1509 – Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer, born in Orléans, France (d. 1546)
1645 – August Kuhnel, German composer and musician, born in Delmenhorst, Germany (d. ca 1700)
1820 – William Miller, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Ithaca, New York (d. 1909)
1823 – Francisco Barbieri, Spanish zarzuela opera composer (El Diablo en El Poder), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1894)
1847 – Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer and tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina, born in Amersfoort, Netherlands (d. 1932)
1901 – Bernard Reichel, Swiss composer, born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland (d. 1992)
1916 – Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist, born in Badayun, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (d. 1970)
1933 – Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1956), born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia (d. 2009)
1955 – Corey Burton [Weinberg], American voice actor (Adventures in Odyssey; Dismey themeparks and films), born in Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California
1963 – James Hetfield, American heavy metal rocker (Metallica), born in Downey, California