1649 – Pascal Collasse, composer
1886 – John Joseph Becker, composer
1906 – Robert E. Howard, American pulp fiction author (Conan the Barbarian), born in Peaster, Texas (d. 1936)
1915 – Tom Burtt, cricketer (slow left-armer took 33 wickets for NZ)
1926 – Tom Blackburn, writer
1926 – Aurèle Nicolet, Swiss flautist (Berlin Philharmonic), and educator, born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland (d. 2016)
1946 – Andrew Rubin, actor (Hometown, Joe Bash) [or Jun 22], born in New Bedford, Massachusetts
1956 – Steve Riley, American rock drummer (L.A. Guns; W.A.S.P.), born in Revere, Massachusetts
1980 – Subhash Ram Prajapati, Nepalese writer, born in Bhaktapur, Nepal
1980 – Ben Moody, American guitarist (Evanescence, 1995-2003 -“Bring Me To Life”), born in Little Rock, Arkansas