Those born on this date include:

- English poet John Milton in 1608
- journalist Joel Chandler Harris, author of the Uncle Remus stories, in 1845
- Clarence Birdseye, industrialist/inventor, noted as the father of frozen foods, in 1886
- actor Hermione Gingold in 1897
- circus clown Emmett Kelly in 1898
- actor Margaret Hamilton in 1902
- bandleader Freddy Martin in 1906
- actors Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in 1909 and Broderick Crawford in 1911
- former Speaker of the House Thomas Tip O'Neill, D-Mass., in 1912
- actor Kirk Douglas in 1916 (age 98)
- comedian Redd Foxx in 1922
- actors Dina Merrill in 1925 (age 89), Dick Van Patten in 1928 (age 86), John Cassavetes in 1929, Buck Henry in 1930 (age 84)
- Judi Dench in 1934 (age 80) and Beau Bridges in 1941 (age 73)
- football Hall of Fame members Deacon Jones in 1938 and Dick Butkus in 1942 (age 72)
- actors Michael Nouri in 1945 (age 69), Michael Dorn in 1952 (age 62) and John Malkovich in 1953 (age 61)
- golf Hall of Fame member Tom Kite in 1949 (age 65)
- singers Joan Armatrading in 1950 (age 64) and Donny Osmond in 1957 (age 57)
- and actors Joe Lando in 1961 (age 53) and Felicity Huffman in 1962 (age 52).

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