1667 – Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal and grandnephew of Pope Alexander VIII, born in Venice (d. 1740)
1849 – Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Bavaria, born in Brno, Austrian Empire (d. 1919)
1884 – Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist, born in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria (d. 1931)
1891 – Gus Dorais, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Notre Dame), coach (Gonzaga, Detroit Lions), born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (d. 1954)
1922 – Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer, born in San Biagio di Callalta, Italy (d. 2020)
1925 – Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist and NAACP official who was assassinated, born in Decatur, Mississippi (d. 1963)
1946 – Richard Axel, American scientist, Nobel laureate
1961 – Pat Dufficy, Westerly RI, female catcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
1975 – Éric Dazé, Canadian NHL left wing (Chicago Blackhawks; NHL All Star MVP 2002), born in Montreal, Quebec
1987 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model who died in unexplained circumstances, born in Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (d. 2008)