1782 – Charles Robert Maturin, Irish playwright and novelist, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1824)
1901 – Robert Bresson, French film director (A Man Escaped, Balthazar, at Random), born in Puy-de-Dôme, France (d. 1999)
1916 – Tolia Nikiprowetzky, French composer, ethno-musicologist and broadcaster of Russian heritage, born in Feodosia, Crimea, Russian Empire (d. 1997)
1922 – Hammer DeRoburt, First President of Nauru, born in Nauru (d. 1992)
1925 – Silvana Pampanini, Italian actress (Day in Court, Island Sinner), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2016)
1926 – Aldo Ray [Da Re], American actor (God’s Little Acre, Green Beret), born in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
1930 – Herbert Heckmann, German writer, born in Frankfurt (d. 1999)
1933 – Hubie Brown, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach, broadcaster (2-time NBA Coach of the Year), born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania
1951 – Robert “Bob” McAdoo, American former NBA player (Buffalo Braves) and assistant coach (Miami Heat), born in Greensboro, North Carolina
1971 – John Lynch, American NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in Hinsdale, Illinois