Those born on this date include:

- Roman Catholic St. Thomas Aquinas in 1225
- Canadian Prime Minister and statesman Alexander MacKenzie in 1822
- British explorer Henry Morton Stanley in 1841
- Cuban revolutionary and poet Jose Marti in 1853
- French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette in 1873
- concert pianist Arthur Rubinstein in 1887
- abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock in 1912
- musician Acker Bilk in 1929
- sculptor Claes Oldenburg in 1929 (age 86)
- actor Alan Alda in 1936 (age 79)
- actor Susan Howard in 1944 (age 71)
- former Liberian leader Charles Taylor in 1948 (age 67)
- ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov in 1948 (age 67)
- former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 1955 (age 60)
- singer Sarah McLachlan in 1968 (age 47)
- comedian Mo Rocca in 1969 (age 46)
- actor Elijah Wood in 1981 (age 34)
- singer Joey Fatone in 1977 (age 38)
- singer Nick Carter in 1980 (age 35).

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