Those born on this date include:
- English adventure novelist H. Rider Haggard (King Solomon's Mines, She) in 1856
- German novelist Erich Remarque (All Quiet on the Western Front) in 1898
- Movie director Billy Wilder (Some Like It Hot) in 1906
- Author Anne Morrow Lindbergh, wife of aviator Charles Lindbergh, in 1906
- Movie producer Mike Todd (Around The World In 80 Days) in 1907
- Fashion designer Bill Blass in 1922
- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., in 1933 (age 76)
- Singer/actor Kris Kristofferson in 1936 (age 73)
- TV reporter Ed Bradley in 1941
- Actress Meryl Streep in 1949 (age 60)
- Actress Lindsay Wagner in 1949 (age 60)
- Actor Freddie Prinze in 1954
- Pop singer Cyndi Lauper in 1953 (age 56)
- Actress Tracy Pollan in 1960 (age 49)