Those born on this date include:

- King Louis XVIII of France in 1755
- German astronomer and mathematician August Mobius in 1790
- social reformer Grace Abbott in 1878
- British army Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery in 1887
- drama teacher/actor Lee Strasberg in 1901
- historian Shelby Foote in 1916
- actor Rock Hudson in 1925
- two-time Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bob Mathias in 1930
- British comedian Peter Cook in 1937
- balladeer Gordon Lightfoot in 1938 (age 77)
- film director Martin Scorsese in 1942 (age 73)
- model/actor Lauren Hutton in 1943 (age 72)
- actor/director Danny DeVito, Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels, baseball Hall of Fame member Tom Seaver and basketball Hall of Fame member Jim Boeheim, all in 1944 (age 71)
- U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, in 1949 (age 66)
- actor Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in 1958 (age 57)
- model/actor RuPaul in 1960 (age 55)
- U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice in 1964 (age 51)
- actors Daisy Fuentes in 1966 (age 49) and Rachel McAdams in 1978 (age 37)
- and writer Christopher Paolini in 1983 (age 32).

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