1759 – Gervais-François Couperin, French organist and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1826)
1891 – Johannes R. Becher, German writer and politician, born in Munich (d. 1958)
1900 – Yvonne de Gaulle (née Vendroux), wife of Charles de Gaulle, born in Calais, France (d. 1979)
1907 – Hergé [Georges Prosper Remi], Belgian comic book creator (The Adventures of Tintin), born in Etterbeek, Belgium (d. 1983)
1922 – Quinn Martin [Irwin Martin Cohn], American television producer (The Fugitive; Cannon; The Streets of San Francisco; Barnaby Jones), born in New York City (d. 1987)
1924 – Charles Aznavour [Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian], French-Armenian singer (Monsieur Carnavel; She; Tin Drum), born in Paris, France (d. 2018)
1942 – Barbara Parkins, Canadian-American actress (Betty-Peyton Place, Asylum), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1967 – John Vanderslice, American rock musician and producer, born in Gainesville, Florida
1973 – Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor (“Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes”; “Riders of Justice”), born in Rødovre, Denmark
1979 – Maggie Q [Margaret Quigley], American actress (Mission Impossible III, Nikita), born in Honolulu, Hawaii