1801 – (Gustav) Albert Lortzing, German Spieloper composer and actor (Zar und Zimmerman), born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1851)
1851 – Guillaume Couture, Canadian choir conductor, composer, and teacher, born In Montreal, Quebec (d. 1915)
1865 – Neltje Blanchan, American nature writer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1918)
1869 – John Heisman, American football coach (legalised forward pass, originated the center-snap; Heisman Trophy named after him), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1936)
1875 – Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (theory of covalent bonding), born in Weymouth, Massachusetts (d. 1946)
1918 – James Daly, American actor (Medical Center, Planet of the Apes), born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin (d. 1978)
1920 – Vern Stephens, American baseball shortstop (8 x MLB All Star; AL HR leader 1945; 3×AL RBI leader; St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox), born in McAlister, New Mexico (d. 1968)
1943 – Billy Talbot, American singer-songwriter and bassist (Crazy Horse), born in New York City
1959 – Sam Raimi, American filmmaker and actor (Spiderman trilogy, Evil Dead series), born in Royal Oak, Michigan
1987 – Seo In-Guk, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (The Master’s Sun), born in Ulsan, South Korea