1832 – George Henry Chapman, American newspaper editor, lawyer, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Holland, Massachusetts (d. 1882)
1901 – Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish composer, born in Sagunto, Spain (d. 1999)
1914 – Peter Townsend, British war hero, courtier and writer (had a romance with Princess Margaret), born in Rangoon, Burma (d. 1995)
1922 – Eugene Stoner, American firearms designer and inventor of the M16, born in Gosport, Indiana (d. 1997)
1930 – Owen Kay Garriott, American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut (Skylab 3; STS-9), born in Enid, Oklahoma (d. 2019)
1944 – Max Romeo [Smith], Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter, born in St. D’Acre, St. Ann, Jamaica
1946 – Aston Barrett, Jamaican reggae bassist (I Shot the Sheriff)
1964 – Pierre Vercheval, CFL guard (Toronto Argonauts)
1965 – R Duncan Douglas, American biathlete (Olympics 1994), born in NYC, New York
1965 – Mike Benjamin, Euclid Ohio, infielder (Philadelphia Phillies)