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)
1877 – Allama Iqbal, Indian philosopher and poet, born in Sialkot, Punjab Province, British India (d. 1938)
1909 – Robert Douglas, English actor (The Adventures of Don Juan), born in Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England (d. 1999)
1918 – Howard Shanet, American conductor (Night of the Tropics), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
1923 – Alice Coachman, American athlete (Olympic gold high jump 1948), born in Albany, Georgia (d. 2014)
1926 – Luis Miguel Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1996)
1940 – Sergio Cervetti, Uruguayan composer (The Bottom of the Iceberg; Lucet in Tenebris), born in Dolores, Uruguay
1962 – Teryl Rothery, Canadian actress (Stargate SG-1), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1974 – Alessandro Del Piero, Italian footballer, born in Conegliano, Italy
1995 – Daniel Naroditsky, American chess grandmaster, author, and commentator, born in San Mateo, California (d. 2025)