Those born on this date include:

- Virginia Dare, first English settler born in the American colonies, in 1587
- Italian composer Antonio Salieri in 1750
- explorer Meriwether Lewis in 1774
- Chicago department store founder Marshall Field in 1834
- songwriter Otto Harbach (Smoke Gets In Your Eyes) in 1873
- cosmetics businessman Max Factor in 1904
- former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger in 1917
- actor Shelley Winters in 1920
- former first lady Rosalynn Carter in 1927 (age 87)
- film director Roman Polanski in 1933 (age 81)
- baseball Hall of Fame member Roberto Clemente in 1934
- Olympic gold medal winning decathlete Rafer Johnson in 1935 (age 79)
- and actors Robert Redford in 1936 (age 78), Martin Mull in 1943 (age 71), Patrick Swayze in 1952, Denis Leary in 1957 (age 57), Madeleine Stowe in 1958 (age 56), Edward Norton and Christian Slater, both in 1969 (age 45) and Malcolm-Jamal Warner in 1970 (age 44).

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