1765 – Harman Blennerhassett, Irish lawyer, born in Hampshire, England (d. 1831)
1863 – Edythe Chapman, American actress (Beyond the Rocks), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1948)
1890 – Snuffy Browne, West Indian cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, 1 x 50, 6 wickets; British Guiana, Barbados), born in St. Michael, Barbados (d. 1973)
1917 – Walter Lord, American author (A Night to Remember), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2002)
1922 – Svend Westergaard, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1988)
1927 – César Milstein, Argentine biochemist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1984), born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina (d. 2002)
1938 – Fred Stolle, Australian tennis player, broadcaster (French C’ship 1965, US Nat C’ship 1966), born in Sydney, Australia
1939 – Paul Hogan, Australian actor (Crocodile Dundee, Lightning Jack), born in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia
1943 – R. L. Stine, American children’s book writer (Goosebumps), born in Columbus, Ohio
1948 – Pedro Alonso López, Colombian serial killer known as the ‘The Monster of the Andes’ (120-300+ victims), born in Santa Isabel, Tolima, Colombia