1856 – Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer (d. 1943)
1871 – Marcel Proust, French author and critic (d. 1922)
1897 – Jack Diamond, American gangster (d. 1931)
1921 – Jake LaMotta, American boxer
1942 – Sixto Rodriguez, Mexican American folk musician, singer-songwriter
1977 – Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor
