1730 – Étienne Bézout, French mathematician best known for his theorem involving polynomial equations, born in Nemours, France (d. 1783)
1791 – Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue, born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1862)
1823 – Ernest Doudart de Lagrée, French naval officer and entomologist (led the Mekong River expedition 1866-68), born in Saint-Vincent-de-Mercuze, France (d. 1868)
1855 – Alfred E. Hunt, founder of Alcoa (1888), the world’s largest producer of aluminium, born in East Douglas, Massachusetts (d. 1899)
1891 – Andy Varipapa, American ten-pin bowler (BPAA All-Star champion 1947-48), born in Carfizzi, Italy (d. 1984)
1915 – Jack Perry, English businessman and the 1st Western businessperson to visit Communist China, born in London (d. 1996)
1922 – Patrick Magee [McGee], Northern Irish actor (A Clockwork Orange; Barry Lyndon), born in Armagh, Northern Ireland (d. 1982)
1964 – Erik Turner, American rock guitarist (Warrant – “Cherry Pie”), born in Omaha, Nebraska
1982 – Lennon Murphy, American rock singer-songwriter, born in Ronkonkoma, New York
1982 – Brian Tyree Henry, American actor (If Beale Street Could Talk), born in Fayetteville, North Carolina