1653 – Joseph Sauveur, French mathematician, physicist and sound engineer who coined the name acoustics for the study of sound from the ancient Greek word ακουστός, meaning “able to be heard”, born in La Flèche, France (d. 1716)
1848 – William Keith Brooks, American marine zoologist (anatomy and embryology of marine animals), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1875 – Spencer Charters, American actor (3 Faces West, Big Town Girl, St Louis Kid), born in Duncannon, Pennsylvania (d. 1943)
1881 – Béla Bartok, Hungarian composer and pianist (Concerto for Orchestra), born in Nagyszentmiklós, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (d. 1945)
1906 – Jean Sablon, French singer-songwriter, born in Nogent-sur-Marne, near Paris (d. 1994)
1919 – Jeanne Cagney, American actress (Lion is in the Streets, Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), born in NYC, New York (d. 1984)
1928 – Hilton Kramer, American art critic, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
1959 – Vince Guerra, American jockey, born in Tucson
1969 – Scott Sanders, Hannibal MO, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
1986 – Megan Gibson, American softball player