1866 – Beatrix Potter, English children’s author and illustrator (The Tale of Peter Rabbit), born in London (d. 1943)
1902 – Vibart Wight, West Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests; v/c WI first touring team v England 1928), born in Georgetown, British Guiana (d. 1969)
1914 – Carmen Dragon, American composer (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), and conductor (Hollywood Bowl Symphony), born in Antioch, California (d. 1984)
1925 – Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American scientist, (1976 Nobel laureate for Physiology or Medicine for work on Hepatitis B), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2011)
1931 – Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm bowler (1960’s), born in Wingham, Australia (d. 1992)
1947 – Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, American blues musician (“Cypress Garden”) and juke joint proprietor (Blue Front Cafe), born in Bentonia, Mississippi.
1949 – Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and film producer (Braveheart), born in Jackson, Tennessee
1956 – Carol Higgins Clark, American suspense novelist (Regan Reilly series), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2023)
1957 – Scott Pelley, American author (Truth Worth Telling) and reporter for CBS News (60 Minutes, CBS Evening News), born in San Antonio, Texas
1981 – Michael Carrick, English footballer, born in Wallsend, England