1336 – Tamerlane (Timur), Turkic conqueror and founder of the Timurid Dynasty, born in Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan (d. 1405)
1894 – Ernest Kanitz, Austrian-American composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1978)
1895 – Michel Simon, Swiss actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1975)
1911 – Richard Arthur de Yarburgh-Bateson, 6th Lord Deramore, British architect, born in London (d. 2006)
1919 – J. Presper Eckert, Jr., American engineer and co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1995)
1930 – F. Albert Cotton, American chemist, born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
1936 – Michael Somare, British foreign affairs minister (Paupa and New Guinea), born in Rabaul, Territory of New Guinea
1943 – Terry Knight [Knapp], American rock singer, manager, and record producer (Grand Funk Railroad), born in Lapeer, Michigan (d. 2004)
1946 – Philip Wright, English rocker (Paper Lace), born in St. Ann’s, Nottingham
1987 – Jarrod Mullen, Australian rugby league footballer, born in Singleton, New South Wales, Australia