Births
- 1807 - David Rice Atchison, American politician (d. 1886)
- 1897 - Enid Blyton, English author (d. 1968)
- 1921 - Alex Haley, American historian (d. 1992)
- 1933 - Jerry Falwell, American preacher and politician (d. 2007)
- 1943 - Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and leader (d. 2023)
- 1946 - Óscar Berger, President of Guatemala
- 1950 - Steve Wozniak, American computer pioneer
- 1953 - Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler
- 1976 - Ben Gibbard, American musician ( Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service)
Deaths
- 1456 - John Hunyadi, Regent of Kingdom of Hungary (b. 1387)
- 1890 - John Henry Cardinal Newman, English Catholic cardinal (b. 1801)
- 1919 - Andrew Carnegie, (pictured) Scottish-born industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1835)
- 1956 - Jackson Pollock, American artist (b. 1912)
- 1994 - Peter Cushing, British actor (b. 1913)