1760 – John Breckinridge, American lawyer (5th United States Attorney General) and politician (U.S. Senator from Kentucky), born in Augusta County, Virginia (d. 1806)
1777 – Henry Doeff, Dutch trader in Japan and translator (wrote Dutch-Japanese dictionary) (d. 1835)
1899 – John Cobb, British speed record holder (World Land Speed Record 1938-39, 47), born in Esher, Surrey, England (d. 1952)
1916 – John Bentley, British actor (African Patrol, Crossroads), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2009)
1926 – Hobie Billingsley, American ISHOF diving coach (Indiana University 1959-89; 6 x NCAA team championships; US Olympic team 1968, 72, 76), born in Erie, Pennsylvania (d. 2022)
1935 – David Hackett Fischer, American educator and historian (Albion’s Seed), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1937 – Brian Lumley, English sci-fi author (Compleat Crow, Psychomech), born in County Durham, England
1944 – Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovar nationalist writer and President of Kosovo (1992-2006), born in Crnce, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) (d. 2006)
1949 – Ron Raines, American actor (Alan Spaulding-Guiding Light), born in Texas City, Texas
1971 – Rachel McQuillan, Australian tennis player (5 WTA, 21 ITF titles), born in Newcastle, Australia