Those born on this date include:

- Signer of the Declaration of Independence Caesar Rodney in 1728
- scientist Niels Bohr in 1885
- Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad in 1897
- actor June Allyson in 1917
- South African archbishop/Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu in 1931
- TV personality Joy Behar in 1942 (age 82)
- Oliver North, the former White House aide who became the center of the Iran-Contra controversy, in 1943 (age 81)
- actor Jill Larson in 1947 (age 77)
- musician John Mellencamp in 1951 (age 73)
- Russian President Vladimir Putin in 1952 (age 72)
- musician Ricky Phillips (Styx) in 1952 (age 72)
- musician Hector Tico Torres (Bon Jovi) in 1953 (age 71)
- musician Yo-Yo Ma in 1955 (age 69)
- recording executive/TV personality Simon Cowell in 1959 (age 65)
- actor Dylan Baker in 1959 (age 65)
- musician Toni Braxton in 1967 (age 57)
- musician Thom Yorke (Radiohead) in 1968 (age 56)
- actor Nicole Ari Parker in 1970 (age 54)
- actor Allison Munn in 1974 (age 50)
- musician Damian Kulash (OK Go) in 1975 (age 49)
- musician Taylor Hicks in 1976 (age 48)
- actor Omar Miller in 1978 (age 46)
- actor Aaron Ashmore in 1979 (age 45)
- actor Shawn Ashmore in 1979 (age 45)
- actor Holland Roden in 1986 (age 38)
- musician Lewis Capaldi in 1996 (age 28)
- actor Nicole Maines in 1997 (age 27)
- actor Lulu Wilson in 2005 (age 19).

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