1824 – [Friedrich] Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer (The Bartered Bride; Má Vlast; Moldau), born in Litomyšl, Bohemia (d. 1884)
1908 – John Brasser, Dutch resistance fighter (White Ko) (d. 1991)
1913 – Mort Cooper, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1942, 43, 45, 46; World Series 1942, 44; NL MVP 1942), born in Atherton, Missouri (d. 1958)
1923 – Orrin Keepnews, American jazz producer and founder of Riverside Records and Milestone Records labels, born in The Bronx, New York
1936 – Buell Neidlinger, American pop, jazz, and classical session cellist and double bassist (Cecil Taylor; Frank Zappa; Duane Eddy), born in New York City (d. 2018)
1956 – John Cowsill, American rock drummer (The Cowsills – “We Can Fly”; Beach Boys, 2000-present), born in Newport, Rhode Island
1977 – Andrew Strauss, English cricket batsman and captain (100 Tests, 21 x 100s, 7,037 runs; 127 ODIs), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
1982 – Kevin Kurányi, German soccer striker (52 caps; Schalke 04, Dynamo Moscow), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1988 – James Arthur, British pop singer (“Say You Won’t Let Go”), born in Middlesbrough, England
1988 – Keith Jack, British pop and theater singer and actor, born in Midlothian, England