1592 – Domenico Mazzocchi, Italian Baroque composer, born in Civita Castellana, Italy (d. 1665)
1622 – Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist pastor (Lambs’ War), born in Zierikzee, Netherlands (d. 1706)
1710 – Sarah Fielding, English writer (The Adventures of David Simple), born in East Stour, England (d. 1768)
1814 – Girolamo de Rada, Albanian poet (Skanderbeku), born in Macchia Albanese, Kingdom of Sicily (d. 1903)
1854 – Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (Rydberg formula), born in Halmstad, Sweden (d. 1919)
1896 – Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager (Phillies, Yankees), born in Port Jervis, New York (d. 1977)
1907 – Otto Brenner, German trade union leader (Industrial Union of Metalworkers), born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1972)
1951 – Mary Hart, American TV hostess (Entertainment Tonight), born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1970 – José Francisco Porras, Costa Rican footballer, born in Grecia, Costa Rica
1980 – Luis Fabiano, Brazilian footballer, born in São Paulo, Brazil