1718 – William Hunter, Scottish anatomist and physician, born in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1783)
1813 – Mason Brayman, American attorney, newspaperman and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1895)
1881 – Artur de Sacadura Freire Cabral, Portuguese aviator (1st flight across the south Atlantic), born in Celorico da Beira, Portugal (d. 1924)
1908 – John Bardeen, American physicist, electrical engineer and co-inventor of the transistor (Nobel 1956, 1972), born in Madison, Wisconsin (d. 1991)
1919 – Gayatri Devi, 3rd Maharani consort of Jaipur, India (1940-49), born in London, England (d. 2009)
1925 – Joshua Lederberg, American molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 2008)
1928 – Pauline Julien, Canadian singer-songwriter, social and political activist, born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec (d. 1998)
1962 – Karen Duffy [Duff], American MTV VJ/actress (Meet Wally Sparks), born in NYC, New York
1971 – Issac Booth, NFL cornerback/safety (Cleveland Browns)
1980 – Lane Garrison, American actor