- 1804 John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (founded Deere & Company), born in Rutland, Vermont (d. 1886)
- 1814 Gardner Quincy Colton, American lecturer who was the first to use nitrous oxide as an anesthetic in dentistry, born in Georgia, Vermont [Nitrous! That was scientific genius. — M.B.]
- 1885 [Harry] Sinclair Lewis, American writer and social critic (Nobel Prize in Literature 1930), born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota (d. 1951)
- 1908 Clarence "Buster" Crabbe, American swimmer (Olympic gold 1932) and actor (Tarzan the Fearless, Buck Rogers & three Flash Gordon serials), born in Oakland, California (d. 1983)
- 1917 Milton "Milt" Holland, American drummer, percussionist, ethnomusicologist (film Tinkerbell's tinkle*, Bewitched's nose-twitch tinkle†), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2005)
- 1934 "King" Curtis [Ousley], American musician, bandleader and saxophonist (Memphis Soul Stew), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1971)
- 1950 Burt Hooton, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (MLB All-Star, World Series, NLCS MVP 1981; no-hitter 1972; Chicago Cubs, LA Dodgers), born in Greenville, Texas
- 1956 Emo Philips, American comedian
- 1956 Mark St. John [Norton], American rock guitarist (KISS, April-November, 1984), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2007)
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