Those born on this date include:

- Financier Nicholas Biddle in 1786
- educator and hymn writer Lowell Mason (Nearer My God To Thee) in 1792
- James Longstreet, Confederate general in the Civil War, in 1821
- publisher Frank Doubleday in 1862
- reading teacher Evelyn Wood in 1909
- actor Jose Ferrer in 1912
- comic actor Larry Storch in 1923 (age 94)
- comedian Soupy Sales in 1926
- music impresario Bill Graham in 1931
- newsman Charles Osgood in 1933 (age 84)
- Elvis Presley, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's undisputed king, in 1935
- singer Shirley Bassey in 1937 (age 80)
- game show host Bob Eubanks in 1938 (age 81)
- British comedian Graham Chapman in 1941
- actor Yvette Mimieux in 1942 (age 75)
- British physicist and author Stephen Hawkingin 1942 (age 75)
- author Terry Brooks in 1944 (age 73)
- radio talk show host Kojo Nnamdi in 1945 (age 71)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Robby Krieger (The Doors) in 1946 (age 71), David Bowie in 1947
- Terry Sylvester (Hollies) in 1947 (age 70)
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in 1983 (age 34).

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