1551 – Giulio Caccini, Italian composer, violist, tenor, and teacher, born in Florence, Republic of Florence (d. 1610)
1621 – Maximilian Henry of Bayern, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Bishop of Hildesheim and Bishop of Liège, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1688)
1740 – Michel-Julien Mathieu, French composer, born in Fontainebleau, France (d. 1777)
1868 – Max Slevogt, German painter, born in Landshut, Germany (d. 1932)
1879 – Chen Duxiu, Chinese revolutionary socialist and author who co-founded the Chinese Communist Party with Li Dazhao and was the 1st General Secretary (1921-27), born in Anqing, Anhui, Qing dynasty of China (d. 1927)
1880 – Ernest Douwes Dekker, Indo-Dutch nationalist and founder of National-India Party, born in Pasuruan, Malang, Indonesia (d. 1950)
1883 – Dick Burnett, American musician (“Man of Constant Sorrow”), born in Monticello, Kentucky (d. 1977)
1932 – Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player (World Champion 1970, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78; Pot Black 1969, 78), born in Tredegar, Wales (d. 2024)
1951 – Jack O’Connell, American politician (Member of the California State Senate), born in Glen Cove, New York
1968 – Zvonimir Boban, Croatian football player and Deputy Secretary General of FIFA, born in Imotski, Croatia