Those born on this date include:

- Conductor Arturo Toscanini in 1867
- Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum in 1867
- composer Bela Bartok in 1881
- actor Ed Begley Sr. in 1901
- film director/producer/writer David Lean (The Bridge On The River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago) in 1908
- Jack Ruby, who killed presumed John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, in 1911
- sports commentator Howard Cosell in 1918
- actor Simone Signoret in 1921
- writer Flannery O'Connor in 1925
- astronaut James Lovell in 1928 (age 87)
- feminist writer Gloria Steinem in 1934 (age 81)
- singer-songwriter Hoyt Axton in 1938
- singer Anita Bryant in 1940 (age 75)
- soul singer Aretha Franklin in 1942 (age 73)
- actor/director Paul Michael Glaser in 1943 (age 72)
- pop star Elton John in 1947 (age 68)
- actor Bonnie Bedelia in 1948 (age 67)
- actor Sarah Jessica Parker in 1965 (age 51)
- champion figure skater Debi Thomas in 1967 (age 48)
- three-time Olympic gold medalist in basketball Sheryl Swoopes in 1971 (age 44)
- race car driver Danica Patrick in 1982 (age 33).

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