1783 – David Cox, English painter (Treatise on landscape painting), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1856)
1837 – Georges Boulanger, French general and politician, born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (d. 1891)
1899 – (Karl) Yngve Sköld, Swedish organist, pianist, and composer, born in Vallby, Södermanland County, Sweden (d. 1992)
1929 – Walter Kempowski, German writer (German Chronicle), born in Rostock (d. 2007)
1929 – Ray Barretto, American percussionist and Latin jazz bandleader (Charanga Moderna – “El Watusi”), born in New York City (d. 2006)
1941 – Jonah Barrington, British World champion squash player (1966-73)
1943 – Ian Kershaw, English historian (wrote seminal biographies of Adolf Hitler), born in Oldham, England
1966 – John Vander Wal, American NLB outfielder (Colorado Rockies), born in Grand Rapids Michigan
1974 – Julian Knowle, Austrian tennis player, born in Lauterach, Austria
1975 – Rafael Betancourt, Venezuelan MLB player, born in Cumaná, Venezuela