Those born on this date include:

- English explorer Capt. James Cook in 1728
- Italian violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini in 1782
- sewing machine developer Isaac Singer in 1811
- Swedish pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Klas Pontus Arnoldson in 1844
- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, in 1858
- etiquette arbiter Emily Post in 1872
- longtime Tonight Show producer/director Fred de Cordova in 1910
- Welsh poet Dylan Thomas in 1914
- actors Nanette Fabray in 1920 (age 96) and Ruby Dee in 1924
- baseball Hall of Fame member Ralph Kiner in 1922
- pop artist Roy Lichtenstein in 1923
- former Secretary of State Warren Christopher in 1925
- Nixon aide H.R. Haldeman in 1926
- poet Sylvia Plath in 1932
- pop pianist Floyd Cramer in 1933
- comedian John Cleese in 1939 (age 77)
- country singer Lee Greenwood in 1942 (age 74)
- former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 1945 (age 71)
- Canadian filmmaker Ivan Reitman in 1946 (age 70)
- writer Fran Lebowitz in 1950 (age 66)
- actors Carrie Snodgress in 1945, Roberto Benigni in 1952 (age 64) and Robert Picardo in 1953 (age 63)
- singer Simon Le Bon in 1958 (age 58)
- blogger-political commentator Matt Drudge in 1966 (age 50)
- and television personality Kelly Osbourne in 1984 (age 32).

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