Those born on this date include:

- Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy during the Civil War, in 1808
- automaker Ransom Olds in 1864
- British King George V in 1865
- British actor Maurice Evans in 1901
- jazz dancer/singer Josephine Baker in 1906
- actor Paulette Goddard in 1910
- actor Ellen Corby in 1911
- actor Colleen Dewhurst in 1924
- country blues singer Jimmy Rogers in 1924
- actor Tony Curtis in 1925
- poet Allen Ginsberg in 1926
- TV producer Chuck Barris in 1929
- author Marion Zimmer Bradley in 1930
- author Larry McMurtry in 1936 (age 84)
- former Cuban President Raul Castro in 1931 (age 89)
- singer/songwriter Curtis Mayfield in 1942
- singer Deniece Williams in 1950 (age 70)
- actor Scott Valentine in 1958 (age 62)
- journalist/TV anchor Anderson Cooper in 1967 (age 53)
- comedic author John Hodgman in 1971 (age 49)
- actor Jodie Whittaker in 1982 (age 38)
- tennis player Rafael Nadal in 1986 (age 34)
- actor Imogen Poots in 1989 (age 31)
- actor Anne Winters in 1994 (age 26).

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