1924 – Alain Bombard, French biologist, physician, and politician who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in a small boat to test his theory that a shipwrecked person could survive without provisions, born in Paris (d. 2005)
1926 – H. R. Haldeman, Nixon’s White House Chief of Staff during Watergate, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1993)
1930 – Gladys Brown West (née Mae Brown), American mathematician (US Naval Weapons Laboratory, 1956–98) known for helping develop the GPS satellite system, born in Sutherland, Virginia (d. 2026)
1944 – Bob Flick, American folk musician (The Brother Four – “Greenfields”), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1951 – Jayne Kennedy, American actress (Body and Soul), born in Washington, D.C.
1958 – Todd Skinner, American rock climber who made the first free ascents of many routes around the world (Salathe Wall), born in Pinedale, Wyoming (d. 2006)
1973 – Anthony Doerr, American writer (All the Light We Cannot See – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2015), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1984 – Brady Quinn, American football quarterback (Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos) and broadcaster (CBS Sports HQ, Fox Sports), born in Columbus, Ohio
1986 – Matty Pattison, South African footballer (Whickham), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
1986 – David Warner, Australian cricket batsman (HS 335no 2019; 2nd highest by an Australian; “Sandpaper-gate” 2018 12-month suspension), born in Sydney, Australia