1709 – Joseph Riepel, Austrian-born German composer, born in Rainbach im Mühlkreis (d. 1782)
1875 – D.W. Griffith, American film director and producer (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance), born in LaGrange, Kentucky (d. 1948)
1897 – Rosa Ponselle, opera diva (Casta Diva, La Forza del Destino)
1916 – Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati Author, Poet, Astrologist (Gujarat is a State of India) (d. 1994)
1916 – Henri Dutilleux, French composer (Tout un monde lointain, L’arbre des songes), born in Angers, France (d. 2013)
1924 – J. J. Johnson, American composer and jazz trombonist, born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2001)
1925 – Leslie Silver, English paint manufacturer/multi-millionaire
1943 – Marília Pêra, Brazilian actress (Better Days Ahead, Pixote), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 2015)
1951 – Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (d. 1989)
1964 – Wayne Kirby, American baseball outfielder (Cleveland Indians, LA Dodgers), born in Williamsburg, Virginia