1544 – William Gilbert, English physician and physicist (researcher into magnetism), born in Colchester, England (d. 1603)
1753 – Oliver Cromwell, decorated African American soldier who served with Washington in US War of Independence, born in Burlington, New Jersey
1767 – Ferdinand Franzl, German composer, born in Schwetzingen (d. 1833)
1767 – Josef Schnabel, German composer, born in Naumburg am Queis, Silesia (d. 1831)
1850 – Ernest Albert Waterlow, English water-color painter, born in London (d. 1919)
1909 – Guillermo Díaz-Plaja, Spanish literary and poet (Lorca), born in Manresa, Barcelona (d. 1984)
1917 – Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, British judge (d. 2013)
1923 – Siobhán McKenna [Cionnaith], Irish stage actress (Saint Joan, The Chalk Garden), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 1986)
1956 – Helen Terry, British rocker (Now You’re Mine), born in England
1965 – Shinichirō Watanabe, Japanese anime director (Samurai Champloo), born in Kyoto, Japan