Those born on this date include:

- French historian Alexis de Tocqueville in 1805
- novelist Booth Tarkington in 1869
- Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in 1883
- actor Theda Bara in 1885
- composer Sigmund Romberg ( Lover Come Back to Me, When I Grow Too Old to Dream), in 1887
- Dag Hammarskjold, second U.N. secretary-general/Nobel Peace Prize laureate, in 1905
- actor William Powell in 1892
- actor Clara Bow in 1905
- actor Richard Egan in 1921
- Elizabeth Dole, former U.S. labor secretary and U.S. senator (R-N.C.), in 1936 (age 79)
- TV anchorman Peter Jennings in 1938
- actor David Warner in 1941 (age 74)
- documentary filmmaker Ken Burns in 1953 (age 62)
- musician Geddy Lee in 1953 (age 62)
- musician Patti Scialfa in 1953 (age 62)
- country singer Martina McBride in 1966 (age 49)
- actor Timothy Omundson in 1969 (age 46)
- actor Wil Wheaton in 1972 (age 43)
- Formula 1 champion driver Fernando Alonso in 1981 (age 34).

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