1580 – John Smith, English explorer (Chesapeake Bay, New England) and leader of the Virginia Colony (Jamestown), born in Lincolnshire, England (d. 1631)
1911 – Billy Sands, American actor (Phil Silvers Show, McHale’s Navy), born in Bergen, New York (d. 1984)
1916 – David Bruce [Marden Andrew McBroom], American actor (The Mad Ghoul, Flying Tigers), born in Kankakee, Illinois (d. 1976)
1931 – E. L. Doctorow, American author (Ragtime; Billy Bathgate), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2015)
1933 – Fred L. Turner, American businessman (CEO of McDonalds, 1977-2004), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 2013)
1948 – Dayle Hadlee, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (brother of Richard; 26 Tests, 71 wickets, 1 x 50; Canterbury), born in Christchurch, Canterbury
1962 – Philip Brown, English 4x400m runner (Olympic silver 1984), born in Birmingham, England
1967 – Peter Loran, American rock vocalist (Trixter – “Give It To Me Good”), born in Teaneck, New Jersey
1971 – Myron Baker, NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears), born in Haughton, Louisiana
1982 – Brian Bass, American baseball player, born in Pinehurst, North Carolina