Those born on this date include:

- Pioneering Dutch microscope maker Anton Van Leeuwenhoek in 1632
- journalist Sarah Josepha Hale, author of Mary Had a Little Lamb, in 1788
- attorney Belva Lockwood, the first woman candidate for U.S. president, nominated by the National Equal Rights Party, in 1830
- film producer-director Merian Cooper (the original King Kong) in 1893
- playwright Moss Hart in 1904
- cartoonist Bob Kane, creator of Batman, in 1915
- football Hall of Fame member Y.A. Tittle in 1926 (age 88)
- entertainer J.P. The Big Bopper Richardson in 1930
- former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman in 1936 (age 78)
- former NAACP President Kweisi Mfume in 1948 (age 66)
- actors David Nelson in 1936, F. Murray Abraham in 1939 (age 75) and Kevin Kline in 1947 (age 67)
- singer Monica (Arnold) in 1980 (age 34)
- model Tila Tequila in 1981 (age 33)
- and English soccer player Wayne Rooney in 1985 (age 29).

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