Those born on this date include:

- : German composer Felix Mendelssohn in 1809
- U.S. journalist Horace Greeley in 1811
- Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor of medicine, in 1821
- poet and novelist Gertrude Stein in 1874
- artist Norman Rockwell in 1894
- gangster Charles Arthur Pretty Boy Floyd in 1904
- author James Michener in 1907
- comedian Joey Bishop in 1918
- comedian Shelley Berman in 1925 (age 91)
- actor John Fiedler in 1925
- football Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton in 1940 (age 76)
- actor Blythe Danner in 1943 (age 73)
- football Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Griese in 1945 (age 71)
- musician Dave Davies (The Kinks) in 1947 (age 69)
- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo in 1948 (age 68)
- actor Morgan Fairchild in 1950 (age 66)
- actor Pamela Franklin in 1950 (age 66)
- actor Nathan Lane in 1956 (age 60)
- actor Thomas Calabro in 1959 (age 57)
- actor Maura Tierney in 1965 (age 51)
- professional golfer Retief Goosen in 1969 (age 47)
- actor Warwick Davis in 1970 (age 46) and Isla Fisher in 1976 (age 40).

Copyright 2016 by United Press International