Those born on this date include:

- Greek playwright Euripides in 480 B.C.
- Roman Emperor Augustus in 63 B.C.
- Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan in 1215
- educator William McGuffey, author of the McGuffey eclectic readers for school children, in 1800
- feminist and presidential candidate Victoria Woodhull in 1838
- surgeon William Halsted, who introduced operations for hernia and breast cancer, in 1852
- journalist Walter Lippmann in 1889
- actors Walter Pidgeon in 1897 and Mickey Rooney in 1920
- jazz saxophonist John Coltrane in 1926
- soul singer/pianist Ray Charles in 1930
- singer Julio Iglesias in 1943 (age 71)
- actors Paul Petersen in 1945 (age 69) and Mary Kay Place in 1947 (age 67)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Dan Toler (Allman Brothers Band) in 1948 and Bruce Springsteen in 1949 (age 65)
- actors Jason Alexander in 1959 (age 55) and Elizabeth Pena in 1961 (age 53)
- singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco in 1970 (age 44)
- and writer Ana Marie Cox in 1972 (age 42).

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