n United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
n United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
n British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)
n United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
n English poet (1683-1765)
n United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
n United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877)