1865 – John Stanley Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett’s twins), born in Hickson, Ontario (d. 1941)
1897 – Frank Fay, American vaudeville comedian and actor (God’s Gift to Women, Love Nest), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1961)
1899 – Douglas Shearer, Canadian film engineer, made technological sound advances in film at MGM, born in Quebec Westmount, Quebec, born in Westmount, Quebec (d. 1971)
1930 – Bob Mathias, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1948, 52) and congressman, born in Tulare, California (d. 2006)
1935 – Toni Sailer, Austrian alpine skier (Olympic gold Downhill, Slalom, Giant slalom 1956; World C’ship gold x 7), born in Kitzbühel, Austria (d. 2009)
1936 – Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet and translator, born in Ramat Gan, Palestine (d. 2005)
1940 – Luke Kelly, Irish folk music singer and banjo player, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1984)
1943 – Lauren Hutton [Mary], model/actress (American Gigolo), born in Charleston, South Carolina
1983 – Harry Lloyd, British actor (Arcane, The Theory of Everything), born in London
1999 – Paris Paloma, British folk-pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (“Labour”, “The Fruits”), born in Glasgow, Scotland