Those born on this date include:

- Entertainer Al Jolson in 1886
- dancer Isadora Duncan in 1877
- actor John Wayne in 1907
- actor Robert Morley in 1908
- actor Jay Silverheels in 1912
- actor Peter Cushing in 1913
- trumpeter Ziggy Elman in 1914
- singer Peggy Lee in 1920
- actor James Arness in 1923
- jazz trumpeter Miles Davis in 1926
- right-to-die advocate Jack Kevorkian in 1928
- sportscaster Brent Musburger in 1939 (age 78)
- musician/actor Levon Helm in 1940
- singer Stevie Nicks in 1948 (age 69)
- singer Hank Williams Jr. in 1949 (age 68)
- actor Pam Grier in 1949 (age 68)
- actor Philip Michael Thomas in 1949 (age 68)
- Sally Ride, first U.S. woman in space, in 1951
- actor Genie Francis in 1962 (age 55)
- actor Bobcat Goldthwait in 1962 (age 55)
- musician Lenny Kravitz in 1964 (age 53)
- actor Helena Bonham Carter in 1966 (age 51)
- singer-songwriter Lauryn Hill in 1975 (age 42).

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