1794 – Aristide Farrenc, French flautist, music publisher, and musicologist (Trésor des pianistes), born in Marseilles, France (d. 1865)
1876 – George Shepstone, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests; Transvaal), born in Pietermaritzberg, Natal, South Africa (d. 1940)
1883 – Frank King, American cartoonist (Gasoline Alley), born in Cashton, Wisconsin (d. 1969)
1888 – Sol Hurok, American theatrical impresario, born in Pogar, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1974)
1925 – Michael Richardson, British investment banker and advisor to Margaret Thatcher known as “Mr Privatisation”, born in London (d. 2003)
1936 – Benjamin Stevenson, British-American ballet dancer, choreographer and artistic director (Houston Ballet, 1976-2003), born in Portsmouth, England (d. 2026)
1938 – Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician (Prime Minister of Russia), born in Chernyy Otrog, Russia (d. 2010)
1940 – Geoff Palmer [Godfrey Palmer], Jamaican-British grain scientist, activist and the first Black professor in Scotland, born in St Elizabeth, Jamaica (d. 2025)
1941 – Hannah Gordon, British actress (Oh Alfie), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1964 – Rob Awalt, American football player, born in Landstuhl, Germany