1824 – Edmund Kirby Smith, American military officer (Confederate Army General), born in St Augustine, Florida (d. 1893)
1940 – Sir Gareth Gwyn Roberts, Welsh physicist (semiconductors and molecular electronics) and president of the Institute of Physics, born in Penmaenmawr, North Wales (d. 2007)
1948 – Jimmy Franklin, American aerobatics pilot, born in Lovington, New Mexico (d. 2005)
1951 – Jonathan Richman, American rock singer-songwriter (Modern Lovers – “Road Runner”), born in Natick, Massachusetts
1965 – Krist Novoselic, American rock bassist, and accordion player (Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”; Giants In The Trees), born in Compton, California
1966 – Janet Jackson, American pop singer (Control, “Nasty”), sister of Michael, born in Gary, Indiana
1970 – Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player (US Open 1990), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1977 – Dolcenera [Emanuela Trane], Italian singer-songwriter, born in Galatina, Italy
1982 – Łukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player
1984 – Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Alberta, Canada (d. 2011)
