1759 – Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, English writer and feminist (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman), mother of Mary Shelley, born in London (d. 1797)
1840 – Edward Whymper, English mountaineer, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865), born in London (d. 1911)
1912 – Renato Rascel [Ranucci], Italian actor (7 Hills of Rome, Secrets of Santa Vittoria), born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy (d. 1991)
1916 – Jan Rychlik, Czech composer, born in Prague (d. 1964)
1937 – Sandy Dennis, American actress (Up the Down Staircase), born in Hastings, Nebraska (d. 1992)
1943 – Helmut Marko, Austrian auto racer (Le Mans Grand Prix), born in Graz, Austria
1947 – Pete Ham, Welsh rock vocalist (Badfinger-Come and Get It), born in Swansea, Wales
1953 – Arielle Dombasle, American-French singer and actress, born in Norwich, Connecticut
1970 – Mikiko Hagiwara, Japanese basketball player, born in Fukushima, Japan
1975 – Chris Carpenter, American baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays, St. Louis Cardinals), born in Exeter, New Hampshire