1802 – Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (Oregon Trail), born in Federal Hollow, New York (d. 1847)
1824 – Phoebe Cary, American poet (Poems of Alice and Phoebe Cary), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1871)
1900 – Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder, born in Nieuwe-Tonge, Netherlands (d. 1981)
1904 – Christian-Jaque, French film director, born in Paris (d. 1994)
1907 – Maurice Ashley, historian and editor (The Listener) (d. 1994)
1918 – Gerald Wilson, American jazz trumpeter and orchestra leader (Redd Foxx), born in Shelby, Mississippi (d. 2014)
1949 – Dean Pees, National Football League defensive coordinator
1953 – Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, American actor (Freddie-Welcome Back Kotter), born in NYC, New York
1955 – Brian Schweitzer, American politician, governor of Montana
1959 – Kevin Harrington, Australian actor