1690 – Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)
1755 – Florido Tomeoni, composer
1811 – Horace Greeley, American founder and editor of the New-York Tribune (“Go west, young man”), born in Amherst, New Hampshire (d. 1872)
1845 – Ernest von Wildenbruch, German playwright (Sedan)
1880 – Arnoldus JH Aerts, bishop of Neth-Guinea (1920-42)
1898 – Paul Urysohn, Russian mathematician
1915 – Richard Bales, composer
1925 – Joop C Swart, Dutch publisher/founder (World Press Photo)
1936 – Bob Simpson, Australian cricket batsman, captain and coach (62 Tests; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1965), born in Sydney, New South Wales
1971 – Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999)