1761 – Friedrich von Matthison, German poet (Adelaide), born in Hohendodeleben, Germany (d. 1831)
1762 – Christian A. Vulpius, German novelist and dramatist (Rinaldo Rinaldini), born in Weimar, Germany (d. 1827)
1783 – Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle], French writer (Le Rouge et de Noir, a Chartreuse de Parme), born in Grenoble, France (d. 1842)
1889 – Prosper Arents, Flemish bibliographer (Rubens-bibliography)
1896 – Alf Hall, South African cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 40 wickets), born in Bolton, Lancashire, England (d. 1964)
1925 – Marty Paich, American jazz pianist, conductor, producer and arranger (Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson), born in Oakland, California (d. 1995)
1952 – Omar Henry, South African cricketer (1st colored player for South Africa 1992), born in Stellenbosch, South Africa
1973 – Lanei Chapman, American actress, born in os Angeles, California
1979 – Juan Rincón, Venezuelan baseball player, born in Maracaibo, Venezuela
1998 – XXXTentacion [Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy], American rapper and singer-songwriter, born in Plantation, Florida (d. 2018)