1765 – Jean Baptiste Cartier, French musician and composer, born in Avignon, France (d. 1841)
1782 – Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk, Dutch painter, born in Amsterdam (d. 1810)
1798 – Josef Dessauer, Austrian composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1876)
1894 – Sammy White, American comedian and actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1960)
1918 – Edith Massey (née Dornfeld), American actress (films of John Waters), born in New York City (d. 1984)
1931 – Stephen Birmingham, American author (Real Lace: America’s Irish Rich), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2015)
1931 – Carroll Baker, American actress (Andy Warhol’s Bad; Babydoll; Harlow), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
1932 – Tim Renton, British politician (Conservative Minister under Thatcher and Major – came up with National Lottery), born in London, England (d. 2020)
1947 – Zahi Hawass, Egyptian archeologist, Egyptologist and Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, born in Damietta, Egypt
1961 – Roland Gift, British pop-rock singer (Fine Young Cannibals – “She Drives Me Crazy”), and actor, born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England