1301 – Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)
1858 – Eugene Foss, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1939)
1898 – Howard Florey, Australian pathologist and pharmacologist who purified penicillin (Nobel 1945), born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 1968)
1905 – Severo Ochoa, Nobel Laureate (d. 1993)
1910 – Leonarda da Vinci MacLaren, founder (LSE)
1934 – Manfred Worner, German general/sect-gen (NATO, 1988-94)
1946 – Pat Pocock, cricketer (intermittent England off-spinner 1968-85)
1951 – Terry Metcalf, NFL, CFL running back (St Louis, Toronto), born in Seattle, Washington
1966 – Kevin Koslofski, Decatur Ill, outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
1987 – Matthew Connolly, English footballer