Those born on this day include:

- Toy company founder Frederick August Otto Schwarz in 1836
- French philosopher Henri Bergson in 1859
- novelist Fannie Hurst in 1889
- singer/actor Lotte Lenya in 1898
- former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and singer Anita O'Day, both in 1919
- former Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., in 1921
- Greek actor Melina Mercouri in 1920
- rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry in 1926 (age 88)
- sports broadcaster Keith Jackson in 1928 (age 86)
- actors Klais Kinski in 1926, George C. Scott in 1927, Inger Stevens in 1934, Peter Boyle in 1935 and Dawn Wells in 1938 (age 76)
- Lee Harvey Oswald, assumed assassin of President John F. Kennedy, in 1939
- football Hall of Fame member Mike Ditka in 1939 (age 75)
- singer-songwriter Laura Nyro in 1947
- actors Joe Morton in 1947 (age 67) and Pam Dawber in 1951 (age 63)
- playwright Wendy Wasserstein in 1950
- writer Terry McMillan in 1951 (age 63)
- tennis Hall of Fame member Martina Navratilova in 1956 (age 58)
- musician Wynton Marsalis in 1961 (age 53)
- actors Jean-Claude Van Damme and Erin Moran, both in 1960 (age 54)
- recording artist Ne-Yo, born Shaffer Chimere Smith, in 1979 (age 35)
- Olympic gold medal-winning skier Lindsey Vonn in 1984 (age 30)
- actor Zac Efron in 1987 (age 27)
- and television personality Bristol Palin in 1990 (age 24).

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