1878 – Waclaw Gieburowski, Polish conductor and composer, born in Bydgoszcz, Poland (d. 1943)
1879 – Carl Ramsauer, German physicist (Ramsauer-Townsend effect), born in Oldenburg, Germany (d. 1879)
1895 – Babe Ruth, American Baseball Hall of Fame slugger (MLB All-Star 1933, 34; 7 x World Series champion; 12 × AL home run leader 1918–21, 23-24, 1926–31; Boston RS, NY Yankees), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1948)
1897 – Louis Buchalter, Jewish-American mobster (Murder, Inc.), born in New York City (d. 1944)
1902 – Louis Nizer, Jewish-American lawyer (defended blacklisted stars in ’50s, Catspaw), born in London, England (d. 1994)
1903 – Claudio Arrau, Chilean pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra), born in Chillán, Chile (d. 1991)
1922 – Denis Norden, British television personality, born in London (d. 2018)
1929 – Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, Venezuelan writer, born in Boconó, Venezuela (d. 2011)
1986 – Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer, born in Harare, Zimbabwe
1993 – Tinashe [Kachingwe], American actress and singer (Nightride), born in Lexington, Kentucky