1749 – Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French revolutionary (influential member of the National Constituent Assembly), born in Le Bignon, France (d. 1791)
1892 – Frank Puglia, Italian actor (Black Orchid, Jungle Book), born in Sicily, Italy (d. 1975)
1905 – Peter C. Quennell, English biographer and critic (Byron in Italy), born in Bickley, Kent (d. 1993)
1909 – Derk Bodde, American sinologist and historian of China, born in Marshfield, Massachusetts (d. 2003)
1913 – Gerarda Brautigam, Dutch journalist and politician (Partij van de Arbeid), born in Rotterdam (d. 1982)
1927 – Hans Ludwig Schilling, German composer, born in Mayen, Germany (d. 2012)
1942 – Gary Walker [Leeds], American musician (The Standells;;The Walker Brothers), born in Glendale, California
1981 – Clay Rapada, American baseball player, born in Chesapeake, Virginia
1981 – Anders Nøhr, Danish footballer, born in Ikast, Denmark
1982 – Paul Ballard, English television presenter, born in Essex