1745 – Caspar Wessel, Danish-Norwegian mathematician, born in Vestby, Norway (d. 1818)
1847 – Ida McKinley, U.S. 1st lady (1897-1901), the wife of 25th U.S. president William McKinley, born in Canton, Ohio (d. 1907)
1859 – Smith Wigglesworth, British religious figure (d. 1947)
1881 – Prospero Bisquertt, composer
1912 – Ian Morrow, company director
1921 – LeRoy Neiman, American painter, (d. 2012)
1942 – Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Skvortsov, Russian cosmonaut
1952 – Martin Taylor, CEO (Barclays Bank)
1955 – Griffin Dunne, actor (American Werewolf in London, Who’s That Girl)
1973 – Lexa Doig, Canadian actress