1655 – Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1705)
1807 – Joseph Holt, American lawyer, politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Breckinridge County, Kentucky (d. 1894)
1902 – Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician, born in Hude, Germany (d. 1994)
1939 – Murray Rose, Australian Olympic swimmer (4x oly gold), born in Birmingham, United Kingdom (d. 2012)
1951 – Don Gullett, American baseball player, born in Lynn, Kentucky
1954 – Norbert Hahn, 2 man luge (Olympic gold 1976, 80), born in Elbingerode, Germany
1957 – Nancy Lopez, American golfer (3 major titles, 48 LPGA Tour wins), born in Torrance, California
1962 – Philip Brown, English 4x400m runner (Olympic silver 1984), born in Birmingham, England
1971 – Gary Wiseman, American punk-rock drummer, born in Tyler, Texas
1972 – Nek [Filippo Neviani], Italian singer-songwriter, born in Sassuolo, Modena