1491 – Teofilo Folengo, Italian macaronic poet, born in Mantua, Italy (d. 1544)
1647 – Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and writer (Historical and Critical Dictionary), born in Carla-le-Comte, Kingdom of France (d. 1706)
1881 – Robert Esnault-Pelterie, French engineer and aviation pioneer who contributed to early heavier-than-air flight in Europe, born in Paris (d. 1957)
1900 – Margaret Mitchell, American author (Gone With The Wind), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1949)
1921 – Douglas Townsend, American composer, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2012)
1923 – Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer (Nobel Prize in Physics, 2000 – handheld calculator, integrated circuit), born in Jefferson City, Missouri (d. 2005)
1952 – Alfre Woodard, American actress (Primal Fear, Cross Creek), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1954 – Michael D. Brown, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency director (2003-05), born in Guymon, Oklahoma
1968 – Michelle Kline, American speed skater (Olympics 1994), born in Golden Valley, Minnesota
1970 – Tom Anderson, American co-founder of MySpace, born in San Diego, California