Those born on this date include:

- Gouverneur Morris, who wrote sections of the U.S. Constitution, in 1752
- Austrian composer Franz Schubert in 1797
- western novelist Zane Grey in 1872
- comedian Eddie Cantor in 1892
- actor Tallulah Bankhead in 1902
- short-story writer John Henry O'Hara in 1905
- boxer Jersey Joe Walcott in 1914
- radio and television personality Garry Moore in 1915
- baseball Hall of Fame member Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play Major League Baseball, in 1919
- actor/singer Mario Lanza in 1921
- actor Carol Channing in 1921 (age 94)
- actor Joanne Dru in 1922
- novelist Norman Mailer in 1923
- civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks in 1925
- actor Jean Simmons in 1929
- baseball Hall of Fame member Ernie Banks in 1931 (age 84)
- actor Suzanne Pleshette in 1937
- Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in 1938 (age 77)
- actor Jessica Walter in 1941 (age 74)
- baseball Hall of Fame member Nolan Ryan in 1947 (age 68)
- actor Anthony LaPaglia in 1959 (age 56)
- television news commentator Martha MacCallum in 1964 (age 51)
- actor Minnie Driver in 1970 (age 55)
- singer/actor Justin Timberlake in 1981 (age 34).

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