Those born on this date include:

- English poet Edmund Waller in 1606
- industrialist George Pullman, inventor of the railway sleeping car, in 1831
- telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell in 1847
- Charles Ponzi, convicted of fraud for a pyramid scheme that bears his name, in 1882
- U.S. Army Gen. Matthew Ridgway in 1895
- movie star Jean Harlow in 1911
- Star Trek actor James Scotty Doohan in 1920
- musician Arthel Lane Doc Watson in 1923
- Lee Radziwill, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, in 1933 (age 82)
- fashion designer Perry Ellis in 1940
- author Ron Chernow in 1949 (age 66)
- actor Miranda Richardson in 1958 (age 57)
- radio show host Ira Glass in 1959 (age 56)
- football star Herschel Walker, 1982 Heisman Trophy winner, in 1962 (age 53)
- Olympic gold medal heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1962 (age 53)
- actor Julie Bowen in 1970 (age 45)
- actor David Faustino in 1974 (age 41)
- actor Jessica Biel in 1982 (age 33).

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