1802 – Alcide d’Orbigny, French naturalist, born in Couëron, France (d. 1857)
1855 – Ferdinand Hummel, German composer, born in Berlin (d. 1928)
1906 – John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, born in Amsterdam (d. 1978)
1917 – Philipp von Boeselager, German Wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler, born in Bonn, Germany (d. 2008)
1923 – William Kraft, American composer and percussionist, born in Chicago, Illinois
1924 – John Melcher, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Montana), born in Sioux City, Iowa (d. 2018)
1931 – Sander Levin, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan), born in Detroit, Michigan
1947 – Bruce Rioch, Scottish footballer and coach, born in Aldershot, England
1963 – József Kiprich, Hungarian soccer player (Feyenoord), born in Tatabánya, Hungary
1967 – Macy Gray [Natalie McIntyre], American RandB and soul singer-songwriter (“I Try”), born in Canton, Ohio