1550 – Michael Maestlin, German mathematician (d. 1631)
1856 – Andrejs Jurjans, composer
1862 – Georgy Eduardovich Konyus, composer
1871 – Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer
1905 – Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics 1977 for work on amorphous semiconductors), born in Leeds, England (d. 1996)
1917 – Yuri “Petrovich” Lyubimov, USSR, director (Taganka)
1925 – Félix Luna, Argentine historian and lyricist, born in La Rioja Province, Argentina (d. 2009)
1927 – W. S. Merwin, American poet
1942 – Dewey Martin, Canadian rock vocalist and drummer (Buffalo Springfield)
1964 – Stephen N Frick, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania