Those born on this date include:
- French explorer of North America Rene Robert de La Salle in 1643
- English novelist George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) in 1819
- French statesman and military leader Charles de Gaulle in 1890
- Wiley Post, the first pilot to fly solo around the world, in 1898
- Composer Hoagy Carmichael in 1899
- Composer Benjamin Britten in 1913
- Comedian Rodney Dangerfield in 1921
- Actress Geraldine Page in 1924
- Actor Robert Vaughn in 1932 (age 77)
- Actor Tom Conti in 1941 (age 68)
- Writer/director and Monty Python alum Terry Gilliam in 1940 (age 69)
- Guion S. Bluford, Jr., the first black U.S. astronaut in space, in 1942 (age 67)
- Tennis legend Billie Jean King in 1943 (age 66)
- Actor Richard Kind in 1956 (age 53)
- Actress Jamie Lee Curtis in 1958 (age 51)
- Actress Mariel Hemingway in 1961 (age 48)
- Tennis player Boris Becker in 1967 (age 42)
- Actress Scarlett Johansson in 1984 (age 25)