1664 – Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat, born in London (d. 1721)
1802 – David Hunter, American Major General (Union Army), born in Troy, New York (d. 1886)
1899 – Ernest Hemingway, American author (The Old Man and the Sea, Nobel Prize for Literature -1954), born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 1961)
1926 – Paul Burke, American actor (Naked City, Thomas Crown Affair, Neal-Dynasty), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2009)
1931 – Plas Johnson, American be-bop jazz and session saxophonist (sax solo on “The Pink Panther Theme”), born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana
1932 – Ernie Warlick, American football player, born in Hickory, North Carolina (d. 2012)
1948 – Cat Stevens [Steven Demetre Georgiou; Yusuf Islam], British singer-songwriter (“Peace Train”; “Moonshadow”), born in Marylebone, London, England
1955 – Henry Preistman, British rock keyboardist, songwriter, and vocalist (Christians – “Harvest For The World”), born in Kingston upon Hull, England
1968 – Lyle Odelein, Canadian NHL defenseman (Team Canada, Montreal), born in Quill Lake, Saskatchewan
1986 – Diane Guerrero, American actress and singer (Encanto), born in Passaic, New Jersey