1858 – Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel prize 1927)
1882 – C Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia
1887 – Sidney Hillman, union leader (Sidney Hillman Foundation)
1899 – Dora Gerson, German-Jewish actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (Caravan of Death), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1943)
1912 – Wernher von Braun, German rocket scientist (I Aim at the Stars), born in Wirsitz, Germany (now Wyrzysk, Poland) (d. 1977)
1917 – H C Allen, American historian
1937 – Craig Breedlove, American auto racer (5-time world land speed record holder), born in Los Angeles, California
1958 – Serena Grandi [Fagioli], actress (Miranda), born in Bologna Italy
1965 – Dante Jones, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
1976 – Dougie Lampkin, English motorcycle trials rider, born in Silsden, West Yorkshire, England