1756 – Cornelis van Foreest, Dutch politician, Mayor of Alkmaar, born in Alkmaar, Netherlands (d. 1823)
1837 – Moritz Heyne, German germanist (Beowulf), born in Weissenfels, Germany (d. 1906)
1906 – Nazir Ali, Indian cricket all-rounder (2 Tests; first Indian Test 1932), born in Jalandhar, Punjab, India (d. 1975)
1910 – Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Russian poet and editor in chief (Novyj Mir), born in Zagorye, Russian Empire (d. 1971) [NS=June 21]
1916 – Francis Crick, English molecular biologist who co-discovered DNA’s structure, with James Watson (Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1962), born in Northampton, England (d. 2004)
1937 – Norma Shaw, English lawn bowler (World Outdoor C’ship gold 1981; Indoor C’ship gold 1997), born in Wakefield, England (d. 2009)
1964 – Harry Lee “Butch” Reynolds, American 400m runner (world record – 43.29 seconds, 1988-99), born in Akron, Ohio
1969 – Glenn Rogers Jr, CFL defensive back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1971 – Jamie Morgan, Australia, tennis star
1979 – Pete Orr, Canadian baseball player