Those born on this date include:

- French physicist Jacques Charles in 1746
- Women's suffrage activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1815
- Baha'u'llah (born Mirza Husayn Ali), founder-prophet of the Baha'i faith, in 1817
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun in 1908
- Singer Jo Stafford in 1917
- Actor Kim Hunter in 1922
- Princess Grace of Monaco, the former American movie star Grace Kelly, in 1929
- Cult leader Charles Manson in 1934 (age 78)
- Actor and playwright Wallace Shawn in 1943 (age 69)
- Sportscaster Al Michaels in 1944 (age 68)
- Rock 'n' roll Hall of Fame member Neil Young in 1945 (age 67)
- Actor Megan Mullally in 1958 (age 54)
- Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci in 1961 (age 51)
- Writer Naomi Wolf in 1962 (age 50)
- Former baseball slugger Sammy Sosa in 1968 (age 44)
- And actors Ryan Gosling in 1980 (age 32) and Anne Hathaway in 1982 (age 30).

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