Those born on this date include:

- Mary Queen of Scots in 1542
- Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin, in 1765
- General Motors founder William Durant and French movie pioneer Georges Melies, both in 1861
- Finnish composer Jean Sibelius in 1865
- Mexican muralist Diego Rivera in 1886
- humorist and artist James Thurber in 1894
- actor Lee J. Cobb in 1911
- entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. in 1925
- actor Maximilian Schell in 1930 (age 86)
- comedian Flip Wilson in 1933
- actors David Carradine in 1936 and James MacArthur in 1937
- Irish flutist James Galway in 1939 (age 77)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Jim Morrison in 1943 and Gregg Allman in 1947 (age 69)
- writer Bill Bryson in 1951 (age 65)
- actors Kim Basinger in 1953 (age 63) and Teri Hatcher in 1964 (age 52)
- political commentator Ann Coulter in 1961 (age 55)
- Irish singer/songwriter Sinead O'Connor in 1966 (age 50)
- actor Dominic Monaghan in 1976 (age 40)
- and rap artist Nicki Minaj in 1982 (age 34).

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