Those born on this date include:

- Statesman Samuel Adams in 1722
- political cartoonist Thomas Nast in 1840
- actor Jayne Meadows in 1919
- filmmaker Arthur Penn in 1922
- actor William Conrad in 1920
- actor Wilford Brimley in 1934
- Golf Hall of Fame member Kathy Whitworth in 1939
- Mishal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, emir of Kuwait, in 1940 (age 84)
- rock musician Randy Bachman (Guess Who/Bachman-Turner Overdrive) in 1943 (age 81)
- actor Liz Torres in 1947 (age 77)
- musician Meat Loaf, born Michael Lee Aday, in 1947
- actor Adolfo A Martinez in 1948 (age 76)
- Baseball Hall of Fame member Mike Schmidt in 1949 (age 75)
- actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa in 1950 (age 74)
- actor/musician Shaun Cassidy in 1958 (age 66)
- gold medal-winning speed skater Beth Heiden in 1959 (age 65)
- musician Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind) in 1964 (age 60)
- musician Mark Calderon (Color Me Badd) in 1970 (age 54)
- actor Gwyneth Paltrow in 1972 (age 52)
- actor Indira Varma in 1973 (age 51)
- musician Brad Arnold (3 Doors Down) in 1978 (age 46)
- musician Lil Wayne, born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., in 1982 (age 42)
- actor Anna Camp in 1982 (age 42)
- musician Avril Lavigne in 1984 (age 40)
- model/actor Arielle Vandenberg in 1986 (age 38)
- actor Thomas Mann in 1991 (age 33)
- actor Jenna Ortega in 2002 (age 22).

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