1513 – Jacques Amyot, French humanist, translator and Abbot of Bellozanne, born in Melun (d. 1593)
1668 – Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, 1st Queen consort of Prussia (1701-05), born in Iburg Castle, Osnabrück, Hanover (d. 1705)
1871 – Paul Valéry [Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry], French author, philosopher and poet (La Jeune Parque), born in Sète, France (d. 1945)
1881 – Lena Christ, German writer (The Rumplhanni), born in Glonn, Bavaria (d. 1920)
1895 – Dickinson W. Richards, American physician (Nobel 1956 – development of cardiac catheterization and the characterisation of a number of cardiac diseases), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1973)
1912 – Preston Lockwood [Reginald], British actor (Time Bandits, Jeeves and Wooster), born in West Ham, Essex (d. 1996)
1925 – Errol Parker [Raphael Shecroun], French Algerian jazz pianist and drummer, born in Oran, French Algeria (d. 1998)
1939 – Leland H. Hartwell, American scientist (Nobel 2001 – discoveries of protein molecules that control the division (duplication) of cells), born in Los Angeles, California
1963 – Rebecca Heineman, American video game developer (Doom, Dragon Wars) and co-founder of Interplay Productions and Logicware, born in Whittier, California (d. 2025)
1970 – Nia Long, American actress (Guiding Light, Made in America, Soul Food), born in Brooklyn, New York