1579 – Valerius Otto, German composer, born in Leipzig (d. after 1612)
1639 – Thomas Tompion, English clock maker (cylinder tunnel), born in Northill, Bedfordshire, England (d. 1713)
1746 – Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish military leader and colonial administrator (Spanish Governor of Louisiana and Cuba, 1777-83, Viceroy of New Spain, 1785-6), born in Macharaviaya, Spain (d. 1786)
1786 – Giacomo Cordella, Italian composer, born in Naples, Italy (d. 1846)
1822 – Schuyler Hamilton, American Major General (Union Army), born in Putnam County, New York (d. 1903)
1923 – Leonardo Villar, Brazilian actor (The Given Word), born in Piracicaba, Brazil (d. 2020)
1927 – Midge Decter, American journalist and author (The Liberated Woman and Other Americans), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
1954 – Lynne Frederick, English actress (Schizophrenia), born in Middlesex, England (d. 1994)
1975 – Jean-Claude Darcheville, French footballer, born in Sinnamary, French Guiana, France
1979 – Ali Carter, English professional snooker player, born in Colchester, Essex