Those born on this day include:

- Abolitionist Cassius Marcellus Clay in 1810
- motion picture pioneer Louis Lumiere in 1862
- newspaper columnist Jack Anderson in 1922
- English spy novelist John Le Carre, born David Cornwell, in 1931 (age 86)
- actor Robert Reed in 1932)
- pop artist Peter Max in 1937 (age 80)
- actor Michael Gambon in 1940 (age 77)
- actor John Lithgow in 1945 (age 72)
- feminist Patricia Ireland in 1945 (age 72)
- singer Jeannie C. Riley in 1945 (age 72)
- British writer Philip Pullman in 1946 (age 71)
- boxer Floyd Mayweather Sr. in 1952 (65)
- U.S. political figure Grover Norquist in 1956 (age 61)
- singer Jennifer Holliday in 1960 (age 57)
- former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield in 1962 (age 55)
- television personality Ty Pennington in 1964 (age 53)
- actor/director Jon Favreau in 1966 (age 51)
- Amy Carter, daughter of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, in 1967 (age 50)
- Trey Parker, co-creater of Southpark, in 1969 (age 48)
- actor Chris Kattan in 1970 (age 47)
- actor Desmond Harrington in 1976 (age 41)
- Canadian director Jason Reitman 1977 (age 40)
- actor Gillian Jacobs in 1982 (age 35)
- actor Art Parkinson in 2001 (age 16).

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