1016 – Casimir I the Restorer, Polish nobleman (Duke of Poland, 1040-58), born in Kraków, Poland (d. c. 1058)
1780 – Christian Theodor Weinlig, German composer, teacher and choir master, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1842)
1857 – Frank Sprague, American inventor who installed the first U.S. electric trolley system in Richmond, Virgina, born in Milford, Connecticut (d. 1934)
1866 – Frederick Frost Blackman, English botanist, born in London (d. 1947)
1925 – Jerry Paris, American director (Happy Days) and actor (Dick Van Dyke Show – “Jerry”), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1986)
1946 – José Areas, Nicaraguan percussionist (Santana, 1969-77, 1987-89), born in Leon, Nicaragua
1955 – Bantubonke Holomisa, South African Minister of Defense of Transkei, born in Mqanduli, Eastern Cape
1963 – Denis Coderre, French Canadian politician, born in Joliette, Quebec, Canada
1966 – Lynda Lemay, French Canadian chanson singer, born in Portneuf, Quebec
1985 – Nelson Piquet Jr., Brazilian auto racer (Formula E champion 2014-15), born in Heidelberg, West Germany