naruto), born in West St. Paul, Minnesota
1968 – Michael Curry, American basketball forward and coach (Detroit Pistons), born in Anniston, Alabama
1969 – Hipolito Pichardo, Dominican MLB pitcher. 1902-2002 (Kansas City Royals, and 2 other teams), born in Jicomé, Dominican Republic