Those born on this date include:

- Zachary Taylor, 12th president of the United States, in 1784
- architect Cass Gilbert, who designed the U.S. Supreme Court building, in 1859
- painter Henri Toulouse-Lautrec in 1864
- ragtime composer Scott Joplin in 1868
- lecturer/author Dale Carnegie in 1888
- basketball Hall of Fame member Oscar Robertson in 1938 (age 83)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Donald Duck Dunn in 1941
- drummer Pete Best in 1941 (age 80)
- comedian Billy Connolly in 1942 (age 79)
- basketball Hall of Fame member/former mayor of Detroit Dave Bing in 1943 (age 78)
- serial killer Ted Bundy in 1946
- actor Dwight Schultz in 1947 (age 74)
- actor Stanley Livingston in 1950 (age 71)
- actor Shirley Henderson in 1965 (age 56)
- actor Stephen Merchant in 1974 (age 47)
- actor Colin Hanks in 1977 (age 44)
- actor Katherine Heigl in 1978 (age 43)
- actor Gwilym Lee in 1983 (age 38)
- actor Sarah Hyland in 1990 (age 31).

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