- 1810 – Birth of composer Carl Otto Nicolai
- 1812 – Birth of astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle, one of the discoverers of Neptune
- 1881 – Birth of navy officer and author Felix von Luckner
- 1959 – Death of chemist Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, recipient of the 1928 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1978 – Birth of football forward Miroslav Klose