1102 – Empress Matilda [Maud], Princess of England, claimant to the English throne as daughter of Henry I, wife of Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, born in Sutton Courtenay, England (d. 1169)
1812 – Charles Dickens, English writer (“Oliver Twist”; “A Tale of Two Cities”; “A Christmas Carol”), born in Portsmouth, Hampshire (d. 1870)
1822 – Joaquin Gaztambide, Spanish composer (Una vieja), born in Tudela, Spain (d. 1870)
1871 – (Carl) Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish composer considered the finest Swedish pianist of his time, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1927)
1914 – Jacques Mornard [Ramon Mercader], Spanish communist (murdered Trotsky in Mexico with an ice axe), born in Argentona, Spain (d. 1978)
1923 – Martha Holmes, American photographer and photojournalist, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2006)
1931 – Gloria Talbott, American film and television actress, sometimes known as “the Scream Queen” for her work in B-movies, born in Glendale, California (d. 2000)
1954 – Dieter Bohlen, German pop singer-songwriter, record producer, and television personality, born in Berne, West Germany
1956 – Mark St. John [Norton], American rock guitarist (KISS, April-November, 1984), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2007)
1986 – Stephen Colletti, American actor (One Tree Hill; Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County), born in Newport Beach, California