1742 – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and writer (types of Lichtenberg), born in Ober-Ramstadt, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1799)
1881 – Piet[er] L. Kramer, Influential Dutch architect (Amsterdam School), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1961)
1911 – Alvino Rey, American orchestra leader (King Family), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2004)
1918 – Ahmed Deedat, Indian-South African Islamic scholar, born in Tadkeshwar, British India (d. 2005)
1922 – Don Whitmire, American College Football Hall of Fame tackle (Alabama, Navy – All American at both), born in Giles County, Tennessee (d. 1991)
1923 – Constance Ford, American model and actress (Burden Hunt, Another World), born in New York City (d. 1993)
1927 – Chandra Shekhar, Indian politician, 8th Prime Minister of India (1990-91), born in Ibrahimpatti, British India (d. 2007)
1932 – Ze’ev Schiff, Israeli journalist and military correspondent for Haaretz, born in Lille, France (d. 2007)
1939 – Charles Floyd Hatcher, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia), born in Doerun, Georgia
1955 – Keith Whitley, American country music singer (“Don’t Close Your Eyes”), born in Ashland, Kentucky (d. 1989)