1861 – William Wrigley Jr., American industrialist (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1932)
1898 – Felix Kersten, Baltic-German Finnish masseuse (masseuse to Heinrich Himmler who helped save people from Nazi persecution), born in Tartu, Imperial Russia (d. 1960)
1907 – Arnold Elston, American composer, and educator, born in New York (d. 1971)
1927 – W. S. Merwin, American poet (17th United States Poet Laureate), born in New York City (d. 2019)
1936 – Jim Sasser, American politician (Senator-D-Tennessee, 1977-97), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1940 – Lori Burton [Dolores Squeglia], American singer, songwriter and record producer, born in New Haven, Connecticut
1946 – William Thurston, American mathematician (Fields Medal, 1982), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2012)
1947 – Miguel de Oliveira, Brazilian boxer (WBC light middleweight champion 1975), born in Sao Paulo, Brazil (d. 2021)
1953 – S.M. Stirling, Canadian-American author (Draka series), bon in Metz, France
1960 – Bill Rieflin, American rock drummer (Nine Inch Nails; R.E.M.; King Crimson, 2013-20), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2020)