Those born on this date include:

- Clergyman Henry Ward Beecher in 1813
- writer/satirist Ambrose Bierce in 1842
- basketball player/shoe designer Chuck Taylor in 1901
- British astronomer Fred Hoyle in 1915
- author/editor Norman Cousins in 1915
- basketball Hall of Fame member Sam Jones in 1933 (age 85)
- actor Michele Lee in 1942 (age 76)
- guitarist Jeff Beck in 1944 (age 74)
- actor Peter Weller in 1947 (age 72)
- drummer Mick Fleetwood in 1947 (age 71)
- actor Nancy Allen in 1950 (age 68)
- actor Tommy Lister in 1958 (age 60)
- actor Mindy Kaling, born Vera Mindy Chokalingam, in 1979 (age 39)
- actor Minka Kelly in 1980 (age 38)
- actor Vanessa Ray in 1981 (age 37)
- singer Solange Knowles in 1986 (age 32)
- Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi, four-time FIFA World Player of the Year, in 1987 (age 31)
- actor Candice Patton in 1988 (age 30)
- actor Max Ehrich in 1991 (age 27).

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