1752 – Meingosus Gaelle, German theologian and church composer, born in Buch (d. 1816)
1890 – Stan Laurel [Arthur Stanley Jefferson], English comedian (Laurel and Hardy films), born in Ulverston, England (d. 1965)
1897 – Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (The Midnight Express), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1948)
1907 – Jack Albertson, American actor (Chico and the Man, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory), born in Malden, Massachusetts (d. 1981)
1910 – Richard Barrer, New Zealand-born chemist (father of zeolite chemistry) (d. 1996)
1931 – Robert Freeman Smith, American politician (Rep-R-Oregon), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2020)
1934 – Little Caesar [Carl Burnett], American vocalist (Little Caesar and the Romans)
1941 – Dino Ciani, Italian pianist, born in Fiume, Italy (d. 1974)
1942 – David Parry, British-Canadian folk musician (Friends of Fiddler’s Green), storyteller (Canadian Museum of Civilization), actor, stage director, and teacher (University of Toronto), born in London, England (d. 1995)
1982 – Missy Peregrym, Canadian actress