Those born on this date include:

- Saint/Pope Leo IX in 1002
- Rep. Joseph Hayne Rainey in 1832
- Boy Scouts of America founder Daniel Carter Beard in 1850
- cartoonist Al Hirschfeld in 1903
- philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre in 1905
- actor Jane Russell in 1921
- actor Maureen Stapleton in 1925
- singer O.C. Smith in 1932
- actor Bernie Kopell in 1933 (age 88)
- actor Monte Markham in 1935 (age 86)
- actor Ron Ely in 1938 (age 83)
- actor/TV host Mariette Hartley in 1940 (age 81)
- comic actor Joe Flaherty in 1941 (age 80)
- musician Ray Davies in 1944 (age 77)
- actor Michael Gross in 1947 (age 74)
- actor Meredith Baxter in 1947 (age 74)
- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi in 1947 (age 74)
- writer Ian McEwan in 1948 (age 73)
- musician Nils Lofgren in 1951 (age 70)
- two-time Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto in 1953
- actor Robert Pastorelli in 1954
- country singer Kathy Mattea in 1959 (age 62)
- sportscaster Kevin Harlan in 1960 (age 61)
- Indonesian President Joko Widodo in 1961 (age 60)
- actor David Morrissey in 1964 (age 57)
- Yingluck Shinawatra, ousted in May 2014 as prime minister of Thailand, in 1967 (age 54)
- actor Juliette Lewis in 1973 (age 48)
- actor Chris Pratt in 1979 (age 42)
- rock musician Brandon Flowers in 1981 (age 40)
- Britain's Prince William in 1982 (age 39)
- actor Jussie Smollett in 1983 (age 38)
- Edward Snowden, former CIA employee who exposed government secrets, in 1983 (age 38)
- actor Michael Malarkey in 1983 (age 38)
- singer Lana Del Rey in 1985 (age 36)
- actor Natalie Alyn Lind in 1999 (age 22).

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