1683 – Pieter Langendijk, Dutch painter, etcher and playwright (Wiskunstenaars), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1756)
1750 – Henry Knox, American general (Continental Army and later the United States Army) and 1st US Secretary of War (1785-94), born in Boston, Massachusetts Bay (d. 1806)
1824 – Richard James Oglesby, American politician and Major General (Union Army), born in Oldham County, Kentucky (d. 1899)
1927 – Sadiq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani politician (Governor of Punjab, 1973-75; Chief Minister of Punjab, 1975-77), born in Shimla, East Punjab British India (d. 2000)
1941 – Manuel “Manny” Charlton, Spanish hard rock guitarist (Nazareth – “Love Hurts”), born in La Línea, Andalusia, Spain
1957 – Daniel W. Bursch, NASA astronaut (STS 51, 68, 77), born in Bristol, Pennsylvania
1961 – Bobbie Eakes, American actress (The Bold and the Beautiful), born in Warner Robins, Georgia
1967 – Ed Sprague Jr., American baseball infielder (World Series 1992, 93 Toronto Blue Jays; MLB All Star 1999), born in Castro Valley, California
1974 – Gareth Thomas, Welsh ruby player, born in Sarn, Wales
1988 – Anthony Stokes, Irish soccer striker (9 caps Republic of Ireland; Celtic FC), born in Dublin, Ireland