1770 – Antoine Reicha, Czech born French composer and teacher, friend of Beethoven, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1836)
1899 – Max Petitpierre, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1994)
1905 – William Russell [Russell William Wagner], American violinist, modern composer (Fugue for Eight Percussion Instruments), and musicologist (Oh, Mister Jelly), born in Canton, Missouri (d. 1992)
1906 – Madeleine Carroll, British actress (39 Steps, Secret Agent), born in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England (d. 1987)
1927 – Tom Kennedy, American quiz host (You Don’t Say, Name That Tune), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1933 – George Tindley, American soul singer and songwriter The Dreams; The Red Caps), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
1933 – Godfrey Cambridge, American actor (Cotton comes to Harlem), born in New York City (d. 1976)
1945 – Mitch Ryder, American rocker (Detroit Wheels – “Devil With the Blue Dress”), born in Hamtramck, Michigan
1969 – Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer, born in Tokyo, Japan
1979 – Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer, born in Guimarães, Portugal