Those born on this date include:

- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in 1841
- Scottish writer Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows, in 1859
- German nuclear chemist Otto Hahn, discoverer of nuclear fission, in 1879
- actor Louise Beavers in 1902
- actor Claire Trevor in 1910
- dancer/actor Cyd Charisse in 1922
- actor Susan Clark in 1943 (age 75)
- actor Lynn Redgrave in 1943
- Micky Dolenz of the Monkees pop music group in 1945 (age 73)
- musician Randy Meisner (Eagles) in 1946 (age 72)
- songwriter Carole Bayer Sager in 1947 (age 71)
- baseball Hall of Fame member Jim Rice in 1953 (age 65)
- actor Aidan Quinn in 1959 (age 59)
- television journalist Lester Holt in 1959 (age 59)
- actor Camryn Manheim in 1961 (age 57)
- actor Boris Kodjoe in 1973 (age 45)
- actor Freddie Prinze Jr. in 1976 (age 42)
- actor James Van Der Beek in 1977 (age 41)
- tattooist/TV personality Kat Von D, born Katherine von Drachenberg, in 1982 (age 36).

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