1778 – Ugo Foscolo, Italian poet (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis), born in Zakynthos Island, Greece (d. 1827)
1838 – Henry Irving [John Brodribb], British Victorian actor, 1st actor to receive a knighthood (knighted 1895) and the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula, born in Bradford, England (d. 1905)
1919 – Louis Heren, English foreign correspondent and writer (China’s Three Thousand Years), born in London, United Kingdom (d. 1995)
1919 – Lindsay Tuckett, South African cricketer (son of Len, 9 Tests for South Africa 1947-49), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 2016)
1946 – Jim Turner, American politician, born in Fort Lewis, Washington
1967 – Randy Hilliard, American football defensive back (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1967 – Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard), born in Kurume, Japan (d. 2007)
1970 – Per Frandsen, Danish footballer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1975 – Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer, born in Kyoto, Japan
1980 – Luke Ravenstahl, American politician, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania