Those born on this date include:

- Abolitionist John Brown in 1800
- Scottish novelist J.M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan, in 1860
- Howard Carter, the British Egyptologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen, in 1874
- industrialist Henry J. Kaiser in 1882
- Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset in 1883
- TV journalist Mike Wallace in 1918
- tennis champion Richard Pancho Gonzales in 1928
- actor Albert Finney in 1936 (age 82)
- actor Glenda Jackson in 1936 (age 82)
- TV producer/filmmaker James L. Brooks in 1940 (age 78)
- former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft in 1942 (age 76)
- pop singer Tommy Roe in 1942 (age 76)
- musician Richie Furay in 1944 (age 74)
- actor Candice Bergen in 1946 (age 72)
- singer/songwriter Billy Joel in 1949 (age 69)
- baseball Hall of Fame member Tony Gwynn in 1960
- actor John Corbett in 1961 (age 57)
- rapper Ghostface Killah, born Dennis Coles, in 1970 (age 48)
- actor Rosario Dawson in 1979 (age 39)
- actor Chris Zylka in 1985 (age 33).

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