1802 – Dorothea Dix, American pioneering nurse and social activist who created the first American mental asylums, born in Hampden, Maine (d. 1887)
1818 – Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (The Headless Horseman), born in Ballyroney, County Down, Ireland (d. 1883)
1870 – George Albert Smith, American religious leader, 8th President of Latter-day Saints, born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 1951)
1895 – Charlie Hallows, English cricket batsman (Lancs played for England 1921-28), born in Little Lever, Lancashire (d. 1972)
1907 – Nathan M. Pusey, American educator, 24th president of Harvard University (1953-71), born in Council Bluffs, Iowa (d. 2001)
1913 – Jerome Weidman, American writer (Tenderloin), born in New York City (d. 1998)
1935 – Easton McMorris, West Indian cricket batsman (13 Tests, 1 x 100; Jamaica), born in St Andrew, Jamaica (d. 2022)
1943 – Ian Robertson, British museum director (National Army Museum), born in Westmoreland, England (d. 2003)
1956 – David E. Kelley, American writer and TV producer (L.A. Law; Picket Fences; Chicago Hope; Boston Legal), born in Waterville, Maine
1957 – Kelso, American racehorse, born in Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky (d. 1983)