1818 – Lewis H. Morgan, American ethnologist (Systems of Consanguinity), born in Aurora, New York (d. 1881)
1873 – Blagoje Bersa, Croatian composer, born in Dubrovnik, Croatia (d. 1934)
1909 – George Ball, American diplomat and banker, born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 1994)
1921 – James Tye, British safety expert
1943 – Walter Spanghero, French rugby player, born in Payra-sur-l’Hers, France
1952 – Steve Furniss, American swimmer (Olympic bronze 1972), born in Madison, Wisconsin
1957 – Tom Henke, American baseball player, born in Kansas City, Missouri
1959 – Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter (3 x Olympic gold 1988), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1998)
1981 – Frankie Abernathy, American actress (The Real World: San Diego), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2007)
1982 – Philip Humber, American baseball player, born in Nacogdoches, Texas