Those born on this date include:

- English historian Edward Gibbon in 1737
- philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft in 1759
- Samuel F.B. Morse, American artist/inventor of magnetic telegraphy, in 1791
- Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president of the United States/Civil War general, in 1822
- Wallace Carothers, inventor of nylon in 1896
- baseball Hall of Fame member Rogers Hornsby in 1896
- cartoonist Walter Lantz in 1899
- English poet C. Day-Lewis in 1904
- baseball Hall of Fame member Enos Slaughter in 1916
- actor Jack Klugman in 1922
- Coretta Scott King, wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., in 1927
- radio/TV host Casey Kasem in 1932
- actor Sandy Dennis in 1937
- champion bowler Earl Anthony in 1938
- playwright August Wilson in 1945
- rock musician Ace Frehley in 1951 (age 66)
- basketball Hall of Fame member George Gervin in 1952 (age 65)
- pop singer Sheena Easton in 1959 (age 58)
- political journalist Dana Milbank in 1968 (age 49).

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