1747 – Narciso Casanovas, composer
1909 – Marjorie Lawrence, Australia, soprano (Venus-Tannhäuser)
1913 – Rene Leibowitz, Polish-born French composer (d. 1972)
1929 – Chaim Potok, American novelist (Promise), born in NYC, New York
1946 – Valdemar Bandolowski, Danish sailor (Olympic gold 1976, 80)
1954 – Rene Russo, actress (Ransom)
1962 – Tony Blain, cricketer (NZ Test wicket-keeper)
1971 – Denise Richards, American actress
1978 – Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim, born in Long Praire, Minnesota (d. 1989)
1981 – Donielle Thompson, Wheatridge CO, gymnast (World-bronze-95, Olympics 1996)