Those born on this date include:

- French physicist Louis Daguerre, inventor of daguerreotype photography, in 1787
- journalist Dorothy Dix in 1861
- pollster George Gallup in 1901
- astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, in 1923
- actor Brenda Vaccaro in 1939 (age 78)
- actor David Hemmings in 1941
- actor Linda Evans in 1942 (age 75)
- writer Alan Dean Foster in 1946 (age 71)
- actor Jameson Parker in 1947 (age 70)
- football Hall of Fame member Jack Tatum in 1948
- actor Kevin Nealon in 1953 (age 64)
- actor Oscar Nunez in 1958 (age 59)
- actor Elizabeth Perkins in 1960 (age 57)
- TV writer and producer Steven Moffat (Doctor Who) in 1961 (age 56)
- guitarist Kirk Hammett (Metallica) in 1962 (age 55)
- actor Owen Wilson in 1968 (age 49)
- television news commentator Megyn Kelly in 1970 (age 47)
- actor-comedian Mike Epps in 1970 (age 47)
- actor Chloe Sevigny in 1974 (age 43)
- Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz in 1975 (age 42)
- rapper Fabolous, born John David Jackson, in 1977 (age 40)
- actor Damon Wayans, Jr. in 1982 (age 35)
- actor Jake Abel in 1987 (age 30)
- actor Nathan Kress in 1992 (age 25).

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