1761 – François Budan de Boislaurent, French mathematician, born in Limonade, Cap-Français, Saint-Domingue (d. 1840)
1813 – Anton Wallerstein, German composer, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1892)
1821 – Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction of Florida) and Presbyterian minister, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1874)
1861 – Pedro De Cordoba, American actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur), born in NYC, New York (d. 1950)
1872 – Lena Ashwell, British actress and theatrical manager who was the 1st to organize large-scale entertainment for WWI troops at the front, born on the ship Wellesley (d. 1957)
1895 – Charles Petrie, historian, born in Liverpool, England
1932 – Michael G[reatrex] Coney, Canadian sci-fi author (Cat Karina)
1950 – Brian Keenan, Irish author (An Evil Cradling), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1951 – Dave Rajsich, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1982 – Ray Emery, Canadian hockey player