1720 – William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, 5th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1756-57), born in Hardwicke, England (d. 1764)
1763 – John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman
1803 – Joseph Napoleon Ney, French politician, born in Paris (d. 1857)
1891 – Chet “Red” Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+
1916 – Swami Chinmayananda, Indian spiritualist (d. 1993)
1921 – Graham Leonard, Bishop of London, most senior Anglican to convert to Catholicism since the reformation (d. 2010)
1933 – Alistair Service, writer/publisher
1974 – Colin Daynes, 68 kg Greco Roman wrestler (Olympic-96), born in Windsor, Ontario
1980 – Michelle McManus, Scottish singer
1984 – Nadine Chandrawinata, 2006 Miss Universe Pageant (Indonesia)