Those born on this date include:

- German composer Felix Mendelssohn in 1809
- U.S. journalist Horace Greeley in 1811
- Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor of medicine, in 1821
- poet and novelist Gertrude Stein in 1874
- artist Norman Rockwell in 1894
- gangster Charles Arthur Pretty Boy Floyd in 1904
- author James Michener in 1907
- comedian Shelley Berman in 1925
- actor John Fiedler in 1925
- football Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton in 1940 (age 78)
- actor Blythe Danner in 1943 (age 75)
- football Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Griese in 1945 (age 73)
- musician Dave Davies (The Kinks) in 1947 (age 71)
- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo in 1948 (age 70)
- actor Morgan Fairchild in 1950 (age 68)
- actor Pamela Franklin in 1950 (age 68)
- actor Nathan Lane in 1956 (age 62)
- actor Thomas Calabro in 1959 (age 59)
- actor Maura Tierney in 1965 (age 53)
- professional golfer Retief Goosen in 1969 (age 49)
- actor Warwick Davis in 1970 (age 48)
- Isla Fisher in 1976 (age 42)
- actor Maitland Ward in 1977 (age 41)
- human rights lawyer Amal Clooney in 1978 (age 40)
- rapper Sean Kingston in 1990 (age 28).

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