Those born on this date include:

- : mail-order retailer Aaron Montgomery Ward in 1844
- Texas oil millionaire H.L. Hunt in 1889
- author Margaret Truman Daniel, daughter of U.S. President Harry S. Truman, in 1924
- actor Hal Holbrook in 1925 (age 94)
- actor/football Hall of Fame member Jim Brown in 1936 (age 83)
- singer Gene Pitney in 1940
- political activist Huey P. Newton in 1942
- actor Brenda Fricker in 1945 (age 74)
- actor Rene Russo in 1954 (age 65)
- actor Richard Karn in 1956 (age 63)
- actor Lou Diamond Phillips in 1962 (age 57)
- comedian Larry the Cable Guy, born Daniel Whitney, in 1963 (age 56)
- basketball superstar Michael Jordan in 1963 (age 56)
- film director Michael Bay in 1965 (age 54)
- actor Denise Richards in 1971 (age 48)
- musician Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) in 1972 (age 47)
- actor Jerry O'Connell in 1974 (age 45)
- actor Jason Ritter in 1980 (age 39)
- heiress Paris Hilton 1981 (age 38)
- actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 1981 (age 38)
- actor/singer Chord Overstreet in 1989 (age 30)
- actor Bonnie Wright in 1991 (age 28)
- singer Ed Sheeran in 1991 (age 28)
- actor Sasha Pieterse in 1996 (age 23).

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