1763 – James Geddes, American Engineer (Erie Canal), born in Carlisle Pennsylvania (d. 1838)
1930 – Yuri Artyukin, Soviet Russian, cosmonaut (Soyuz 14), born in Pershitino, Soviet Union (d. 1998)
1934 – Louise Fletcher, American Academy Award-winning actress (One Flew Over Cuckoo’s Nest: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2022)
1937 – Chuck Jackson, American pop and RandB singer (“Any Day Now”; “I Don’t Want to Cry”; “I Keep Forgettin'”), born in Latta, South Carolina (d. 2023)
1940 – Alex Trebek, Canadian-American Emmy Award-winning TV game show host (Jeopardy, 1984-2020; High Rollers, 1974-80), born in Sudbury, Ontario (d. 2020)
1940 – Judith Walzer Leavitt, American college professor
1944 – Rick Davies, British rock vocalist, keyboardist, and songwriter (Supertramp – “Goodbye, Stranger”), born in London, England
1947 – Terry Clements, American guitarist (Gordon Lightfoot), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2011)
1974 – Viktoria Tolstoy [Louise Viktoria Kjellberg], Swedish jazz singer (“Meet Me at the Movies”), born in Sigtuna Municipality, Sweden
1992 – Selena Gomez, American actress (Wizards of Waverly Place; Hotel Transylvania), and singer (“Wolves”; “Lose You To Love Me”), born in Grand Prairie, Texas