1764 – Fletcher Christian, English sailor who led the mutiny on the HMS Bounty, born in Eaglesfield, Cumberland, England (d. ~1790-93)
1780 – Jason Fairbanks, American murderer, born in Dedham, Massachusetts (d. 1801)
1896 – Roberto Gerhard, Spanish Catalan composer (the Plague), born in Valls, Catalonia, Spain (d. 1970)
1903 – Olive Ann Beech, American businesswoman (Co-Founder of Beech Aircraft Company), born in Waverly, Kansas (d. 1993)
1934 – Struther Arnott, Scottish molecular biologist and chemist (cancer research), born in Larkhall, Lanarkshire (d. 2013)
1934 – Jean Sorel, French actor (The Day of the Jackal), born in Marseille, France
1946 – Gil Morgan, American golfer (7 PGA Tour titles, 3 Champions Tour majors), born in Wewoka, Oklahoma
1952 – Tommy Norden, American actor (Flipper), born in New York City
1968 – Will Smith, American Grammy Award-winning rapper (DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince – “Parents Just Don’t Understand”), and actor (Men in Black, Independence Day; Hitch; Fresh Prince of Bel Air), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1975 – Daniel Hyde, British actor (Hollyoaks), born in London, England