Those born on this date include:

- U.S. Army bacteriologist Walter Reed in 1851
- Hershey Co. founder Milton Hershey in 1857
- Gen. John Black Jack Pershing, World War I hero, in 1860
- British union leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Arthur Henderson in 1863
- author Sherwood Anderson in 1876
- English author J.B. Priestley in 1894
- actor Claudette Colbert in 1903
- Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass music, in 1911
- British author Roald Dahl in 1916
- singer Mel Torme in 1925
- actor Barbara Bain in 1931 (age 83)
- TV producer Fred Silverman in 1937 (age 77)
- Miss Manners Judith Martin in 1938 (age 76)
- actor Richard Kiel in 1939 (age 75)
- Costa Rican Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oscar Arias in 1940 (age 74)
- singer David Clayton-Thomas in 1941 (age 73)
- singer/songwriter Peter Cetera and actor Jacqueline Bisset, both in 1944 (age 70)
- singer/actor Nell Carter in 1948
- actors Jean Smart in 1951 (age 63)
- musicians Randy Jones (The Village People) and Don Was, both in 1952 (age 62)
- talk show host Tavis Smiley in 1964 (age 50)
- Olympic track gold medalist Michael Johnson in 1967 (age 47)
- entertainment entrepreneur Tyler Perry in 1969 (age 45)
- fashion designer Stella McCartney in 1971 (age 43)
- country musician Joe Don Rooney in 1975 (age 39)
- singer Fiona Apple in 1977 (age 37)
- and actor Ben Savage in 1980 (age 34).

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