- Joseph Ames, English bibliographer and antiquarian (Typographical Antiquities), born in Great Yarmouth, England (d. 1759)
- Gaston, Marquis de Galliffet, French general and Minister of War (1899-1900), born in Paris, France (d. 1909)
- Bolko von Hochberg, German diplomat and composer, born in Castle Fürstenstein, Silesia (d. 1926)
- Felice Boghen, Italian composer, born in Florence, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1945)
- Marty Paich, American jazz pianist, conductor, producer, and arranger (Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson), born in Oakland, California (d. 1995)
- Jeanne Moreau, French actress (Going Places, Jules and Jim), born in Paris, France (d. 2017)
- Filaret Denysenko [Mykhailo Denysenko], Ukrainian religious leader and Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchate, born in Blahodatne, Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR
- [Lily] Susan Todd, British stage actress, director and co-founder of the Monstrous Regiment theatre company, born in Stourbridge, England (d. 2025)
- French astronomer Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra)
- Georgetown, the first US Catholic college, is founded
- Uniform US election day for President and VP authorized
- Eugene O'Neill's play "Great God Brown" premieres in NYC
- American Richard Barnett, who was pictured with his feet on Nancy Pelosi's desk during the Jan 6 riots, convicted on eight counts in a Washington court
- Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle], French writer (Le Rouge et de Noir, a Chartreuse de Parme), born in Grenoble, France (d. 1842)
- Cécile Ousset, French classical pianist, born in Tarbes, France
- Asif Masood, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani quick with long and erratic run-up), born in Lahore, Pakistan
- Omar Henry, South African cricketer (1st colored player for South Africa 1992), born in Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Robert Globb, Slovenian politician (Prime Minister of Slovenia 2022-), born in Šempeter pri Gorici, Yugoslavia