1820 – William Miller, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Ithaca, New York (d. 1909)
1850 – Paulus Adrianus Daum, Dutch writer, founder and editor (Batavian Newspaper), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1898)
1878 – Constantino Gaito, Argentinian composer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1945)
1884 – Louis Gruenberg, Russian-American composer (Daniel Jazz), born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (now Belarus) (d. 1964)
1895 – Marguerite Nichols, American actress (An Old Man’s Folly), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1941)
1900 – Ernie Pyle, American correspondent during WW II (Pulitzer Prize 1944), born in Dana, Indiana (d. 1945)
1920 – P. D. James [Phyllis Dorothy], Baroness James of Holland Park, English crime writer (Cover Her Face), born in Oxford, England (d. 2014)
1933 – Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1956), born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia (d. 2009)
1938 – Terry Wogan, British broadcaster (Eurovision Song Contest, Blankety Blank), born in Limerick, Ireland (d. 2016)
1949 – Morris “B. B.” Dickerson, American bassist (War, Low Rider, Outlaw), born in Torrence, California