Those born on this date include:

- English playwright/poet Ben Jonson in 1572
- German composer Richard Strauss in 1864
- Montana's Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, in 1880
- undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau in 1910
- Hall of Fame football Coach Vince Lombardi in 1913
- singer/pianist Hazel Scott in 1920
- author William Styron in 1925
- actor Gene Wilder in 1933
- Scottish auto racer Jackie Stewart in 1939 (age 82)
- actor Adrienne Barbeau in 1945 (age 76)
- drummer Frank Beard in 1949 (age 72)
- football Hall of Fame member Joe Montana in 1956 (age 65)
- actor Hugh Laurie in 1959 (age 62)
- TV host Dr. Mahmet Oz, in 1960 (age 61)
- actor Peter Dinklage in 1969 (age 52)
- actor Joshua Jackson in 1978 (age 43)
- actor Shia LaBeouf in 1986 (age 35)
- actor Claire Holt in 1988 (age 33).

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