Those born on this date include:

- Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy during the Civil War, in 1808
- automaker Ransom Olds in 1864
- British King George V in 1865
- race car driver Barney Oldfield in 1878
- British actor Maurice Evans in 1901
- opera tenor Jan Peerce in 1904
- jazz dancer/singer Josephine Baker in 1906
- actor Paulette Goddard in 1910
- actor Ellen Corby in 1911
- actor Colleen Dewhurst in 1924
- actor Tony Curtis in 1925
- country blues singer Jimmy Rogers in 1924
- poet Allen Ginsberg in 1926
- sax virtuoso Boots Randolph in 1927
- TV producer Chuck Barris in 1929 (age 86)
- author Marion Zimmer Bradley in 1930
- author Larry McMurtry in 1936 (age 79)
- Cuban President Raul Castro in 1931 (age 84)
- singer/songwriter Curtis Mayfield in 1942
- singer Deniece Williams in 1950 (age 65)
- actor Scott Valentine in 1958 (age 57)
- journalist/TV anchor Anderson Cooper in 1967 (age 48)
- comedic author John Hodgman in 1971 (age 44)
- tennis player Rafael Nadal in 1986 (age 29).

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