1583 – Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent
1899 – Helen Traubel, American soprano, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1972)
1909 – Willi Boskovsky, Austrian conductor (new years concert)
1910 – Lord Richardson, president (General Medical Council)
1925 – Faith Domergue, American actress and early “scream queen” (Vendetta, House of 7 Corpses), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1999)
1936 – August Willemsen, Dutch poet/translator
1938 – Joyce Carol Oates, NY, novelist (Garden of Earthly Delights)
1949 – Kale Browne, San Rafael California, actor (Michael Hudson-Another World)
1984 – Rick Nash, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Robert Rothbart, Bosnian-Israeli Basketball Player