Those born on this date include:

- Spanish painter Francisco Jose de Goya in 1746
- German chemist Robert Bunsen, inventor of the Bunsen gas burner, in 1811
- English author Anna Sewell (Black Beauty) in 1820
- English social reformer Charles Booth in 1840
- Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh in 1853
- Irish dramatist Sean O'Casey in 1880
- philanthropist Brooke Astor in 1902
- former CIA Director Richard Helms in 1913
- singer Frankie Laine in 1913
- TV host Peter Marshall in 1926 (age 89)
- actor Richard Dysart in 1929 (age 86)
- actor John Astin in 1930 (age 85)
- actor Warren Beatty in 1937 (age 78)
- basketball Hall of Fame member Jerry Lucas in 1940 (age 75)
- rock musician Graeme Edge in 1941 (age 74)
- British blues/rock guitarist Eric Clapton in 1945 (age 70)
- actor Robbie Coltrane in 1950 (age 65)
- actor Paul Reiser in 1957 (age 58)
- rapper MC Hammer, born Stanley Burrell, in 1962 (age 53)
- singer Tracy Chapman in 1964 (age 51)
- television commentator Piers Morgan in 1965 (age 50)
- singer Celine Dion in 1968 (age 47)
- singer Norah Jones in 1979 (age 36).

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