Those born on this date include:

- Dutch painter Jan Vermeer in 1632
- English poet John Keats in 1795
- Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low in 1860
- Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, the first leader of Nationalist China, in 1887
- actor/singer Ethel Waters in 1896
- actors Dale Evans in 1912, Barbara Bel Geddes in 1922 and Lee Grant in 1927 (age 87)
- British jockey and writer Dick Francis in 1920
- astronaut Michael Collins in 1930 (age 84)
- former TV news anchorman Dan Rather in 1931 (age 83)
- actor/director Michael Landon in 1936
- folk singer/songwriter Tom Paxton in 1937 (age 77)
- actors David Ogden Stiers in 1942 (age 72), Brian Doyle-Murray in 1945 (age 69), Stephen Rea in 1946 (age 68), Deidre Hall in 1947 (age 67) and John Candy in 1950
- Belgian politician and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and Olympic gold medal marathon runner Frank Shorter, both in 1947 (age 67)
- broadcaster Jane Pauley in 1950 (age 64)
- actors Ken Wahl in 1954 (age 60), Brian Stokes Mitchell in 1957 (age 57) and Rob Schneider in 1963 (age 51)
- New Zealand director and producer Peter Jackson in 1961 (age 53)
- and rapper Vanilla Ice, born Robert Matthew Van Winkle, in 1967 (age 47).

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