1775 – Friedrich von Schelling, German philosopher (Views on Christianity), born in Leonberg, Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1854)
1822 – Thomas Leiper Kane, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1883)
1868 – Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano prima donna (Dutch Opera), born in Amsterdam (d. 1961)
1872 – Learned Hand, American Chief Judge of US Court of Appeals, born in Albany, New York (d. 1961)
1895 – Joseph Rosenstock, American conductor (NY City Opera), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1985)
1895 – Harry Ruby [Harry Rubenstein], American composer and screenwriter, born in New York City (d. 1974)
1903 – Otto P. Weyland, American air force commander during the Korean War, born in Riverside, California (d. 1979)
1928 – Hans Modrow, German politician (last Communist Prime Minister of East Germany 1989-90), born in Jasenitz, Germany (d. 2023)
1960 – Samia Suluhu Hassan, Tanzanian politician (1st female President of Tanzania 2021-), born in Makunduchi, Sultanate of Zanzibar
1970 – Emmanuel Pahud, French-Swiss flautist, born in Geneva, Switzerland