1780 – Jernej Kopitar, Slovene philologist and linguist (Slovenian Grammar), born in Repnje, Slovenia (d. 1844)
1909 – Ethel Caterham, oldest British person ever and current verified oldest living person in the world (115 years), born in Shipton Bellinger, England
1914 – Dallas Pratt, American collector (The American Museum in Britain), born in Islip, New York (d. 1994)
1928 – Zdeněk Lukáš, Czech composer, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2007)
1929 – Ahmed “Kathy” Kathrada, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, born in Schweizer-Reneke (d. 2017)
1939 – Ernie Maresca, American singer and songwriter (“Runaround Sue”; “The Wanderer”), born in The Bronx, New York City (d. 2015)
1943 – Clydie Mae King, American session and touring vocalist (Ray Charles; Bob Dylan; Humble Pie; Lynyrd Skynrd), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2019)
1944 – Perry Christie, 3rd Prime Minister of the Bahamas, born in Nassau, Bahamas
1947 – Carl Giammarese, American rock guitarist (The Buckinghams – “Kind Of A Drag”), born in Chicago, Illinois
1959 – Jim McMahon, American College Football HOF quarterback (Super Bowl XX Chicago Bears; Davey O’Brien Award 1981 BYU), born in Jersey City, New Jersey