1820 – John William Dawson, Canadian geologist, born in Pictou, Nova Scotia (d. 1899)
1901 – Benjamin Merkelbach, Dutch architect and city builder of Amsterdam, born in Amsterdam (d. 1961)
1916 – David Hollestelle, Dutch baritone singer (Dutch Radio Chorus), born in Den Helder, Netherlands (d. 2001)
1923 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch soccer star (Xerxes, Fortuna, Inter Milan), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2006)
1925 – Lenny Bruce [Leonard Schneider], American comedian, arrested on obsenity, born in Mineola, New York (d. 1966)
1931 – Eddie Mathews, American Baseball HOF third baseman (512 career HRs; 12 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1957, 68; Boston/Milwaukee Braves) and manager (Atlanta Braves 1972-74), born in Texarkana, Texas (d. 2001)
1938 – Hugo Young, British journalist (The Guardian), born in Sheffield, England (d. 2003)
1947 – Jerry Trupiano, American sports broadcaster, born in St. Louis, Missouri
1949 – Robert Sirota, American classical composer, born in New York, New York
1972 – Prince Jaime, Count of Bardi, third child of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, born in Nijmegen, Netherlands