Those born on this date include:

- Dutch philosopher Baruch Benedict de Spinoza in 1632
- British novelist and clergyman Laurence Sterne and Spanish missionary Junipero Serra, both in 1713
- Zachary Taylor, 12th president of the United States, in 1784
- architect Cass Gilbert, who designed the U.S. Supreme Court building, in 1859
- painter Henri Toulouse-Lautrec in 1864
- ragtime composer Scott Joplin in 1868
- lecturer and author Dale Carnegie in 1888
- pianist Teddy Wilson in 1912
- actors Geraldine Fitzgerald in 1913 and Howard Duff in 1917
- political columnist William F. Buckley in 1925
- basketball Hall of Fame member Oscar Robertson in 1938 (age 77)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Donald Duck Dunn in 1941
- comedian Billy Connolly in 1942 (age 73)
- basketball Hall of Fame member and former mayor of Detroit Dave Bing in 1943 (age 72)
- serial killer Ted Bundy in 1946
- and actors Dwight Schultz in 1947 (age 68), Stanley Livingston in 1950 (age 65), Colin Hanks in 1977 (age 38) and Katherine Heigl in 1978 (age 37).

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