Those born on this date include:

- German composer Richard Wagner in 1813
- Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, in 1859
- baseball Hall of Fame member Al Simmons in 1902
- actor Laurence Olivier in 1907
- game show announcer Johnny Olson in 1910
- pioneering jazz musician Sun Ra (born Herman Blount) in 1914
- critic Judith Crist in 1922
- French singer Charles Aznavour in 1924 (age 91)
- entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens Jr. in 1928 (age 87)
- activist Harvey Milk in 1930
- pianist/composer Peter Nero in 1934 (age 81)
- actor Richard Benjamin in 1938 (age 77)
- actor Paul Winfield in 1939
- journalist Bernard Shaw in 1940 (age 75)
- actor Michael Sarrazin in 1940
- Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski in 1942 (age 73)
- Northern Irish political activist/Nobel Peace Prize laureate Betty Williams in 1943 (age 72)
- Northern Irish soccer legend George Best in 1946
- British songwriter Bernie Taupin in 1950 (age 65)
- model/actor Naomi Campbell in 1970 (age 45)
- actor Ginnifer Goodwin in 1978 (age 37)
- Olympic champion speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno in 1982 (age 33)
- tennis player Novak Djokovic in 1987 (age 28).

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