1723 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-Austrian physician and naturalist interested in entomology (Entomologia Carniolica), born in Cavalese, Italy (d. 1788)
1750 – Frédéric Thiéme, French composer, born in Reims, France (d. 1802)
1864 – Ransom Eli Olds, American auto (Oldsmobile) and truck (REO) manufacturer, born in Geneva, Ohio (d. 1950)
1928 – Donald Judd, American minimalist sculptor and artist, born in Excelsior Springs, Missouri (d. 1994)
1929 – Chuck Barris, TV game show producer and host (Gong Show), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2017)
1931 – Lindy Remigino, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m 1952), born in Elmhurst, Queens, New York (d. 2018)
1935 – Ted Curson, American jazz trumpeter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
1940 – Richard Edwards, West Indian cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 18 wickets; Barbados), born in Christ Church, Barbados
1951 – Jill Biden (née Jacobs), American educator, second wife of US President Joe Biden, and First Lady of the United States (2021-25), born in Hammonton, New Jersey
1961 – Dana Drábová, Czech nuclear scientist and head of the State Office for Nuclear Safety (1999-2025), born in Czechoslovakia (d. 2025)