1780 – Jan Emmanuel Doležálek, Bohemian organist and composer, born in Chotěboř, Bohemia, Habsburg Monarchy (d. 1858)
1849 – Louis Perrier, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council, born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland (d. 1913)
1891 – Robert Gordon Sproul, American educator and college president (University of California), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1975)
1907 – Hergé [Georges Prosper Remi], Belgian comic book creator (The Adventures of Tintin), born in Etterbeek, Belgium (d. 1983)
1917 – Nathan Davis, American actor (Dunston Checks In, Holes, Code of Silence), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2008)
1923 – Aline Griffith, American-born Spanish aristocrat, Countess of Romanones, spy and author, born in New York, United States (d. 2017)
1941 – Paul Winfield, American actor (Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2004)
1941 – Martha Langbein, German athlete (Olympic silver 1960), born in Heidelberg, Germany
1952 – Jan Todd, woman power lifter, once lifted 248 kg in a squat, born in Pennsylvania
1982 – Apolo Anton Ohno, American short track speed skater