Those born on this date include:

- French painter Georges-Pierre Seurat in 1859
- circus co-founder Charles Ringling in 1863
- engineer Peter Carl Goldmark, the inventor of the long-playing record, in 1906
- composer/lyricist Adolph Green in 1914
- opera singer Maria Callas in 1923
- former U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig Jr. in 1924
- actor Julie Harris in 1925
- former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III in 1931 (age 84)
- Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., in 1939 (age 77)
- artist and dog photographer William Wegman in 1943 (age 73)
- actor Cathy Lee Crosby in 1944 (age 72)
- fashion designer Gianni Versace in 1946
- figure skater Randy Gardner in 1958 (age 58)
- writer Ann Patchett in 1963 (age 53)
- actor Lucy Liu in 1968 (age 48)
- tennis player Monica Seles in 1973 (age 43)
- singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado in 1978 (age 38)
- pop singer Britney Spears in 1981 (age 35)
- and NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers in 1983 (age 33).

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