Those born on this date include:

- American Revolutionary War soldier Deborah Sampson, who fought as a man under the alias Robert Shurtlieff, in 1760
- poet John Greenleaf Whittier in 1807
- conductor Arthur Fiedler in 1894
- novelist Erskine Caldwell and composer/bandleader Ray Noble, both in 1903
- Western swing bandleader/violinist Spade Cooley in 1910
- ice cream businessman Burt Baskin in 1913
- writer William Safire in 1929
- publisher Bob Guccione in 1930
- actor George Lindsey in 1928
- Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, in 1936 (age 78)
- British singer/actor Tommy Steele, also in 1936 (age 78)
- blues musician Paul Butterfield in 1942
- political commentator Chris Matthews and actor Ernie Hudson, both in 1945 (age 69)
- comedian Eugene Levy in 1946 (age 68)
- British rock singer Paul Rodgers in 1949 (age 65)
- actors Bill Pullman and Barry Livingston, both in 1953 (age 61) and Milla Jovovich in 1975 (age 39)
- boxer, politician and entertainer Manny Pacquiao in 1978 (age 36)
- and Chelsea (Bradley) Manning, convicted of violating the Espionage Act by giving classified information to WikiLeaks, in 1987 (age 27).

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