Those born on this date include:

- Edward Rutledge, signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, in 1749
- Franklin Pierce, 14th president of the United States, in 1804
- U.S. outlaw Billy The Kid Bonney in 1859
- Swedish politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Hjalmar Branting in 1860
- Mexican artist Jose Clemente Orozco in 1883
- actor Boris Karloff in 1887
- comic actor Harpo (Adolph Arthur) Marx of the Marx Brothers in 1888
- Romain de Tirtoff, the Russian fashion designer and artist known as Erte, in 1892
- actors Michael Gough in 1916, Franco Nero in 1941 (age 75) and Susan Anspach in 1942 (age 74)
- composer Johnny Mandel in 1925 (age 91)
- screenwriter Robert Towne in 1934 (age 82)
- radio personality Tom Joyner in 1949 (age 67)
- musician Bruce Hornsby in 1954 (age 62)
- television personalities Robin Roberts in 1960 (age 56) and Nicole Snookie Polizzi in 1987 (age 29)
- and actor/singer Miley Cyrus in 1992 (age 24).

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