1835 – William Gaston Lewis, American engineer and general in the Confederate Army, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina (d. 1901)
1865 – Wilhelm Bousset, German theologist and historian, born in the Free Imperial City of Lübeck (d. 1920)
1875 – Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer (Volkswagen Beetle, Mercedes-Benz SS) and founder of the Porsche car company, born in Maffersdorf, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1951)
1926 – Alison Lurie, American novelist (Pulitzer Prize – Foreign Affairs), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2020)
1935 – Otto Ketting, Dutch trumpeter and composer (Passacaglia), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2012)
1947 – Dick Buerkle, American athlete (WR 1 mile indoor 3:54.93 1978), born in Rochester, New York (d. 2020)
1965 – Vaden Todd Lewis, American musician (Toadies), born in Fort Worth, Texas
1980 – (Jason) “Cone” McCaslin, Canadian punk rock bassist (Sum 41), born in North York, Ontario
1981 – Fearne Cotton, British television presenter (Top of the Pops, Radio 1), born in London, England
1982 – Kaori Natori, Japanese J-pop, hip-hop, and reggae singer (Spontania), and model, born in Tokyo, Japan
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