Those born on this date include:

- Musician Dick Burnett in 1883
- World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker in 1890
- Argentine dictator Juan Peron in 1895
- science fiction writer Frank Herbert in 1920
- gossip columnist Rona Barrett in 1936 (age 79)
- tennis Hall of Fame member Fred Stolle in 1938 (age 77)
- the Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, in 1941 (age 74)
- Goosebumps author R.L. Stine in 1943 (age 72)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Johnny Ramone in 1948 and C.J. Ramone in 1965 (age 50)
- political commentator Steve Coll in 1958 (age 57)
- Olympic gold medal swimmer Matt Biondi in 1965 (age 50)
- actors Paul Hogan in 1939, Chevy Chase in 1943 (age 72), Sigourney Weaver in 1949 (age 66), Darrell Hammond in 1955 (age 60)
- Stephanie Zimbalist in 1956 (age 59), Matt Damon in 1970 (age 45) and Nick Cannon in 1980 (age 35)
- singer Bruno Mars in 1985 (age 30)
- actors Molly Quin in 1993 (age 22) and Bella Thorne in 1997 (age 18).

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