Those born on this date include:

- U.S. Army Gen. Winfield Scott in 1786
- Irish poet/dramatist William Butler Yeats in 1865
- British actor Basil Rathbone in 1892
- British author Dorothy L. Sayers in 1893
- Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi, winner of nine Olympic gold medals, in 1897
- Mexican composer Carlos Chavez in 1899
- radio-TV host Ralph Edwards in 1913
- tennis Hall of Fame member Don Budge in 1915
- Nobel economics laureate John Forbes Nash, subject of the book/movie A Beautiful Mind, in 1928
- Moroccan-born artist Jeanne-Claude in 1935
- Bulgarian-born artist Christo, born Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, in 1935 (age 83)
- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 1944 (age 74)
- actor Malcolm McDowell in 1943 (age 75)
- actor Stellan Skarsgard in 1951 (age 67)
- actor Richard Thomas in 1951 (age 67)
- comedian Tim Allen in 1953 (age 65)
- actor Ally Sheedy in 1962 (age 56)
- singer Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) in 1970 (age 48)
- actor Chris Evans in 1981 (age 37)
- actor/fashion designer Ashley Olsen in 1986 (age 32)
- actor/fashion designer Mary-Kate Olsen in 1986 (age 32)
- actor Kat Dennings in 1986 (age 32)
- actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson in 1990 (age 28).

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