1859 – George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer and inventor (Ferris Wheel), born in Galesburg, Illinois (d. 1896)
1936 – Charlie Burns, Canadian ice hockey forward (world champion Whitby Dunlops 1958) and coach (Minnesota North Stars), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2021)
1936 – Takuo Aoyagi, Japanese engineer who invented the pulse oximeter, born in Niigata Prefecture, Japan (d. 2020)
1941 – Big Jim Sullivan [Tomkins], British session and touring rock guitarist, sitar, and banjo player, born in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England (d. 2012)
1970 – Richard Smehlik, Czech NHL defenseman (Team Czech Rep, Buffalo), born in Ostrava, Czechia
1973 – Tyus Edney, American basketball player (Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings), born in Gardena, California
1978 – Danai Gurira, Zimbabwean-American actress and playwright (The Walking Dead; Black Panther), born in Grinnell, Iowa
1978 – Laurie Schwoy, American soccer forward (4 caps; North Carolina Tar Heels women, Philadelphia Charge FC), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1979 – Pablo Pallante, Uruguayan footballer, born in Montevideo, Uruguay
1988 – Ángel Di María, Argentine footballer, born in Rosario, Argentina