Those born on this date include:

- George Washington, first president of the United States, in 1732
- German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in 1788
- poet/diplomat/editor James Lowell in 1819
- Englishman Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement, in 1857
- German physicist Heinrich Hertz, discoverer of radio waves, in 1857
- Hall of Fame baseball umpire Bill Klem in 1874
- poet Edna St. Vincent Millay in 1892
- actor/TV producer Sheldon Leonard in 1907
- Robert Pershing Wadlow, at 8 ft. 11.1 inches tall, the tallest person in recorded history, in 1918
- actor Robert Young in 1907
- actor John Mills in 1908
- television announcer Don Pardo in 1918
- actor Paul Dooley in 1928 (age 87)
- U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., in 1932
- baseball Hall of Fame member George Sparky Anderson in 1934
- filmmaker Jonathan Demme in 1944 (age 75)
- author Richard North Patterson in 1947 (age 68)
- three-time Formula 1 driving champion Niki Lauda in 1949 (age 66)
- basketball Hall of Fame member Julius Dr. J Erving in 1950 (age 65)
- actor Julie Walters in 1950 (age 65)
- Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin in 1962
- golfer Vijay Singh in 1963 (age 52)
- actor Kyle MacLachlan in 1959 (age 56)
- actor Rachel Dratch in 1966 (age 49)
- actor Jeri Ryan in 1968 (age 47)
- actor Drew Barrymore in 1975 (age 40)
- singer/songwriter James Blunt in 1974 (age 41).

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