1840 – Eugeen van Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Morning Twilight)
1864 – Ransom Eli Olds, American auto (Oldsmobile) and truck (REO) manufacturer, born in Geneva, Ohio (d. 1950)
1895 – Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, Indian statesman and diplomat (Asia and Western Dominance), born in Travancore, British India (d. 1963)
1921 – Forbes Carlile, Australian athlete and influential swimming coach, born in Melbourne (d. 2016)
1943 – Billy Cunningham, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward, coach (NBA champion player and coach Philadelphia 76ers), born in Brooklyn, New York
1954 – Dan Hill, Canadian pop singer and songwriter (“Sometimes When We Touch”; “Can’t We Try”), born in Toronto, Ontario
1965 – Mike Gordon, American rock bassist, banjo player (Phish), and filmmaker, born in Sudbury, Massachusetts
1966 – Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer (brilliant lefty fast bowler) and commentator, born in Lahore, Pakistan
1971 – Aaron Ledesma, MLB baseball infielder, 1995-2000 (Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and 3 other teams), born in Union City, California
1980 – Lazaros Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player