1902 - Louis J M Beel, premier of Netherland (1946-48, 58-59)
1903 - Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist/UN advisor (Nobel 1969)
1904 - Harald James Penrose, pilot
1905 - Inger J Hagerup-Halsír, Norwegian poet
1908 - Carlos Lleras Restrepo, president of Colombia
1908 - John T Hughes, Bishop to Forces
1908 - Virginia Cherrill, actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights, Delicious)
1910 - Jrgen Rausch, German philosopher/author (End of the Playboys)
1911 - Darrell A Amyx, US archaeologist (Greek Ceramics)
1911 - Geoff Chubb, cricketer (S Afr pace bowler v England 1951-52 aged 40)
1912 - Eric Feldary, Budapest Hungary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep)
1912 - Georges Franju, France, director (Judex, L'homme sans visage)
1912 - Harold Maguire, British air marshal
1912 - Herbert Mills, singer, (Mills Brothers)
1913 - Gabor Jodal, composer
1915 - Emil [Theodore] Petaja, US, sci-fi author (Star Mill, Tramontane)
1916 - Brian Connell, writer/broadcaster
1917 - M Marie Widlow, St Louis Mo, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957)
1917 - Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time)
1918 - 18th earl of Derby, English landowner/multi-millionaire
1919 - Istvan Anhalt, composer
1919 - Lady Ricketts, CEO (Natl Assn of Citizens' Advice Bureaux)
1919 - Maurice Girodias, French publisher
1919 - Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin, hero
1920 - H R Hewitt, CEO (Johnson Matthey)
1920 - Robert Fizdale, Chicago Illinois, pianist (Misia)
1921 - A W Mabbs, archivist
1923 - Ann Miller, [Lucille Ann Collier], Cherino, Tex, dancer (On the Town)
1923 - E C Meade, British chartered accountant
1923 - Maria Callas, opera singer (Carmen)
1924 - Julius Moormann, student/resistance fighter (WW II)
1924 - Sergiu Natra, composer
1925 - Johnny Jordan, England, cameraman (You Only Live Twice) [or Feb 7]
1925 - Tiny Tim, [Herbert Khaury], singer (Tiptoe Through the Tulips)
1927 - Jane Withers, Ga, actress (All Together Now, Josephine the plumber)
1927 - Patrick Meehan, petty criminal
1928 - Brooklyn Supreme, Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse (1450 kg)