1685 – Aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara)
1847 – A N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman)
1888 – Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet (Hermeticism) and journalist, born in Alexandria (d. 1970)
1910 – Douglas Spencer, American actor (The Thing from Another World, This Island Earth, River of No Return), born in Princeton, Illinois (d. 1960)
1913 – Douglas Slocombe, British cinematographer (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Raiders of the Lost Ark), born in London (d. 2016)
1914 – Larry Adler, Balt, hamonicist (Harmonicats) (blacklisted performer)
1951 – Bob [Robert] Iger, American entertainment executive (CEO of The Walt Disney Company), born in NYC, New York
1964 – Arthur Lenk, Israeli diplomat, born in Paterson, New Jersey
1968 – Ryan Bowen, American baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins), born in Fort Madison, Iowa
1982 – Justin Gatlin, American sprinter (Olympic gold 100m 2004), born in Brooklyn, New York City