1754 – Peter Winter, German composer, born in Mannhein, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1825)
1798 – Gershom Jaques Van Brunt, U.S. Army (Union Navy), born in Monmouth County, New Jersey (d. 1863)
1840 – Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant, born in Aberlour, Scotland (d. 1900)
1878 – George Whipple, American physician and biomedical researcher (Nobel-1934), born in Ashland, New Hampshire (d. 1976)
1884 – Peter Fraser, Scottish-born New Zealand statesman and 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand (1940-49), born in Hill of Fearn, Scotland (d. 1950)
1891 – Stanley Andrews, American actor (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1969)
1909 – Lamberto Maggiorani, Italian factory worker turned actor (Antonio in “Bicycle Thieves”), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1983)
1916 – C. Wright Mills, American sociologist and writer (The Power Elite), born in Waco, Texas (d. 1962)
1945 – Bruno Nuytten, French film director (Camille Claudel), born in Melun, Île-de-France, France
1969 – Mary McCartney, British photographer and daughter of Beatle Paul and Linda McCartney, born in London, England