1837 – Rosalía de Castro, Santiago de Compostela Galician writer and poet (‘Séculos Escuros’) (d. 1885)
1852 – George A Moore, Irish painter/novelist (Esther Waters)
1866 – Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (6 x Olympic gold, 3 x silver 1900, 20), born in Elewijt, Belgium (d. 1961)
1885 – Chester Nimitz, American admiral who commanded the US Pacific fleet in World War II, born in Fredericksburg, Texas (d. 1966)
1910 – Arthur Hazlerigg, British peer and cricketer (d. 2002)
1932 – Andrew Jacobs Jr, American politician (Rep-D-IN, 1965-73, 75-97), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2013)
1948 – Walter Smith, Scottish football manager (Rangers, Everton; Scotland 2004-07), born in Lanark, Scotland (d. 2021)
1951 – Derek Randall, cricketer (England batsman and animated cover fieldsman)
1973 – Jordan Jovtchev, Bulgarian gymnast
1982 – Nick Blackburn, American baseball player