1754 – Etienne Ozi, French composer and bassoonist, born in Nimes (d. 1813)
1854 – P. J. Hannikainen, Finnish composer, born in Nurmes, Finland (d. 1924)
1889 – Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish long-distance runner (Olympic gold 1912), born in Kuopio, Finland (d. 1966)
1901 – Carol Dempster, American actress, born in Duluth, Minnesota (d. 1991)
1907 – Fried Walter [Schmidt], German light music and operetta composer, born in Ottendorf-Okrilla, Germany (d. 1996)
1915 – Herbert Huncke, American writer and poet, born in Greenfield, Massachusetts (d. 1996)
1916 – Kirk Douglas [Issur Danielovitch], American actor (Spartacus, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral), born in Amsterdam, New York (d. 2020)
1930 – Buck Henry [Zuckerman], American screenwriter and comedian (SNL, Get Smart), born in NYC, New York
1942 – Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer (Leeds United), born in Stirling, Scotland (d. 1997)
1977 – Imogen Heap, English singer-songwriter, born in London Borough of Havering, United Kingdom