1328 – Peter I of Cyprus, King of Cyprus (1358-69), born in Nicosia, Cyprus (d. 1369)
1822 – George Sykes, American Major General (Union Army), born in Dover, Delaware (d. 1880)
1863 – Alexander Siloti, Russian pianist and composer, born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1945)
1864 – Maud Watson, British tennis player (first Wimbledon female champion 1884-85), born in London, England (d. 1946)
1920 – Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian poet and writer (Dikt, Jonas), born in Kristiansand, Norway (d. 1976)
1925 – Robert Finch, American politician (8th U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare), born in Tempe, Arizona (d. 1995)
1938 – Olga Szabó-Orbán, Romanian fencer (World C’ship gold women’s foil individual 1962, team 1969; Olympic silver individual 1956, bronze team 1968, 72), born in Cluj, Romania (d. 2022)
1943 – Tony Tribe [Anthony Mossop], Jamaican-British reggae singer (“Red, Red Wine”), born in Kingston, Jamaica
1949 – Shep Messing, American soccer goalkeeper (NY Cosmos), born in Bronx, New York
1973 – Dexter McCleon, American football cornerback (St Louis Rams), born in Meridian, Mississippi