1697 – Friederike C Neuber, German actress and author (Allerkostbarste Schatz), born in Reichenbach im Vogtland (d. 1760)
1815 – David Davis, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, born in Cecil County, Maryland (d. 1886)
1874 – Richard Ohlsson, Swedish composer (d. 1940)
1894 – Frank Arnau [Heinrich Schmitt], German crime fiction writer, born in Vienna (d. 1976)
1905 – Rex Warner, English poet and writer (Wild Goose Chase), born in Birmingham (d. 1986)
1923 – André Courrèges, French fashion designer, born in Pau, French Basque country (d. 2016)
1934 – Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut and 1st man into space (aboard Vostok 1), born in Klushino, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (d. 1968)
1942 – Gary Walker [Leeds], American musician (the Standells, the Walker Brothers), born in Glendale, California
1945 – Robert Calvert, South African-British writer and musician (Hawkwind), born in Pretoria (d. 1988)
1954 – Carlos Ghosn, French Brazilian automobile executive (Renault, Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors), born in Porto Velho, Brazil