1724 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (Der Messias), born in Quedlinburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1803)
1901 – Rex Alston, English sports broadcaster and author (BBC radio), born in Faringdon, Berkshire (d. 1994)
1920 – Eliseo Diego, Cuban poet, born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1994)
1926 – Octavian Paler, Romanian writer, journalist, (d. 2007)
1932 – Kenneth McMillan, American actor (Malone, Concrete Beat), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1989)
1959 – Hoogie Drexler, jockey
1961 – Alba Parietti, Italian TV presenter and actress (Galagoal, Abbronzatissima), born in Torino Italy
1970 – Colin Edwin, Australian musician (Porcupine Tree)
1974 – Moon So-ri, South Korean actress
1987 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model who died in unexplained circumstances, born in Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (d. 2008)