1810 – John McCloskey, 1st American cardinal and Archbishop of New York, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1885)
1920 – (Kenneth) “Jethro” Burns, American country singer, and mandolin player (Homer and Jethro -“The Battle of Kookamonga”), born in Conasauga, Tennessee (d. 1989)(
1938 – Norman Blake, American guitarist, mandolin, banjo, and fiddle player and songwriter, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
1943 – Sandra Palmer, American golfer (Titleholders Championship 1972, US Open 1975), born in Fort Worth, Texas
1943 – Alfred Whitford ‘Fred’ Lerdahl, American composer (Arches), pedagogue, and music theorist, born in Madison, Wisconsin
1953 – Ronnie Earl [Ronald Horvath], American blues guitarist (The Broadcasters), born in Queens, New York
1954 – Tina Charles [Hoskins], British disco singer (“I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)”), born in Whitechapel, London, England
1961 – Pam Oliver, American sportscaster, born in Dallas, Texas
1967 – Omer Tarin [Omer Salim Khan], Pakistani poet, scholar and activist, born in Peshawar, Pakistan
1977 – Colin Murray, British radio DJ