1164 – Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)
1801 – James Barnes, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1869)
1887 – Charles Dingle, American actor (The Little Foxes), born in Wabash, Indiana (d. 1956)
1902 – Shen Congwen, Chinese writer (Long River), born in Zhen’gan, Hunan Province (d. 1988)
1919 – Inocenti Carreno, composer
1934 – John Akers, American business executive (IBM)
1941 – Don Francisco, Spanish variety show host (Sabado Gigante)
1943 – Bobby Comstock, rocker
1964 – Charles Sinek, American ice dancer (and Beata Handra-1997 Pac Coast Sr 3rd), born in Wilmington, North Carolina
1982 – Cedric Benson, American football player, born in Midland, Texas