1813 – Anton Wallerstein, German composer, born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1892)
1844 – Robert Stout, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1884-87), born in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (d. 1930)
1855 – Thomas Frederick Tout, British historian (Manchester school of historiography), born in London, England (d. 1929)
1864 – Barry Pain, English writer (Punch), born in Cambridge, England (d. 1928)
1905 – Max Schmeling, German boxer (world heavyweight champion 1930-32), born in Klein Luckow, Germany (d. 2005)
1907 – Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter, born in Jaranwala Tehsil, Punjab (d. 1931)
1913 – Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss artist and illustrator (Little Red Riding Hood: Imagery After a Tale by Perrault), born in Winterthur, Switzerland (d. 2007)
1924 – Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (8½, La Dolce Vita; Dark Eyes, The Pizza Triangle), born in Fontana Liri, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1996)
1931 – John Gilmore, American tenor saxophonist (Sun Ra Arkestra), born in Summit, Mississippi (d. 1995)
1950 – Paul Burgess, British rock drummer (10cc – I’m Not In Love”), born in Manchester, England