1511 – Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician (calculated planetary table), born in Saalfeld, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1553)
1870 – Ivan Bunin, Russian poet and novelist (Gentleman from San Francisco-Nobel 1933), born in Voronezh, Russian Empire (d. 1953)
1898 – Dámaso Alonso, Spanish linguist and poet (Hijos de la ira), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1952)
1913 – Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss Federal Councilor, President of Switzerland (1970), born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 2002)
1927 – Ray Stern (née Schiffman), American homemaker and mother of radio personality Howard Stern, born in New York City
1937 – Tadeáš Salva, Slovak composer, born in Lúčky, Slovakia (d. 1997)
1937 – Alan Ladd Jr., American producer (Braveheart) and president of 20th Century Fox (1976–79), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2022)
1942 – Robin John Maconie, New Zealand pianist, electro-acoustic film and concert composer, and musicologist (Stockhausen), born in Auckland, New Zealand
1978 – Ed Droste, American indie-rock singer-songwriter (Grizzly Bear – “Two Weeks”), born in Massachusetts
1978 – Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian soccer striker (33 caps; Zanaco FC), born in Lusaka, Zambia (d. 2007)