Those born on this date include:

- Czar Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) of Russia, in 1530
- author Bret Harte in 1836
- Joshua Lionel Cowen, inventor of the electric toy train, in 1877
- dancer/actor Ruby Keeler in 1910
- Pogo cartoonist Walt Kelly in 1913
- actor Michael Rennie in 1909
- actor Van Johnson in 1916
- actor Mel Ferrer in 1917
- composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein in 1918
- former Alabama Gov. George Wallace in 1919
- Monty Hall, host of Let's Make A Deal, in 1921 (age 95)
- tennis champion Althea Gibson in 1927
- actor Sean Connery in 1930 (age 86)
- TV personality Regis Philbin in 1931 (age 85)
- actor Tom Skerritt in 1933 (age 83)
- writer Frederick Forsyth in 1938 (age 78)
- baseball Hall of Fame member Rollie Fingers in 1946 (age 70)
- writer Martin Amis in 1949 (age 67)
- actor John Savage in 1949 (age 67)
- rock singer Gene Simmons of Kiss in 1949 (age 67)
- singer/songwriter Elvis Costello in 1954 (age 62)
- film director Tim Burton in 1958 (age 58)
- country singer Billy Ray Cyrus in 1961 (age 55)
- actor Ally Walker in 1961 (age 55)
- actor Blair Underwood in 1964 (age 52)
- actor Joanne Whalley in 1964 (age 52)
- television cook Rachael Ray in 1968 (age 48)
- supermodel Claudia Schiffer in 1970 (age 46).

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