Those born on this date include:

- Italian painter/inventor Leonardo da Vinci in 1452
- British polar explorer James Clark Ross in 1800
- distiller Joseph E. Seagram in 1841
- author Henry James in 1843
- former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in 1894
- singer Bessie Smith in 1894
- actor Marian Jordan in 1898
- artist Arshile Gorky in 1904
- former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in 1912
- businessman Alfred S. Bloomingdale in 1916
- Harold Washington, the first Black mayor of Chicago, in 1922
- country singer Roy Clark in 1933
- actor Elizabeth Montgomery in 1933
- actor Claudia Cardinale in 1938 (age 86)
- musician Dave Edmunds in 1944 (age 80)
- actor Michael Tucci in 1946 (age 78)
- actor Amy Wright in 1950 (age 74)
- newspaper columnist Heloise Cruse Evans in 1951 (age 73)
- actor Sam McMurray in 1952 (age 72)
- actor Emma Thompson in 1959 (age 65)
- Belgium's King Philippe in 1960 (age 64)
- musician Ed O'Brien (Radiohead) in 1968 (age 55)
- actor Danny Pino in 1974 (age 50)
- country singer Chris Stapleton in 1978 (age 46)
- actor Luke Evans in 1979 (age 45)
- musician Patrick Carney (Black Keys) in 1980 (age 44)
- musician Zach Carothers (Portugal. The Man) in 1981 (age 43)
- actor Seth Rogen in 1982 (age 42)
- actor Alice Braga in 1983 (age 41)
- musician De'Mar Hamilton (Plain White T's) in 1984 (age 40)
- singer/actor Ester Dean in 1986 (age 38)
- actor Samira Wiley in 1987 (age 37)
- actor Emma Watson in 1990 (age 34)
- actor Cody Christian in 1995 (age 29)
- actor Maisie Williams in 1997 (age 27).

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