1827 – Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician, born in Vermont (d. 1906)
1890 – Floyd Henri Allport, American psychologist and sociologist, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1979)
1892 – Percy Fender, English cricketer (legendary Surrey and England all-rounder), born in Balham, London (d. 1985)
1908 – Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer famous for ‘The Decisive Moment’, born in Chanteloup-en-Brie, France (d. 2004)
1935 – Morton Dean, American TV newscaster (CBS, ABC), born in Fall River, Massachusetts
1940 – Antony Crosthwaite-Eyre, English publisher and multi-millionaire
1945 – Steve Kroft, American journalist and longtime correspondent for 60 Minutes, born in Kokomo Indiana
1951 – Gordon Liu [Chia-Hui Liu or Jin-Hsi Shin], Chinese actor (Kill Bill, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin), born in Guangdong, China
1953 – Paul Ellering, American wrestling manager, born in Melrose, Minnesota
1973 – Jennifer Makris, Miss USA-New Jersey (1997, top 10)