1621 – Renatus Rapinus [René Rapin], French Jesuit theologian and poet (Hortorum libri IV), born in Tours, France (d. 1687)
1830 – Jacob Maarten van Bemmelen, Dutch physicist and chemist, born in Almelo, Netherlands (d. 1911)
1833 – Edward D. Tracy, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Macon, Georgia (d. 1863)
1876 – Stephen Alencastre, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, born in Porto Santo, Madeira Islands, Portugal (d. 1940)
1896 – Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American artist and chief illustrator for The Walt Disney Company during the 1930s (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Bambi, Pinocchio), born in Västra Götaland County, Sweden (d. 1970)
1899 – Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist, born in Birzula, Russian Empire (d. 1986)
1912 – Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan army officer, Dictator and 42nd President of Paraguay (1954-89), born in Encarnación, Paraguay (d. 2006)
1933 – Michael Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts (1975-79 and 1983-91) and 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, born in Brookline, Massachusetts
1938 – Jean Rollin, French director and screenwriter
1981 – Sten Pentus, Estonian auto racer (Formula Baltic 2000), born in Tallinn, Estonia