1579 – John Amner, English composer, born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England (d. 1641)
1936 – William J. Coyne, American politician (Rep-D-Pennsylvania, 1981-2003), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
1945 – Vince McMahon, American professional wrestling promoter, born in Pinehurst, North Carolina
1945 – Marsha P. Johnson [born Malcolm Michaels Jr.], African-American gay liberation and AIDS activist, drag queen, and transgender pioneer (Gay Liberation Front, S.T.A.R.), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey (d. 1992)
1949 – Joe Regalbuto, American actor (Knots Landing; Murphy Brown – “Frank”), born in Brooklyn, New York
1952 – Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jamaican-British poet (Mi Revalueshanary Fren) and activist, born in Chapelton, Jamaica
1953 – Ron Holloway, American jazz, funk, and rock tenor saxophonist (Gil Scott-Heron; Tedeschi Trucks Band), born in Washington, D.C.
1960 – Franz Viehböck, Austrian 1st cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13), born in Vienna, Austria
1974 – Órla Fallon, Irish traditional singer, Celtic harpist, and songwriter (Celtic Woman, 2004-2009; Anúna, 1996), born in Knockananna, County Wicklow, Ireland
1979 – Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese Mandopop and dance music singer, born in Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan