Those born on this day include:

- American Revolutionary War hero William Prescott in 1726
- Photographer Ansel Adams in 1902
- Soviet leader Alexei Kosygin in 1904
- Actor Gale Gordon in 1906
- TV emcee John Daly in 1914
- Fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt in 1924 (age 89)
- Film director Robert Altman in 1925
- Author Richard Matheson in 1926 (age 87)
- Former auto racing figures Bobby Unser in 1934 (age 79) and Roger Penske in 1937 (age 76)
- Singers Nancy Wilson in 1937 (age 76) and Buffy Sainte-Marie in 1941 (age 72)
- Actors Sidney Poitier in 1927 (age 86), Amanda Blake in 1929, Sandy Duncan in 1946 (age 67), Peter Strauss in 1947 (age 66) and Jennifer O'Neill in 1948 (age 65)
- Hockey Hall of Fame member Phil Esposito in 1942 (age 71)
- Socialite Ivana Trump in 1949 (age 64)
- Heiress Patty Hearst Shaw in 1954 (age 59)
- Comedian Joel Hodgson in 1960 (age 53)
- Basketball Hall of Fame member Charles Barkley in 1963 (age 50)
- Actors French Stewart in 1964 (age 49) and Andrew Shue in 1967 (age 46)
- Model Cindy Crawford in 1966 (age 47)
- Musician Kurt Cobain in 1967
- And singer Rihanna Fenty in 1988 (age 25).

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