1755 – Princess Natalia Alexeievna of Russia, born in Prenzlau, Brandenburg, Prussia (d. 1776)
1862 – Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1901)
1897 – Hans Barth, German-born American composer, born in Leipzig (d. 1956)
1908 – Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2000)
1912 – Virginia Lacy Jones, American librarian and presidential advisor, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1984)
1913 – Cyril Fletcher, British comedian, born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England (d. 2005)
1923 – Sam Francis, American painter (Basel Mural), born in San Mateo, California (d. 1994)
1935 – Eddie Floyd, American singer and composer (California Girl, Falcons), born in Montgomery, Alabama
1939 – Allen Fox, American tennis player, born in Los Angeles, California
1970 – Ariel Gore, American journalist and author, born in Carmel, California