Those born on this date include:

- American patriot John Hancock in 1737
- French author Stendhal, a pseudonym for Marie-Henri Beyle, in 1783
- French Impressionist painter Edouard Manet in 1832
- Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein in 1898
- actor Randolph Scott in 1898
- actor Dan Duryea in 1907
- comedian Ernie Kovacs in 1919
- actor/singer Chita Rivera in 1933 (age 84)
- actor Gil Gerard in 1943 (age 74)
- actor Rutger Hauer in 1944 (age 73)
- actor Richard Dean Anderson in 1950 (age 67)
- airline pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who in 2009 safely landed a disabled airliner carrying 155 people in the Hudson River, in 1951 (age 66)
- former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in 1953 (age 64)
- Princess Caroline of Monaco in 1957 (age 60)
- actor Gail O'Grady in 1963 (age 54)
- actor Mariska Hargitay in 1964 (age 53)
- actor Tiffani Thiessen in 1974 (age 43).

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