1827 – Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat, born in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico (d. 1898)
1887 – Walter Connolly, American actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1940)
1892 – Mary Pickford [Gladys Smith], Canadian-American silent film actress (Poor Little Rich Girl; Suds; Coquette), producer, and studio founder, known as “America’s Sweetheart”, born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1979)
1935 – Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, American epidemiologist and University of California professor (Living legacy award 2009), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 2019)
1944 – Hywel Bennett, Welsh, actor (Family Way, Shelley), born in Garnant, Wales (d. 2017)
1944 – Christoph Hein, German writer and translator, born in Heinzendorf, Germany
1962 – Izzy Stradlin [Jeff Isabelle], American guitarist (Guns and Roses), born in Lafayette, Indiana
1978 – Bernt Haas, Swiss footballer, born in Vienna, Austria
1978 – Rachel Roberts, Canadian model and actress (Simone), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1979 – David Petruschin, American drag queen (Raven) and make-up artist, born in Victorville, California