1663 – August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727)
1767 – Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance
1814 – Thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood)
1924 – Bill Wendell, American TV announcer (Late Night With David Letterman), born in NYC, New York
1933 – J. P. McCarthy, American radio personality (WJR Detroit), born in NYC, New York (d. 1995)
1937 – Armin Hary, German athlete (2 Olympic gold 100m, 4x100m relay 1960), born in Quierschied, Germany
1937 – Angelo Badalamenti, American film composer (Twin Peaks, The Straight Story, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive), born in Brooklyn, New York
1940 – Haing S Ngor, Cambodian-American obstetrician, author, refugee and actor (The Killing Fields), born in Samrong Yong, Cambodia (d. 1996)
1947 – Harry Vanda, [Vandenberg], Hague Neth, rock guitarist (Easybeats)
1966 – Artis Pabriks, Latvian politician