Those born on this date include:

- Poet A. E. Housman in 1859
- poet Robert Frost in 1874
- fashion designer Guccio Gucci in 1881
- mythologist/writer Joseph Campbell in 1904
- playwright Tennessee Williams in 1911
- U.S. Army Gen. William Westmoreland in 1914
- French composer/conductor Pierre Boulez in 1925
- former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in 1930 (age 93)
- actor Leonard Nimoy in 1931
- actor Alan Arkin in 1934 (age 89)
- actor James Caan in 1940
- U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., former speaker of the House, in 1940 (age 83)
- author Erica Jong in 1942 (age 81)
- author/journalist Bob Woodward in 1943 (age 80)
- singer Diana Ross in 1944 (age 79)
- singer/musician Steven Tyler in 1948 (age 75)
- actor Vicki Lawrence in 1949 (age 74)
- actor Martin Short in 1950 (age 73)
- TV personality Leeza Gibbons in 1957 (age 66)
- actor Jennifer Grey in 1960 (age 63)
- actor Eric Allan Kramer in 1962 (age 61)
- country singer Kenny Chesney in 1968 (age 55)
- actor Leslie Mann in 1972 (age 51)
- actor T.R. Knight in 1973 (age 50)
- actor Jonathan Groff in 1985 (age 38)
- actor Keira Knightley in 1985 (age 38).

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