1868 – Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian mathematician (Poisson distribution) and economist, born in Saint Petersburg, Imperial Russia (d. 1931)
1902 – Ann Harding, American actress (East is West, Janie), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1981)
1930 – Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer, specializing in choral music (Curse Upon Iron (Raua needmine)), born in Kuusalu, Estonia (d. 2017)
1933 – Jerry Pournelle, American polymath and sci-fi author (Mercenary, Red Dragon), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2017)
1935 – Rahsaan Roland Kirk, American jazz multi-instrumentalist (Bright Moments; The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1977)
1952 – Ian Hobson, British pianist, opera conductor and music professor, born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England
1953 – Anne Fadiman, American writer, born in New York City
1966 – Kristin Hersch, American singer and songwriter (Throwing Muses), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1973 – Danny Graves, American baseball player, born in South Vietnam
1976 – Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos, Greek footballer, born in Piraeus, Greece