1732 – Richard H Lee, US farmer (signed US Declaration of Independence)
1907 – Roy Welensky, Northern Rhodesian politician, born in Harare, Zimbabwe (d. 1991)
1914 – Wensley Pithey, South-African actor (Oliver!, The Saint, Little Women), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1993)
1915 – Ghulam Ishaq Khan, President of Pakistan, born in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (d. 2006)
1921 – Bernt Engelmann, German writer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1994)
1948 – Natan Sharansky, Israeli politician and human rights activist, born in Donetsk, Ukraine
1959 – Lea Antonoplis, American tennis player, born in West Covina, California
1965 – John Michael Montgomery, American country music singer, born in Danville, Kentucky
1970 – Skeet Ulrich, American actor (Scream), born in Lynchburg, Virginia
1970 – Mitch Benn, English comedian and musician, born in Liverpool, United Kingdom