1794 – Heinrich Christian Pander, Baltic German biologist and embryologist, born in Riga, Latvia (d. 1865)
1851 – Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (Schottky’s theorem), born in Breslau, Germany (d. 1935)
1880 – Ernest Bloch, Swiss-born American composer (MacBeth, Schelomo, Israel), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1959)
1897 – Karl von Mechow, German writer (Auf Dem Wege, Vorsommer), born in Bonn, Germany (d. 1960)
1917 – Simon Slåttvik, Norwegian cross country ski jumper (Olympic gold 1952), born in Valnesfjord, Norway (d. 2001)
1935 – Pat Oliphant, Australia, cartoonist (7 Pres: The Art of Oliphant)
1942 – Heinz [Burt], British rock bassist (The Tornados – “Telstar”), born in Detmold, The Free State of Lippe (now Germany) (d. 2000)
1961 – Paul Geary, American heavy metal drummer (Extreme), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1969 – Rick Fox, NBA guard/forward (LA Lakers, Boston Celtics)
1976 – Chris[tian] Patrick Raymond Ahrens, Whitefish Bay Wis, rower (Olympics 1996)