Those born on this date include:

- French composer Claude Debussy in 1862
- Charles Jenkins, inventor of airplane brakes and the conical drinking cup, in 1867
- writer-critic Dorothy Parker in 1893
- heart surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley and science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, both in 1920
- actor Honor Blackman in 1925 (age 89)
- French fashion designer Marc Bohan in 1926 (age 88)
- retired U.S. Army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf in 1934
- writer E. Annie Proulx in 1935 (age 79)
- baseball Hall of Fame members Carl Yastrzemski in 1939 (age 75) and Paul Molitor in 1956 (age 58)
- actors Valerie Harper in 1939 (age 75) and Cindy Williams in 1947 (age 67)
- swimming Hall of Fame member Diana Nyad in 1949 (age 65)
- singer/songwriter Tori Amos in 1963 (age 51)
- tennis Hall of Fame member Mats Wilander in 1964 (age 50)
- and actors Richard Armitage in 1971 (age 43) and Kristen Wiig in 1973 (age 41).

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