1777 – Roger B. Taney, 5th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1836-64) who delivered the majority Dred Scott decision, born in Calvert, Maryland (d. 1864)
1900 – Alfred Newman, American film music arranger, conductor and composer, winner of 9 Academy Awards (The Robe; How The West Was Won; Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1970)
1927 – Patrick Allen, British actor (Roman Holiday;Dial “M” for Murder), born in Nyasaland, Africa (d. 2006)
1939 – Shahid Mahmoud, Pakistani cricketer (opener scored 16 and 9 in only Pak Test)
1940 – Mark White, American politician, lawyer, and 43rd Governor of Texas (1983-7), born in Henderson, Texas (d. 2017)
1948 – Pat Lloyd, English rocker (The Equals), born in London, England
1956 – Patrick McDonnell, American cartoonist (Mutts), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey
1962 – Kalpana Chawla, Indian-American astronaut (1st woman of Indian origin into space, later died in Columbia disaster), born in Karnal, India (d. 2003)
1964 – Alex Shoumidoub, NHL goaltender (Belarus, Olympics 1998)
1997 – Katie Ledecky, American swimmer (6 x Olympic gold 2012, 2016, 2021; World C’ships gold x 15; WR 400m, 800m, 1500m), born in Washington, D.C.