Those born on this date include:

- Scottish engineer James Watt, inventor of the steam engine, in 1736
- Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in 1807
- American short story writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe in 1809
- English metallurgist Henry Bessemer in 1813
- French post-Impressionist painter Paul Cezanne in 1839
- billiards player Rudolf Minnesota Fats Wanderone, in 1913
- Ebony magazine founder John H. Johnson in 1918
- former U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar in 1920 (age 97)
- actor Jean Stapleton in 1923
- actor Fritz Weaver in 1926
- actor Tippi Hedren in 1930 (age 87)
- television newscaster Robert MacNeil in 1931 (age 86)
- singer Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers in 1939
- British stage singer and actor Michael Crawford in 1942 (age 75)
- singer Janis Joplin in 1943
- singer Dolly Parton in 1946 (age 71)
- actor Shelley Fabares in 1944 (age 73)
- actor Katey Sagal in 1954 (age 63)
- chef Paula Deen in 1947 (age 70)
- singer/actor Desi Arnaz Jr. in 1953 (age 64)
- comedian Frank Caliendo in 1974 (age 43).

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