1880 – Christy Mathewson, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (World Series 1905, 21; Triple Crown 1905, 08; NL wins leader 1905, 07, 08, 10; 2 x no-hitters; NY Giants), born in Factoryville, Pennsylvania (d. 1925)
1883 – Pauline Frederick, American actress (Thank You, Mr. Moto), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1938)
1910 – Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips, British politician (1st female Whip – UK House of Lords), (d. 1992)
1913 – Richard Bare, American TV and film director (Green Acres), born in Turlock, California (d. 2015)
1918 – Margaret Burbidge, British-American astronomer and educator (faint object spectrograph of the Hubble Space), born in Davenport, England (d. 2020)
1925 – Norris McWhirter, English author (founded Guinness Book of World Records), born in Winchmore Hill, England (d. 2004)
1935 – Karl Mickel, German writer, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 2000)
1954 – Sam J. Jones [Samuel Gerald], American actor (Flash Gordon, Code Red), born in Chicago, Illinois
1972 – Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer
1973 – Latasha Byears, American WNBA player (Sacramento Monarchs), born in Memphis, Tennessee