1640 – Michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (1669-73), born in Biały Kamień, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1673)
1860 – Walter Sickert, Danish-English painter (The Miner), born in Munich (d. 1942)
1861 – Emily Bissell, American welfare worker and founder of Christmas Seals, born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1948)
1921 – Robert Arthur Ley, UK, sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X)
1941 – Louis J. Ignarro, American pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1955 – Tommy Emmanuel, Australian-American acoustic guitarist (Stevie’s Blues), born in Muswellbrook, New South Wales
1955 – Ben de Lisi, British fashion designer
1960 – Norm Johnson, NFL place kicker (Seattle Seahawk, Pittsburgh Steelers)
1962 – Henry Williams, CFL receiver (Edmonton Eskimos)
1972 – Eileen Richetelli, Milford Conn, diver (Olympics 1996)