1631 – Sebastian Anton Scherer, German composer, born in Ulm, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1712)
1804 – Allan Kardec, French author and founder of Spiritism, born in Lyon, France (d. 1869)
1854 – William Crawford Gorgas, American physician and 22nd Surgeon-General of the U.S. Army (help cure yellow fever), born in Toulminville, Alabama (d. 1920)
1859 – Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (Les Misérables, Thérèse Raquin), born near Vigevano, Italy (d. 1924)
1879 – Warner Oland, Swedish actor (The Jazz Singer, Charlie Chan), born in Nyby, Västerbottens län, Sweden (d. 1938)
1914 – Nel Roos, Dutch ballerina and dance teacher, born in Ridderkerk, Netherlands (d. 1970)
1934 – Madlyn Rhue, American actress (Bracken’s World; Executive Suite), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2003)
1938 – Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Peruvian economist and 66th President of Peru (2016-18), born in Lima, Peru
1978 – Shannyn Sossamon, American actress (A Knight’s Tale, Wayward Pines), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
1981 – Beth Revis, American fantasy and science fiction author (Across the Universe trilogy), born in North Carolina
