1765 – Cornelis Loots, Dutch accountant and poet (Dwingelandij), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1834)
1913 – Jiří Hájek, Czech politician and diplomat, born in Krhanice, Czech Republic (d. 1993)
1918 – Tom Scott, Scottish poet (Sea Dirge: A Mither’s Keenin), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1995)
1923 – V. C. Andrews, American author (Flowers in the Attic), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 1986)
1959 – Georgios Voulgarakis, Greek politician
1965 – Sally McDermid, Australian softball outfielder (Olympic bronze 1996)
1968 – Alan Licht, American guitarist, composer and journalist
1968 – François Avard, Canadian writer and scenarist
1972 – Marko Kiprusoff, Turku FIN, NHL defenseman (Team Finland, Montreal)
1972 – Dulip Liyanage, cricketer (Sri Lanka righty fast-medium Test bowler)