1696 – Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania’s ambassador to the Native Americans, born in Herrenberg, Germany (d. 1760)
1890 – Moa Martinson, Swedish writer (My Mother Gets Married), born in Vårdnäs, Linköping (d. 1964)
1911 – Raphael M. Robinson, American mathematician, born in National City, California (d. 1995)
1913 – Ivor Roberts-Jones, British sculptor (known for sculpted heads of Yehudi Menuhin and George Thomas), born in Oswestry, England (d. 1996)
1914 – Ray Walston, American actor (My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2001)
1927 – John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, English businessman and billionaire
1939 – Pauline Neville-Jones, English diplomat, born in Birmingham
1949 – Simon Augustini, Albanian politician
1958 – Willie McGee, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals, NL MVP-1985), born in San Francisco, California
1974 – Prodigy [Albert Johnson], American rapper (Mobb Deep), born in Hempstead, Long Island, New York (d. 2017)