1847 – Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer and tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina, born in Amersfoort, Netherlands (d. 1932)
1860 – William Kennedy Dickson, Scottish inventor (devised an early motion picture camera), born in Le Minihic-sur-Rance, Brittany, France (d. 1935)
1887 – Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (Lithuania, The Soldier), born in Rugby, England (d. 1915)
1901 – Stefan Wyszyński, Polish Cardinal, born in Zuzela, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (d. 1981)
1918 – Larry Haines [Hecht], American actor (The Odd Couple, Search for Tomorrow), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 2008)
1921 – Hayden Carruth, American poet (The Crow and the Heart), born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 2008)
1941 – Martha Stewart, American business magnate and TV personality who founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, born in Jersey City, New Jersey
1964 – Johnny Thomas, American NFL cornerback (Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers), born in Houston, Texas
1972 – Sandis Ozolinsh, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche), born in Riga, Latvia
1975 – N. D. Kalu, American defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Baltimore, Maryland