1902 - Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd, archaeologist
1902 - Stepin Fetchit, [Lincoln Perry], Fla, actor (Miracle in Harlem)
1903 - Countee Cullen, Balt Md, poet (Black Christ & Other Poems)
1903 - Ray Howard-Jones, artist
1904 - Ernesto de la Guardia Jr, President of Panam (1956-60)
1908 - Hannes OG Alfv‚n, Swedish physicist (Nobel 1970)
1908 - Mel[vin J] Blanc, voice (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig)
1909 - Benny Goodman, Chicago, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing)
1909 - George Headley, cricketer (in Panama All-time great WI batsman)
1911 - Douglas Fowley, NYC, actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats)
1912 - Alexander Langsdorf, physicist
1912 - Hugh Griffith, Wales, actor (Ben Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver!)
1912 - Joseph Stein, dramatist/playwright (Fiddler on the Roof)
1912 - Julian Gustave Symons, writer
1913 - Cedric Thorpe Davie, composer
1914 - Bobby Sherwood, Indianapolis Ind, orch leader (Milton Berle Show)
1915 - Jerome Bert Weisner, military scientist/disarmer
1916 - Joseph W Kennedy, scientist (1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium)
1920 - John Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
1922 - Harry Clement Stubbs, US, sci-fi author (Needle, Iceworld)
1923 - Jimmy Lydon, Harrington Pk NJ, actor (Richard-Love That Jill)
1924 - Norbert Schemansky, USA, middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1952)
1925 - Claude Prey, composer
1925 - Eddy Bruma, Suriname politician
1925 - Gerard John Toorenaar, political commissar in Amsterdam (1975-79)
1926 - Christine Jorgensen, pioneer transsexual
1926 - Edouard Van Remoortel, Brussels, conductor (1958-62 St Louis Symph)
1926 - James Whitman McLamore, businessman
1927 - Clint Walker, Hartford Ill, actor (Kodiak, Cheyenne, Dirty Dozen)
1927 - Dick Noel, Bkln NY, TV host (It's a Small Wonder)
1927 - Evelyn Wesler Zemel, US, author (American Glass Animals)
1928 - AgnŠs Varda, French photograph/director (Cl‚o de 5 … 7, Le bonheur)
1928 - John Keith Wright, English economist/asst sect of state (1971-84)
1929 - Michael Mellinger, Bavaria, actor (Goldfinger)
1932 - Pauline Oliveros, Houston Texas, composer (Sound Patterns)
1932 - Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi, composer
1934 - Alexei A Leonov, Siberia USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II, Soyuz 19)
1936 - Galina Shostakovitch, daughter of Russian composer Dmitri
1936 - Keir Dullea, Cleveland OH, actor (2001, 2010, David & Lisa)
1936 - Roy Harford, cricketer (brother of Noel NZ wicketkeeper v India 1968)
1936 - Ruta Lee, actress (Operation Eichmann, Marjorie Morningstar)
1937 - Arthur C Jacobs, poet
1938 - Wilfried A de Pree, Dutch MP (PvdA)/theologist
1939 - Michael J Pollard, Passaic NJ, actor (Bonny & Clyde, Roxanne)
1940 - David Ackroyd, Orange NJ, actor (I Come in Peace, Memories of Me)
1942 - Dan Miller, (Rep-R-Florida)
1942 - Lenny Davidson, London, rock guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over)
1943 - Gale Sayers, NFL running back (Chicago Bears)