1804 – Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author (House of 7 Gables, The Scarlet Letter), born in Salem, Massachusetts (d. 1864)
1872 – Calvin Coolidge [Silent Cal], 30th US President (R) (1923-29), born in Plymouth Notch, Vermont (d. 1933)
1883 – Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist who made the easy outrageously difficult (Pulitzer Prize 1948), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1970)
1910 – Gloria Stuart, American actress (Titanic) and founder of the Screen Actors Guild, born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2010)
1918 – Buster Davis, American choral director (Garry Moore Show), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (d. 1987)
1943 – Emerson Boozer, College Hall of Fame and NFL running back (NY Jets 1966-75), born in Augusta, Georgia
1970 – Tony Vidmar, Australian former footballer, born in Adelaide, Australia
1973 – Michael Johnson, English-born Jamaican footballer, born in St. Louis, Missouri
1976 – Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer, born in Saitama, Japan (d. 2003)
1984 – Gina Glocksen, American singer, born in Tinley Park, Illinois