1828 – Roger Atkinson Pryor, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Petersburg, Virginia (d. 1919)
1896 – Juano Hernandez, Puerto Rican stage and film actor (St Louis Blues; Stars In My Crown), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico (d. 1970)
1898 – Juan Bautista Plaza, Venezuelan composer, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1965)
1922 – George McGovern, American senator (South Dakota: 1963-81) and Democratic Party presidential nominee in 1972, born in Avon, South Dakota (d. 2012)
1923 – William A. Rusher, American lawyer and columnist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2011)
1937 – Richard Jordan [Robert Anson Jordan Jr.], American actor (Dune, Gettysburg), born in New York City (1993)
1938 – Jayant Narlikar, Indian astrophysicist (Hoyle–Narlikar theory), born in Maharashtra, India
1952 – Jayne Anne Philips, American writer, 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for “Night Watch”, born in Buckhannon, West Virginia
1966 – David Segui, infielder (Montreal Expos), born in Kansas City, Kansas
1977 – Jean-Sébastien Aubin, Canadian NHL hockey goaltender, 1997-2015 (Pittsburgh Penguins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings), born in Montreal, Quebec