1804 – Nicholas “Felix” Wanostrocht, English amateur cricket batsman (Kent, Surry), born in Camberwell, London, England (d. 1876)
1865 – Max Halbe, German playwright (Jugend), born in Güttland, Gdańsk (d. 1944)
1909 – James B. Pritchard, American theologist and archaeologist, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1997)
1916 – George Sidney, American film director (d. 2002)
1918 – Red Munger, American baseball (MLB All Star 1944, 47, 49; St. Louis Cardinals), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1996)
1980 – Tomáš Rosický, Czech soccer midfielder (105 caps; Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal), born in Prague, Czech Republic
1980 – Sarah Fisher, American auto racer and team owner (first woman to claim a pole position in a major American open-wheel race, IRL 2002), born in Columbus, Ohio
1981 – Scott Hammond, American photographer
1983 – Risa Kudo, Japanese gravure idol
1988 – Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer (Glee, Supergirl), born in Littleton, Colorado