1911 – Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American all-round athlete (10 LPGA major titles, Olympic gold 80m hurdles, javelin 1932), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 1956)
1925 – Pavel Belyayev, Soviet fighter pilot and cosmonaut (Voskhod II), born in Chelishchevo, Russia (d. 1970)
1937 – Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist (Nobel 1996), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2013)
1944 – Ruth Kempson, British linguist known for contributions to dynamic syntax (Semantic Theory, The Dynamics of Language), born in Leeds, England
1953 – Tara VanDerveer, American women’s collegiate basketball coach (3 x NCAA National Championships – Stanford University; Olympic gold, 1996), born in Melrose, Massachusetts
1968 – Paolo Maldini, Italian soccer defender (126 caps; AC Milan 647 games), born in Milan, Italy
1971 – Max Biaggi, Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, born in Rome, Italy
1974 – Derek Jeter, American Baseball HOF shortstop (14 × MLB All-Star; 5 × World Series; World Series MVP 2000; NY Yankees), born in Pequannock, New Jersey
1976 – Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Zimbabwean cricketer (Zimbabwe pace bowler v Pakistan 1996), born in Plumtree, Matabeleland
1986 – Casey Desmond, American pop singer, born in Boston, Massachusetts