1640 – Claude Fleury, French priest and historian, born in Paris (d. 1723)
1893 – Lou Little [Luigi Piccolo], American college football hall of fame coach (elected 1960), born in Leominster, Massachusetts (d. 1979)
1908 – Baby Face Nelson [Lester Gillis], American bank robber and gangster who killed more FBI agents than any other criminal, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1934)
1939 – Steve Alaimo, American pop singer (“Mashed Potatoes”; “Every Day I Have To Cry”), TV host (Where the Action Is), and producer, born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2024)
1939 – Tomáš Svoboda, Czech pianist and composer (Etude; Symphony of Nature), born in Paris, France (d. 2022)
1945 – Shekhar Kapur, Indian filmmaker (Bandit Queen), born in Laghore, British India
1949 – Linda Creed, American singer and songwriter (“The Greatest Love Of All”; “You Make Me Feel Brand New”; “Rubber Band Man”), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1986)
1953 – Gary Ward, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1983, 85; Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers), born in Los Angeles, California
1974 – Arjan Ebbinge, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen), born in Veendam, Netherlands
1980 – Ehren Wassermann, American baseball player, born in Sylacauga, Alabama
