1798 – John Adams Dix, American Major General (Union Army), born in Boscawen, New Hampshire (d. 1879)
1826 – Francisco Solano López, President and Dictator of Paraguay (1862-70), born in Asunción, Paraguay (d. 1870)
1860 – Alphonse Mucha, Czech Nouveau painter and artist, born in Ivančice, Margraviate of Moravia, Austrian Empire (now Czech Republic) (d. 1939)
1886 – Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese writer (Snow Dusting), born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo (d. 1965)
1899 – Chief Dan George [Tes-wah-no], Canadian Indian author, poet and actor (Harry and Tonto, Little Big Man, Smith!), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 1981)
1929 – Hedda J. Garza, American writer and political activist, born in New York City (d. 1995)
1938 – John Sparling, NZ cricket all-rounder (11 Tests 1958-64)
1952 – Vin Weber, (Rep-R-MN, 1981- )
1968 – Malcolm Ingram, Canadian director
1982 – Anna Paquin, Canadian-born New Zealand Oscar-winning actress (The Piano, True Blood), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba