1727 – Friedrich Hartmann Graf, German composer, born in Rudolstadt, Germany (d. 1795)
1751 – Louis-Francois Beffara, French lexicographer, born in Nonancourt, France (d. 1838)
1869 – James (Sunny Jim) Rolph, San Francisco mayor (1912-31), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1934)
1905 – Leonard Constant Lambert, English composer (King Pest), born in Fulham, London (d. 1951)
1912 – Harry Kissin, Baron Kissin, British businessman and President (GPG), born in Gdańsk, Poland (d. 1997)
1924 – Robert Solow, American economist who developed the Solow–Swan model of economic growth (Nobel Prize, 1987), born in NYC, New York
1927 – Peter Wyngarde [Cyril Goldbert], British actor (Department S and Jason King), born in Marseille, France (d. 2018)
1953 – Ezra Idlet, American folk, rock, and family music guitarist, and singer-songwriter (Trout Fishing In America – “My Hair Had A Party Last Night”), born in San Antonio, Texas
1957 – Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician, born in Volos, Greece
1976 – Scott Caan, American actor, born in Los Angeles, California