Those born on this date include:

- French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, designer of the Statue of Liberty, in 1834
- film executive Jack Warner in 1892
- singer Helen Morgan in 1900
- actors Myrna Loy in 1905 and Beatrice Straight in 1914
- former Israeli President Shimon Peres in 1923 (age 91)
- author James Baldwin and actor Carroll O'Connor, both in 1924
- businessman and sports team owner Lamar Hunt, inducted into the football Hall of Fame, in 1932
- football Hall of Fame member Billy Cannon and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Garth Hudson, both in 1937 (age 77)
- filmmaker Wes Craven in 1939 (age 75)
- Chilean writer Isabel Allende in 1942 (age 72)
- actors Peter O'Toole in 1932, Joanna Cassidy in 1945 (age 69), Kathryn Harrold in 1950 (age 64), Victoria Jackson in 1959 (age 55), Mary-Louise Parker in 1964 (age 50) and Edward Furlong in 1977 (age 37)
- author Caleb Carr in 1955 (age 59)
- and writer/director/actor Kevin Smith in 1970 (age 44).

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