1684 – Johann Christoph Frauenholtz, Alsatian composer, baptized in Ahorn, Electorate of Bavaria (d. 1754)
1784 – Leigh Hunt, British writer
1873 – Bart King, American cricket pioneer (North America’s greatest all-rounder; helped develop art of swing bowling), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1965)
1896 – Nat Holman, American Basketball HOF coach (NCAA, NIT C’ships 1950 CCNY), born in New York City (d. 1995)
1936 – Sylvia Browne, American author and self-proclaimed medium dubbed “America’s most controversial psychic”, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2013)
1944 – George McCrae, American soul and disco singer (“Lead Me On”; “Rock Your Baby”), born in West Palm Beach, Florida
1948 – Chester “Chet” Biscardi, Italian-American composer, born in Kenosha, Wisconsin
1966 – Dave Veres, pitcher (Montreal Expos), born in Montgomery, Alabama
1978 – Zakhar Dubenskiy, Russian footballer
1981 – Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver