1667 – Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician, born in Sanremo, Italy (d. 1733)
1787 – François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist, born in Paris (d. 1850)
1907 – Sunnyland Slim [Albert Luandrew], American blues pianist, born in Vance, Mississippi (d. 1995)
1912 – Frank Thomas, American animator, born in Fresno, California (d. 2004)
1912 – John Cage, American composer (Imaginary Landscape No 1/O’O), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1992)
1939 – Donna Anderson [Knaflich], American actress (On the Beach), born in Gunnison, Gunnison County Colorado
1945 – Al Stewart, Scottish folk-rock singer-songwriter (“Year of the Cat”; “Nostradamus”; “Time Passages”), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1961 – Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian concert pianist, born in Montreal, Quebec
1970 – Michael Potts, American pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Langdale, Alabama
1970 – Willie Clay, American NFL safety (Detroit Lions), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania