1158 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond through his marriage to Constance, Duchess of Brittany, born in Oxford, England (d. 1186)
1647 – Joseph Dudley, American President of the Dominion of New England and first Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony (d. 1720)
1852 – William Stewart Halsted, American pioneering surgeon (introduced anesthesia and antisepsis while addicted to cocaine and opium), born in New York City (d. 1922)
1865 – Emmuska Orczy, Hungarian-born British Baroness and writer (The Scarlet Pimpernel), born in Tarnaörs Hungary (d. 1947)
1890 – Friedrich Paulus, German field marshal who commanded the 6th Army at Stalingrad and was the highest-ranking German officer to surrender, born in Guxhagen, Germany (d. 1957)
1897 – Paul Delvaux, Belgian surrealist painter, born in Wanze, Belgium (d. 1994)
1909 – Marianne Straub, Swiss-born English textile designer and weaver (Festival of Britain, Piccadilly line seat pattern), born in Amriswil, Switzerland (d. 1994)
1948 – “Dangerous” Dan Toler, American rock guitarist (Dickey Betts; Allman Brothers), born in Connersville, Indiana (d. 2013)
1956 – June Forester, American country singer (Forester Sister – “Mama’s Never Seen Those Eyes”; “Men”), born in Lookout Mountain, Georgia
1958 – Larry Mize, American golfer (US Masters 1987), born in Augusta, Georgia