1759 – Friedrich August Wolf, German philologist (Prolegomena), born in Hainrode (d. 1824)
1829 – Silas Weir Mitchell, American physician (discovered causalgia, erythromelalgia) and author (Roland Blake, Hugh Wynne), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1914)
1856 – Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist who developed a classification system for mental illness, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1926)
1873 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born Swedish biochemist who investigated the fermentation of sugar and enzymes (Nobel 1929), born in Augsburg, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1964)
1923 – Yelena Bonner, Soviet dissident and wife of Andre Sakharov, born in Merv, Turkmenistan, Soviet Union (d. 2011)
1945 – John Helliwell, British rock Saxophonist (Supertramp – “The Logical Song”), born in Todmorden, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
1956 – Desmond Haynes, West Indian cricket batsman and administrator (116 Tests; 7,487 runs @ 42.29; 238 ODIs; Director WI Cricket Board), born in Saint James, Barbados
1964 – Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (SNL, Wayne’s World, Coneheads), born in Madison, Wisconsin (d. 1997)
1970 – Gloria Trevi, Mexican singer and songwriter (Que Hago Aqui?), born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
1970 – Tyrone Legette, NFL cornerback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Columbia, South Carolina
