Those born on this date include:

- Poet/philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1803
- YMCA leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate John Mott in 1865
- dancer Bill Bojangles Robinson in 1878
- aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky in 1889
- humorist and publisher Bennett Cerf in 1898
- actor Claude Akins in 1926
- spy novelist Robert Ludlum in 1927
- opera singer Beverly Sills (born Belle Miriam Silverman) in 1929
- basketball Hall of Fame member K.C. Jones in 1932 (age 86)
- Canadian writer W.P. Kinsella in 1935
- actor Dixie Carter in 1939
- actor Ian McKellen in 1939 (age 79)
- singer/actor Leslie Uggams in 1943 (age 75)
- singer Jessi Colter in 1943 (age 75)
- Frank Oz (born Richard Frank Oznowicz), director/actor/puppeteer, in 1944 (age 74)
- actor Karen Valentine in 1947 (age 71)
- actor Connie Sellecca in 1955 (age 63)
- comedian/actor Mike Myers in 1963 (age 55)
- actor Anne Heche in 1969 (age 49)
- actor Octavia Spencer in 1972 (age 46)
- actor Cillian Murphy in 1976 (age 42)
- former professional football player Brian Urlacher in 1978 (age 40)
- wrestler Roman Reigns in 1985 (age 33)
- gymnast Aly Raisman in 1994 (age 24).

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