1777 – Henry Clay, American politician known as “the Great Compromiser”, born in Hanover County, Virginia (d. 1852)
1911 – Mahmoud Younis, Suez Canal nationalization engineer, born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1976)
1919 – Istvan Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2012)
1924 – Julius Moormann, Dutch student and resistance fighter (WWII), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1944)
1932 – Tiny Tim [ Herbert Khaury], American musician (Tip Toe), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1996)
1942 – Frank Bank, American actor (Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2013)
1959 – Elissa Leeds, American actress (Cissy-Dorothy), born in NYC, New York
1961 – Magda Szubanski, Australian actress (Kath and Kim), born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England
1967 – Kirk Everist, American water polo driver (Olympics 1996), born in Houston, Texas
1970 – Nick Hexum, American singer and songwriter (311), born in Madison, Wisconsin