Those born on this date include:

- Writer Daniel Defoe in 1660
- U.S. Army bacteriologist Walter Reed in 1851
- Hershey Co. founder Milton Hershey in 1857
- Gen. John Black Jack Pershing, World War I hero, in 1860
- writer Roald Dahl in 1916
- musician Mel Torme in 1925
- artist Robert Indiana in 1928
- actor Barbara Bain in 1931 (age 93)
- Miss Manners Judith Martin in 1938 (age 86)
- actor Richard Kiel in 1939
- Costa Rican Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oscar Arias in 1940 (age 84)
- musician David Clayton-Thomas (Blood, Sweat &
- Tears) in 1941 (age 83)
- musician Peter Cetera (Chicago) in 1944 (age 80)
- actor Jacqueline Bisset in 1944 (age 80)
- Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka in 1948 (age 76)
- musician/actor Nell Carter in 1948
- Salva Kiir Mayardit, president of South Sudan, in 1951 (age 73)
- actor Jean Smart in 1951 (age 73)
- musician Randy Jones (Village People) in 1952 (age 72)
- musician Don Was, born Don Edward Fagenson, (Was (Not Was)/The Doors) in 1952 (age 72)
- Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr., president of the Philippines, in 1957 (67)
- musician Dave Mustaine (Megadeath) in 1961 (age 63)
- TV personality Tavis Smiley in 1964 (age 60)
- comedian/actor Jeff Ross Lifschultz in 1965 (age 59)
- actor Louis Mandylor in 1966 (age 58)
- musician Stephen Perkins (Porno for Pyros/Jane's Addiction) in 1967 (age 57)
- Olympic track gold medalist Michael Johnson in 1967 (age 57)
- actor Roger Howarth in 1968 (age 56)
- filmmaker Tyler Perry in 1969 (age 55)
- fashion designer Stella McCartney in 1971 (age 53)
- musician Joe Don J.D. Rooney (Rascal Flatts) in 1975 (age 48)
- musician Fiona Apple in 1977 (age 47)
- musician/producer Swizz Beatz, born Kasseem Daoud Dean, in 1978 (age 46)
- actor Ben Savage in 1980 (age 44)
- musician Niall Horan (One Direction) in 1993 (age 31)
- actor Lili Reinhart in 1996 (age 28).

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