Those born on this date include:

- American patriot John Hancock in 1737
- French author Stendhal, a pseudonym for Marie-Henri Beyle, in 1783
- French Impressionist painter Edouard Manet in 1832
- Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein in 1898
- actor Randolph Scott in 1898
- actor Dan Duryea in 1907
- comedian Ernie Kovacs in 1919
- actor/singer Chita Rivera in 1933 (age 82)
- actor Gil Gerard in 1943 (age 72)
- actor Rutger Hauer in 1944 (age 71)
- actor Richard Dean Anderson in 1950 (age 65)
- airline pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who (in 2009) safely landed a disabled airliner carrying 155 people in the Hudson River, in 1951 (age 64)
- former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in 1953 (age 62)
- Princess Caroline of Monaco in 1957 (age 58)
- actor Gail O'Grady in 1963 (age 52)
- actor Mariska Hargitay in 1964 (age 51)
- actor Tiffani Thiessen in 1974 (age 41).

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