1870 – Florent Schmitt, French composer (La tragédie de Salome; Psalm 47), and music critic (Le Temps), born in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France (d. 1958)
1901 – William S. Paley, American broadcast pioneer (President and CEO of CBS, 1928-90), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1990)
1925 – Frank Latimore, American actor (Patton, Breakin Up), born in Darien, Connecticut (d. 1998)
1936 – Robert Hogan, American actor (Peyton Place, Operation Petticoat), born in NYC, New York
1939 – Stuart Kauffman, American theoretical biologist (Origins of Order)
1940 – Alekander Sergeyevich Ivanchenkov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 29/31, T-6)
1943 – Gertrud “Traudl” Hecher, Austrian downhill skier (Olympic bronze 1960)
1946 – Fiona Lewis, Westcliff England, actress (Stunts, Lisztomania)
1982 – Ray Emery, Canadian hockey player
1982 – Emeka Okafor, American basketball player