1663 – Johann Nikolaus Hanff, German organist and composer, born in Wechmar, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1711)
1694 – Henry Pelham, British Prime Minister (Whig: 1743-54) who introduced the Gin Acts, born in Laughton, England (d. 1754)
1829 – William Michael Rossetti, English writer and civil servant, born in London, England (d. 1919)
1905 – Nahman Avigad, Israeli archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem), born in Zavaliv, Ukraine (d. 1992)
1911 – Lilian Ngoyi, South African machinist, anti-apartheid activist, and first woman elected to the executive committee of the African National Congress, born in Pretoria, Union of South Africa (d. 1980)
1914 – Frederick Wilhelm Sternfeld, Austrian musicologist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1994)
1969 – Hansie Cronje, South African cricket batsman and captain (68 Tests, 3,714 runs, 43 wickets; 188 ODIs; life ban for match-fixing 2000), born in Bloemfontein, South Africa (d. 2002)
1975 – Matt Hasselbeck, American football player, born in Boulder, Colorado
1975 – Mariusz Duda, Polish rock bassist and singer (Riverside), born in Wegorzewo, Poland
2003 – Bella Ramsey, English actress (Games of Thrones, The Last of Us), born in Nottingham, England