1828 – Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher and historian (Voyage in Italy), born in Vouziers, Ardennes, France (d. 1893)
1912 – Eve Arnold, American photojournalist (Marilyn Monroe), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
1914 – Norman Panama, American screenwriter (d. 2003)
1915 – Andor Kovach, Romanian composer (Médée), born in Transylvania, Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 2005)
1926 – Herbert Schlosser, American television executive (NBC – hired Johnny Carson; championed Laugh-In; conceptualized Saturday Night Live), born in Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2021)
1941 – [Alfred] “Pee Wee” Ellis, American jazz, funk, and rock saxophonist, arranger (James Brown; Van Morrison; Gotham; Maceo Parker), and songwriter (“The Chicken; “Cold Sweat”), born in Bradenton, Florida (d. 2021)
1948 – Paul Davis, American country-rock-pop singer-songwriter and piano player (“I Go Crazy”; “65 Love Affair”), born in Meridian, Mississippi (d. 2008)
1951 – (Nicole) Nickey Barclay, American rock singer-songwriter, piano player, Hammond organist (Fanny – “Solid Gold”), and session musician (Joe Cocker, Barbra Streisand; Keith Moon), born in the USA
1969 – Conrad Clarks, NFL center (Indianapolis Colts)
1983 – Paweł Brożek, Polish footballer