1710 – Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer
1746 – Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer
1824 – Alfred Pleasonton, American Major General (Union Army), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1897)
1907 – Helene Johnson, American Harlem Renaissance poet, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1995)
1915 – Margaret Walker Alexander, poet/novelist (For My People)
1919 – William Moses Kunstler, defense attorney (Chicago 8)
1925 – Yvonne Mitchell, writer (Johnny Nobody, Genghis Khan), born in London, England
1943 – Toto Cutugno, Italian singer
1945 – Michael Ancram, British politician
1984 – Marie-Mai, Canadian singer, born in Varennes, Canada