Those born on this date include:

- College Football Hall of Fame member John Heisman in 1869
- William Coolidge, inventor of the X-ray tube, in 1873
- vaudevillian Milton Gummo Marx in 1893
- Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, in 1905
- TV personality Johnny Carson in 1925
- World Golf Hall of Fame member Juan Chi Chi Rodriguez in 1935
- filmmaker Philip Kaufman in 1936 (age 88)
- American/International soccer halls of fame Pele, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, in 1940
- writer Michael Crichton in 1942
- filmmaker Ang Lee in 1954 (age 70)
- musician Dwight Yoakam in 1956 (age 69)
- Rwandan President Paul Kagame in 1957 (age 67)
- civil rights activist Martin Luther King III in 1957 (age 67)
- musician Weird Al Yankovic in 1959 (age 65)
- TV personality Nancy Grace in 1959 (age 65)
- filmmaker Sam Raimi in 1959 (age 65)
- college/Canadian football halls of fame member Doug Flutie in 1962 (age 62)
- musician Robert Trujillo (Metallica) in 1964 (age 60)
- musician Brian Nevin (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) in 1966 (age 58)
- medical reporter Sanjay Gupta in 1969 (age 55)
- actor Kate del Castillo in 1972 (age 52)
- actor Ryan Reynolds in 1976 (age 48)
- musician Matt Shultz (Cage the Elephant) in 1983 (age 41)
- writer/TV personality Meghan McCain in 1984 (age 40)
- musician Miguel Pimentel in 1985 (age 39)
- actor Emilia Clarke in 1986 (age 38)
- actor Jessica Stroup in 1986 (age 38)
- actor Margaret Qualley in 1994 (age 30)
- model Ireland Baldwin in 1995 (age 29)
- actor Amandla Stenberg in 1998 (age 26).

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