1667 – Antonio Lotti, Italian Baroque composer, born in Venice, Italy (d. 1740)
1717 – William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman, born in Becket, Massachusetts (d. 1793)
1865 – Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 1920)
1874 – Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist (shock therapy-Nobel 1944), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1965)
1890 – Cora Witherspoon, American actress (Quality Street The Bank Dick), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1957)
1892 – Anne Morrison Chapin, American playwright, actress, (The Wild Westcotts), and screenwriter (The Sailor Takes A Wife), born in Shoals, Indiana (d. 1967)
1900 – Paula Ludwig, Austrian-German poet, born in Vorarlberg, Austria (d. 1974)
1920 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist, born in Brescia, Italy (d. 1995)
1967 – Chris Nabholz, American baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1973 – Phil Joel, Australian bassist (Newsboys), born in Auckland, New Zealand