Those born on this date include:

- Spanish painter Francisco Jose de Goya in 1746
- German chemist Robert Bunsen, inventor of the Bunsen gas burner, in 1811
- English author Anna Sewell in 1820
- English social reformer Charles Booth in 1840
- Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh in 1853
- Irish dramatist Sean O'Casey in 1880
- philanthropist Brooke Astor in 1902
- singer Frankie Laine in 1913
- TV host Peter Marshall in 1926 (age 94)
- actor Richard Dysart in 1929
- actor John Astin in 1930 (age 90)
- actor Warren Beatty in 1937 (age 83)
- basketball Hall of Fame member Jerry Lucas in 1940 (age 80)
- rock musician Graeme Edge in 1941 (age 79)
- British blues/rock guitarist Eric Clapton in 1945 (age 75)
- actor Robbie Coltrane in 1950 (age 70)
- actor Paul Reiser in 1957 (age 63)
- rapper MC Hammer, born Stanley Burrell, in 1962 (age 58)
- singer Tracy Chapman in 1964 (age 56)
- television commentator Piers Morgan in 1965 (age 55)
- singer Celine Dion in 1968 (age 52)
- actor Mark Consuelos in 1971 (age 49)
- singer Norah Jones in 1979 (age 41)
- country singer Justin Moore in 1984 (age 36).

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