1771 – Sydney Smith, English preacher, reformer and author, born in Woodford, Essex (d. 1845)
1840 – Eugeen van Oye, Flemish writer and poet (Morning Twilight), born in Torhout, Flanders (d. 1926)
1868 – Aristides Agramonte y Simoni, Cuban-American Physician, Pathologist and Bacteriologist (yellow fever), born in Camagüey, Cuba (d. 1931)
1869 – Prince Baudouin of Belgium, Count of Flaanders, born in Palais de la Régence, Brussels, Belgium (d. 1891)
1879 – Pieter J. A. Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer (d. 1974)
1913 – Pedro Mir, Dominican Poet Laureate (d. 2000)
1942 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and soul musician (“Freddie’s Dead”; “Superfly”), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)
1950 – Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter (E.T.), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)
1950 – Marlene Elejarde, Cuban athlete 4x100m runner (Olympic silver 1968), born in Havana, Cuba
1971 – Carl Everett, American MLB outfielder, 1993-2006, 2X All-Star(Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, and 6 other teams), born in Tampa, Florida