Those born on this date include:

- British statesman William Pitt (The Elder) in 1708
- British astronomer William Herschel, discoverer of the planet Uranus, in 1738
- Nobel Prize-winning physiologist August Krogh of Denmark in 1874
- Actor Lewis Stone in 1879
- Artist Georgia O'Keeffe in 1887
- Jurist Felix Frankfurter in 1882
- Diplomat W. Averell Harriman and World War II German Gen. Erwin Rommel, both in 1891
- Annunzio Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader, in 1905
- U.S. Air Force Gen. Curtis LeMay in 1906
- TV personality and retired Judge Joseph Wapner in 1919 (age 93)
- Actor Edward Asner in 1929 (age 83)
- Pop singer Petula Clark in 1932 (age 80)
- Actors Yaphet Kotto in 1937 (age 75) and Sam Waterston in 1940 (age 72)
- Conductor Daniel Barenboim in 1942 (age 70)
- Musician Graham Parker in 1950 (age 62)
- Actor Beverly D'Angelo in 1951 (age 61)
- Musician Kevin Eubanks in 1957 (age 55)
- Golf champion Lorena Ochoa in 1981 (age 31).

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