Those born on this date include:

- U.S. Army Gen. Winfield Scott in 1786
- Irish poet/dramatist William Butler Yeats in 1865
- British actor Basil Rathbone in 1892
- British author Dorothy L. Sayers in 1893
- Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi, winner of nine Olympic gold medals, in 1897
- Mexican composer Carlos Chavez in 1899
- radio-TV host Ralph Edwards in 1913
- tennis Hall of Fame member Don Budge in 1915
- Nobel economics laureate John Forbes Nash in 1928
- Moroccan-born artist Jeanne-Claude in 1935
- Bulgarian-born artist Christo, born Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, in 1935
- actor Malcolm McDowell in 1943 (age 78)
- former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 1944 (age 77)
- actor Stellan Skarsgard in 1951 (age 70)
- actor Richard Thomas in 1951 (age 70)
- comedian Tim Allen in 1953 (age 68)
- actor Ally Sheedy in 1962 (age 59)
- singer Rivers Cuomo in 1970 (age 51)
- TV personality Steve-O, born Stephen Glover, in 1974 (age 47)
- actor Chris Evans in 1981 (age 40)
- actor/fashion designer Ashley Olsen in 1986 (age 35)
- actor/fashion designer Mary-Kate Olsen in 1986 (age 35)
- actor Kat Dennings in 1986 (age 35)
- actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson in 1990 (age 31).

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