Those born on this date include:

- Macedonian leader Alexander the Great in 356 B.C.
- poet Petrarch in 1304
- Pope Innocent IX in 1519
- monk/botanist Gregor Johann Mendel in 1822
- explorer Edmund Hillary, who in 1953 reached the summit of Mount Everest, in 1919
- artist Nam June Paik in 1932
- writer Cormac McCarthy in 1933
- former Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., the longest serving woman in U.S. Congress history, in 1936 (age 88)
- actor Diana Rigg in 1938
- actor Natalie Wood in 1938
- artist Judy Chicago in 1939 (age 85)
- musician John Lodge (Moody Blues) in 1943 (age 81)
- musician Kim Carnes in 1945 (age 79)
- musician Carlos Santana in 1947 (age 77)
- musician Jay Jay French (Twisted Sister) in 1952 (age 72)
- musician Paul Cook (Sex Pistols) in 1956 (age 68)
- actor Donna Dixon in 1957 (age 67)
- musician Mick McNeil (Simple Minds) in 1958 (age 66)
- musician Chris Cornell (Soundgarden/Audioslave/Temple of the Dog) in 1964
- actor Dean Winters in 1964 (age 60)
- musician Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) in 1966 (age 58)
- actor Josh Holloway in 1969 (age 55)
- actor Sandra Oh in 1971 (age 53)
- actor Omar Epps in 1973 (age 51)
- actor Simon Rex in 1974 (age 50)
- actor Judy Greer in 1975 (age 49)
- actor Charlie Korsmo in 1978 (age 46)
- musician Mike Kennerty (All-American Rejects) in 1980 (age 44)
- model Gisele Bundchen in 1980 (age 44)
- actor/filmmaker John Francis Daley in 1985 (age 39)
- actor Osric Chau in 1986 (age 38)
- dancer/actor Julianne Hough in 1988 (age 36)
- actor Alycia Debnam-Carey in 1993 (age 31)
- U.S. Olympic figure skater Maia Shibutani in 1994 (age 30).

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