Those born on this date include:

- Italian explorer Marco Polo in 1254
- novelist James Fenimore Cooper in 1789
- William Howard Taft, 27th president of the United States, in 1857
- humorist Robert Benchley in 1889
- British mystery writer Agatha Christie in 1890
- country music star Roy Acuff in 1903
- actors Fay Wray in 1907 and Jackie Cooper in 1922
- golf entrepreneur Karsten Solheim in 1911
- writer Orhan Kemal in 1914
- comedian Nipsey Russell in 1918
- singer/pianist Bobby Short in 1924
- comedian Norm Crosby in 1927 (age 87)
- jazz saxophone player Julian Cannonball Adderley in 1928
- baseball Hall of Fame member Gaylord Perry in 1938 (age 76)
- football Hall of Fame member and actor Merlin Olsen in 1940
- soprano Jessye Norman in 1945 (age 69)
- filmmaker Oliver Stone and actor Tommy Lee Jones, both in 1946 (age 68)
- football Hall of Fame member Dan Marino in 1961 (age 53)
- and Prince Henry, called Harry, second son of Britain's Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, in 1984 (age 30).

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