1849 – James Lane Allen, American writer (Kentucky Cardinal), born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 1925)
1905 – Anthony Powell, English novelist (Infants of Spring), born in Westminster, United Kingdom (d. 2000)
1909 – SeichÅ Matsumoto, Japanese mystery writer and journalist, born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan (d. 1992)
1935 – John G. Avildsen, American film director (Rocky, The Karate Kid), born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 2017)
1953 – Betty Wright [Bessie Norris], American RandB singer-songwriter (Clean Up Woman), born in Miami, Florida (d. 2020)
1955 – Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, Japanese musician, born in Agano, Niigata Prefecture
1960 – Roger McDowell, American baseball pitcher (NY Mets, Baltimore Orioles), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1970 – Monique Ambers, WNBA forward (Phoenix Mercury)
1975 – Paloma Herrera, Argentine ballet dancer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1978 – Amber Corwin, American figure skater (1997 National Sr – 5th), born in Harbor City, California