1914 – Jack Mann, British fighter pilot and hostage, kidnapped by Islamists in Lebanon in May 1989, born in Northampton, England (d. 1995)
1917 – James Bostock, English wood engraver and artist, born in Hanley, Staffordshire, England (d. 2006)
1921 – Beatrice “Fiet” van Ommeren-Samson, Suriname writer, born in Paramaribo, Suriname (d. 2012)
1926 – Carlisle Floyd, American opera composer (Slow Dusk), born in Latta, South Carolina
1932 – Timothy Sainsbury, British politician and businessman
1933 – Gene Wilder [Jerome Silberman], American actor (Blazing Saddles, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2016)
1939 – Rachel Heyhoe Flint, English cricket batter and captain (22 Tests, 23 ODOs; captain winning England team in inaugural Women’s World Cup 1973), businesswoman and philanthropist, born in Wolverhampton, England (d. 2017)
1947 – Henry Cisneros, first Hispanic to serve as mayor of a major U.S. city (San Antonio), later Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton Administration
1948 – Stephen Schnetzer, American actor (Cass Winthrop-Another World), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1977 – Shane Meier, Canadian actor (The Matthew Shepard Story), born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada