1519 – Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician and botanist, born in Arezzo, Italy (d. 1603)
1576 – Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman, born in Lucca, Italy (d. 1649)
1826 – Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist
1868 – Robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition, born in Plymouth, England (d. 1912)
1872 – Alexandra Fjodorovna Romanova, last Russian tsarina (1894-1918)
1918 – Tom Scott, poet/editor
1968 – Alan Licht, American guitarist, composer and journalist
1973 – Jon Hesse, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1987 – Daniel Logan, New Zealand actor (Boba Fett-Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones), born in Auckland, New Zealand
1987 – Rubin Okotie, Austrian footballer