1720 – Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, last English peer to be hanged for murdering his steward (d. 1760)
1885 – Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (Henry Handel Richardson: A Study), born in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia (d. 1964)
1903 – Lucienne Boyer, French singer (Parlez-moi d’amour), born in Paris (d. 1983)
1935 – Gail Fisher, American Emmy Award-winning actress (Mannix – “Peggy”), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 2000)
1943 – Martin Mull, American comic singer-songwriter and character actor (Fernwood 2-Night; Roseanne; Clue), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2024)
1967 – John Jurkovic, American football defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Friedrichshafen, Germany
1969 – Isaac Austin, American NBA basketball center, 1991-2002 (Miami Heat and 6 other teams), born in Gridley, California
1971 – Kevin Bouie, American football running back (Philadelphia Eagles, Ariz Cardinals), born in Pahokee, Florida
1974 – Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer (WI left-handed batsman 1994-), born in Unity Village, Guyana
1992 – Mawaan Rizwan, Pakistani-British comedian and actor (Taskmaster), born in Lahore, Pakistan