Those born on this date include:

- British King James I in 1566
- French philosopher/mathematician Blaise Pascal in 1623
- Wallis Simpson, duchess of Windsor, in 1896
- Moe Howard of the Three Stooges comedy act in 1897
- bandleader Guy Lombardo in 1902
- baseball Hall of Fame member Lou Gehrig in 1903
- musician Lester Flatt in 1914
- film critic Pauline Kael in 1919
- actor Nancy Marchand in 1928
- actor Gena Rowlands in 1930 (age 91)
- Nobel Peace Prize laureate/Myanmar politician Aung San Suu Kyi in 1945 (age 76)
- author Salman Rushdie in 1947 (age 74)
- actor Phylicia Rashad in 1948 (age 73)
- musician Nick Drake in 1948
- musician Ann Wilson of Heart in 1950 (age 71)
- actor Kathleen Turner in 1954 (age 67)
- singer Paula Abdul in 1962 (age 59)
- political commentator Laura Ingraham in 1963 (age 58)
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 1964 (age 57)
- actor Mia Sara in 1967 (age 54)
- TV personality Lara Spencer in 1969 (age 52)
- actor Robin Tunney in 1972 (age 49)
- actor Hugh Dancy in 1975 (age 46)
- former NBA player Dirk Nowitzki in 1978 (age 43)
- actor Zoe Saldana in 1978 (age 43)
- rapper Macklemore, born Benjamin Hammond Haggery, in 1983 (age 38)
- actor Aidan Turner in 1983 (age 38)
- actor Paul Dano in 1984 (age 37)
- actor Giacomo Gianniotti in 1989 (age 32)
- actor Atticus Shaffer in 1998 (age 23).

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