Those born on this date include:

- Adlai E. Stevenson I, U.S. vice president under Grover Cleveland (1893-97), in 1835
- pioneering college football Coach John Heisman, for whom the Heisman Trophy is named
- in 1869
- William Coolidge, inventor of the X-ray tube, in 1873
- vaudevillian Milton Gummo Marx in 1892
- golf Hall of Fame member Harvey Penick in 1904
- Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, in 1905
- former Tonight Show host Johnny Carson in 1925
- pro golfer Juan Chi Chi Rodriguez in 1935 (age 81)
- Brazilian soccer star Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) in 1940 (age 76)
- author Michael Crichton in 1942
- filmmaker Ang Lee in 1954 (age 62)
- singers Dwight Yoakam in 1956 (age 60) and Weird Al Yankovic in 1959 (age 57)
- television talk show host Nancy Grace, also in 1959 (age 57)
- former football stars Doug Flutie and Mike Tomczak, both in 1962 (age 54)
- actor Ryan Reynolds in 1976 (age 40) and political activist Meghan McCain in 1984 (age 32).

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