* 1928 – James D. Watson, American geneticist, Nobel laureate

* 1902 – Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1998 )

* 1865 – Charles G. Dawes, American general and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1951 )

* 1915 – Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr., American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 2011 )

* 1911 – William Alfred Fowler, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1996 )

* 1945 – Douglas Osheroff, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

* 1904 – Ralph Bunche, American diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1971 )

* 1901 – Ernest Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1958 )

* 1904 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1971 )

* 1916 – Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 2003 )

* 1921 – Kenneth Arrow, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate

* 1924 – Robert Solow, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate

* 1931 – Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate

* 1933 – Robert Curl, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

* 1878 – George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1976 )

* 1912 – Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1997 )

* 1905 – George H. Hitchings, American scientist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1998 )

* 1940 – Joseph L. Goldstein, American scientist, Nobel laureate

* 1921 – Thomas Schelling, American economist, Nobel laureate

* 1912 – Glenn Seaborg, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1999 )

Because of its pioneering efforts, Acadia is a laureate of Washington ’ s Smithsonian Institution and a part of the permanent research collection of the National Museum of American History.

* 1961 – Barack Obama, American politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

* 1882 – Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1961 )

* 1947 – Roger D. Kornberg, American chemist and Nobel Prize laureate

* 1958 – Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, Austrian-born American physicist, Nobel laureate ( b. 1900 )

`` As an independent American I considered all who were not for us, and you amongst the rest, as against us, yet be assured that John Jay never ceased to be the friend of Peter Van Schaack ''.

A $25 billion advertising budget in an $800 billion economy was envisioned for the 1970s here Tuesday by Peter G. Peterson, head of one of the world's greatest camera firms, in a key address before the American Marketing Assn..

* 1938 – Peter Bonerz, American actor

* 1955 – Peter Schmuck, American columnist

* 1927 – Peter Mark Richman, American actor

* 1971 – Peter Billingsley, American actor

* 1951 – Peter Blegvad, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and illustrator ( Slapp Happy and The Lodge )

* 1967 – Peter Hermann American actor

* 1965 – Peter Krause, American actor

* 1955 – Peter Gallagher, American actor, singer, and writer

* 2010 – Peter Steele, American singer, bassist, and composer ( Type O Negative, Carnivore, and Fallout ) ( b. 1962 )

Regional chefs are emerging as localized celebrity chefs with growing broader appeal, such as Peter Merriman ( Hawaii Regional Cuisine ), Jerry Traunfeld, Alan Wong ( Pacific Rim cuisine ), Norman Van Aken ( New World Cuisine-fusion Latin, Caribbean, Asian, African and American ), and Mark Miller ( American Southwest cuisine ).

* 1932 – Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia

* 1956 – Peter Robbins, American actor

The company was resold, following a further bankruptcy event, by the Receiver in 1975 to North American businessmen Peter Sprague and George Minden for £ 1. 05 million.

The company was badly hit by the economic contraction of the early 1980s as worldwide sales of Aston Martin shrank to three per week and chairman Alan Curtis together with fellow shareholders American Peter Sprague and Canadian George Minden came close to shutting down the production side of the business, to concentrate on service and restoration.

As Aston Martin required greater investment, he also agreed to sell his share holding to American importer and Greek shipping tycoon Peter Livanos, who invested via his joint venture company with Nick and John Papanicalou, ALL Inc. Gauntlett remained chairman of the AML company 55 % owned by ALL, with Tickford a 50 / 50 venture between ALL and CHI.

* 1950 – Peter Jurasik, American actor

* 1784 – Peter Vivian Daniel, American jurist, Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court ( d. 1860 )

By the middle of the decade, some of the 1950s generation of American comedians, such as Jerry Lewis, went into decline, while Peter Sellers found success with international audiences in his first American film The Pink Panther.

Stained glass window of the Confession of Peter in wikisource: Bible ( American Standard )/ Luke # 9: 20 | Luke 9: 20: " But who do you say that I am?

* 1919 – Peter Tali Coleman, American politician and 43rd, 51st and 53rd Governor of American Samoa ( d. 1997 )