1780 – Michael Henkel, German composer and organist, born in Fulda, Germany (d. 1851)
1898 – Carleton Hobbs, English actor (Sherlock Holmes), born in Farnborough, England (d. 1978)
1907 – Benny Payne, American jazz pianist (Cab Calloway; Billy Daniels Show), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1986)
1926 – Tom Wicker, American columnist (covered assassination of JFK for NY Times) and author, born in Hamlet, North Carolina (d. 2011)
1932 – Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1936 – Denny Hulme, New Zealand auto racer (F1 World Drivers’ Champion 1967), born in Motueka, New Zealand (d. 1992)
1947 – Bernard Giraudeau, French actor (L’Annee des Meduses), screenwriter, and director, born in La Rochelle, France (d. 2010)
1975 – Aleksandrs Koliņko, Latvian footballer
1976 – Alana de la Garza, American actress
1991 – Willa Holland, American actress (Arrow), born in Los Angeles, California