Those born on this date include:

- Poet Robert Frost in 1874
- mythologist/writer Joseph Campbell in 1904
- playwright Tennessee Williams in 1911
- U.S. Army Gen. William Westmoreland in 1914
- French composer/conductor Pierre Boulez in 1925 (age 90)
- former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in 1930 (age 85)
- actor Leonard Nimoy in 1931
- actor Alan Arkin in 1934 (age 81)
- actor James Caan in 1940 (age 75)
- former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in 1940 (age 75)
- author Erica Jong in 1942 (age 73)
- author/journalist Bob Woodward in 1943 (age 72)
- singer Diana Ross in 1944 (age 71)
- singer/musician Steven Tyler in 1948 (age 67)
- actor Vicki Lawrence in 1949 (age 66)
- actor Martin Short in 1950 (age 65)
- singer Teddy Pendergrass in 1950
- TV personality Leeza Gibbons in 1957 (age 58)
- actor Jennifer Grey in 1960 (age 55)
- country singer Kenny Chesney in 1968 (age 47)
- actor Keira Knightley in 1985 (age 30).

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