1624 – Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer and poet, born in Caen, France (d. 1701)
1834 – Nathaniel Harrison Harris, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Natchez, Mississippi (d. 1900)
1844 – George Washington De Long, American Arctic Explorer whose disastrous expedition provided evidence to support the theory of trans-Arctic oceanic drift, born in New York City (d. 1881)
1920 – Wolfdietrich Schnurre, German writer, born in Frankfurt (d. 1989)
1920 – Pierre A. Lauffer, Antillian poet (Patria), born in Curacao, Venezuela (d. 1981)
1921 – Sotiria Bellou, Greek rebetiko singer (“Synnefiasmeni Kyriaki” / “‘Cloudy Sunday”), born in Halia, Euboia, Greece (d. 1997)
1949 – Alfred Musema, Rwandan genocidaire, born in Byumba, Rwanda
1968 – Alexander Mostovoi, Russian footballer, born in Leningrad Oblast, Russia
1972 – Stephen Boyd, American NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions), born in Valley Stream, New York
1997 – Eddie Williams, American pastor and former fullback (Cleveland Browns), born in San Mateo, California