1707 – George-Louis Leclerc, count de Buffon, French naturalist and writer on natural history (Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière), born in Montbard, France (d. 1788)
1815 – Howell Cobb, American politician (U.S. Secretary of Treasury), born in Jefferson County, Georgia (d. 1868)
1914 – James Van Allen, American physicist (discovered Van Allen radiation belts), born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa (d. 2006)
1921 – Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish President of FC Barcelona (1978 – 2000), born in Guriezo, Cantabria, Spain
1924 – Leonard Rosenman, American TV composer (Marcus Welby MD), born in Brooklyn, New York
1937 – Olly Wilson, American composer and founder of TIMARA, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2018)
1972 – Jason Isringhausen, American pitcher (NY Mets), born in Brighton, Illinois
1980 – Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist, born in Gunnedah, Australia
1986 – Spectacular Blue Smith, American musician (Pretty Ricky), born in Miami, Florida
1987 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress (Thirteen), born in Raleigh, North Carolina