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- 1751 – Birth of poet and translator Johann Heinrich Voß (pictured), best known for his translation of Homer's Odyssey
- 1762 – Death of astronomer Tobias Mayer, famous for his studies of the Moon
- 1909 – Birth of actor and comedian Heinz Erhardt
- 1937 – Birth of biochemist Robert Huber, winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1972 – Death of physicist Maria Goeppert-Mayer, winner of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics