1710 – William Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790)
1875 – James J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer, born in Carroll, Ohio (d. 1953)
1930 – Elijah Barayi, head of South Africa union centre (COSATU)
1940 – Robert Walker Jr, American actor (Ceremony, Ms Don Juan, Ensign Pulver), born in NYC, New York
1944 – Dave Edmunds, Welsh singer and guitarist (Rockpile – Girls Talk), born in Cardiff, Wales
1947 – Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish politician, born in Uddevalla, Sweden
1959 – Fruit Chan, Hong Kong film director
1961 – Tiina Lillak, Finland, javelin thrower (Olympic silver 1984)
1966 – Andrei Olhovskiy, tennis pro, born in Moscow, Russia
1974 – Douglas Spain, American actor