1616 – John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer who introduced ∞ as a symbol for infinity, born in Ashford, England (d. 1703)
1764 – Mary Lamb, British author (Tales from Shakespeare), born in London, England (d. 1847)
1880 – Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (commander in the German occupation of Austria, invasions of Poland, France, and Russia during WWII), born in Cüstrin, Province of Brandenburg, German Empire (d. 1945)
1925 – Ferlin Husky, American country singer (Born to Lose, Gone), born in Desloge, Missouri (d. 2011)
1937 – Binod Bihari Verma, Indian linguist
1938 – José Serebrier, Uruguayan conductor and composer (Star Wagon; Passacaglia and Perpetuum Mobile), born in Montevideo, Uruguay
1947 – John Wilson, Irish rock drummer (Them), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1948 – Ozzy Osbourne, English heavy metal vocalist and songwriter (Black Sabbath), born in Birmingham, England
1949 – Heather Menzies-Urich, Canadian actress (The Sound of Music, Piranha), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2017)
1950 – Asa Hutchinson, American politician, Governor of Arkansas (2015-), born in Bentonville, Arkansas