1710 – Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)
1786 – [Johann Christian] Friedrich Schneider, German composer and conductor (d. 1853)
1806 – Henriette Sontag, German soprano (d. 1854)
1868 – Franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian
1944 – David Atherton, English conductor
1957 – Frank Dicopoulos, actor (Frank Cooper-Guiding Light), born in Akron, Ohio
1969 – Michael Schumacher, German auto racer (World F1 champion 1994-95, 2000-05), born in Hürth, Germany
1975 – Thomas Bangalter, French DJ (Daft Punk)
1988 – Rodrigo de la Cadena, Mexican artist and performer
2003 – Greta Thunberg, Swedish climate change activist, born in Stockholm, Sweden