1819 – Joseph Clement Juglar, French physician and statistician (business cycle pioneer), born in Paris, France (d. 1905)
1829 – Asaph Hall, American astronomer who discovered satellites of Mars (Phobos and Deimos), born in Goshen, Connecticut (d. 1907)
1840 – Honoré Mercier, Canadian politician and 9th Premier of Quebec (1887-91), born in Saint-Athanase, Lower Canada (d. 1894)
1934 – Peter Haskell, American actor (Bracken’s World, Rituals), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2010)
1934 – N. Ramani, Indian flutist, born in Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, British India (d. 2015)
1940 – Fanny Howe, American novelist and poet (Second Childhood, The Definitions), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2025)
1959 – Emeril Lagasse, American chef (Emeril Live), born in Fall River, Massachusetts
1970 – Eric Benét, American singer and songwriter (“Love Don’t Love Me”), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1977 – Erin McKeown, American indie rock-folk musician and singer-songwriter (We Will Become Like Birds), born in Fredericksburg, Virginia
2005 – Prince Christian of Denmark, Danish son of f Crown Prince Frederik, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
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