1803 – Douglas William Jerrold, English writer, playwright and wit (Punch Mag), born in London, England (d. 1857)
1845 – Annibal Napoleão dos Santos, Portuguese pianist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Porto, Portugal (d. 1880)
1882 – Willem Benoy, Flemish actor and director (Pygmalion), born in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1939)
1893 – Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, French novelist and essayist (Gilles), born in Paris, France (d. 1945)
1900 – Maurice Jaubert, French composer, born in Nice (d. 1940)
1920 – Siegfried Buback, German Federal Prosecutor, born in Wilsdruff, Saxony, Germany (d. 1977)
1922 – Morten Nielsen, Danish poet and resistance fighter, born in Ålborg, Denmark (d. 1944)
1932 – Anatoli Petrovich Kuklin, Russian cosmonaut
1932 – Dabney Coleman, American Emmy Award-winning character actor (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman – “Mayor Jeeter”; 9 to 5; Buffalo Bill; Boardwalk Empire), born in Austin, Texas
1966 – Chetan Sharma, Indian cricket fast bowler (23 Tests, 61 wickets; 65 ODI), born in Ludhiana, Punjab, India