1689 – Jan Josef Ignác Brentner, Bohemian composer, born in Dobřany, Bohemia (d. 1742)
1863 – Billy Murphy, New Zealand boxer (world featherweight champion 1890; first world champion in any class from NZ), born in Auckland, NZ (d. 1939)
1905 – Lois Mailou Jones, American painter (Peasants on Parade), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
1934 – Ruma Guha Thakurta, Singer, Actress, Dancer, Founder of Calcutta Youth Choir
1949 – Larry Holmes, American boxer (world heavyweight champion, 20 successful title defences), born in Cuthbert, Georgia
1950 – Skip Prosser, American basketball coach (only coach to take 3 schools to NCAA Tournament in first year; Loyola [MD], Xavier, Wake Forest), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
1956 – Kevin Murphy, American actor and puppeteer
1956 – Gary Ross, American film director
1959 – (Hans) “Dolph” Lundgren, Swedish actor (Rocky 4; Masters of Universe: The Expendables), martial artist, and film maker, born in Stockholm, Sweden
1995 – Kelly Catlin, American road cyclist (Olympic silver 2016, World C’ship gold 2016-18), born in St, Paul, Minnesota (d. 2019)