1855 – Johann Zilcher, German composer (d. 1943)
1914 – Willi Stoph, German politician (Prime Minister of German Democratic Republic 1964-73), born in Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany (d. 1999)
1915 – June Richmond, American jazz singer (Jimmy Dorsey; Cab Calloway; Andy Kirk – “Hey Lawdy Mama”), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1962)
1918 – Nile Kinnick Jr., American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1939; University of Iowa), born in Adel, Iowa (d. 1943)
1936 – June Jordan, Caribbean-American playwright and poet (His Own Where), born in Harlem, New York (d. 2002)
1941 – Don McPherson, American RandB singer (The Main Ingredient – “Everybody Plays the Fool”), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1971)
1948 – Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesian politician (15th Foreign Minister of Indonesia), born in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia
1955 – Jimmy Smits, American actor (LA Law – “Victor”; Running Scared; NYPD Blue), born in Brooklyn, New York
1979 – Ella Koon [Yun-na], Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actress of Hakka heritage, born in Tahita, French Polynesia
1982 – Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese race-car driver