Those born on this date include:

- American Revolutionary War hero William Prescott in 1726
- photographer Ansel Adams in 1902
- Soviet leader Alexei Kosygin in 1904
- actor Gale Gordon in 1906
- TV emcee John Daly in 1914
- fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt in 1924 (age 91)
- film director Robert Altman in 1925
- author Richard Matheson in 1926
- actor Sidney Poitier in 1927 (age 88)
- actor Amanda Blake in 1929
- auto racer Bobby Unser in 1934 (age 81)
- singer Nancy Wilson in 1937 (age 78)
- auto racing businessman/team owner Roger Penske in 1937 (age 78)
- singer Buffy Sainte-Marie in 1941 (age 74)
- hockey Hall of Fame member Phil Esposito in 1942 (age 73)
- actor Sandy Duncan in 1946 (age 69)
- actor Peter Strauss in 1947 (age 68)
- actor Jennifer O'Neill in 1948 (age 67)
- socialite Ivana Trump in 1949 (age 66): heiress Patty Hearst Shaw in 1954 (age 61)
- comedian Joel Hodgson in 1960 (age 55)
- basketball Hall of Fame member Charles Barkley in 1963 (age 52)
- actor French Stewart in 1964 (age 51)
- model Cindy Crawford in 1966 (age 49)
- actor Andrew Shue in 1967 (age 48)
- musician Kurt Cobain in 1967
- singer Rihanna Fenty in 1988 (age 27).

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