Those born on this date include:

- Physicist Christian Doppler in 1803
- writer Louisa May Alcott in 1832
- Chinese Empress Dowager Tz'u Hsi in 1835
- electrical engineer John Fleming in 1849
- writer C.S. Lewis in 1898
- writer Madeleine L'Engle in 1918
- sports broadcaster Vin Scully in 1927
- former French President Jacques Chirac in 1932
- British blues musician John Mayall in 1933
- actor Diane Ladd in 1935 (age 89)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Denny Doherty in 1940
- musician/composerMusician/composer Chuck Mangione in 1940 (age 84)
- comedian Garry Shandling in 1949
- filmmaker Joel Coen in 1954 (age 70)
- Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in 1955 (age 69)
- comedian Howie Mandel in 1955 (age 69)
- Janet Napolitano, former U.S. secretary of Homeland Security, in 1957 (age 67)
- U.S. Ambassador/former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 1959 (age 65)
- actor Cathy Moriarty in 1960 (age 64)
- actor Kim Delaney in 1961 (age 63)
- actor Tom Sizemore in 1961
- actor Andrew McCarthy in 1962 (age 62)
- actor Don Cheadle in 1964 (age 60)
- singer Jonathan Knight in 1968 (age 56)
- baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Mariano Rivera in 1969 (age 55)
- actor Brian Baumgartner in 1972 (age 52)
- actor Anna Faris in 1976 (age 48)
- actor Chadwick Boseman in 1976
- actor Lauren German in 1978 (age 46)
- rapper The Game, born Jayceon Terrell Taylor, in 1979 (age 45)
- actor Gemma Chan in 1982 (age 42)
- Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa in 1987 (age 36)
- actor Diego Boneta in 1990 (age 34)
- actor Laura Marano in 1995 (age 29).

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