Those born on this date include:

- Hungarian countess/serial killer Elizabeth Bathory in 1560
- Carl Ritter, co-founder of modern geographical science, in 1779
- World War I spy/courtesan known as Mata Hari, born Margaret Gertrude Zelle, in 1876
- diplomat/Nobel Prize winner Ralph Bunche in 1904
- actor Carl Switzer in 1927
- humorist Garrison Keillor in 1942 (age 82)
- actor Tobin Bell in 1942 (age 82)
- former FBI Director Robert Mueller in 1944 (age 80)
- actor David Rasche in 1944 (age 80)
- Minnesota Supreme Court Justice/Football Hall of Fame member Alan Page in 1945 (age 79)
- actor Caroline Aaron in 1952 (age 72)
- actor Wayne Knight in 1955 (age 69)
- musician Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden) in 1958 (age 66)
- actor David Duchovny in 1960 (age 64)
- actor Maggie Wheeler in 1961 (63)
- actor Harold Perrineau in 1963 (age 61)
- actor David Mann in 1966 (age 58)
- actor Michael Shannon in 1974 (age 50)actor Charlize Theron in 1975 (age 49)
- DJ Samantha Ronson in 1977 (age 47)
- actor Eric Johnson in 1979 (age 45)
- actor Abbie Cornish in 1982 (age 42)
- hockey player Sidney Crosby in 1987 (age 37)
- actor Brett Gray in 1996 (age 28)
- actor Liam James in 1996 (age 28).

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