1545 – Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Italian diplomat, born in Rome (d. 1592)
1665 – John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician, born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (d. 1751)
1739 – Michel-Richard Delalande, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1812)
1832 – James A. Walker, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Augusta County, Virginia (d. 1901)
1865 – James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist and anthropologist, born in Rockford, Illinois (d. 1935)
1897 – Ad van Emmenes, Dutch soccer reporter, born in Amsterdam (d. 1989)
1913 – Donald M. MacKinnon, Scottish philosopher, born in Oban, Scotland (d. 1994)
1935 – Michael Holroyd, author
1947 – Ed Herrmann, MLB catcher (White Sox), born in San Diego, California (d. 2013)
1979 – Giovanni Capitello, American filmmaker/actor