1824 – Augustus Louis Chetlain, American Major General (Union Army), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1914)
1883 – Frank Debenham, Australian geographer/geologist
1893 – Mao Zedong, Chinese revolutionary and Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1949-76), born in Shaoshan, Hunan (d. 1976)
1894 – Jean Toomer, American writer (d. 1967)
1897 – Willie Corsari, [Wilhelmina A Schmidt], Dutch writer
1926 – Earle Brown, American composer (open form), born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts (d. 2002)
1938 – Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (d. 1989)
1953 – Matthew Harding, businessman/soccer supporter
1961 – Storm Davis, American baseball pitcher (KC Royals), born in Dallas, Texas
1971 – Mark Lathwell, English cricketer (England opening batsman v Australia 1993), born in Bletchley, United Kingdom