1585 – Ercole Porta, Italian church composer (d. 1630)
1882 – Paul Harvey, American actor (Spellbound, Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), born in Sandwich, Illinois (d. 1955)
1893 – Al “Fuzzy” St John, American actor (Lash of the West), born in Santa Ana, California (d. 1963)
1897 – Hilde Hildebrand [Emma Minna Hildebrand], German actress (Port of Freedom), born in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany (d. 1976)
1925 – Roy James Brown, American boxer and soul singer (Good Rockin’ Tonight), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1981)
1929 – Akio Yashiro, composer
1946 – James R Hines, American athlete, 4X100m relayer (Olympic gold 1968), born in Dumas, Arkansas
1962 – Esteban Toledo, Mexican professional golfer, born in Mexicali, Mexico
1968 – Yvo Joordens, soccer player (MVV)
1982 – Misty Copeland, American ballerina (1st African American Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre), born in Kansas City Missouri