1672 – Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1733)
1861 – Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray, Bengali chemist (founder of Bengal Chemicals And Pharmaceuticals), born in Khulna, British India (d. 1944)
1906 – Albert Goodwin, English historian, born in Sheffield, England (d. 1995)
1912 – Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and UN statistician, born in Križ, Moslavania, Croatia (d. 2001)
1920 – Theo Marcuse, American character actor (Mara of Wilderness), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1967)
1929 – Lord David Waddington, British politician (Home Secretary 1989-90), born in Burnley (d. 2017)
1934 – Valery Bykovsky, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, 31), born in Pavlovsky Posad, Russia (d. 2019)
1961 – Ed West, American NFL tight end (Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons), born in Colbert County, Alabama
1966 – Joseph Wanag, American judoka (Olympic-92), born in Wilton, Connecticut
1976 – Reyes Estévez, Spanish athlete, born in Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain