1550 – Cesare Cremonini, Italian professor of natural philosophy, born in Cento, Papal States (d. 1631)
1573 – Ernst Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz and Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, and Drenthe, born in Dillenburg, Germany (d. 1632)
1639 – Jean Racine, French dramatist (Phèdre, Athalie), born in La Ferté-Milon, Picardy (d. 1699)
1803 – Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, American Major General (Union Army), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1862)
1832 – Edward Hatch, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Bangor, Maine (d. 1889)
1908 – Max Bill, Swiss architect and artist (Ruban Sans Fin), born in Winterthur, Switzerland (d. 1994)
1948 – Steve Garvey, American baseball player (LA Dodgers, San Diego Padres), born in Tampa, Florida
1955 – Lonnie Smith, American baseball player, born in Chicago, Illinois
1958 – Frank Gambale, Australian musician, born in Canberra, Australia
1973 – Jamel Williams, American football safety (Washington Redskins), born in Gary, Indiana