1737 – Francesco Zannetti, Italian composer, born in Volterra (d. 1788)
1793 – Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer, geologist and ethnologist who found the source of the Mississippi River, born in Guilderland, New York (d. 1864)
1892 – Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist (Nobel 1938), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1968)
1919 – Vic Raschi, American baseball pitcher (4 × MLB All-Star; 6 × World Series; AL strikeout leader 1951; NY Yankees), born in West Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1988)
1922 – Felice Chiusano, Italian singer, born in Fondi, Italy (d. 1990)
1946 – Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut, born in Almelo Netherlands, (d. 2014)
1960 – Chris Barrie [Brown], British impressionist, comic, and actor (Red Dwarf – “Arnold Rimmer”; The Brittas Empire), born in Hanover, West Germany
1962 – Terry Szopinski, American pro-wrestler (The Warlord), born in Pompano Beach, Florida
1970 – James Johnson, American NFL/WLAF running back (Tampa Bucs, Frankfurt Galaxy), born in Cheyenne, Wyoming
1984 – Christopher Samba, French-born footballer