1655 – Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian instrument maker – considered the inventor of the piano, born in Padua (d. 1731)
1870 – Alexandre Benois, Russian artist, born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1960)
1905 – Mátyás Seiber, Hungarian-British classical and jazz composer (Scherzando), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1960)
1930 – Ronald “Ron” Pickering, British athletics coach and BBC sports commentator, born in Hackney, England (d. 1991)
1954 – Julie Budd, American singer (“Child of Plenty”), born in Brooklyn, New York
1959 – Scott Armstrong, American professional wrestling referee, born in Marietta, Georgia
1964 – Zsuzsa Mathe, Hungarian painter and visual artist, founder of transrealism
1965 – Adrie Bogers, Dutch soccer player (Willem II), born in Breda, Netherlands
1968 – Eddie Pérez, Venezuelan-American baseball catcher (Atlanta Braves), born in Ciudad Ojeda, Venezuela
1985 – Ravi Bopara, English cricketer, born in Forest Gate, London