1828 – Edward Hitchcock Jr., 1st American physical educator (Amherst College), born in Amherst, Massachusetts (d. 1911)
1851 – Antoni Stolpe, Polish pianist and composer, born in Pulawy, Poland (d. 1872)
1898 – Frank McHugh, American actor (Going My Way, Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young), born in Homestead, Pennsylvania (d. 1981)
1908 – John Bardeen, American physicist, electrical engineer and co-inventor of the transistor (Nobel 1956, 1972), born in Madison, Wisconsin (d. 1991)
1912 – John Payne, American actor (The Restless Gun, Miracle on 34th Street), born in Roanoke, Virginia (d. 1989)
1950 – Linda Thompson, actress (Hee Haw), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1951 – Antonis Samaras, Greek politician
1958 – Thomas Reiter, German cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-22)
1974 – Matt Hindle, Canadian bobsledder, born in Calgary, Alberta
1979 – Rasual Butler, American basketball player