1751 – Josef Blazej Smrcek, composer
1909 – Billy Williams, singer (Your Show of Shows), born in Waco, Texas
1914 – Bernard Youens [Popley], British actor (Coronation Street, Somewhere in Politics), born in Hove, East Sussex, England (d. 1984)
1923 – Andrew Duggan, American character actor (Secret War of Harry Frigg, Winds of War), born in Franklin, Indiana (d. 1988)
1927 – Anne Armstrong, US ambassador and first female counsel to the President, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, (d. 2008)
1932 – Nichelle Nichols, American actress and singer (Uhura in Star Trek), born in Robbins, Illinois
1936 – Lawrence Schiller, American journalist
1941 – Intikhab Alam, Pakistan cricket leg-spinner (1959-77)
1959 – Ana Torroja, Spanish singer (Mecano)
1980 – Lomana LuaLua, Congolese football player, born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo