Those born on this date include:
- French Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon, in 1763
- The Duke of Windsor, former British King Edward VIII, in 1894
- Pioneer sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, also in 1894
- Alan Turing, computer scientist, in 1912
- Former U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers in 1913
- Director/choreographer Bob Fosse in 1927
- Singer June Carter Cash in 1929
- U.S. Olympic gold medalist Wilma Rudolph in 1940
- Metropolitan Opera conductor James Levine in 1943 (age 66)
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in 1948 (age 61)
- Actor Ted Shackelford in 1946 (age 63)
- Actor Bryan Brown in 1947 (age 62)
- Actress Frances McDormand in 1957 (age 52)