Those born on this date include:

- English novelist Horace Walpole in 1717
- John Marshall, fourth chief justice of the United States, in 1755
- candy company founder Franklin Mars in 1883
- golf Hall of Fame member Tommy Armour in 1894
- novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1896
- Muppet creator Jim Henson in 1936
- singer/photographer Linda Eastman McCartney, wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney, in 1941
- television commentator Lou Dobbs in 1945 (age 73)
- football Hall of Fame member Mean Joe Greene in 1946 (age 72)
- actor Gordon Clapp in 1948 (age 70)
- comedian Phil Hartman in 1948
- actor Kevin Sorbo in 1958 (age 60)
- actor Nia Vardalos in 1962 (age 56)
- celebrity chef Robert Irvine in 1965 (age 53)
- actor Jackie Sandler in 1974 (age 44)
- actor Ian Bohen in 1976 (age 42)
- actor Ross Mathews in 1979 (age 39)
- gymnast Morgan Hamm in 1982 (age 36)
- gymnast Paul Hamm in 1982 (age 36)
- actor Ben Platt in 1993 (age 25).

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