1788 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist
1900 – Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, British-American astronomer and astrophysicist who proposed that stars are composed largely of hydrogen and are not glowing balls of molten rock, born in Wendover, England (d. 1979)
1912 – Edward Gardner, Queen’s Court/MP
1914 – Lord Smith, British surgeon
1926 – Duncan Watson, president (World Blind Union)
1929 – Brian Corby, CEO (Prudential)
1944 – Abdul Kadir, cricketer (Pakistani batsman-keeper in 4 Tests 1964-65)
1961 – Randy Cunneyworth, Etobicoke, NHL left wing (Ottawa Senators)
1966 – Mikael Andersson, Swedish NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning), born in Malmö, Sweden
1977 – Chas Licciardello, Australian comedian, member of The Chaser