1761 – James Hall, Scottish geologist, born in Dunglass, Scotland (d. 1832)
1885 – Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker’s union leader (d. 1952)
1899 – Al Capone, American gangster (Chicago bootlegging), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1947)
1931 – Don Zimmer, American baseball infielder (2 × All-Star, Chicago Cubs; World Series 1955, 59 LA Dodgers) and manager (NL Manager of the Year 1989 Chicago Cubs), born in Cincinnati, Ohio, (d. 2014)
1934 – Donald Cammell, film director
1939 – Maury Povich, TV host (Current Affair, Maury)/Mr Connie Chung
1948 – Alexander “Alec” Erwin, South African worker’s union leader, born in Cape Town, South Africa
1964 – Jeff Tabaka, American baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres), born in Barberton, Ohio
1967 – Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer, born in Sicily, Italy (d. 2007)
1977 – Leigh Whannell, Australian screenwriter and actor, born in Melbourne, Australia