Those born on this date include:

- William Thornton, architect of the Capitol in Washington, in 1759
- Dolley Madison, wife of the fourth U.S. president, James Madison, in 1768
- Canadian explorer Simon Fraser in 1776
- French novelist Honore de Balzac in 1799
- English philosopher and economist John Stuart Mill in 1806
- German Emile Berliner, inventor of the flat phonograph record, in 1851
- actor James Stewart in 1908
- Israeli military commander and politician Moshe Dayan in 1915
- comedian George Gobel in 1919
- actor Anthony Zerbe in 1936 (age 81)
- hockey Hall of Fame member Stan Mikita in 1940 (age 77)
- Japanese baseball home run king Sadaharu Oh in 1940 (age 77)
- singer/songwriter Joe Cocker in 1944
- singer/actor Cher, born Cherilyn Sarkisian, in 1946 (age 71)
- Ronald Prescott Reagan, son of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, in 1958 (age 59)
- actor Bronson Pinchot in 1959 (age 58)
- actor Timothy Olyphant in 1968 (age 49)
- race car driver Tony Stewart in 1971 (age 46)
- rapper Busta Rhymes in 1972 (age 45)
- baseball player Jayson Werth in 1979 (age 38).

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