1807 – Magnus Huss, Swedish Physician who coined the word alcoholism and was the first to define it as a disease
1818 – Leconte de Lisle, writer
1905 – Joseph Kosma, composer
1922 – John Weidner, war hero, born in Brussels, Belgium
1936 – John Blashford-Snell, British Army officer (founded Operation Raleigh), born in Hereford, England
1939 – Tony Roberts, actor (Annie Hall, Edge of Night, Lucie Arnaz Show), born in NYC, New York
1947 – Haley Barbour, American politician, governor of Mississippi
1959 – Marc Shaiman, American film and Broadway composer (When Harry Met Sally; Hairspray), born in Newark, New Jersey
1961 – Leonard Marshall, NFL defensive end (NY Giants, NY Jets)
1978 – Dion Glover, American basketball player, born in Marietta, Georgia