Those born on this date include:

- England's King Richard III in 1452
- Nat Turner, a black slave and leader of the only effective and sustained U.S. slave revolt, in 1800
- German statesman Paul von Hindenburg in 1847
- French World War I military commander Ferdinand Foch in 1851
- Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi, in 1869
- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Cordell Hull in 1871
- comedians Julius Groucho Marx in 1890 and Bud Abbott in 1895
- British writer Graham Greene in 1904
- child actor George Spanky McFarland of Our Gang and Little Rascals fame, in 1928
- movie critic Rex Reed in 1938 (age 76)
- pop singer Don McLean in 1945 (age 69)
- actor Avery Brooks and fashion designer Donna Karan, both in 1948 (age 66)
- photographer Annie Leibovitz in 1949 (age 65)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Sting (Gordon Sumner) in 1951 (age 63)
- actor Lorraine Bracco in 1954 (age 60)
- and TV personality Kelly Ripa in 1970 (age 44).

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