1833 – Sally Louisa Tompkins, American nurse and philanthropist, only woman commissioned in Confederate army during US Civil War, born in Mathews City, Virginia (d. 1916)
1880 – Rudolph Karel, Czech composer, born in Pilsen, Czech Republic (d. 1945)
1885 – Hermann Weyl, German mathematician and philosopher, born in Elmshom, Germany (d. 1955)
1885 – Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet and playwright, born in Tundutov, Russia (d. 1922)
1914 – Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress (Ecstasy, Samson and Delilah) and inventor (radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 2000)
1925 – Sir Alistair Horne, British historian and journalist (A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954–1962), born in London (d. 2017)
1937 – Roger McCough, British poet (The Mersey Sound), born in Litherland, Lancashire
1964 – John Joseph Thomas, American actor (Young Dan’l Boone), born in Arcadia, California
1972 – Doug Russell, American radio personality, born in Pewaukee, Wisconsin
1988 – Nikki Blonsky, American actress, born in Great Neck, New York