1852 – John [Denton Pinkstone] French, 1st Earl of Ypres and British field marshall (WW I), born in Ripple, Kent, England (d. 1925)
1864 – Barry Pain, English writer (Punch), born in Cambridge, England (d. 1928)
1889 – Jack Fournier, American baseball player (d. 1973)
1928 – Koko Taylor [Cora Walton], American blues singer known as the “Queen of the Blues”, born in Millington, Tennessee (d. 2009)
1937 – Rod Roddy, American television announcer (d. 2003)
1943 – Joel Higgins, American actor (Salvage 1, Silver Spoons), born in Bloomington, Illinois
1967 – Mira Sorvino, American actress (Quiz Show, Norma Jean and Marilyn), born in Tenafly, New Jersey
1968 – Jerry Evans, NFL tight end (Denver Broncos)
1982 – Nolwenn Leroy, French Singer
1996 – Celeste and Johnny Edison, Assyria and Pele’s twins, boy and girl