1201 – Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)
1808 – William Thomas Ward, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Amelia County, Virginia (d 1878)
1845 – André Bessette, Canadian religious figure (d. 1937)
1890 – Cesar Cortinas, composer
1896 – Jean Piaget, Swiss pioneer developmental psychologist and zoologist, born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland (d. 1980)
1911 – Khurshed Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936)
1927 – Daniel Keyes, American author (Flowers for Algernon), born in Boca Raton, Florida (d. 2014)
1968 – Jay Stacy, Aust field hockey midfielder (Olympic 4th/silver-88, 92, 96)
1973 – Jay Hagood, tackle (NY Jets)
1975 – Mathew James Coad, 100m/200m runner (Olympics 1996), born in Wellington, New Zealand