994 – Muhammad ibn Hazm, Andalusian historian, jurist and author of Islamic Spain, born in Córdoba, Caliphate of Córdoba (d. 1064)
1750 – Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet, lawyer and translator, born in Bad Bramstedt, Germany (d. 1819)
1832 – Andrew Dickson White, American historian and educator, 1st President of Cornell University, born in Homer, New York (d. 1918)
1913 – Albert Camus, French author (The Just-Nobel 1957), born in Dréan, Algeria (d. 1960)
1927 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (President of Nintendo, 1949-2003, owner of Seattle Mariners), born in Kyoto, Japan (d. 2013)
1944 – James Dashow, American/Italian composer, born in Chicago, Illinois
1950 – Alexa Canady, Lansing Michigan, 1st African American female neurosurgeon and educator
1968 – Greg Tribbett, American musician (Mudvayne)
1972 – Jimmy Gary, NFL running back (Seattle Seahawks)
1974 – Tarek Saleh, linebacker (Carolina Panthers)