Born:
1861 – William Wrigley, Jr., American industrialist (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company)
1917 – Buddy Rich, American big band drummer
1921 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress
1924 – Truman Capote, American author
1931 – Angie Dickinson, American actress
1935 – Johnny Mathis, American singer
1943 – Marilyn McCoo, American singer (The 5th Dimension)
1954 – Barry Williams, American actor
1957 – Fran Drescher, American actress
1957 - cyclist, classless cat and KSUFans.com Administrator

1961 – Crystal Bernard, American actress
1964 – Monica Bellucci, Italian actress
1971 – Jenna Elfman, American actress
1978 – Candice Michelle, American female wrestler
1980 – Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player
1982 – Tory Lane, American nude model, exotic dancer, and pornographic actress

Died:
1888 – Elizabeth Stride, widely believed to be the third victim of Jack the Ripper
1913 – Rudolf Diesel, German inventor
1955 – James Dean, American actor (automobile accident)
1978 – Edgar Bergen, American actor and ventriloquist
1985 – Charles Richter, American seismologist
1998 – Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player