1839 – Nelson Appleton Miles, American Major General (Union Army), born in Westminster, Massachusetts (d. 1925)
1904 – (William) Elmo Tanner, American big band singer, whistler (Ted Weems Orchestra – “Heartaches”), bandleader, and DJ, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1990)
1919 – Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer (King Kong), born in Torre Annunziata, Italy (d. 2010)
1926 – Ferdinando Orlandi, Italian actor (The House with Laughing Windows), born in Italy (d. 1991)
1928 – Ken Scowcroft, English insurance magnate and founder of Swinton Insurance (1957), born in England (d. 2018)
1930 – Jerry Tarkanian, American collegiate basketball coach (California State, UNLV, Fresno State; career record: 784–202), born in Euclid, Ohio (d. 2015)
1955 – Diddú [Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir], Icelandic soprano and songwriter, born in Reykjavík, Iceland
1966 – Chris Eubank, English boxer (WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles), born in London, England
1970 – José Francisco Molina, Spanish soccer goalkeeper (9 caps; Atlético Madrid, Deportivo La Coruña) and manager (Villarreal CF), born in Valencia, Spain
1980 – Mike Hindert, American rock bassist (The Bravery), born in the USA