1556 – Philipp Nicolai, German Lutheran pastor, poet, composer and hymnodist, born in Mengeringhausen, Landgraviate of Hesse, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1607)
1753 – Edmund Randolph, US Founding Father, 1st US Attorney General (1789-94) and 2nd US Secretary of State (1794-95), born in Williamsburg, Virginia, British America (d. 1813)
1856 – Paul Geisler, German conductor, composer, and pedagogue, born in Stolp, Pomerania (now Słupia, Poland) (d. 1919)
1896 – Walter Lang, American silent and sound film director (The Little Princess; The King and I; Desk Set), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1972)
1909 – George Crockett Jr., American attorney (founded 1st racially integrated law firm) and politician (Rep-D-MI, 1980-91), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 1997)
1910 – Angus Campbell, American psychologist (Elections and Political Order), born in Leiters Ford, Indiana (d. 1980)
1918 – Joseph Hardy, American character actor (Husbands; The Clock), born in Arlington, Massachusetts (d. 1990)
1939 – Charles Rose, American politician (Rep-D-North Carolina, 1973-97), born in Fayetteville, North Carolina (d. 2012)
1943 – Jimmy Griffin, American pop singer, guitarist and songwriter, (Bread), and Academy Award winner (“For All We Know”), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2005)
1977 – Aaron Kamin, American guitarist, and singer-songwriter (The Calling), born in Studio City, California